#THE_ROYAL_LOVE
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 90
The next day pas-sed by in a blink of the eye. Brina mostly stayed in her suite, lazing around while Charlotte went to visit her family, the House of Landon.
Whereas, few of the other ladies kept practicing. But, Brina was not at least interested in taking part in their petty tricks.
Meanwhile, surprisingly Louis didn’t visit her that night. He is busy.. well, busy caught up in the mess of his grandmother’s nuisance!
….
On the very event day, Brina woke up very early. As Louis was not beside her, she felt cold and lonely. However, apart from this, the other reason is because she started feeling restless.
And, she thought that something is flagrantly fishy here. Although she is aware that something will definitely go wrong during the second event, she couldn’t put her finger on what exactly it could be.
Wrapping herself in a fur blanket, which she brou-ght along with her from her and Louis’s penthouse, she sat down on the balcony, gazing at the palace buildings.
This blanket smelled of Louis and it gave her a sense of warmth that always emanated from him. It made her feel as if he was the one who was hu-gging her rather than the blanket.
Brina looked at the right side of the humongous palace where Louis’s quarters were and she couldn’t help but feel worry.
‘Honey, why have you not contacted me yet? Are things that troublesome for you right now, because of your grandmother?’ she thought worriedly.
‘I just wish that we will just be fine. And, I miss you, honey.’ she muttered, sighing out loudly before closing her eyes and burying her nose in the blanket. She started to feel tired and weak as well.
And, she didn’t know when she dozed off but only woke up when Charlotte shook her shoulders. It’s almost noon and Charlotte hasn’t disturbed her because she was still as-suming that Louis would be there with Brina.
However, she just found out that Louis is now in his grandmother’s quarters and she rushed to Brina’s suite.
“Brina, why are you sleeping here? Are you okay?” she couldn’t help but ask. Brina blinked her eyes, still feeling groggy a bit.
ru-b-bing her ne-ck, Brina yawned lightly with her hand clamped to her mouth.
“Mhmm.. I’m just sleepy. That’s it.” Brina said, standing up with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. “Have you not slept properly? Didn’t Louis come?” she asked, worriedly.
“Hmm.. no. And, he didn’t even message me, let alone visit me.” Brina said and she winced a little while standing up and she almost stumbled on her leg.
“Brina, are you really okay? What happened girl? Don’t make me worry, alright! Today is your second competition anyhow.”
Charlotte said, her hand involuntarily going for Brina’s forehead. “I’m on my period. Second day.. so, I guess I’m having cramps, now.” Brina told her friend as she slightly mas-saged her wai-st.
“And, your head is burning too!” Charlotte said, pursuing her li-ps.
“Is it? I’m feeling a little bit tired and weak as well. What would have happened? I am just fine till midnight.” Brina said walking back into the room.
“Let’s go to the Royal Medics.” Charlotte suggested.
“Nah. Let’s not make a fuss over it. I’m feeling as if something is awfully wrong here. I can manage.. don’t worry, Char.” Brina said, as she quietly checked her temperature and fished out her first aid kit.
She swallowed the tablets which are personally prescribed by ‘one of the world’s best doctors’.
“Now.. now, calm down. I’ll be fine and if I still feel the same way after this, then we can go for a check-up after the competition, okay?” Brina told.
“And, please don’t tell Louis alright. I don’t want him to get worried.” she said, before going for a bath.
‘Why does she always neglect her health like this?! It’s not even been two weeks since she got discharged from the hospital. If Louis finds out about this, he will surely kill me for hiding this from him.’ Charlotte thought.
Almost crying out!
….
“Have she come, doctor?” Olivia asked the Chief Physician.
The Chief Physician gulped difficulty and with a shaking hand, she held her phone ti-ghtly.
She is dead afraid of what she was ordered to do. However, it is inevitable for her to not follow the command from Lady Olivia as the Queen Mother herself ordered her to do so.
“Lady Olivia, she has not yet come.” she said, her voice caved in to Olivia’s dominance.
“But you said that her fever would have kicked up by this hour! How come she is not here yet? Have you made sure that you really gave her a high dose?” Olivia asked, clenching her fist.
“Ma’am, I truly did add the high dose to Lady Brina’s dinner last night.
By now, she should have been suffering from the fever and weakness that she must visit a doctor.” the doctor informed Olivia.
Olivia’s despicable plan doesn’t stop with just a simple fever and heavy weakness. In fact, her cunning plan swims de-eper than that. Her plan consists of booking Brina un-der the ‘drug intake’ case and making her disqualified to continue in competitions.
Though it is just a simple fever and intolerable body pains, as someone with full support of Queen Mother herself, it is nothing but a catwalk for Olivia to create fake reports.
She would have added the real drugs but the Queen Mother is against it. She is still someone who has moralities lingering in her.
Heh! What moralities? Who is she to joke with?
Moreover, Brina is merely simply a ‘commoner’ and on the brighter side, the house which is sponsoring her seems to be falling off its glory day by day. So, Olivia is confident enough that no one would dare to retaliate against her.
Even if they do, they wouldn’t be able to win against Queen Mother and her House of Lykaios. But little she knows that the Crown Prince himself is backing Brina’s back!
“Hmph!! You guys are really impotent in carrying out the orders! If I was a Queen, you people would have been peeled off from your roles by now!” Olivia flared up.
Though the Chief Physician felt her anger surging up, she is aware of the bitter truth that she is a nobody in front of Olivia, the Iron Lady of the Kingdom.
Moreover, Queen Mother Greta herself is backing this witch!…
“Brother, Brina didn’t show up!” Olivia said, smashing the expensive flower pot, ragingly on the floor.
