"We need to go to the store Wake up." Reina heard a voice in her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to see that it was already morning.
She yawn and stretched before climbing out of the bed.
"Good Morning Your Highness." May greeted.
"Good Morning." She replied.
"Hope I didn't wake you."
"No,no, it's fine. Would have woke up anyway." She smiled just then she saw the little cutie coming out of the room.
"Where are you two going?." She asked looking at the sack and basket in her hand.
"We're going to sell at the market." She replied.
"I should come then." She rose from the bed.
"Your Highness you would have to have your bath, your bathing water is over there." She pointed.
"Sorry it isn't too clean compared to the one you use in the palace." She lowered her gaze.
"No, it's fine, thank you." She went in and managed to take her bath while they waited for her.
"Let me help with your hair Your highness."
"No, I learnt how to arrange it from my personal maid so don't worry." She forced a smile.
They went to the market place and Reina helped May set her store. May just smiled at how good Reina was, she was a princess yet she helped a commoner.
The market was a busy place and no one could recognize Reina cause she wasn't in any royal clothes, she was poorly dressed. She helped sell some fruits to the buyers and it really made May happy cause she earned more money.
Reina's beauty attracted the buyers so they bought the goods just to talk to the new goddess. "She's new around here, who is she?." A man who seemed to know May asked.
Reina turned to May expecting her to say something to hide her identity.."mm..she's a friend from another kingdom." She smiled at Reina and Reina smiled back.
"I must say she's really beautiful,but she looks like A Princess of this kingdom. The Wife Of His Highness Lorcan." He said still looking strangely at her.
"Mm..no, her name is Emilia and she just arrived two days ago, here, here is your apples." She handed it to him stopping him from talking.
Reina hid her face with a cloth till the man left.
"You need to be careful Your.." she halted.
"Emilia" Reina corrected in a whisper.
"Emilia,got it." She nodded. Zik ran to the store pointing at a direction.
"Mother!." He called running to her.
"Yes Zik?." She creased her brow looking at his body if he had any injuries.
"The Palace Guards are here." He said and the women's eyes widened in shock as they looked around. There were about seven palace guards parading over the market talking to some women there.
They already knew this would happen, Theodore had already begun his search for them.
"You need to leave right now Your Highness." May said panicking. Reina's heart almost hoped out of her chest,she wondered where Lorcan must be now, have they held him captive??.
"We need to go back to the house My Lady, come this way." She held her hand and dragged her out of there before the guards got to her store.
Reina was shivering with fear, she was so scared of what might happen next. What if they got her and took her to Theodore? What then?? All she thought about was leaving Lorcan.
They got to the house and locked the door right after they got in. Reina was shaking and panting, she had tears in her eyes. May came to calm her down.
"Don't worry Your Highness,nothing bad would happen to you." She looked at her with pity.
"Why wouldn't I be worried May? Prince Theodore wants me by all means and now he sent his guards to search everywhere for us where would we go from here?." Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"What if His Highness had been held captive by his men?."
"Five thousand men weren't able to pull His Highness down in the battlefield,that's how strong he is. Please have faith and he'll be fine." She assured.
Zik came close to sit with Reina. "Don't cry Your Highness,you don't look too beautiful." This boy was so cute, she gave a sad smile at him and touched his cheeks.
"Prince Lorcan has been my role model, when I grow up I'll like to be just like him, strong, handsome,and tall then I'll get married to a princess that's beautiful just as you are." He gave a bright smile and for a moment she stopped crying.
Suddenly they heard a knock at the door and they stared at each other.
Reina shook her head asking May not to open the door. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she covered her mouth with her hand fighting sounds from escaping her lips.
"Who is it??." May yelled.
"The palace guards we were sent to check all the houses in the kingdom for His Highness Prince Lorcan and Her Highness."
Reina could hear her heartbeat in her ears,her hands were sweaty and she suddenly felt like fainting.
"Your Highness, you need to hide come this way." She led Reina inside the room.
Reina looked at her in confusion. "Get inside, they won't find you here." She was standing in front of a carpet, she then removed a piece of rug reveling a small door.
"This is an underground basement, we built it in times of war but for now please get inside so I could cover it before they break in."
"Open the door!" They heard a deep stern voice from outside.
"Go,go,go!" She helped Reina got in and carefully closed the underground door placing the rug in place then she left with Zik.
"I said open up!" They broke into the house to find Zik holding May tight.
"What took you so long?." A man asked as his eyes swept the room as if searching for something.
May couldn't hide her fear, she was panting and sweating. "I was in the kitchen." She managed to say.
"Not like we care, have you seen His highness Prince Lorcan and Her Highness? ."
"Nnn..no,I I haven't seen them, are they in the village?." She asked.
"Shut up!" Another guard said.
"You look like you know something, where are they?." He asked coming closer to her.
"I..I don't know anything please don't hurt me and my son,I'm pregnant please have mercy, I don't know anything about it." She cried waving her hands.
"Fine then I'll go search the entire house." He aid and walked into the rooms while the other guards stayed with them.
"Oh good lord please protect Her Highness, she's such a kind person please don't let him find her." She prayed as she noticed a guard staring at her suspiciously.
"No one is here." The man said coming from inside. May let out a sigh of relief.
"We should leave they are not here." He said to the men. He walked to May who was now kneeling, she was sweating and crying. He placed the edge of his sword to her throat as tears ran down her cheek. She was scared they might do something bad to her. She knew how heartless Theodore men were, they never spared anyone.
"If I heard that they were here,I'll kill you and your unborn child." He slowly slipped the sword down to her stomach. May closed her eyes really tight hoping he wouldn't hurt her.
"Let's go!" He turned to his men and they left.