Just as am about to push the door I hear someone mention Prince Arthur from inside so I decide to listen what she's talking about before I go in . I think they are the maids trying to clean the hall .
" I don't even know why she is being happy and bragging ! Prince Arthur doesn't even love her ! He love Madin" I hear a girl's voice .
" It's King Arthur " Another one corrects.
" Whatever as long as the point is home , she's just being used and she's being happy , what an idiot !"
" I think she's going to try and separate them , I don't trust that woman's intentions, she didn't like Madin from the first day we came here !" A boy's voice.
Another , " Why are you people worried about her separating Madin and prince Arthur!? She is going to treat and rule us like slaves! You should be worried about that not Madin!"
" King Arthur won't let her do that !"
" I can't imagine what Madin is feeling right now "
Another boy's voice "Why are you people obsessed with that boy , I don't even think it's right for him to be with prince Arthur, they are both men for heavens' sake , are you people blind?!"
" You shut up ! "
"Yes shut up ! King Augustas said all that matters is happiness and if it wasn't for the reason that prince Arthur was to become a king , king Augustas wouldn't have made him marry that pretentious evil woman! "
" Okay ! Everyone calm down , there's no reason to start fighting, we haven't even finished our work here , let's finish this up , I Want to go see my boyfriend.." A boy's voice.
I here gasps .
" You too!?"
" Me too what?"
" You.. you ha.."
" Yes I have a boyfriend ."
"Is he in this palace ? Who is it ?"
" Ha.. you really think am going to tell you ? Forget it ! Let's finish up this work . "
I push the door and enter, they seem to freeze after seeing me .
" Uh.. good evening " I say walking towards them .
" Good evening " they answer coming towards me as if they've just unfroze .
We talk for sometime about different things but I refuse to let them talk about my love life . I help them clean up , we gossip about Catherina and plan how we wont let her rule us cruelly .
Because of them I even forget that I came here for alcohol . After some time we hear birds chirping and that's when we realize that a night has gone without any sleep .
With our lazy bodies we embark on our daily duties , I don't have much to do apart from waking the new king up and have him go for breakfast after it's ready , cleaning his room and also the clothes and the sheets that he just used with his queen !! The daily dose of suffering kick in .
I need to visit my mom's grave and talk to her , I used to do that when I was a child, when my so called aunt used to give me a hard time , going there really made me feel better .
By the way , I asked for forgiveness on the behalf of my so called aunt and pleaded for her to be released , so she went back to her family without even thanking me , what a person !
I don't want to go to Arthur's
room right now so I walk out to clear my head , they know the time they are supposed to wake up so I am not going to wake them up!
Am heading to the flower garden and on the way I see Justin , the nosy knight guy running towards me , I don't really wanna talk to him now but I have no choice , I can't run from him , that would be really stupid .
" Hello Madin " he say smiling broadly.
"Hello Justin " I answer
" Up very early ?"
" Uh.. yeah "
" That's great . "
" uh.. yeah " I say turning around to leave. I don't like useless talks .
" Madin "
I stop turning around looking at him and he walk closer to me .
" How are you ? I mean.. with all that is going on ." He ask looking concerned.
" Fine thank you " I say simply not wanting to go deeper into the topic to ask what he really mean by everything going on .
" That's great , always remember you can talk to me anytime. "
" Thank you "
"Any time"
" Okay then , I'll g.." before I finish, I hear Jeremy's voice cut me .
Suddenly am nervous after seeing him , I can't even look at him directly.
" The king ask for your presence " he say .
" The king ?" I ask wondering why king Augustus would want to see me for since he has been ignoring my presence in this palace since we came back .
" King Arthur "
Oh right! He's now a king . And he's probably watching me from the window , I hope he is not about to lash at me because of coming and talking to guy when last night he gladly slept with that woman, letting me go without even trying to stop me.
I think he is attracted to both women and men , otherwise he wouldn't be flustered like that in the presence of that woman !
I look at Justin and he nodes , I turn around and leave , Jeremy following me .
" Madin " he calls softly when we walk some distance away , my heart start racing for no reason!
" Mhn ?"
"How are you? "
" Am totally fine , thank you Jeremy. " I pretending to be confident.
" Are you sure ? "
" What do you mean by 'am I sure' , I've told you am fine ."
" Okay then " he become silent for a moment and then he suddenly ask something that make my heart race even faster .
" Do.. you remember.. what I told.. you yesterday?"
" You told me something yesterday ?" I ask pretending because he is giving me a chance to .
" You were so drunk you probably wouldn't remember. "
" Uh..that must be the reason I don't remember , do you mind reminding me?" I ask knowing that he wouldn't dare . Because I can see how nervous he was asking me that question, as if praying that I don't remember.
"No it's okay , it wasn't that important, so no need."
" Okay " I say simply but inside am singing thanks .
For a moment he is quiet and then speaks .
" You are really okay with all these ? Everyone is talking about you , how you are just a third wheel when the fact is the opposite that Arthur loves you and not that woman , let me tell you one thing and you'll come to confirm it , Lady Catherina's motive is to separate you with Arthur and she is going to make it if you don't get out of your comfort zone! Now that she has already gotten the previous king's attention and trust , she is going to hunt for Arthur's, she wants to rule this palace and not in a good way but cruelly. This morning she had many girls thrown out of the palace because they used to be her enemies before she became the queen . " Jeremy say trying to catch up with me . Why does he want me to be with Arthur that bad if he really love me like he said , shouldn't he be happy. Oh right! He said he knows I love Arthur and he wants me to be happy .
Well what the hell am I supposed to do?! She needs to give him a heir , and she was refusing that unless Arthur marry her she will not give in to that .
" I've been fighting all my life with everything and I don't have any more energy to fight with anyone else, am ready for anything, dying being the most anticipated, and anything else that feel like coming my way , but thanks Jeremy for your concern. "
" Hey , Just so you know there's no running away ! The last time you did I almost got killed ! " he say punching me on my back .
" Am sorry " I say laughing, at least someone has made me laugh , I can't even remember the last time I did that .
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Heeey.. don't be so selfish...
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