"Mother" I greeted as she walked inside and saw Alan and me standing while I tried to calm down and not act like I was caught red-handed doing something.
"Queen Mathilda." Alan greeted mother with a respectful bow. Mother nodded at him and then turned towards me with a questionable look.
"How is the wound, Freya?" she asked me, and before I could answer, I was cut off by Alan.
"Excuse me, Queen Mathilda and princess Freya," he said and left the room before bowing and giving me a small smile which I returned. I turned to look at mother and saw her already looking at me with confusion written on her face.
"What was he doing in your room, Freya?" mother asked me and I frowned in confusion so she continued, "You never allowed any one of the guards in your room before except for an emergency."
"Well, I don't know how I was before mother and he was here to apologize because he felt guilty about the incident. Also, King, father has appointed him as my trainer, so I could learn how to fight once I start to feel better." I explained to her calmly as I felt her being a protective mother.
"Okay, it's nice and useful if you learn that. I am sorry Freya I just am not able to digest the fact that you have lost your memory and don't remember anything. It just makes me worried and helpless as you mother it's my duty to take care of my daughter. I hope I could have helped you in any kind of way." She explained to me and I could see the worry in her voice and expressions.
"Mother, I am fine. And you can help me by telling me some important parts of my life that I don't remember now." I offered her with a smile.
"That would be great, I think you should sit down and rest." She suggested and we sat on my bed. I sat against the headboard and leaned on it taking the blanket on my lap, as my mother sat in front of me.
"You were a very naughty girl as a child. You always use to make a mess of the kitchen and always had a liking for the throne. You use to sneak out of my embrace at night and go to sleep on the throne. You have always dreamt of being Cohill's Queen one day." She said and I gulped.
Cohill's Queen? Now how am I going to fulfill this dream of Freya, who is dead? How am I, a girl who doesn't know anything about this 'becoming a Queen' thing is going to be one?
"I – I don't know if I want that anymore." I hold her and her smile faltered a little but not fully, it almost turned into a sad smile.
"I know. You still have one year to decide. The Queen or King ceremony happens when the Prince or Princess turns 18-years-old. You have almost a year to decide what you want to be, it's your life, and whatever you decide me and your father are always going to be there with you." She said and I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.
It felt nice to have someone care for you and promise to be there with you in whatever situation. They are not even my real parents but I feel their love and care for me just so real to be true and it makes my heart happy.
"Thank you," I whispered and hugged her, she giggled and hugged me tightly in her warm embrace, "Our little princess."
"Come on have your medicines now and then go to sleep. You need to rest as much as possible." She said after we pulled away. Taking the medicines from the bowl that was given by Dr. Edward, I grabbed the glass of water from the side table and had my medicine which tasted like I was having raw bitter gourd.
"It's so bad!" I exclaimed and mother laughed at my expressions before kissing my head.
Suddenly we heard the melodious music that I hear every night before sleeping or that helps me sleep peacefully.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" mother asked me when she saw a smile appearing on my face.
"Yes, it sure is. It helps me sleep almost every night." I said as a matter of fact to which she just kept smiling at me.
"You take all the rest you need and get well soon, good night." She said and got up from the bed.
"Yes, mother. Good night." I replied and she left the room. Blowing out the candles around me I took the soft blanket and slept peacefully with the help of the melodious music.
***
It has been very boring to just sit in my room when Barbara brings me food and mother feeds me the worst tasting medicine that I have been consuming for about a week or two now. I don't have any social media to pass the time but just a window to look out in the woods, mountains, sky, and river.
The wound on my stomach is healing very fast now and it also doesn't hurt that much, but I am not allowed to go outside of the room and have to rest all the time to get better faster. I have only seen a few people in these two weeks, mother to give me my medicines, father to check up on me and, Edward to check up on my wounds, and Barbara to bring me food.
I have not seen any servant as it was my wish to be alone in my room and not want to have an unknown company with me. I have also not seen or heard from Alan which makes me a little sad and I don't know why.
As I was combing my hair, the door opened and father walked into the room. I got up from my seat and walked towards him.
"Good morning, father." I greeted him with a smile.
"Good morning, Freya. I hope you feel fine now and Dr. Edwards's medicines have worked." He said hopefully.
"I think they did work as the wound is healing very fast and also, I don't feel the unbearable pain anymore," I replied to which he nodded his head.
"That's amazing to hear. I was wondering to start your training but not the one from which you could get hurt, as you are still in recovery. Can we do that?" he asked me and I started to think if I could handle it or not. I can learn some basics till I get better and hopefully nothing severe will happen. And at least, I will be able to meet Alan and spend some time with him. With this thought, I replied to him.
"Yes, I think I can do that. And I also have a question father, did you find out who were the people that tried to kill me?" I asked him as I was curious to know who the people were.
"Yes, we did find out. They were soldiers of Amanda land, which is our neighboring town. Philip is the King of Amanda and he was the one who ordered to kill you. They still know that you have lost your memory tough and I intend to be it like that. I have spread the news in Cohill to not utter a word about you to anyone and also increased the security around the town as well as the palace." He said sincerity with a smile on his face.
"But why does he want me to be dead?" I asked him being confused as to why would he want a 17-year-old girl killed.
"That's for another time, Freya. don't worry, I will not let anything happen to you." He said confidently and smartly dodging my question.
"Let's go and start with some basic, shall we?" he asked to which I nodded my head and we headed out. It felt nice to be outside the four walls after so many days. We went to the backside of the palace where many people were practicing.
"This is our few soldiers who are practicing, everyone practices in turns every day. It's compulsory." He said and we turned where there was half sheltered room that had a roof and three walls with an open wall which had a huge curtain.
"This is where the Queens and Princesses that is your mother and your practice, whenever needed." He informed me and I was impressed with the weapons inside. There were many swords and arrows with many other weapons which I didn't recognize.
I heard someone faintly heavy breathing and when I turned, I froze.
Oh my god!