Chapter 2: My Condolences, Your Highness
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"Your Highness, I came from the queen's birthing hall, I was sent to bring you the news about..." Arabella choked as she swallowed thickly, scared that her next words would get her into the chamber that people never came from alive. Then again, what else was she supposed to do this time?
If this was how she was going to die, then at least she would try saving herself, right? After all, she was just like every lycan in the kingdom who was scared of the king, surely she wouldn't have decided to stumble here just because she wanted to, yeah?
"I have a messenger to do that, don't I?" King Zaffuto asked Sadako as if it was the commonest thing in the kingdom.
"Yes, your Grace," Sadako said, and gestured to the warriors to drag Arabella to the spare chamber if they had to. But then the scared woman whose eyes were still closed, wasn't going to let this be how her life ended, right?
"No, your highness... I mean yes, you have a messenger but he... He is... your Highness, please have mercy on me. I only did what needed to be done. I didn't think it would happen like this. The baby, I—" Arabella rambled and that got the King to stop in his tracks.
Today, his queen was due to deliver their baby, their prince, their heir. If the maidservant was here, then it had to mean that his prince had been born, right? Damn, that was good news, but why the hell was she scared shitless and already begging for her life?
"My heir... Is he alright?" King Zaffutto asked, assuming that he already had a son. Well, in all fairness, the physician had said that he would have a son, given the size of his erasthai's tummy earlier. So it had to be a boy.
"Your Highness... My condolences," Arabella said, and in a swift motion, she was slammed against the wall, as strong hands choked the life out of her. And even then, she had stayed rigid, not daring to open her eyes.