Rex holding Ella, comforting her as she is crying and pouring the tears on his shirt. Rex is surprised of the pain she feels. Ella said, " how can I do this to you, I don't know how to return evil for evil? I was raised as a good girl. My grandmother said I shouldn't forget you belong to someone else. She is right, but now I have to consummate this marriage with you. And I don't know how to think, how to get out of it?" She separate from Rex and walks out of the Chamber of the princess.
The king sends the guard to go and summon the princess. The guard goes and calls for the princess, Maya Walks into the chamber to meet the King, The King sitting and waiting for her. The king said" Princess Maya I know that you have something to do with Ella, lying to me, I just discovered she is your best friend. Do you have anything to do with what she did to me because the only reason I never took actions on finding out that she lied to me about getting married to Rex Johnson is because I saw your face? I knew something was up, talk to me now, Princess Maya?"
Princess Maya is silent, she looks up at her father, "should I talk to you as a king of Wattu kingdom or should a daughter expose her mind to her father for him to understand the predicament that dwells within her?". The king is silence and caught between taking actions on his daughter as a king or a father. "Talk to me as the king princess Maya when I asked Ella to marry me, it was a king requesting a beautiful young maiden for a wife, not a father, requesting a beautiful young lady for a wife" said the king.
Princess Maya got up, "as you are the king, I don't have anything to say. I have nothing to do with Ella lying or deceiving you of being married to Rex Johnson. It's if I may speak to my father, Ella is my friend, please don't touch her. She has not been in this Village for the past 10 years. She doesn't know the rules and regulations that govern the Wattu Kingdom. She just a young lady who left the Sanila City, came to this Village to have a peace of Mind from the calamities and predicaments that befalling her in her home in the city. And you adding to it was a bad omen for her. In a split of a second, she is caught in the middle, and she lied to you. Please, my king, don't react. You have already recommended she stay in the palace with Rex Johnson, as her husband. If you suspect that they aren't marriage or is a contract marriage. By demanding them to stay here, isn't it enough punishment for them? We both know that after confirmation of marriage, it will take 7 years before divorce will be granted. That is enough problems for her, enough punishment. Is just an understanding of mine about the situation.
The king said "if you said, you are not part of it, why are you pleading on her behalf, why are you for her? Princess Maya bows before her father. I'm speaking to the king, not to my father. I plead with the King to let go this situation at hand. I know she lied to you, but I also know, you have seven other concubines who are at your up beg and call. You can just have them anytime you want. What's so special about my friend? How will I stand in front of my friend after she has graced your bed and see the nakedness of my father, will she be my friend again? Likewise, I love you father, but how will you feel if you see me with any of your friends or if they ask me for a date and I accept? One day, I grace their bed and see their nakedness, will I respect them anymore, would that not bring shame onto my people? How can I stand in front of Ella if she is one of your concubines? Have you thought of what I am going through?
Everything I am, I earn it? I never use the Privileges have been the only princess of Wattu Kingdom, even when I was in the University I made sure I put my people first. I put your name first, I put you first. For once, put me first, put my feelings first. I am not pleading for her, I am pleading for me because she is my only friend. So, I did not lie to you, I'm not involved in her lies. You know that it takes 7 years for divorce after getting married and consummate it. So if she had done a contract marriage, by asking her to have the honeymoon and consummate the love. She will take 7 years and divorce will be something out of the books. Isn't that enough punishment already on her, and Rex is legally married to her. Father, please I am not asking you to do anything out of the ordinary. I'm just saying that, please don't touch Ella for me".
The king looks at his watch and realizes time is gone to him?
He turns to princess Maya and said, "I have a meeting with my council of Elders, this conversation is not over". He gets up and walks out of the room. Ella walking into a guest chamber of the palace to discuss with her grandmother. Who is sitting at the end of the room besides the window. Martha is staring at Ella walks in with depression on her face anger confusion everything you have on her face, Ella sits beside her grandmother. "Mother" said Ella "you know I love you so much, I never deceived the king for me, at that moment I was not thinking I was shocked and confused. Right now, I am sure of what I'm about to do. You said I took rest from another woman, and he doesn't belong to me, but the truth is I don't have a way out of this. If I don't do what the King is requesting of me, you will lose everything. And the reasons behind princess Maya's assistance is because anytime her father takes a wife, the queen goes into depression and hid in her Chambers for days crying about her husband's cheating on her. Remember, the queen got married to a man, not a king. It was because of the death of the king's brother that warranted the king to become the present King. He was never groomed to become the king. Grandmother, please, they need me to consummate the marriage I have with my husband. I love him so much and right now, I feel guilty going ahead without your permission, so if you don't mind, can you grand me the permission?"
