Chapter 27 Traitors Amongst Us

Chapter 27 Traitors Amongst Us
Everything in this underground palace seemed to be a combination of finely crafted rocks to jeweled items. Even the servants seemed to be made out fine silk and jewelry, although it was less than what the Queen had. 

Between Alaric and I, we asked everyone for if they have seen Chief Saqair and they all said no.  We tried searching every room for my sister, am we couldn’t find a trace of hair. I was beginning to think that I made up the conversation between my sister and I. The fear in her eyes, the way she whispered through the mirror, how her favorite dress was torn. All these thoughts swimming in my head as I lay on the floor. Alaric wasn’t in the room, so I was free to do whatever I want. 

“So Violet, mind telling me what you doing?”, I was sprawled out on the floor with all my limbs out, as if I’m trying to reach for all four corners of the walls. Alaric was standing over me, where I could see up into his nostrils. 

“Thinking where else to look for Scarlet. Or what else I can do to find her. She couldn’t have just disappeared into thin air and the chief or commander is also missing. It just doesn’t make sense”. 

Just then we heard a knock at the door. Alaric went to open it as I rolled over and got up on my feet. 

There was a servant outside when Alaric open the door, “The Queen wishes to meet with you two in the throne room”. The servant then took a step to the side. Alaric and I both looked at each other then went out to meet with the servant.  

The servant was a young nythari woman with pale blue eyes that seemed to pop against her brown skin. Her hair was covered with hijab, as I came to know what it was called. It loosely covered her head, for it also beads on them. The abayas or the gown that she was wearing was loosely fitted to her with a minimal belt at her waist. This abaya was brown and gold.  All the servants I noticed had a mixture of red, brown, or gold abayas. I haven’t seen any nythari males yet, but maybe I haven’t ventured enough. 

Coming to the throne room was walking into painting. The walls had been painted with intricate designs of different shapes and sizes. This room though was blue and gold, and they seem to bleed into each effortlessly. The Queen herself was sitting on a throne made out of blue sapphires stones and ruby gems adorning each piece of the throne. 

“Your majesty, you called for us?” We bowed down before I said. 

“I told you Princess Lilith, a future queen will not bow before another queen. Rise”. The Queen looked to her side and nodded. That’s when a beat up chief Saqari came with his hands bound together to his back. “I found him packing and getting ready to leave. I thought he should get be you a proper response before he left my empire”. 

That’s when the nythari man went down on his knees immediately and began to plea immediately to the Queen, “Please your majesty, please forgive me. It wasn’t my intention to disrespect you. Please spare me”, this nythari was actually crying with tears running down his cheek. 

“I will spare you after you tell me where the Princess is”, she said to him, almost whispering for it was hard to hear her. 

“I don’t know your majesty. I was only supposed to watch over her and make sure she didn’t escape. The prince only gave me that order, I didn’t know who she was”.  

That’s when I grabbed his body from where I stood, lifted him up and brought him towards me to look me in the face. “Remember what happened last night? Remember what you said to me?  That I’m very much like my sister, very ‘demanding’. Don’t start lying now to save your skin”.

The Queen rose from her chair and said, “Princess, come and bring that nythari with you”.  I walked to her throne, still having my grasp on this worthless nythari to be held him up in front of us. The Queen not taking her eyes off Saqari, said “Princess, I’m impressed with your powers. I have not seen them so please show me what you can do to this nythari”.  

I smiled for I saw the fear in his eyes go wild. “Gladly your majesty”. I started by grabbing by constricting his airways and slowly closing them. I saw the sweat beads going down his face for I also making his internal boy temperature boil. 

“Ok…ok s—! STOP! I’ll — talk!”, he screamed out through gasps of air and lots of choking. I let him go and he fell to the floor. The Queen nodded to this to which he continued, “the Prince told me of this exchange that was supposed to happen between someone of the Night Kingdom and the Prince. But I promise you, I didn’t know who the nythari from the Night Kingdom. I promise just please spare me your majesty”.

“You said Prince. What was the Prince’s name?” The Queen asked very slowly and very softly. Xx

Saqari gulped, looked at me then at the Queen. “It was Prince Jarheri”, the Queen nodded then mentioned to one her servants to come her. 

“Tell Master Kuharmi to take this traitor out to the desert, with his hands bound to his back”, she nodded. Two guards came and dragged the nythari away for he was still weak from what I did to him. 

“Princess Lilith, thank you for your help. I will go find my son and find the missing Princess”.  

I nodded and thanked her for her help. Alaric was looking at me with a strange look, I wasn’t sure if it pure approval or just terrified. While we were walking back to our room, Alaric was quietly walking next to me. I think I scared him for how strong but also reckless I can be. 

He walked into the room, turn around and pushed me against the wall while slamming the door closed. He stared at me for a long time, before crashing his lips onto me.