💞THE KNIGHT’S BRIDE 💕
{ Fated to love }
CHAPTER 35& 36
BY; Chioma Melody.
Subtitle: My little secret
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COPY AND SEE MY HELL⚠️
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It was the next morning already and the king and Queen were still tucked in bed tiredly.
Hani was sleeping on Ian’s chest and part of her hair had created art on his face.
There was a knock on the door and Ian slowly crouched up, running his fingers into his hair messily.
He slowly looked at hani and last night created a scene in his head.
” F*vk” He silently cursed, resting his head back on the headboard.
He smiled for a moment and then got embarrassed in the next minute.
” Your highness!!!” The knock started to get crazier and Ian left the bed quickly.
He reached for the door and opened it only to find five maidens there.
After ten seconds of screening Ian from head to his feet, they snapped back to reality.
” Good morning your highness!” They greeted respectively.
” What do you want?” He asked calmly, looking at each one of them.
” Your highness, The Queen has gone missing. We are supposed to find her in her room but we couldn’t and lady Amber had told her not to go anywhere”
” Um…Did you say the Queen?” Ian asked, reducing the width of the door so that they wouldn’t see the inside of his room.
” Yes, Your highness”
” What are you waiting for?. Search around, Every corner of the palace, you can go as far as leaving the palace to find her and make sure she’s fine” He said.
” But your highness?”
” But?”
” We came here to ask if she’s with you, Your highness” She said
” Would I have told you to search around if she was here?” He asked.
” No your highness” She said lowering her gaze from him.
” Good. Now leave” He ordered and they all ran away into different directions.
He looked around carefully and saw Xander speaking to one of the elders along with Queen Lisa in a whisper.
His eyes darkened for a moment before he closed back the door and started walking in, heading towards the bathroom.
However, hani peeked one eyes open.
She sat up and gathered herself with the duvet before stepping out on her pretty feet.
She stood up and fell back on the bed with an ache in her back. Her lips immediately formed a pout.
” I have to leave before anyone finds me here” She said and stood up again.
Her face cutely squeezed up in pain and her toes went up, as she started to leap in that position.
The bathroom door was getting opened and Hani reversed, jumping on the bed quickly.
Ian paused, wondering how she changed position so quickly.
” Hani?” He called, stepping out of the bathroom with a raised brow.
He closed back the door and went to meet her before palming the bed.
” I know you’re awake, wife.”
” No, I’m not” She mumbled behind the duvet on her face.
He looked away, pressing his lip tight.
” How’s your night anyways?” He asked but he got no reply. He snapped his fingers and the duvet vanished from her body.
Hani sat up quickly, looking at him with her usual natural, morning look.
” Where’s my blankie?” She asked.
He slowly ruffled her hair, getting it more messier.
” I kept it and I’ll give it you back if you answer my question” He smiled.
” M….m…my night was fine.” She lowered her gaze and when he didn’t ask further, she looked up and saw him smiling.
” Stop thinking about it!” She yelled.
” I…I…was literally thinking about nothing” He chuckled richly.
She knelt on the bed, facing him.
” You caused it, Ian. I was expecting you to stop somewhere but you kept on going. You kept on kissing me and I didn’t know what to do so I just had to flow along and then I got lost in the kiss, and you were lost too and before I knew it, we were loosing it!!” She said, breathing out heavily.
Ian smiled and kissed her head.
” I love you so much” He said and her cheeks went puffy and red.
She leaned up and hugged his neck.
” I love you too, cutie pie” She smiled before kissing all over his face hardly and Ian fell on her intoxicatingly.
***
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The royal family were gathered in the dinning room for their usual breakfast.
Everyone was devoted to their food, leaving a pin drop silence.
Hani stared at the food in her plate before looking at Vivian who was standing a feet away.
She gave a simple glare and hani reversed her hand, settling back on the chair.
” What is it Hani?. Are you not going to eat?” Queen Erica asked.
” I’m fine” She said and Ian raised his chin to look at her.
” But you haven’t taken anything this morning”
” I know, but I’m not really hungry, maybe cos I ate enough at the party yesterday” She said. ” I can just afford a cup of water that’s all” She said and picked her glass slowly.
Vivian coughed and hani eyes widened again in shock. She sighed and dropped back the cup, resting back on her seat.
” You don’t want to drink water too?” Ian asked further.
” I’m not thirsty” She said, pressing her lip together tightly before looking at Vivian.
Ian traced her line of sight and saw that Vivian was just a feet away.
” What’s going on here?” He turned to ask the people at the table.
” Are you supposed to ask us?” Queen Lisa spat.
” Hani is the one who refused to eat. We didn’t force her” Xora said.