Martha is in silence, thinking of what her granddaughter just said. She lay a hand on Ella's hand and said, "I know Rex hurts you and I know you love him. I know you are doing all this to make sure, I don't leave this Kingdom, so right now we cannot go against the King's command. Do as per his wishes". "Thank you mother" Said Ella and embraced her grandmother. She walks towards the door, turns back comes and embraces her grandmother again. Ella said, "thank you for been so understanding grandma". She gets out of the room and walks away.
Princess Maya meets Rex standing in the Garden, "where is Ella Rex" request Princess Maya. "A maid told me she was discussing with her grandmother" said Rex. Princess Maya turns to leave,
"Princess Maya, I think you knew what you were doing. You must have known that your father will see the date of our marriage. Yet, you still went ahead to make sure we got married not to deceive your father only, but to carry revenge on Julia. I might have been silence, but what do you think you are doing? You are too intelligent to have missed the part where, there will be consummation of marriage. Are you playing with me and Ella? I don't know if Ella is with you on this. I'm not saying I would rather not consummate the marriage, I'm just saying that I know you use this situation for your advantage.
He's walking towards Princess Maya, and said "I am tone between Ella and Julia and you hate Julia. You hate the fact that Ella had never let me go and if two and two are put together, Ella may choose me over you, Princess Maya. You are not dump to the fact, this marriage will be consummated from day one. I saw the doubt in your eyes, but I asked myself what was going on. I wanted so badly to save Ella to a point that I never questioned your motive. Do You Love Ella? You know that she doesn't like being pushed to do things that, she would rather not do. Things that she thinks are not correct, but you went ahead still to make sure we get married and right now, she is killing herself to know that she's collecting me from Julia.
Princess Maya laugh,"hahaha, what do you think, Julia has never lost an opportunity to redicle Ella over and over again. She's abandoned you for 2 years, she came back no explanation. You abandoned my friend for her, and she almost lost her job because of your stupidity. I called her to the Village because you have clouded her judgment and she can't think out of the box, instead of informing my father she is single. A maiden of Wattu kingdom knows better than to deceive the king of Azefor the third. Just because of you, she lied to my father and called your name. What, do you think I should allow her to wallow and dine with the devils within? Don't you dare question my motives. I did this for Ella, and I will do it again 100 times if I find myself in the same situation. Were you planning to have an Ever after happiness with Julia? Sorry that you got served, I know you want so badly to consummate this marriage? You want to feel her, you would like to touch her, get the innocence of her. That is what you wanted because women like Julia don't have that Alexandra was never and all the girls who came across you will never be like Ella? Don't blame me for making sure you have food to eat, start thanking me because the same way I made sure there was food, I could throw it away from you not to eat. If I decide in a split seconds all these shenanigan will be over in no time, so wash your tongue Rex.
She turns and about to leave Rex walks over and blocks her part. The guard sees it and wants to move forward, princess Maya raise her hand into the air to stop them from coming closer.
"Rex look where you are. You are in Wattu kingdom in the Palace of Wattu blocking the princess of Wattu Kingdom from moving away. Don't Provoke the law falls on you. Rex looks around and notice that everyone is staring at them. Rex shift away from Princess Maya. "you should know where you are, Rex. This is not a Sanilar City where you can do and undo with Julia on hurting Ella. This is Wattu kingdom, the society of Ella, the people belong to Ella. Even the king hasn't obtained the right to do and undo on Ella. It's her land and the gods are favoring her and even the Earth favors her innocence. You better be careful of what you do to her among her people. I know you are confused between whom you love, do you have passion for Julia or lust, or do you have love for Ella or pity?
Rex is shocked that princess Maya can read his mind. "You don't know me, I am princess Maya, the only princess of Wattu Kingdom, I did to earned my title by just sleeping around and behaving like Ella. Let me tell you something. Don't you hurt Ella among her people because if I don't do anything to you the land will rise against you? We can't begin to contemplate the calamity and predicament that may be coming to your future.
Rex, staring at her, "are you threatening me? Said Rex. Princess Maya reply, do I look like I am threatening you? I don't give threatening Rex, I present facts about a situation anyway that's beside the point after this consummation, divorce in a sanilar City will take 7 years.
"What" said Rex in shock.
"Oh you don't know after consummation of marriage, divorce takes five to seven years" said Princess Maya
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