It was in the midnight that nobody was outside except from the armies that were guarding the place; those armies were at different corners in the palace with their swords inside their pockets and different hurricanes wall candles hanging and light around the the palace to make it bright.
Thaniya's mother put her head on her laps inside the cell that she was and sleeping. All the surrounding of the cell were very dirty and it was only a small candle that was lighted at the corridor of that place. She was not given foods or water to drink since morning and that was how criminals always treated especially those of a murder case.
A middle age man got to the cell that Thaniya's mother was, wearing a black cloak and covering his head and face with the cap on the cloak. He wore a black boot, walking slowly, aware of his environment and also holding a big harmer.
He hit the harmer on the iron door gently and broke the door. Thaniya's mother jerked up from the sleep as she heard the sound of the door broken. She shifted to the back a little bit.
"Who are you?" Asked with low voice and looking at him but she was unable to see his face.
"Come out now! Come with me now" Removed the cap and given her his hand. He was the head of the armies. Thaniya's mother was just looking at him, and not doing anything.
"Alarm will soon rings, let's leave this place fast!" He dragged her out from the cell as he said so, used his cap back and running to the left direction.
Prison attacked alarm had rang and all the armies that were outside had left their base. Few of the armies got to the prison and checking the cells round, checking the people that were inside the cells to know who was released among them.
"It's this servant that wants to kill the king that was released" A young guy said as they got to her cell.
"They broke the door and made her escaped. Go now, check everywhere and bring her back" A man whom was next to army's leader said loudly. All the other armies passed beside him and going to different directions.
The head of the armies and Thaniya's mother were still at the prison side finding their way out and running very faster. The man was holding her hand and looking at different directions. Two of them had known that alarm had rung so they must be fast.
"Stay here my lady, I will be right back" The man said as they got to a dark corner.
"Okay!" Thaniya's mother said with low voice and the man left. He went to check how the entrance was.
The armies were searching everywhere with holding lamp sticks on their hands and searching for her.
The man got back to where Thaniya's mother was after few minutes with a holding fire lamp stick on his hand.
"Let's go!" He held her hand back, holding the fire lamp stick on his left hand and leaving the place.
They got down to the judgement ground and climbed the staircases down to the main palace. Thaniya's mother was so surprised and didn't understand why he came to rescue her. She was just looking at him as he was taking her out from the palace.
"My lady! Pass that direction, go and wait for me at the back of the palace. I will join you soon" Removed the jacket that he was wearing and gave it to Thaniya's mother.
"Okay! I heard you" She wore the jacket, used the cap to cover her face and running to her left hand side. The man looked at her still she gone far and left the place.
"What happened? I heard the alarm that the lady servant had been released; how?" The army's leader asked the man that was next to him as he got to the king's chamber.
"We don't know how it happened Sir, just saw the door broken and the lady had been released" Said with low voice and felt bad.
"How do you want me to explain this to the King now, that the person that wants to kill him had escaped from the cell that we locked her in. How? Does it sound good to you too" Said with loud voice and pretend totally like he didn't know anything.
"All the armies have been looking for her and I am assuring you that they will find her Sir and bring her back to the palace" Said with boldness and with assurance.
"You better do so, because I don't know what to tell the King now" Said with low voice.
"We will get her and bring her back Sir"
"It will better!" Said with loud voice and with anger showed all over him. The man bow for their leader and going to his left direction.
The head of the armies passed his left hand side and leaving the palace with lamb stick and with army's uniform on his body.
Thaniya's mother had got to the back of the palace, standing their with the lamb stick holding with her two hands, and busy looking at everywhere as she was using her legs to rub each other.
"Let's go!" The head of the armies said behind her as he got there.
"You are here" She faced him and looking at him. He held her hand and running away from that place.
Two of them arrived to a small house and which was very far from the palace. The house was beside a river and it was very beautiful.
The Head of the armies climbed a first step of the staircases, faced Thaniya's mother and collected her hand. He supported her to climb the staircases up. He released her hand as she got up and entered into the house.
There were wall hurricane candles light round the house and bright everywhere.
"This is where we are coming to, my lady" The man said. Thaniya's mother looked round the house from where she was standing and faced the man.
"Why are you doing this? Why did you rescue me from the cell and brought me here?" She asked with low voice and starring at him.
