MRS RÓDRÍGUÉZ - EPISODE 81

Silence.
They all stayed quietly in the throne room. Each, not knowing what to say to the other.

Antonio.
He stared outside for a moment before uttering a word.

” So, what do we do?”
He asked fanatically.

“We protect the Princess and her child. ” Sapphire responded.

“And till then, what happens to the Red witch? She keeps trying till she succeeds?” He asked again.
The burden in his heart was rather too heavy.

The news. The big revelation he just got to know, he’s not taking it lightly.

His woman, the Princess and his child was in danger.

” For now, we will try our best to keep the Princess safe. And for the rest days the witch stays without all her powers, we’ll find a way to bring her down. .. we’ll find help. We can’t do this alone. I can’t take my sister alone. ”
Sapphire confessed truthfully.

“Get her something to eat. ”
With that, she walked out on them.

*

“Sally?”
Tarsia couldn’t believe she was staring at someone she thought was long gone from the palace.

Sally greeted her with a smile.

“Good morning Tarsia. ”
She greeted like nothing had happened.

“Where have you been?.. you disappeared?.. I mean.. when did you resume. ” Tarsia stuttered with a lot of questions as she watched Sally in the kitchen ditch out some portion of food.

“I wish I could explain everything right now but if you’d exercise a little patience, I need to serve the Princess her breakfast. ”

A frown stretched on Tarsia’s face.

“the Princess asked you to get her breakfast?”
She asked.

“No. The queen did” Sally replied and left.

Tarsia huffed.
She was actually here to her something for the Princess this morning herself.

Why would the queen ask Sally to get the food instead?
Someone they’ve barely seen for weeks.

Doesn’t it matter that she’s been gone for long?..

Grudgingly, she dragged her feets out of the kitchen towards her own chamber.

******

The palace was unusually quiet that day.

The morning bore so much coldness.

The Princess felt awfully weak as she lost an inch of strength every passing minute.

And not a moment did the prince leave her side.

He looked awfully scared. Scared of his wife and unborn child.

This red witch, he doesn’t really know what she’s capable of. But he’s sure she poses great danger.
Great threat to himself, his wife and the kingdom entirely.

Audrielle laid tiredly on the bed

“Why do I feel so weak?”
She asked Antonio who looked clueless. .
He held her palm and squeezed lightly.

“You’re weak because you feel tired from what happened this morning. Don’t you think?” .. he retorted.
His facial expression had deep concern for his wife.

“No. ” She shook her head lightly.

“I feel it’s more than that. ” She continued

“Each passing minute I feel weak Antonio. I feel strangely weak. I don’t think it’s because of what happened. ”

She breath sharply .

Antonio drew closer to his wife on their matrimonial bed. Her head slightly placed on his clothed chest.

” Hey.. ” he breath low.
“I do not want you to feel scared. Guenevere will never hurt you. So long I’m by your side.

You have me and your family. We’ll always be here for you. ” He assured her.

His words consoled her deeply.
She felt safe.
She felt secured.
She wished this feeling could last forever. The revealing truth she got to know about herself this morning was something she had never imagined.

The thought that she’s living on a borrowed time.

She once died . And she’ll be dead again if this child is not born before her 21st birthday.

Wasn’t it strange..?
To her, it was rather scary.

The truth about herself shook her so bad.

There was a curse on the land.
A curse whom she happens to be the saviour.

A saviour in danger.

She thought within herself.

” Antonio..” she called.
Her voice was utterly low.

Her lids felt a bit heavier than usual. Her body heated up against his chest.

“Hmm?”
He hummed a reply.

His hands ran through her hair.

He could feel her burning up.
It scared him. Her temperature was up, was this part Of guenevere at work?..

He couldn’t place his thoughts together. He wasn’t sure of anything yet.

“Don’t ever leave me”.
Her voice sounded more like a plea.

He gawked a little ,.. then, a small smile played at the corner of his lips.

“Why would I ever do that?. ” He mentally asked.
”
“I’m stucked with you forever my lady. ” He added with a chuckle. As though it was funny.

” I feel dizzy. ” She said.
The thought alone of sleeping made her pretty scared.

Scared of seeing guenevere in her dreams.

Scared of another torment.

“I do not want to sleep Antonio. ” She added with a sob.

“Then try your best to stay awake my love. For now please. Sapphire is trying her best to fix a solution before tonight. So that when you sleep, you won’t have any torment from the red witch. ” ..

Audrielle shook her head.
She wished she had the power to stay awake till night fall.

She’s too scared for her life and that of her child.

There was a sudden tap on the door.

Their faces drew to where the noise came from.

” Audrielle?”
The voice called with another tap.

“My lady?. ” ..she called again.

Audrielle recognised the voice immediately.

“It’s tarsia. ” She stared closely at Antonio.

“Come in” the prince ordered.

The door opened and Tarsia walked in.

“My prince”
She greeted with a genuflect.

Her eyes instantly fell on Audrielle who laid closely to her husband.

She looked different.
She looked tired and sick.

It scared her. This was the first time she was seeing her friend this way.

“Audrielle..” she called out.

Seeing her this way,
It somehow reminded her of the day she had met her unconscious on the floor.

Fear crept into her.

“What is the matter with her your highness?”

***

Alex slowly blinked her eyes open.

She grunted hard as she rose to her feet.

Her environment wasn’t as she had remembered. It looked too different and unrecognisable.

It felt really strange. The presence around her.

Her head was spinning.
It felt like she’s been asleep for ages.

She didn’t know how to describe the place she found herself.

Her mind rioted.

She remembered mario tying her to the ground and saying some gibberish.

The next she realised was waking up here in this strange place.

“Hello!?”

She called out but only got her echoes as response.

“Hello?. Anybody?!!! ” She kept calling but nothing responded.

just the flattering of birds as a result of her voice.

Where she was seemed like a thick forest with no beginning or end.
No form of sunshine.

“Where is this place?” She asked herself.

Scared of the truth.

Her head replaying everything that had transpired.

“Mario!!! Where the Fvck are you?!!!”