Ian looked at Xander who had been picking on his meal for long.
” Xander?” He called and Xander hit the table so hard that it had a crack.
” What now?. What?!. Everything that goes wrong in this Palace is Xander. Even if you have a nightmare, it’s always Xander. If your wife desires to fast, it’s still Xander. Why?!” He yelled.
” I haven’t even said a word yet” Ian said calmly.
” You know what, I’m done eating here. I’m literally tired of existing!” He yelled, throwing off his spoon and he left the table in disgust.
Ian stood up and turned to the workers.
” Take the foods away” He ordered and started to leave, and Hani quickly joined him, both of them leaving the table.
Queen Lisa glared at Vivian and she stood up with so much fierce, walking up to her randomly.
She raised her hand before hitting her face so hard that she fell off.
The bowl in her hand fell and broke as well.
” Your highness” Vivian gasped, palming her face in shock.
” Before tonight, Pack your stuffs and leave the palace. And you must not tell anyone that I fired you!. I mean….before tonight!!” Lisa spat before walking out angrily.
Aurora stood up and glared at her.
” We want the best for you, Vivian. Staying here doesn’t benefit us and benefit you either. So you can start packing, I’ll order a carriage to return you back home safely.” She spat and walked out.
The other two Queen’s remained in their seat and just continued on their meal in silence.
Vivian rubbed her teary eyes as she packed up the broken plates from the floor.
Some pieces tore her hand and she started to bleed.
” This is so unfair!. It’s unfair!!” She cried bitterly. She stood up and began to run out of the palace in tears.
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≈ DUNGEON≈
Salome heard the Gate move and some amount of light rushed in, causing it to reflect on her face.
She slowly sat up and crawled back slowly.
” We brought meals. Don’t be scared” The guard said, throwing the plate of dry rice on the floor.
She stared at the food and gulped in.
” I said I’m not hungry”
” This is DAY 3 and you haven’t eaten a thing. Do you want to die!!!” He yelled
” Then why I’m I here if I don’t want to die!!. Take your food away, I don’t want to eat!!!” She yelled bitterly.
He slapped her so hard and she held her cheeks in pain.
” Start eating or I whip your senses off your feet” He spat.
” I’m not hungry, please” She cried.
” Eat!” He whipped her back but she didn’t wince cos she was used to the pain.
She instantly picked the food in her tight fist, pulling it to her mouth forcefully.
She wanted to burp so badly, but somehow, she maintained.
He watched her eat the whole meal till the last grain. After a while, she started to get dizzy.
The guard quickly pulled off his inner pant and he pushed her to fall flat.
She wasn’t wearing anything beneath so he just opened her legs and pulled his member in smoothly into her wide hole.
” Ahhh, Yeah. That’s it” He smiled wickedly.
He started f*cking her very hard, watching the door to see if someone was coming.
” Oh yea!” He whipped her ass and continued f*cking her.
The sound of his balls clapping over her ass was booming over the dungeon.
After a while, He began hearing some noises and he pulled out of her quickly and wore his pant in the same pace.
He looked at her and scoffed.
” Dirty thing” He spat and kicked her foot away before walking out.
***
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Vivian held her cross bag firmly as she waited for Amber outside her tent until she finally came out.
” Where are you going with bags?” Amber asked coming out of the tent.
” I want to leave for home” She replied.
” Leave?. You were chased or what?”
” I’ve been working in this palace since I was a teen and I think it time I just get a life now since no one appreciate my effort” She said.
” Did someone force you to make this decision” She asked and Vivian rubbed her wet eyes, sniffing in hardly.
” I’ve always wanted to leave years ago, but now, i realised I should have taken my intuition seriously” She said, holding back at tears.
” Vivian. Talk to me, please” Amber said.
Vivian sniffed and looked at her.
” Hani was about to get poisoned. They had wanted to… plant an antidote….in her belly… that would…. kill the child she would ever have.” She sniffed in tears. ” I overhead them speaking about it this morning and I’m the only one who can bear witness to this.” She said, crying already.
” I was trying to protect hani and somehow, Lisa found out and told me to leave the palace” She said, unleashing her hot tears.
Amber sighed and pinched her eyes close.
” I think I need to eliminate some people that doesn’t deserve to be in this palace. I think I should begin early” She said and started to walk away.
Vivian watched her retreating backs until she stopped before turning to face her.
” Don’t go anywhere, Vivian. Hide in my tent. My attendant will take care of you” She said.
” Okay, Your highness” Vivian bowed before turning away quickly.
Amber looked around and when no one was watching, she frantically shape-shifted into a bird, flying away quickly.
***
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Hani returned to the girls camp with her personal attendant with her.
She looked around, hoping to find salome but she couldn’t find her around.
