Chapter 34 Chapter 34
Edward pov
I Entered into the court room and walked straight to my throne then sat on it ,I looked at every member of the council seated in front of me but suddenly my eyes caught Val standing at the entrance of the court room .
" Val come here "
She walked closed to me and I tapped my hand on the throne by my right hand side .
" Sit close to me my love "
Immediately I said does words ,Those in the court room started murmuring among themselves , I turned to look at my mother and Benita ,I could see the horror look on their faces .
I was enjoying the view before me then samuel came in .
" Your majesty everything is ready my Lord "
" Good bring in the servants all of them "
The door opened and they started walking into the court room ,in a single file when they all entered the door was closed .
I stood up and walked down to them and stood in front of them .
" It got to my notice that you all are now jobless and the best way to show your joblessness was by gossiping about your future Queen to her face "
They all bowed their heads to the ground in fright .
" Now I want you all to search among yourself and point out does responsible for this act "
They started murmuring among themselves ,I turned around and went back to my throne I turned to samuel ,bring in the next case .
" My Lord , Assault of the future Queen by lady Benita and Queen hazel "
" Bring them to stand before the king "
Both of them where dragged to stand in front of me "
" Edward this is madness , How dare you humiliated your mother like this Edward have you lost your sense of reasoning , Let me go at once or "
" Or what Queen Hazel you seems to have forgotten who is in charge here , Don't worry your little brain i wouldn't kill you today but I definitely well someday "
" How dare you , Am the Queen of Atlantis how dare you treat me like a commoner before the council "
" You lost all right to be called queen the very day you laid your hands on my wife "
" Stop talking nonsense Edward she can never be yours ,I swear on zeus I will make sure you never be happy with her "
Just then one of the council men stood up and spoke out loud .
" This is treason , You don't speak about the king in such manner "
Queen hazel was so Furious ,On how sir james spoke to her .
" I never committed any crime,I only wanted the best for my son nothing more Benita is the best for him ,
nothing will change that "
I continued listening to her , When she was done talking I turned to Benita .
" lady Benita am also aware you paid my domestic staffs some good amount of gold coin to bad mouth the queen ,is that right ?"
" They are all lies your majesty , Am only fighting for what belongs to me , You are suppose to be mine, The crown, the throne everything but No you decide to give it to the slot "
" Correct me if am wrong are you referring to the queen as a slot "
" l...l...only speak my mind "
" Interesting "
Just then the smile on my face brightened it , Hemsworth was about to read the verdict when sir Aaron spoke up .
" Your majesty if am permitted to speak don't you think you are treating lady Benita on unfairly , Just look at her , She was never like this , She loved you so much ,Give you her heart but you still throw her out because of this ....."
He immediately swallowed the last statement .
" Am glad sir Aaron that you refrained yourself from using foul words against the Queen , Or else your head and body would have being divide and sent to the four axis of the kingdom "
I turned to look at hemsworth.
" Read out the verdicts I have important things to do " .
" Yes your majesty "
He brought out a long scroll and opened it then started reading .
" Lady Benita , Accusing the future queen of witchcraft, Attempted murder on the future Queen, Defaming the future Queens name is called treason penalty for treason is death by execution"
The court when silent ,No one made a sound Benita dropped on her knee and screamed out in horror .
" Ahh you can't do this to me please Edward you can do this please ,I did nothing wrong ,I only wanted what was taking from me forcefully , Please papa "
she turned to her father who stood up staring into space
" Please don't let them kill me I did nothing wrong please "
I signalled hemsworth to continue with the verdict .
" Queen hazel ,for trying to sabotage the future Queen , joining hands with lady Benita in attempted to murder the future queen , You are hereby stripped from your crown and everything that has to do with Royalty you will be sentenced to exile for Six months ,no one is allowed to call you Queen you will be treated like a commoner And addressed like a commoner
This is the decree of king ,Anyone who fails to obey this other will be sentenced to death by hanging "
Immediately he finished reading , The crowd erupted into murmur, He closed the scroll and bow his head then turned to leave .
" Edward how dare you do this to me am your mother for crying out loud "
" Really are you sure of that Hazel "
" Edward please don't do this to me please what will people say ,I admit I wrong her please don't take away my power for me please "
The door was opened and the guards stepped in to take the prisoner away first thing tomorrow morning Benita will be executed in front of the town square for every one to see .
When they were being dragged away I could hear them screaming my name begging me for mercy .
I turned to servants and asked them to stand in front of me ,I signalled samuel to bring my sword . When he handed it over to me I got it and walked towards then swinging the sword left to right .
" So where did we stop "
They all keep quiet no one was ready to speak .
" Your ..your. majesty please we are innocent spare us "
" I know you all are innocent but since none of you admit to the crime let me help out then "
I started looking at there faces one after the order ,I could see two of them panicking in fear I asked samuel to bring them to me and make them knee before me .
" We are sorry your majesty ,We didn't mean for it to happen "
" Indeed you are "
I picked up my sword and swinged it in the air the next second one of the maids head was rolling on the ground with blood scatter everywhere , The council held there breath in fear . The other tried to run , But wasn't fast enough I sent the sword flying it pierced right through her chest then used my leg to pull her back to bring out the sword ,blood keep flowing from the dead body lying on the ground , My sword was covered in blood I passed it to samuel
"Make sure it's well cleaned ."
" Yes your majesty "
I looked at the remaining servants who was shivering in fear .
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" This will be the fate of any one who try to sabotage the Queen's name