"I SENT HIM!" She heard a man's voice from behind, turned back and saw the King coming out from the small bedroom in that house.
"My king! What is going on here?" She asked with loud voice and didn't understand what was going on.
"Excuse us please" The King said with low voice to the army's leader.
"As you said my King" He bow and going out of the room, he closed the transparent glass door and standing at the lobby there facing his back at them.
"I was the one that ordered him to rescue you and bring you here" The King said with low voice.
"You set me up, you deformed my character at the front of everybody in the palace. So why did you now tell him to come and rescued me. Why?" She said with anger and shouted at the King.
"Calm down! This is the only way I can do it so that nobody will know that someone is pregnant for me and directly she has become my mistress" Looking into her eyeballs and continued.
"Yesterday night that you told me, I thought of what to do and how to keep everything secretly because I am not ready to loss the throne or being embarrassed and disgraced at the front of my people. So I came up with this idea by given you a poison cup and also I have sent army's leader to put the poison inside the bottle of the wine too. Now, I see that it worked out.
Now nobody will know anything just see that you escaped, and I know how to handle that"
"And you don't see this is dangerous, what if I later get catch, it will be a great offence on me"
"Nothing is going to happen to you or the baby, trust me" Put his hands on her shoulder.
"Nobody knows about this plan except from the army's leader and I; also nobody knows this place so you are saved, trust me. This is the only way I can do it because if you are still in the palace and the pregnancy starts showing, people will later know that you are my mistress" Said with low voice and starring at her.
"I understand everything My King"
"This place will be very okay for you and your baby so, rest your mind. Also, I will be coming here often to check on you and my unborn baby. It's now my responsibility to make sure that you are fine" Smiling at her. The King likes her even before then.
"Thank you very much my King" Wanted to kneel down, but the King quickly raised her up and hugged her very tightly.
"You don't have to, it's my responsibility to make sure that you are fine" Smile loudly at her back.
"You said it's only Army's Leader that knows about all these, and do you trust him?" She asked as she removed herself from the King.
"I trust him and that is why it was him I called. But, just that human beings can't be trusted for long, we can change anytime. But never mind, I will be monitoring him" Looking at the Army leader's back outside.
"It will good you monitor him because human beings" She said with low voice and looking at him outside.
"We have to go now, rest your mind and enjoy your new home okay" Smiles at her.
"Give me few minutes before you go, pls!" Thaniya's mother said and leaving the room. She opened the door and got down to the lobby.
"Army's leader! Thank you very much" Said as she got down and the King was looking at them.
"It's King that sent me so you don't have to" He said with low voice.
"I have to" She hugged him that the Army's leader shocked and separating his hands.
Thaniya's mother put her hands on Army Leader's head gently, and starring her eye on it. Suddenly, a green-red light showed out from her eye and encircled the man's head; and she started seeing everything that was on Army Leader's head. She started erasing all the memories of all what he and the King did, everything that happened that night and including her own images.
She wanted to delete everything so that her mind could be at rest and nobody to link out the secret again or knows what happened.
She removed her hand from his head after few minutes and released him, smiling at him.
"Thank you very much" The Army's leader was just looking at her strangely and didn't remember her again but he couldn't ask.
"We have to go now" The king said as he came out from the house.
"Not need to bring him with you again my King, just to be at a safer side" Said silently to the King.
"Okay! If you said so" The Army's leader could never remember that place again after he had left, he couldn't even know if it's existing.
"Go safety my King" Looking at them as they were climbing the staircases and she went inside.
'Oh! The King did it to save you and for anybody not to know that he has a mistress' Thaniya said.
'Yes! I erased everything from Army Leader's head so my mind was at rest since then. The King fulfilled his promise to me, he always used to come and also showed me love" Thaniya put her hands on her chest and listen carefully to her mother.
'The King was with me that day when I started having labour pains; he was the one that took the delivery because we don't want anybody to know. He was so happy when he saw the royal sign at the back of your brother, happy that his crown prince had been born but I have known before.
Because I just gave birth, I need someone to be assisting me so I sent a letter to my friend through a bird. We were both working in the palace and we were both from Heaven and Earth, so I trusted her without knowing that she can't be trusted'
'She betrayed you Mom?' Thaniya asked with low voice and waiting for a reply from her mother.