Chapter 3
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She looked up from her arm when the door to her bedchamber opened and the maid wheeled in a cart.
“You are an angel, Alia, thank you,” Serafina thanked as she crawled back into her silk sheets.
She took the hot milk out of the maids hands and sipped it. The sweet taste soothing her throat which was sore from the screaming. The maid bowed and left the room, leaving the queen in silence.
Serafina was scared, there was no doubt about it, but she escaped death before and she can do it again.
Hopefully, she thought as she looked at the rising red sun.
She set the china down and walked back to the balcony. This was her city- her home- and she would be damned if she just let someone take that away from her. She leaned over the railing and allowed the cool breeze to kiss her face.
“Your highness, the High Council is calling a meeting.” Her advisor said, opening her door a little so that he could speak with her.
“When will it be taking place?” She said not turning away from the view of the city.
“Now, your highness.”
“I see. Please tell my younger brother that he is to visit the orphanages' in my stead. He should find the bag of clothes in my closet,” She ordered, turning around.
Every few months Serafina and Kai give what they do not wear to the shelters and orphanages' as well as books to read and toys for the kids.
“Is there anything else you wish to tell him, your highness,” He asked.
“That should be all, thank you Alec.” He nodded and bowed out of the room to allow the queen privacy.
She looked around her room and sighed before changing into her clothing. Normally she would opt for a shirt and jeans but the High Council demanded that everyone dressed formally. She hated that rule because she didn’t like wearing things according to a dress code. She put on a plain black dress with black and gold heels. She put on her usual red lipstick and hoops and added a choker with skeleton hands holding a ruby.
She stepped through the portal once more and stood in the middle of the cabinet room. She sat down in front of the Light King and nodded his way. Right after Serafina, the Dark Queen walked out of the portal and sat next to the Light king, smiling at Serafina.
“Let the meeting commence,” The high priest said motioning for one of the council members to tell them as to why they were summoned.
“The High Council has called a meeting to discuss revealing the Fae to the humans.”
The other members of the High council waited for the three to say something.
“No offence, Viscount Madrin, but that is an insane idea,” Said the Light King.
“I have to agree with King Stefano. If we reveal the Fae to human’s we are starting a war,” Serafina told them.
“How so, Hel Queen?” Another member asked her.
“If you look back in history, humans have been known to fear things in which they do not understand. The Salem witch trials, slavery. They will fight us for control.”
“And if they do then we will beat them into submission. We have the numbers and are stronger than humans.” The Dark Queen interjected. Serafina turned towards the enemy queen.
“And say we do fight back. Yes we have numbers but are you forgetting that the majority of the Fae feed on humans? By sending us into war with the humans you are killing off a food source and therefore killing Fae.” Serafina debated.
“I agree with Queen Serafina. We simply cannot reveal ourselves.” Agreed Stefano.
“If that is the case then we will just have to show them that they do not have a hold over us in the beginning,” The Dark Queen shrugged.
“Do really believe that the humans will stand for that. Even if we did show them that we are above them there will be people who refuse to except it and they will retaliate.” Serafina countered, rolling her eyes at the Dark Queen.
“Then we kill the ones who refuse to submit. It’s as easy as that.”
“All those who are opposed to revealing ourselves to humans raise your hand,” The High priest ordered.
Out of a total of fifteen hands only three went up. Serafina sighed and shook her head, looking at those who raised their hands.
“I really hope you know what you are about to do.” She muttered. The three who raised their hands set them back down in defeat. The High priest closed the meeting and the two monarchs returned to their castles.
“I have a request,” Serafina announced to the high council after the meeting was adjourned.
“Which is?” The high priest looked over to the Hel Queen.
“Allow the citizens of Hel safe passage to earth, allow them to live among the rest of the Fae.” She said, holding her head up high ready for rejection.
The council whispered amongst themselves before one stood up, “Hel Queen Serafina, you are proposing that we change a rule set over three thousand years ago.”
“I understand the request I made and the consequences it would no doubt raise, but I see no reason as to why the Light, Dark, and Hel cannot live on one plain.”
The High Priest nodded and told her, “We will discuss the matter and will give you an answer soon.”
She nodded and returned to her domain, where Kai was waiting.
“How did the council meeting go?” He asked her.
She bent down and took her shoes off while saying, “They are revealing themselves to the humans.”
“You’re joking.”
She shook her head, “I’m afraid not, dear brother. I also spoke with the High Priest to allow the Hel to remain on earth.”
The boys eyes lit up with hope. He was born in Hel and even as the prince he rarely ever got to visit the earth. She looked up at him and smiled, standing up, “Don't get your hopes up though, they said they would consider it.”
The light in his eyes dimmed but it was still there none the less and that was what mattered. She ruffled his hair and walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Though Serafina had servants and maids to do things for her, she loved doing some things for herself. This way when she stepped down and Kai takes the crown, she can live by herself-though it was customary for the royal family to stay at the palace even if they had stepped down.
She made meals for everyone and had the maids distribute them to everyone in the castle. She finished cleaning the kitchen after making over 30 meals and noticed that it was snowing outside. Though it was summer on earth, in Hel it was winter and it rarely ever snowed.
She made herself some hot chocolate and grabbed a warm blanket before going into the theater room and selecting a horror movie to watch, Kai and a few servants joining in later.
They spent the night in a happy, cozy way, not knowing the darkness looming over them would snatch those nights away.
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