Love Lock

Chapter 2 of Love Lock

“I almost couldn't recognize you ", general Marvon said. He's plumb and old yet still looks young for his 2000 years of age with a silver leg that twinkles in the moonlight and makes a noise that can be heard from a mile away. No wonder they call him the deadly tapper. They say the taping of his silver leg on the floor is enough to make people faint. Legend says he lost his leg while saving his son, but his son couldn't be saved. Ever since then, he had been the general of the royal armed forces, for it was his son's dream to see his father serving the king.

It almost makes me sympathize with him even though I hate him as much as my parents. I hate everyone in this blasted room. When I was being tortured they all turned a blind eye to it.

That one b****y day, oh that day, the day my mother, birth giver, calmly, precisely, knowingly, accurately carved the royal logo at the back of my neck, missing all the vital veins. The hot knife on my cold skin. I can never forget that faithful day. My screams echoed through the whole palace yet it was as though everyone had gone deaf. They didn't dare to help me. Those blasted bastards are only thinking about their selfish desires for their money and worthless families. How cruel can anyone be that you ignore the screams of a child? Always preaching about justice and fairness, yet hearing your Queen t*****e her child of blood and bone, and you say absolutely nothing.

“Yoselin, it's time for your toast", Father says, snapping me out of my trance. I stand up, and with my glass held up, I deliver my impromptu speech.

“My good people, it's been moons since we last encountered. Over this period, I corrected myself and gained a new vision for our land,d that is, to unite all the deities of our land. Cheers to a united land. Long live the deities, rulers of the earth below"

We all clanked our glasses, and I sat down, feeling the weight of my words. Hearing those words come out of my mouth felt so unreal. In all my years of life, I never would have thought that I would stand in front of all these people and make a toast. Of course, I want to be queen and I will but I am not ready to even after all of my mothers ’corrections'

Immediately after the dinner was over, I bid my fare well and left the hall, leaving behind all the guests. I dashed down the halls to get to my room.

“Crap!", I shut the door to my room and opened the zip to the death trap of a gown

why did it have to be tight. If I remembered gowns being this tight,t I would have worn rags, but a hag said she didn't want to see a ha,g, and I didn't want to steal her light. I mean she is the queen after all. I threw myself on my soft big bed almost drowning in its softness.

Heavens!

I screamed when I shadows creep towards me. “Who is there?! "I asked demanding an answer, only to see two grey mice peek out of the covers.

Kiara!, Kiana!

I quickly embraced my long-lost friends. They were like siblings to me. “Where were you two? "I asked, knowing very well they couldn't understand me. “I thought I had lost you." I know we don't speak the same language, but we always manage to communicate well and understand each other's emotions. I was in the middle of my reunion, not wanting to let them go. It's almost weird to say but I missed the company of two stray mice.

Just then, my door swung open, causing Kiana and Kiara to run into a corner.

“Die!", I say as I turn my hand towards the figure at the door. Shadows like darts shot towards the door.

“You forgot that deities can't attack deities especially not with that amount of weakness. You could barely kill a human with that", my mother says as she walks into my room. Seeing her this close to me makes me want to slit her throat for all she did. Forgiveness is never an option

“Get to the point I know you didn't come here to spend time with me."

I say not even sparing her a glance.

“Is it wrong for me to spend time with my only daughter, my only child?" she asked with a fake innocent voice and beady eyes revealing a charm anyone would fall for but not me, at least not again.

“If by quality time you mean another t*****e session then the door is right there. I am not going to stop you."

“Correction not torture."

“How was carving a logo into your child's neck a form of correction?!"

“It is so you don't forget your past and go astray"

“All I did was mention only my first name at a play date...That doesn't mean I am abandoning my past"

“By precluding it, you're saying you don't have an identity."

“You used a hot knife to carve into my bare skin. Listen to yourself speak, you are insane"

“I am merely helping you become a good queen just like my mother and I"

“How can you teach me something you never were and never will be?!" I yelled back, making my mother's smile fade, but I continued, “How can you correct me when you are a bad influence? You're a horrible mother, a terrible wife, and an even worse queen. you are a disgrace to the throne!" I ended my statement with deep breaths knowing that I had said things that would cost me my life. I looked up to see her blunt expression. She was still...

“DON'T YOU DARE!! "she screamed at the top of her lungs, breaking her composure. Her scream echoed through the hallways. “Don't you dare question my loyalty to the throne? NEVER. I may be a bad mother and a terrible wife, but I am a good queen in fact, I am a great queen. I would do anything for my people. My people are my strength. If not for my people, do you think rubbish like you will be out of that dungeon? If not for my people, you would have rotted there." She ended and dissolved the shadows that had surrounded my neck.

I immediately fell to the ground taking in deep breaths. People say they saw death, but this time, I saw her physically, not figuratively or metaphorically... I looked death in her cold eyes. My life flashed before my eyes in shades of red and black. All the hard times were fresh in my mind and now a new one has been added. I couldn't help but smirk at the deadly sight. I was on the verge of death but the hurt in Mother's eyes made it worth it.

Eureka!

I have found her weakness, all I need is time to execute my plan and Mother will be at my knees

Queen Kayani's Point of View

’....... you're a horrible wife and an even worse queen'

Blasted urchin!

They said children were a gift but I ended up with a maggot who talks back. Questioning my methods of correction, I never questioned my mother so how dare she question me.

To be a queen, you must have the scars to show for it, you need to show them the pain you went through so they will appreciate you. Like Mother always said, “The more you bleed the more likely you are to succeed, Kayani, don't forget this"

I will forever be the best queen the land has ever seen because I have bled barrels for crying out loud. I can't believe I thought she would succeed me as queen when she can't even listen to me. How am I supposed to tell her the plan? No, she won't agree. I have to find a way to make her.