His Queen

Chapter 16

King Humair’s POV

As the door closed behind Nihal and general Jawhar, I shut my eyes and relaxed into the throne, the story I had just heard was overwhelming, what queen Ifza had gone through was painful indeed and to go through something like that a such a young age was very tragic indeed,

Most people would have crumbled and given up but queen Ifza had fought and persevered, she hadn’t let her situation destroy her whole life, she had done what few men and women will do, I suddenly felt respect for queen Ifza, I felt somewhat proud of her, though I don’t know what right to feel that way,

I didn’t know who this Gulshan was but I felt he should be ashamed to call himself a king, he was no doubt a thug and a ruffian, he was just a savage with too much power and whatever issue he had with my queen, he will have to face me first, I will die before I let him hurt her, I will do everything in my power to stop him from harming her and the fact he was brave enough to send an assassin into my palace with the intention of killing my queen, was just as good as declaring war on my kingdom.

I will make sure I show him the error of his ways, this was my promise to myself as the king of Atrabad.

I stood up and headed towards the queen’s chamber, on getting close, I was greeted by a loud scream that no doubt belonged to queen Ifza,

Without thinking, I ran to the door and pushed it open, queen Ifza was awake and there was blood everywhere, I knew exactly what went wrong, she must have woken up in the middle of surgery, this was a common happening and I was used to seeing things like this happen but today, I felt my heart drop to the pit of my stomach,

I rushed over to them, queen Ifza was covered in sweat and her eyes were wild, it was obvious to see she was in a lot of pain, I looked at the royal physician and he looked like he was on the verge of losing control,

“I beg you remain calm, I am counting on you to save her, I really need your help right now” I said as I knelt down before him, I placed my hand on his shoulder,

He looked into my eyes and I saw that he had really encouragement, he nodded and I saw determination flood into his eyes,

He turned to his attendant and signaled for something to be handed to him, I watched as he poured it on a cloth and held it under queen Ifza’s nose,

He was trying to put her to sleep, I turned to queen Ifza, she looked exhausted and tired, she wasn’t even screaming anymore, she just lay there, I looked down at her stomach, it looked like he had cut off the infected part, the wound was a lot larger now and the blood was pooling, her brows and hair were soaked with sweat,

Without thinking, I picked up her hand and squeezed, she looked up at me, her eyes were dizzy now because of the cloth the physician was holding to her nose, those tired eyes held mine, she blinked and a tear drop ran down the side of her face,

My heart broke for her, she had been through a lot and she didn’t deserve all this pain, she was not supposed to be going through this much pain, I held her hand tighter, her eyes looked like she wanted to say something but right at that moment, her eyes fluttered close,

I released a breath I didn’t know I was holding, she was finally unconscious now, that meant she was not in so much pain again, her hand suddenly felt limp in mine,

I turned to the physician “Quickly complete the surgery” I said,

He nodded and resumed the surgery.

I held her hand all through, I lost track of time, I was not sure how long I stayed there holding her hand, the physician tried many times to get me to leave but I ignored him and stayed, when he finally announced that the surgery was over, I felt like a load had been lifted from my chest, I breathed a sigh of relief.

“Her condition is now stable, but we will have to wait and she when she wakes up, I will come back tomorrow to change her dressing, we just have to watch her for the night and see how she is doing” the physician was saying,

Honestly I was not paying attention to him, I was looking at how pale queen Ifza’s lips had become, how tired she looked even in her unconscious state,

And once again, my heart broke for her,

The physician bowed his head and left with his attendants, leaving me alone with an unconscious queen Ifza and her attendants,

I turned to them and I saw them holding basins of water, they intended to help her take a bath, the one called Junnut gave me what looked like an apologetic smile, they wanted me to leave,

I looked around and everywhere was dirty and stained with blood, her clothes were stained with blood and needed to be changed quickly,

I took a deep breath and gently placed her hand on the bed, deep in my heart, I said a prayer for her to get well soon,

I stood up and turned to her attendants, they all bowed their heads, I simply nodded and turned to leave.

when I got to the door, I stopped and turned to look at queen Ifza once more, her attendants had crowded around her and had began cleaning the blood away.

As they lifted her up, her head lulled to the side making her look very weak and vulnerable, I had to shut my eyes and pray that the image I had just seen,

I prayed that she will get better soon, I found that I wanted her to get better soon, I found that I was looking forward to her arrogant countenance and proud behaviors.

I turned away and walked out, one thought crossed my mind "I had thought I could fall in love with her but now I was certain, I was completely and utterly in love with the arrogant Queen Ifza of Marwa"