26⁰ Humiliation part 2

Spring Kingdom

Bella

After he left, I would have to face my husband the very next moment. I was going to be the queen I had always been prepared to be! - I promised myself.

I dressed like the queen that I am. Nobody was going to put me down, I was going to show that I was more than just a wife: queen of more than one empire.

I left the room all dressed up for the meeting that was being held with all the advisors to settle the affairs of the kingdoms. Surely my father and father-in-law would be there. Antony was certainly the first to arrive since he is the king. And as queen, I should be too, and that's what I'm going to do. Let them wait for me.

I took a deep breath in front of the meeting room door. I could hear them talking inside. I pushed open the door to find everyone there. I felt like I was seeing ghosts.

- I hope you don't mind my presence. But I have decided that today I will attend this meeting. I want to be informed about what is happening in my kingdoms. - I sounded possessive as I walked to Antony's side.

I shut up, already seated on the throne that had always been empty, but from now on would be consecrated to me.

-Bella, what do you think you're doing here? This is not a place for you," Antony whispers to me, looking at me in a crooked and cutting way. Everyone was looking at us waiting for what would come next.

- What am I doing here? Why, it's simple. I am the queen. Therefore, I also rule here! - I answered loud enough for everyone in the space to hear.

-You are right, my child. It's your right to be wherever you want," said her father. She wouldn't deny to herself that she was surprised that he took her side in such an imposed situation.

The meeting with Antony and some of the closed-faced councilors had been like that simply because there was a woman in its midst. I left the room before the assembly was over. I didn't want to be around Antony anymore.

I didn't like the way he was looking at me. It gave me goose bumps and embarrass me. I went to my room to shower for the meal.

Everyone at the dinner table seemed to sense the bad mood that was between me and Antony. By the way he was acting he seemed to already know silently of my ignorance before him and the elders at that event. But before I got to the table, my mother said that it was a bad idea. I should not have confronted my husband.

However, I didn't listen to her, as she had only seen his side for a long time. I left the table before the others did, because the smile my husband had given me was causing me a terrible fear. A feeling that something something very bad was going to happen took hold of me. I just didn't know what it really was.

I locked the bedroom door to go to sleep. I didn't know why, but it gave me a sense of security. I was asleep when I felt a weight on top of me. I was afraid of what it could be. I became even more desperate when I heard it:

- You will pay me for making a fool of myself in front of everyone! To learn where you belong!

I knew that voice. It was his. I could already see what was coming. I started to wriggle my way out of his grip. I was already crying in desperation while he took off all my clothes.

He was trying to abuse me, Antony tried in every way to make me his, but he wasn't succeeding because I was I was stirring like crazy not to let happen what he wanted.

What I succeeded in doing was to make him hate me more. I ended up getting a slap in the face, but I would not give up so easily; I would rather die than "gift" him with my body. Still, there was no way out: Antony began to choke me, so that I was out of breath. me out of breath.

And when I went to use both hands to get rid of the grip on my neck, he got what he wanted. my neck, he got what he wanted. Amidst all the pain and hurtful words, my peaceful night's sleep was gone. my peaceful night's sleep. Satisfied, he got off me. He got dressed and before leaving the room, he looked at me smiling, sadism in his eyes.

- To make this rest of the night more perfect... Did you know that I was the one who killed our son? I told him to make some herbal tea. - This last sentence, he took longer to say.

Every second that passed before it my gaze flickered with fear. And it left me petrified. My son died by his own father's hand.

At that moment there were no more tears to be expelled from my eyes. I was in pieces, for my dignity was lost that night, along with my heart that was in pieces he killed my...son! And I found out who the man I had married really is.

He is a monster.

I got out of bed and put on some clothes. I went to the kitchen to prepare some tea to calm me down, otherwise I was going to end his life.

After all, I needed to talk to Esmeralda immediately. Passing near the servants' area I heard a scream. A cry for help.

I recognized that voice too. It was Esmeralda's. I ran to her room. As I was about to enter, my mother appeared in front of me to stop me.

-Don't come in, my child! This will end up being too much for you! Isn't it enough that happened to you today? - she pleaded, in a heartfelt way, in my ear.

-Are you telling me that you heard my cries for help and didn't come to my aid? What kind of mother are you? What kind of mother are you? - my voice sounded abysmal and high pitched when I asked her in tears. It was not possible that I could have been so wrong! in such a way!

Without saying a word, I walked past Mom to the rescue of the person who had my total trust and love.

Nothing had prepared me for what was to come when I made mention of going through those doors; it made me sick to my stomach. My spouse was also trying to abuse Esmeralda! I would not allow that to happen to her.

I went over to the sideboard as stealthily as I could; on it was a jug of water. I picked it up so that I could hold it steady. I hit it on Antony's I hit it on Antony's head, causing him to run wildly off Esmeralda.

Her eyes dripped with fear and panic, if not overflowing. Antony's was angry and nonconformist. When he tried to approach me, I grabbed the knife without without hesitation the knife which, like the jug, was on the sideboard.

I silently threatened him even though I didn't know how to handle it. My eyes flamed with hatred.

Without saying a word, he walked out the door. That night, Esmeralda and I lamented together that we had passed, almost at the same minutes apart, a situation that no woman should have to go through. have to go through. A night that will remain in our memory forever.

I don't know what I will do to change this. But I will certainly do what I can to defend the friendship of the one I love.