His Queen

chapter 14

King Humair’s POV

I stood watching as the royal physician busied himself with treating queen Ifza, I watched as he gently sliced off her garment that covered her stomach, once he pulled the piece away, it revealed a moist cloth wrapped around her stomach, that too was removed from her stomach finally exposing her injury,

Once I set eyes on her injury, I couldn’t help the sound of shock that escape my lips, the wound had no doubt become infected, it was bluish and the wound itself was black and it swollen all over,

The royal physician shook his head when he saw the wound, a grim expression on his face,

“What did that gesture mean? Why was he shaking his head?” I kept asking myself random questions,

The physician turned to me and said “Your majesty, the wound has become infected as a result of been left untreated for too long, it will be very difficult to treat it now and complications may arise during treatment, I will have to cut of the infected parts to stop the spread, it’s will be a very painful experience for the queen and even after all that, I cannot guarantee she will wake up because her body is already very weak, it might not withstand all the pain of the surgery”

I listened to the royal physician and at the same tie wondering how a woman could be so stubborn, I was wondering how she had been able to withstand the pain all this while, how she had managed to go through the wedding ceremony with a calm face when she must have been in so much pain, I couldn’t understand this woman no matter how hard I tried,

“Just do your best and let’s see how things turn out, we can only hope for the best in this situation” I said, my eyes fixed on queen Ifza as she lay unconscious on the bed,

Junnut was the only one I had allowed into the room with her, she was seated by her bedside crying her eyes out, she looked distraught and worried,

The royal physician bowed his head and said “I will do my best your majesty”

I nodded my head, I turned to Junnut and said “You can ask for anything you need to take care of her, everything will be at your disposal”

She stood up and bowed her head “I thank you for your grace your majesty” she said,

I simply nodded and turned to leave, I looked back at queen Ifza on the bed, she was suddenly looking very pale and no doubt unwell,

Taking a deep breath, I walked out of the queen’s chambers, I walked into the gardens close to her chambers, I stood there breathing in the cool breeze of the night, the night sky was filled with stars that twinkled brightly,

I had movement behind me, I quickly turned around in time to see a masked man scale the fence, I was shocked but I quickly overcame my shock and ran after the man, I jumped over the fence in time to see the man running towards the wall that led out of the palace,

I ran after him, he must have noticed I was running after him because he glanced back at me and increased his speed, I did just that as well,

The man was an excellent runner, indicating that he was no average person, I figured he must be a soldier or an assassin,

“But why was an assassin lurking around the queen’s chambers?” I asked myself,

The man was close to the wall now, this was the time to attack or else I will lose him, I noticed a small stone statue by the side, I quickly jumped on it , making me rise higher in the air and giving more momentum, I crashed into the masked man, we rolled around on the ground as he struggled to break free from my grasp, I managed to pin him down and secure him,

I quickly landed two solid blows to his face, he groaned in pain,

“Who are you?” I asked,

The man remained quiet and tried to escape once again, I tightened my hold on him and bashed him to the wall,

“I asked you a question, who are you and what are you doing here?” I said,

“Queen Banafsha must die and no one can save her, this is king Gulshan’s message to queen Banafsha” the man said and suddenly shoved me off,

Right at this moment, a dagger pierced his leg, he groaned in pain and fell to the ground,

I turned around to see who had thrown the dagger, it was a tall dark figure with dark eyes, I recognized him as queen Ifza’s general, general Jawhar, he had a dark expression on his face,

I heard the assassin take in a sharp intake of breath, I quickly turned back to him, his eyes were wide as he looked at Jawhar

“General Jaw…har” he said and before either Jawhar or me could stop him, he pulled out a short blade and stabbed it into the side of his neck, he fell down to the ground dead.

I stared at the dead man before me, wondering what the hell just happened,

“Are you alright your Majesty?” Jawhar said to me and offered his hand to help me up,

I took the hand and stood up “I am fine, who was that man and who is king Gulshan and what is his business with queen Ifza?” I said once I was on my feet,

Jawhar looked deep into my eyes, then he finally said “The story between Gulshan and Banafsha is a long one filled with many twists and turns”

There was something about the way he said that statement that made me want to know everything,

“The night is still young and it will appear I have nothing better to do, so I will gladly listen to whatever you have to say” I said,

Jawhar bowed his head a little and said “As you wish your majesty”

Just then, the guards arrived, they quickly bowed their heads when they saw me, their eyes went to the dead man on the floor,

“Your majesty, are you alright?” one of them said, they were all suddenly looking alert,

“Everything is fine, dispose of this body and I want the security to be tightened in the queen’s chambers immediately, and also summon general Jaan to the throne room immediately” I said,

The guards quickly saluted and came forward to grab the dead man and take him away, Jawhar and I watched as the bloody corpse was taken away,

Once the corpse and the soldiers were out of sight, I turned to Jawhar “We should proceed to the throne room, General Jaan will be joining us soon and then you can tell me all about this Gulshan and what business he has with my queen” I said and walked away,

I really wanted to know who this arrogant king was and why he thought he could send assassins into my palace to threaten and even attempt to harm my queen, well they was something he was unaware of, I never let anyone harm the people under my protection and I will rather die before I let anyone dishonor my queen.