Sylvania parted her lips and was about to yell again when her breathing suddenly seized.
She wrapped her fingers around her throat and her eyes grew red.
She spat out some blood and more blood rolled out of her eyes and down her cheeks.
After struggling to breathe for a few minutes, she dropped to the round, lifeless.
As she fell, I let out a sigh of relief and closed my eyes.
This was all I ever wanted, to get revenge for my father’s death.
I didn’t care at all if I lost my life after this.
“Arrest her, she has murdered your queen.
She has committed treason,” King Japhet yelled.
This was his opportunity to finally take my fathers kingdom from me.
I wanted to avoid this by taking his life as well, but it seemed he was smarter than I expected.
The Andreian knights who once wanted to protect me from Japhet’s sword, turned their sword to me.
I turned to the priestess, hoping she would do something to stop the soldiers, but there she stood, like a machine, waiting for the goddess’s orders like she always did.
The knight who defended me before, walked to me and said softly, “I’m sorry, but you’ve committed a grave offence against the kingdom of Andreia and as much as it pains me to say, princess, the punishment is execution.”
I smiled softly at him and replied, “you don’t have to apologise, sir Steven.
I have nothing else to live for anyway.”
King Japhet smiled as he heard this.
Everything was starting to work in his favour.
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As Steven pulled me away, I thought to myself.
“Is this really the end?
King Japhet is going to take everything my father worked so hard to build and no one was going to say a word about it?”
”Stop!” A voice oh so familiar sounded from the crowd.
With the calmness of his voice, the metallic sounds his boots made as they hit the concrete floor, and the warmth it all filled my heart with, I realised who it was immediately; The dark knight.
I turned around and saw him standing with the ret of the guests.
He was still clad in his dark grey armour and carried a sword on the left side of his waist.
We both stared into each other’s eyes and a soft smile crawled onto my face again.
Was he here to save me?
was I finally going to get my kingdom back?
He moved his eyes from me and turned to King Japhet.
“Father, I see your wedding has been ruined by this young girl, my sincerest apologies.”
My eye widened as I heard this.
“Did he just call king Japhet his father?” I asked in my head as I stared at him with shock on my face.
“Thank you, my son.
If it weren’t for you, I would have been dead by now.
Once we get back to Valtoria, we will have a big feast in your honour,” King Japhet replied.
“What?!
“My son here told me about his encounter with you.
He was the one who asked me not to drink the elixir of truth as he was sure you would try something like this.
My son has always been a smart one.
Our kingdom has had so many victories ever since he turned sixteen,” Japhet replied.
My brows furrowed and the crevices between them deepened as I grew furious.
I clenched my teeth and fist, then turned to the Dark knight with my eyes filled with rage, and yelled, “YOU TRAITOR!”
His facial expression didn’t change one bit.
It was like he didn’t care about me at all; like he never cared.
As I stared at him, my anger slowly turned into sadness, and before I knew it, tears rolled down my cheeks.
I could feel a painful lump form in my throat as my tears made my vision blurry.
I instantly lost all my strength and fell to my knees, crying silently.
Just when I thought there was someone out there who actually cared about me; just when I thought I had finally found a safe place in this god forsaken world, this happens.
“When do you intend to execute her,” The dark knight asked, turning to steven.
“A week from now, so she can be mentally prepared for her death when it comes,” Steven replied.
“No, I suggest we execute her now.” The Dark knight suggested, and my heart skipped a beat as I heard his cold words.