” Where’s Salome?” She asked one the girls there.
” She has been arrested by Xander and she’s getting regular tortures” The girl said.
” What?!. Where’s she?” Hani asked.
” At the dungeon, My Queen” The girl replied with a short bow.
” Oh no, oh no!” Hani said and held her dress, walking away quickly.
She arrived at the dungeon and all the guards came together respectively, demonstrating a bow.
” Take Salome out of there right now!” She ordered.
” But your majesty?” One of the guard pointed.
” What?!”
” Salome passed away just few minutes ago. Her body was supposed to be buried tonight” The guard replied
” Stop talking rubbish and take salome out of there right now!” Hani cried, her brows creasing in pain.
” Ok, Your majesty!” He said and went in quickly.
Afterwards, Salome was sluggishly pulled out and hani hands went to her lips immediately.
She looked so unrecognisable,coated with blood and scars from head to toe.
” T…th…this is salome?” She pointed, tears rolling down her cheeks slowly.
” Your highness, this was Xander’s order and we had to follow it precisely”
” Shut up!!. Just shut your dirty teeth!!!” She held the guards shirt and hit him very hard.
The other guards stood upright, watching the scene with wide eyes.
Hani cried bitterly and got on her knees, tears rolling down her cheeks.
” Salome?!!” She cried and checked her out.
Her heart had stopped working and her body had gotten terribly cold.
” Oh no, Salome!!. Not You, Not now!!. You still had time to change. Why!!” She continued to cry, shaking her desperately.
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♡AURORA’S ROOM♡
Queen Lisa walked into Aurora’s room and sat on her bed.
” What other plans do you have in mind, Rora?” She asked with a smile.
Aurora turned away from the mirror on her swivel chair before facing her.
” Since Ian has touched hani. I think we should attack the womb, not the child”
” How are you aware that Hani has been disvirgned?”
” The guards reported that she left her room and went to spend the night at his room last night. They had sex” She said and Queen Lisa got so extremely worried.
” What’s the problem?. You were already aware right?” She asked.
” Nothing. I just remembered something important” She said with a fake smile.
” Vivian left. I think the other workers would learn to keep their mouth shut. Here, I have the drug, You can give it to the hani’s attendant, she’ll know what to do”
” Mmm. Great thinking” Lisa winked and stood up. ” I have to get going now” She said and left the room thereafter.
She closed back the door and grinned wickedly.
” Infertile huh?. This would be going to your meals tonight, Aurora.” She said and began to walk away quickly.
She met Queen Lisa coming and she immediately shape-shifted into a maiden.
Queen Lisa got to Aurora’s door and walked in respectively.
” Aurora.” She said, closing the door.
” How did you suddenly change clothes within few seconds. I haven’t even left my position yet” Aurora said.
” What do you mean?. Did you see me wearing something else earlier?” She asked.
” You just walked in a minute ago and after we set out our plan, you said you were going to leave. And you left!” She yelled.
” What plan?” Lisa asked, looking puzzled and Aurora held her waist, looking more confused.
They were both totally out of this world.
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<< HANI'S ROOM>>
Hani stood up from her sofa when the door opened and she met Ian walking in.
He stopped and looked at her only to find his little baby in tears. She cleaned her wet eyes and looked at him with a pout.
” Hani” He called before walking towards her quickly and embracing her in a tight hug.
” Ian” She cried in his chest, holding his robe.
” I heard the news. I was very shocked too” He said and pinched his eyes close, patting her hair slowly.
” I can’t believe Xander would do such a kind of thing. He’s so wicked, I hate him!. I hate him so much!” She cried.
Ian sighed and left hold of her, holding her arm as he looked at her. His brows thickened.
” It’s fine, hani. You shouldn’t let your anger take over you. Nothing can be done to Salome’s case for now, and afterall, she wasn’t that good friend. She didn’t even like you in the first place” He said.
” But she didn’t even deserve such treatment!!” She hiccupped and fell her cheeks on his chest, sniffing hardly.
The door opened and Ian raised his gaze to see Amber walking in delinquently.
” Amber?” Ian called.
Amber stopped and glared at the two of them sharply.
” You both went against my warning, Didn’t you?” She asked.
Ian slowly looked away and hani lowered her chin, looking at what she could find in the floor.
” That was really disrespectful of you two. You didn’t even know the consequences of your action!. I’m a witness, Ian!” She yelled.
” It’s…incidentally happened. We didn’t plan to do any of that” He said.
” Well, I’m sorry to break the news.” She said and Hani raised her chin, clutching Ian’s robe tightly.
” Hani will never be able to survive any childbirth, Or, she abort the baby and never bears an offspring, an heir”
Tbc