CHAPTER 18
ZENEVIEVA
My throat became raspy and my eyeballs were stretched with uncontrollable tears and I picked up the beautiful broken royal plaque.
My heart was also in a frenzy.
The Queen is going to be mad, in fact; it's a common law that must be abided no matter who you are.
The royal plaque is a sacred instrument that shouldn't even be possessed by anyone except the owner.
The fact that the Queen gave this to me was already too fascinating to believe, but going ahead to destroy it was death.
I'm also going to implicate the Queen for giving me something that valuable, she would also face the consequences!
My hands squeezed themselves tightly, forgetting about the sharp pieces of the golden plaque and seeping down blood from the piercing.
I didn't feel any pain.
I was numb!
I was mad and wanted to just kill Tyson for going this far.
What do I even tell the Queen?
"Oh you stupidly gave me your plaque and it's broken or you warned me not to go to white Cave but I did and broke your plaque!!"
Damn me!
I sniffed and went inside, dropping the broken plague on the table, and went over to watch my hands before peeling out of that dress to a normal one.
It made me feel awkward and I hope Tyson didn't notice I was wearing a royal robe.
His hatred will truly overcome that.
The door barged open at once!
"Can't you knock!!" I yelled at the guards who just stormed in disrespectfully.
"You're coming with us now!"
They ordered and my eyes grew wide, did Tyson tell her already?
"Did…t..the…Queen..sent…for..me?"
I stammered but I was dragged outside with both hands.
I wriggled myself from their painful grip and lashed out two heavy slaps at once to both of them.
They shifted backward and looked shocked.
"I won't have you disrespect me, don't drag me like an animal!" I seethed.
"The Prince gave us orders to drag you at any time and any day, you have no right to tell us what to do?" One of them said,
"And I remain his Luna, don't you dare touch me!"
I was already mad and was ready to kill anyone who dared mess up with me.
I'm already awaiting the Queen's outburst, I don't want anyone to add to that.
They refrained from their harshness and led me to the palace.
The King and Queen were seated and the look on her face wasn't nice.
For the first in this meeting, she frowned deeply at me.
My tears fell freely and I wiped it.
I messed up.
"G..good evening my king" I bowed and greeted the Queen also but she was just mute.
"Zenevieva " My name rolled out of his lips and he smiled. "I sent for you but it seems you weren't around."
"Uhhmm…no..yes, I went out "
"It's okay, I need you to do something for me."
He said and I nodded, facing the Queen who wasn't pleased at all.
"Zenevieva!" She called and I fell on my knees, begging.
"I'm sorry my Queen, it was a mistake."
I pleaded as my heart clenched inside me.
"Yes!! I knew you would give this silly excuse, how could you Zenevieva?"
"I'm sorry…I…" I paused. It would be so useless to accuse that idiot right now. " I didn't know how it fell off me, I seriously don't know how?"
"You don't know how it fell off you...huh?
Something else fell off you?"
Huh?
I slowly raised my head to meet her gaze and she was completely confused about what I meant by that.
"I uh hmm….I'm sorry!".
"I asked you to go with the guards, Zenevieva! Why didn't you do that? Why do you flaunt my orders and take such a great risk of going there alone?"
What the …I thought it was about the gold plaque. I slapped myself for overreacting.
"You went there alone In This darkness treating yourself like a common maid. You're going to be Queen tomorrow, stop forgetting that!" She yelled.
Her outburst made me more guilty of breaking her gold plaque.
How do I start to explain to her?
"Anyway, I'm glad you're back home safely. I'm sure you're going to wear something spectacular tomorrow." She winked and my heart crumbled.
"Y…yes, My Queen, definitely!"
She stood up and came to me.
"You remain the most humble Luna I've ever met, the Moon goddess gave us the right choice. Please don't bruise your delicate knee, I'm not mad at you."
She smiled and raised me, she would kill me if she had realized I knelt for her gold plaque.
"Speak to the King and rest, you've got a big day tomorrow." She smiled and gave me a sweet hug and I returned the hug, while I watched her leave gracefully.
Nothing has been solved yet, my mind and wolf are so anxious about the terrible that will happen next when she requests for her plaque.
"So, my throat cooled that moment and my eyes were truly relaxed as you've said. The herbs you made weren't enough for a day."
He jolted me out of my thoughts and I sighed.
"That's true, I'm sorry." I smiled at him and bowed. " I'll prepare the herbs right away, it will soothe your throat from the cough and you need to rest cause you seem anxious about something that piques your blood pressure."
I told him sincerely.
When I held him the last time I accessed him, his heartbeat wasn't steady at all.
He looked scared of something and almost Fragile.
"The throne " He blurted out.
"Huh?"
"I'm scared that Tyson would do something stupid and I will have to give it out to a stranger. I want to go against the moon goddess but my son is bent on doing all of that and that scares me to death. I want him here but what if…what if he does something stupid."
He was really worried about his life and the throne.
"We are getting married tomorrow My King, it isn't something you should get paranoid about."
"I hope so." He sighed.
"I'll go and get the herbs, so just sit and relax"
"No! Get it tomorrow, it's already late"
"I'm sorry, I insist. You need it tonight or your condition will grow worse." I told him and he didn't have a choice.
Besides I didn't know how fate would be tomorrow concerning the plaque. Plus, I have a wedding tomorrow.
Right now, I'll focus and divert my attention to my top secret.