His Queen

Chapter 11

King Humair's POV

Yesterday I had been able to stop myself but today it seemed like I wasn’t able to, I had dismissed my guards and ended up finding myself in front of queen Ifza's chambers,

Her guards and maids were beyond shocked to see me there, the head of her maids rushed to me, she looked panicked and hurriedly bowed her head and when she spoke, it was in a hurried and frightened manner,

“Your Majesty, what brings you here?” She said, her voice and hands shook as she spoke,

I cleared my throat and said “I am here to see the queen, announce my arrival”

“Yes your majesty, I will do that immediately your majesty” the woman said and hurried towards the door,

She cleared her throat and called out against the closed doors,

“Your majesty, the king is here to see you” she said, her voice loud enough for queen Ifza to hear her from within,

We waited for a response but there was none,

The woman turned to me, she gave me what looked like an apologetic smile,

She cleared her throat again and repeated what she had said initially but still no response came from within,

I could see no reason as to why the queen had not opened the door, was she was trying to disgrace me before my subjects? She had no reason to do this, this was just crossing the line,

I stepped forward and before anyone could dare to stop me, I flung the doors open, the maids gasped as I walked in,

I expected to see her seated regally on her bed but instead, I saw her trying hard not to fall, she looked like she was about to lose consciousness,

Without thinking I rushed to her and held her, I was right, she was indeed about to lose consciousness,

My hands wrapped around her waist, I steadied her and led her to her bed, with little effort, I got her to lie down on her bed,

I turned to the maids who had gathered “Someone get me a cup of water” I said and they hurried to do my bidding,

I looked down at her and I saw that perspiration had gathered on her forehead, I couldn’t understand why she chose to this herself, why won’t she just let go of her pride? If she continued down this path, she will end up killing herself,

Soon enough the cup of water was brought to me, I collected it and raised her head, I held the cup to her lips, she sipped the water gently, when I felt she had had enough, I removed the cup from her lips and eased her head back to the pillow,

The cup was taken away from me by one of the maids, a moist cloth was handed to me, I collected it and leaned closer to queen Ifza, I placed the moist cloth on her forehead, my fingers came in contact with her skin and it was burning , she had a high fever, her eyes kept opening and closing,

“You are unwell and you need to be treated immediately” I said and turned to the maids, I was about to ask them to summon the royal physician when I heard her trying to say something, I turned back to her, I leaned closer to hear what she was saying,

“No doctor………. I am fine” she mumbled,

This woman was giving me a headache, she just wanted to make things difficult for herself and everyone, she was trying to kill herself,

I turned away from her “Summon the physician immediately” I said,

I turned back to the queen but she suddenly jerked up from her lying position, I was watching her and wondering how a woman could be so tiring, a few minutes ago, she couldn’t even speak clearly but right now, she was sitting up and glaring at me, her eyes looked like black fire burned in their depths,

“I ask that you stay away from my chambers till after the wedding ceremony your majesty, it’s all I ask for” she said,

To say I was lost for words would not describe the situation perfectly, I was angry and mad, but she was right, I had no business being in her room until after the wedding ceremony,

“I apologize for my behavior, I will keep away from your chambers till after the wedding” I said and turned away from her,

I walked toward the door, I was a few steps away from the door when I stopped, never in my life had I been so insulted, she had insulted me in front of my subjects, I had to reach her a lesson,

I turned back to her, she still sat on the bed looking with those hateful eyes of hers,

“I hope you get better soon queen Ifza” I said and walked out the door leaving those deep black eyes that looked at me with unnecessary hatred behind and I swearing to teach that arrogant woman a lesson.