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SARAFINA.

Okay, I think right now is the time for a little drama, that's the only way I can stop them. I ran to the front of the carriage, cleared my throat and started screaming. "Stop! Stop this carriage! Stop it right now! The prince thinks he can get me pregnant and then get married to a princess huh? I will never allow that, over my dead body will I give birth to a fatherless child" The guards at the gate immediately tried to grab me, thankfully they didn't recognize me because of the burqa on my face.

"What is wrong with you maiden, don't you have any shame huh?" One of them asked as he got hold of my hand. I swung hack and kneed him in his dick, he doesn't know that I have thrown shame to the wind because I have to save the royal house.

"Tell the prince to come down, or I will go out into the festival and yell it out to the whole Zedora, and I will kill myself and the baby in addition" I screamed.

"Are you crazy, leave the way now!"

"Hell no, tell prince Jamal to come down here"

"Close the royal gate!" The king's guard ordered as King Forbes himself got down from his carriage. I sighed in relief when I heard the closing of the gates.

In no time, King Forbes was standing before me with two guards holding me down. I scoff inwardly, as if I would harm the king, the real danger is out there in the festival.

"Young maiden, what do you want and why do you accuse the crown prince wrongly" Forbes finally said. I took a step towards him but the guard held me back, I pulled down my burqa for him to see and his eyes widened but he didn't talk, I pulled it back down.

"Let her go" he said to the guards and I could sense their shock but they freed me immediately. "You ran away, why are you here again and what is about you being pregnant for my son" he stated eyeing me suspiciously.

"I wanted to stop you, if I had said it more politely no one would have given me a listening ear" I replied.

"What do you want Sarafina, my son has his memories back thanks to you but I thought this is all over"

"It is not over for your enemies, you can't go into that festival" I said.

"Who is she? And why is she pinning a pregnancy on my son" I heard Queen Mila's voice, she has also come out of her carriage and she was now standing beside the king.

Suddenly acting on instincts, I hugged the both of them, pushing them down in the process and then I felt it, that stinging bite of an arrow piercing my back, they had entered the palace, A loud scream followed, I am not sure if I was the one screaming or if it was the guards.

"This is why you can't go into the festival" I whispered my voice coming out like a croak, one thing I noticed before I slipped away was the arrow.

It is poisoned.



JAMAL.

At first I thought I was dreaming when I heard that voice, but when the false news popped out of the maiden's voice, I dismissed it as someone who had the same voice was with her so I left Father and mother to take care of it. Ditya kept shaking beside me, oblivious to the whole happenings around her, I can't blame her... Maximus is a whole lot of scary demons in one, I can't believe he didn't even tell his son about his stupid plan.

Then I heard a scream and then pandemonium, the guards kept running around. "Stay in there" I said to Ditya and ran out to see a girl in burqa over my parents, an arrow pierced to her back. I immediately and gently lifted her up from them and pulled her burqa.

The fear that gripped as I saw her face was beyond describable. It was Sarafina and the arrow at her back only meant one thing, she had taken the hit for my parents.

"Search the whole palace, inside an out and find whoever did this! And stop the festival too" Appa ordered the guards as they all scrambled away.

I carried Sarafina, not listening to anyone and gently placed her on her belly, holding her head up. "Someone get the healer!" I yelled out.

Ditya was out in no time. "Holy goddess!" she gasped. "Who did this!" She asked in fear, only one person came to my mind.

Maximus.

Mother and Father rushed to us. "She didn't want us to go into the festival that was why she pulled that stunt" Father stated.

"She actually said something like this is why she didn't want us to go before she passed out" Mother added.

"The healer is here" Ditya said and took a step back for the healer whose name was Anwyl to examine Sarafina.



"The arrow was poisoned and if she is not conscious we can't get the venom from her" Anwyl said.

We were in the palace clinic and the arrow has been removed from her back, it was killing to watch Anwyl pull it out from her. My eyes were already wet with tears and I don't think I have anything left to cry out.

"What if it spreads into her whole body before she wakes up" Mother asked in a panic stricken tone.

"Let's hope for the best Milanie" Father assured her.

"My King! We found them!" A palace guard yelled as he entered into the clinic, I turned immediately.

"You found the archers?"

"We found two of them, actually they are supposed to be five" the guard replied.

"And where are they now?" Father asked.

"In the torture room"

"Come on son, Milanie and Ditya should stay here with her" Father said and walked out, I placed a kiss on Sara's forehead and followed him out.



The archers were so easy to talk, turns out Maximus kidnapped their family and threatened to kill them if they didn't obey him.

"I can't believe Maximus would do this to me!" Father lamented after I told him everything Ditya told me.

"Someone get Maximus right now!"

"Where are the rest of you? We heard you were five" I asked them.

"They are here" Khan entered the room pushing down three bloodied men to our front. They were already half unconscious.

"Find their families but leave them here, I will finalize their punishment later" Father stated and walked out, I followed him.

"You should go back to the clinic, I have to meet with my brother" Father said.

"No, I am coming with you" I replied.

I have to see that bastard that brought thus upon my Sarafina, I can't wait to kill him with my own hands.

Bloody bastard!