“That was why I said to use the aphrodisiacs and give her to me! You people are cowards!” her brother Owen said, cutting the steak with a harsh for-ce.
“I’m not a coward, Owen! Queen Mother might be supporting me because of our maternal father’s persisting pressure. However, you can’t forget that she still thinks of me as an ideal Queen.”
“If I show her my true colors of cruelty and recklessness, she might have second thoughts. Which, I obviously can’t afford right now. Moreover, I’m not a fool to take such a risk right un-der the nose of Prince Edward. If not for the lack of time, I would have come up with a more flawless and less suspected method to take care of that commoner!” Olivia said, gritting her teeth.
“Sis, remember that I want her. She is too irresistible to let go.” Owen said, lic-king his li-ps.
“Patience brother! You will have her by the end of these competitions.” Olivia said, patting his shoulder. “For now, we have to think of some other plans to make Brina lose this competition.” she pursed her li-ps.
“She just got lucky for now that she didn’t go for a check-up. Otherwise, she would have directly got kicked out.” Owen said. “If that would have happened, I would have had her tonight. I think she is still a V¡rgin and V¡rgin’s are always delicious.” he said, still in his la la land.
Olivia scoffed and suddenly yelled “Can’t you think of anything else?! Today’s competition will be starting in a few hours and we are yet to make a plan to pluck her out. Don’t forget what grandfather would do if we can’t show him how useful we can be.”
Owen almost got startled. However, it worked that he sat stiffly and shook himself out of his lust-ful reveries.
“Olivia, who do you think will be your potential competitor in today’s competition? Brina or Katherine?” He asked, all attentive as if he got fli-pped to a ‘serious mode’.
“Katherine is not that bad at riding horses, so I thought she could be my competitor. However, after I witnessed how Brina stopped that Hungarian horse in the arena, I’m having suspicions that Brina is a forte in riding too. For now I will root for my gut feeling. Brina would be my potential competitor.” she told her brother.
“So, ask Queen Mother’s secretary to divert our plan on to Brina rather than Katherine. If Brina goes down the charts and Katherine reclaim her second rank, we can then cook another plan to suppress Katherine later.” he told.
“But why am I feeling as if the flaws are glaringly open for others to notice?” Olivia asked.
“Silly, who will have audacity to go against you? Even if they notice, they can’t come up with such evidence in a short time. And, by then, we can just divert the topic and suppress the suspicious.” Owen simply said.
Holding both of Olivia’s shoulders he looked into her eyes “We don’t have other options, sister. If you fail to reclaim your first rank, grandfather will get furious. And, you know what will happen when our maternal grandfather gets angry. Right?” he whispered.
A chill ran down her spine and she shivered. Giving a slight nor she meekly said, for once, her vulnerability a pitiful plight to ‘behold’.
“I will inform Queen Mother’s secretary to make the immediate amendments.” she said, before going inside and locking herself in her room.
Meanwhile, Olivia’s younger sister, Olive witnessed everything from behind the pillar.
….
“Rhianna, I think I got drugged.” Brina said.
She is now in the bathroom. However, she is yet to bath.
“What?! How are you feeling? Which drug could it be?” Rhianna asked, alarmed.
Rhianna was once a doctor but she is still a personal doctor to Brina, who ba-rely trusts others.
“I’m good. My resistance seems still to be in healthy maintenance despite my negligence.” Brina chuckled.
“Thanks to Remus and Seth for making you a tough girl. If it was Harry, I’m sure he would have made you as sen-sitive and delicate as Natalie.” Rhianna said, taking a glance at Natalie who was unconscious on the bed.
“Is she fine now?” Brina asked.
“Yup. Better compared than to before. She is in the final length of completing her treatment.”
“Leave her and tell me how you feel now?” Rhianna asked.
“It’s not a dangerous drug. It might be making the human body weak and unstable for a while. I guess there was another ulterior motive behind this and that is why I decided to take your help personally.” Brina told her.
She would have been fine with the doctor just like Charlotte suggested, but Brina knows very well how cunning the people here could be when it comes to prestige and power.
That is why she never trusts others, especially strangers, though they are legitimate and abided by law.
“Brina, keeping the worst case scenario in my mind, I did pack a mini blood tester in your bag. Can you prick your finger, test it and note down the values and send them to me. Or else, you can connect it throu-ghyour satellite mobile and send the sample data to the S & S laboratory.” Rhianna told Brina.
“Hmm.. let’s not use the satellite mobile for now. I will just send you the values throu-ghmail.” saying so, Brina ended the call and she immediately got busy with that work.
Right exactly after half an hour she got a reply, recommending some medicine for that.
Charlotte immediately asked her loyal bodyguard to bring it.
After all the has-sle, Brina ate her breakfast and took the medicine.
“So, are we safe now? I mean, we just escaped from one of Olivia’s despicable schemes.” Charlotte said.
Brina lay down on the bed for a short nap and looked at Charlotte, “I started to feel as if something big is yet to strike us.” she said.
She was having her own suspicions and Olivia just confirmed them.
“So..??” Charlotte asked, horror filling her eyes.
“So, what? We just have to face it!” Brina said.
“What if we can’t break ourselves free from it?” Charlotte asked, bi-ting her nails in nervousness.
“Everything has some flaws, Char. We will look for them and if we are not able to break free, we can go for a second plan.” Brina answered.
“What’s the second plan?” Charlotte curiously asked.
“It’s a secret.” Brina whispered teasingly before closing her eyes to take a nap.
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