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Chapter 2 - CHAPTER TWO: THE SECRET

The Hall which was once quiet now filled with laughter and joy , "The princess is born one "of the courtier whispered "this calls for a celebration"the other said. The once lousy Hall was now quiet like something terrible took place;The king walked through the crowd with elegance and authority while every other person bowed their heads in respect , the king sat in his royal chair glancing at every one while he shook his hands in the air signalling the people to rise their head the once quiet Hall was now loud again. King leonis was a bold, fierce king who took over the kingdom 'THORNAVEL' he was known for his boldness, rigidness, and the way he protects his kingdom after taking over the kingdom he got married to lysandra who is now the queen; the people loved him and served in awe. As you all know the princess is born thus they shall be celebration drinks, food ,music and women to celebrate her birth king leonis declared while everyone shook their head in response and joy , then let the celebration begin leonis spoke again leaving his seat the royal advisor "lord valric"strides towards him "my Lord congratulations have you found a name for the princess i was wondering.." Valric no kingdom matters today is a special day leonis cut in but my Lord this is serious it is about the beheaded thoren;leonis stopped in his tracks as memories came rushing back to him he furrowed his brows as he turned to valric any news? Yes there is news sir brenn just returned "captain of the guard" he brought words it turned out that thoren had a child before he died and they live in the nearby village "thoren" Lord valric narrated what should we do about this 'hmmm' leonis stepped forward backing valric "KILL THEM" he said turning around facing Lord valric again inform Brenn that I have given him a command ;he should kill all the decendant of thoren sparing no one today is a special dayi can't let this disrupt my mood, yes my Lord i will inform him immediately valric said bowing his head before leaving.

Leonis stormed into his chamber furiously ,he stood by the window glancing at the kingdom he has built with fear gripping him he was afraid that one day this kingdom he cherished will one day be taken away from him "i won't let this happen every of his blood must die" he muttered to himself, while in the queen's chamber a set of blue eyes which shown and her smile very gentle and soft which brought joy to queen lysandra, lysandra was a compassionate, wise and protective queen she was like the anchor of the kingdom. The little baby kept laughing lysandra touched her cheeks "oo my little girl you shall be called 'ELARA'" lysandra said . My queen, the bouquet has begun one of the servants who came in spoke okay i would be out in a bit lysandra responded hey baby your people , other kingdom's are here to celebrate you it would be rude of us not to welcome them okay she carried the delicate little Elara as she strod out of her chambers.

Music echoed through the walls of the hall, women danced naked while men looked lustfully, food and drinks were served on the table people ate and drank to their full; king leonis, we come bearing gifts one of the kings spoke as he strode forward to present his gift thank you thorian leonis said as he waved his hands as a sign of he has accepted the gift other kings brought theirs forward as the celebration continued .Thornavel, was one of the most powerful kingdom other lesser kingdom's usually come to pay their respects to king leonis and today being a special day they came with gifts to honour the birth of princess Elara, what shall we call our beautiful princess ?king thorian spoke while leonis turned to lysandra then she stood up holding the little baby saying "she shall be called ELARA"lysandra spoke with might; All hail princess Elara thorian echoed raising his cup others stood up with their cup responding. While in the nearby village called thoren, blood was been splattered we are looking for a woman named selene and a little child a guard asked pointing his sword to the man please don't kill me i have only come across her once across the town Hall the man spoke ; the guard retrieved his sword and headed out selene what are we going to do i heared some guards are searching for you Marielle spoke "sister of selene" selene ignored her with her eyes filled with tears "thorens wife" she glanced at the little boy in her hands his grey eyes which looked innocent he was just three years old yet he had to experience this she carrased his hair as tears dropped from her eyes mom why are you crying ,aunty Marielle why is mom crying the little boy asked with curiosity in his eyes hey mom is not crying okay selene said Marielle is everything ready yes it is Marielle responded selene held her hands as she spoke "no matter what promise me you won't look back what do you mean selene… just promise me Marielle promise me you would take care of Adrian" tears welled up in Marielle eyes no, no i know what you mean by that selene but am not leaving you here please come with us I can't take care of Adrian alone you are his mother you need to be there for him and you will Marielle said with a laugh filled with sorrw ; Am sorry let him know that am sorry selene said as they heared some sounds not too far,Go take him out of here now selene shouted Marielle couldn't help but shook her head bye selene she said with a painful tone mom please go with us Adrian said crying am sorry mom can't go now but i promise i would be back for you Marielle carried Adrian as she ran out. Bang! The door was forced open the guards came in only to meet selene he drew his sword pointing at her "he is not here and you will never find him" selene said with a bitter smile search the house the commander said kill me! Selene shouted as she cried we didn't see anyone the other said f**k since you want to be killed then i shall grant you your wish he lifted his sword and pierced it through selene chest ,with that she died. Marielle who didn't leave immediately saw the scene and tears flowed from her eyes Adrian whispered ,mom crying Marielle covered his mouth with her hands as she lifted him got into her horse as she rode into the woods Did you search very well the commander spoke "yes i did but i didn't see anyone" one of the guards responded okay lets get out of here they got into their horses as they rode out of the village, while in the castle the Boquet was still ongoing when Lord valric went to leonis side, and whispered "it is done" leonis shook his head with a smile valric retrieve and went back to his seat leonis stood up as everyone turned to him he said more food and more merriment he declared every one shouted joyfully unaware of the lies beneath the walls of the kingdom and what is to come.

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