Chapter 9: The king and the brother.
Queen Adaze walked elegantly into his daughter's chamber, she met Princess Nneka on a seat, with her maid dressing her hair.
" Greetings your highness," the maid said immediately as she sighted the queen and lowered her head.
"Excuse us," she said in an authoritative tone to the maid, in a jiffy the maid is out of the room.
"Queen Mother, what is the secret of today's excitement?" Princess Daisy and Nneka asked simultaneously.
"Won't you offer me a seat first?'' she said, instantly Princess Daisy stood up and brought a stool out for her mother to sit.
The queen mother settled on the stool, teasing her princess for a while with her silence, she didn't let out the reason behind her visit, imposing the princess into a suspect.
Princess Nneka is not a patient type, she looked at her mother intently, waiting for her to speak while Princess Daisy smiled slightly waiting for her mother to speak, she's a reserved type.
Princess Nneka spilled out, she got tired of the silence
"Queen mother, tell us the reason behind this glow now, don't put us in suspense," Princess Nneka said.
"You are the crown princess, your father chose you yesterday ", the queen's mother uttered, making Princess Nneka's eyes widened and gasped.
"Mother, are you sure the king chose me not Princess Aurora?" Nneka asked.
The mother burst into laughter.
"I'm saying your sister, not you now," she said smiling.
"Okay" she stammered and the excitement on her face faded away. She had always pleased his father just to be on the good side of her father. She is ambitious and cunning just like her mother. She thought his father would make her the crown Princess.
"Queen mother, don't mind her, she thinks she is better than me," Princess Daisy said with a chuckle.
"But mother, did you think the ministers will agree with father on..." Daisy said but Nneka interrupted her.
"He is the king, and his word is final, no one dares to antagonist his decision, if not I might become the second Aurora, killing all his antagonists," Nneka said in a hard tone.
The queen and princess Daisy shared a gaze and burst into laughter.
"What is it now?" Nneka asked with a frowned face.
"Nothing," Princess Daisy said faintly.
"Your father knows how much you loved and respected him, he's trying to marry you to the most powerful king so that you....." The queen was explaining but Princess Nneka interrupted her, she is not a patient type.
"Queen mother, did you mean Alpha Malik?" Nneka said with curiosity on her face, she has been daydreaming to become a powerful Leader, if her father didn't make her the crown princess, she wanted to be a powerful queen that no one would be able to look in the face.
"Yes," the queen replied.
"Thank you, Queen-mother," Nneka said, she rushed and hugged the queen tightly with smiles on her face.
"Someone is happy now," Princess Daisy teased her, with a wide smile.
"Please my two daughters, I want you to tread carefully, what have been trying to achieve for you, has finally come to pass, I want to secure your future as a queen, and please Nneka you are going to the Uruk community to protect your community and to protect your father, keep Aurora in check, she must not disclose anything to the king, you must have the king heart alone just like I have your father heart alone"
"And if you think Aurora leaving the palace is the best option, find a way to rescue her back to the community".
"Mother, what of me? I'm now the Crown princess, father might change his mind if he sees Aurora" Daisy said
"Let's kill her in Uruk then," Nneka said.
"I will think about it," the queen said and slipped from the chair, her two daughters hugged her tightly.
"Thanks, mother" they chorused while their mother patted their back before she huffed the door.
After the queen left, Nneka started walking as queen Malik, the most powerful queen, and Daisy was just smiling at her.
"Queen Malik" Princess daisy said smiling, teasing her sister.
"That's me, The latest crown Princess of gilgal community" Nneka replied and they burst into laughter simultaneously.
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Aurora's eyes fell on Shastina, she looked at her intently, wanting to be sure she was the one.
"She is the one, what is she doing here?", she asked herself a rhetorical question and grinned.
Evans looked at her face and trailed her eyes to her gaze, but he couldn't locate the person she was looking at, he got furious and yelled.
"Did you want to keep the king waiting?" Evans said gruffly. It slithered Aurora, and she looked away and followed Evans, she didn't know what to think among the fears she had now.
She is bothered seeing Shastina, and she is nervous hearing Evans mention Malik, she spoke out after a while and asked Evans why he is taking her to the king.
"I don't know, and If I do, I can't tell you" he stated harshly.
"Hmm! Okay," Aurora said under her breath, and waited for whatever punishment came her way.
She hoped she is not called for whipping or torture, she is not sure she is strong for whipping yet, she could have fainted last night if not for the food brought to her by the guard, and she appreciated the guy for the food.
She looked around, enjoying the breeze she had missed for five-months, though her heart beat faster as she exited the hallway, and turned to the training field of the Alpha king.
She knew the training field, was met for training solely, she is unsure of what the king called her for on the training field, if he want to whip her, he won't do it on the training field, he would do it on the tortured ground where maids and servants can gawk and mocked her.
As soon as she reached the center of the training ground, Aurora's face fell on Alpha Malik's, sending a chill to her bones.
Seeing Aurora, Alpha Malik drew an arrow and aimed at Aurora, who stood at the center of the ground looking directly at Alpha Malik's face stylishly.
She closed her eyes fearfully waiting for the arrow to pierce into her.
"I guess this is the end now" she muttered out.