His Hidden Mate

Six

Chapter Six:

Staring into my mother's eyes was like looking at somebody that would possibly have to qualify as my enemie seeing as there was that much hatred in her eyes, and I really could not believe that it was her that was looking at me the way that she was looking at me. I was not looking at her anything in her eyes, but still it was sad to see nothing but resentment in them. I was staring into them before Ona jumped in front of me and all I could see was her back as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, blocking the space between Queen Kate and I

“What did you just say? Where do you think of taking her? That will not be happening. I hope you know that I'm not going to sit around and let you do that. I'm not going to let you take her away. After all these years, do you not think she deserves an ounce of respect? You gave birth to her and this is how you treat her? You're really unbelievable, Mother” . Ona says to her and she just smirks at her before laughing internally and shaking her head in disbelief.

“Honestly, Ona, I do not know whatever I'm going to do with you. You seriously surprise me every single time. You seriously do not have any idea who you're dealing with right now. How dare you speak up to your own mother?” She questions and Ona shuts sighs loudly, like she has nothing more to say.

“You are the one that surprises me every time. , just answer one thing for me. How do you sleep at night doing all the things that you do?” Ona demands.

“ like I said so I'm not going to let you take her away. I fought for her and I will continue to fight for her again just so you know”. She cements and I just hold her shoulder on her.

“It's Okay, it's still better than being a Slave here. I will accept it.” I say to her and she just widens her eyes at me like I'm saying something that is absolutely hard for her to believe.

“No it's not, it's not better than you being a Princess, as you should be. You deserve to live the way that you were born to live.” She says to me, and I just sigh at her.

“Maybe I was not destined for that life” I say to her, and she immediately holds her index finger up to silence me.

“All right, I'll do the talking from now on since you're not going to defend yourself, I'll be the one to do so” she says to me. And then she crosses her arms over her chest and feels that mother right in the face.

“I'm not going to let you do it.”

Queen Kate directs her attention to me, ignoring what Ona is saying to her.

“ I should not even be giving you any money to do anything, but I will. So you better get packing very quickly and leave and make sure that you leave very discreetly. There's already a driver waiting outside for you. I have summoned the other palace workers to do something else and you only have an hour to make sure that you are out of this palace. That is more than enough to say your goodbyes. I have been very kind about this”, she says to me. And I really cannot believe the words that I'm hearing. I really cannot believe that this is what she beliefs. Does she really believe that she's doing me a favor by doing all of this? She had given birth to me after all, how could she not assume any responsibility for that?

“Excuse me a moment.” I suddenly say to her, immediately regretting that I had stopped her from walking out.

“Why do you hate me so much? Why are you threatening me like this? Why are you so ashamed of me? Why do you really do this to me? Is it because you truly hate me? Since I will not be seeing you again, I really think I deserve an explanation. I have refrained from asking you anything about it all these years, but you have taken me away and I just want to know why I am so hated.” I ask her and she just narrows her eyes at me.

“What makes you think I want to answer that question you asked me?” Her voice is stern and she is quick to dismiss me.

I just shrugged my shoulders. I was not expecting her to answer me anyway. But I just need her to have a final memory of me because it does not matter what happens. I am never forgiving her for what she has done. Not once during the 17 years, nearly 18 years, has she ever taken responsibility for what she ever did.

“ I just want to know if you hate me as much as you say you do, as much as you treat me like you do while you're doing this to please King Owen. Or is it because of the man you had me with? is the reason you resent me so much? Is he the reason that I can never ever deserve your love?” I ask her and instantly she raises her hand at me like she was about to slap me again but definitely stops herself midway.

“Goodness, I will not let you drive me crazy like that” she groans.

“And to answer you very quickly, no, he is not the reason. But you never talk about that man again. You are not allowed to ever mention him again.” She says to me before taking a deep breath, getting very sensitive about the topic. What was it about him that always made her the sensitive? She has never ever wanted to discuss anything about him, if rumor had it right. Not even the the king knew who he was.

I had heard and and Beth talking about it late at one point a few months after I had moved in to the palace. And he was definitely helping and keeping it a secret that it appears.

“You listen to me very carefully. He's not the person I hate you, OK? And you are not getting any special treatment. I never wanted to have kids. It was just the burden of the throne.” She says to me and looks at Ona again.

“Then wouldn't this be the perfect chance to get rid of her then?” Ona suddenly questions and Queen Kate narrows her eyes at her.

“What are you talking about?” She questions and Ona just shrugs her shoulders.

“If she joins the competition, you will have to stop worrying about her if she wins and then you'll never have to really deal with her. She will just leave and belong to another Kingdom. Don't you see that it's a win win?” She asks and immediately Queen Kate starts laughing.

“Like you think she would win? Listen to me very carefully. She's going to pack her bags and leave. You better start packing!” She says before finally leaving the room. I feel my heart sinking to the bottom of my stomach. I was really hoping that talking to her would not have me feeling this sad that it was.

Who could honestly say that they had never experienced the mother's love even though they grew up around their own mother?. It was really sad, a very sad situation. After all, I had gotten the mother's love from my grandmother and I was not used to this kind of treatment until I had to become used to it.

“You are not going anywhere just so you know. I am standing my ground!” Ona says to me and I just sigh at her.

“There's nothing you can do to me to make me stay here, you know that me staying here is agreeing to be killed she might as well have just killed me”. I say to her and she just shakes her head aggressively. “No, we have to find another solution. We have to do something about this. I cannot let them do that to you.” She said to me and I just sigh at her. It was really heartbreaking. I did not want to leave her either, but there was nothing else that could be done.

“Maybe this was all for the best. Maybe I will probably have a happier life living where I grew up, where I once knew what being loved was. Just… you can come with me, but only while I pack and we can say our goodbyes. I really think I'll have a chance at being happy, a better one than I would if I'm here. If I go back to my home”, I say to her before holding her hand and leading her back to my room, it was not that far from her seeing as I was her lady waiting and was supposed to be close to her. And it was definitely how Ona had requested it after all the years we spend apart and after she had heard how I was being treated sleeping with the other palace workers. We start packing up my clothes, which are mostly just what Ona bought for me.

The rest are really not worth taking. If I'm not taking them because they are the most beautiful and the most useful, I'm definitely taking them to the memory of her. I really did not expect things to turn out this way, but it was probably for the best.

“ You can't go. I can't believe you're doing this. How could you not fight for your position? Do I really have to fight every single battle for you?” She asks me and I just sigh.

“I don't know Ona, I just do not think that I will be able to win this battle”. I say to her and she just starts tearing up. I do not want to see her crying like this for me. . I had stopped myself from crying so many times still really and I just felt like seeing her tears was going to be to make me break down as well. I felt one slide down on my cheek and I immediately wiped it away before wiping hers away as well.

“It's not a goodbye forever, you can still come see me and we will figure something out. You're my best friend”, I know that. I say to her, and she just shakes her head.

“I'm coming with you. Let me stay with you at least a week. Let me help you clean until your birthday. You cannot spend your birthday all by yourself. I'm not going to let you do that Jade.” She says to me and I just look at her, feeling very saddened by this moment.

“ You have never cleaned a day in your life, Ona. I don't know what you think you are counting on”. I say to her and we both start laughing after a moment of quick silence.

“It does not matter. I am scared of spiders, I am scared of ants. I have never cleaned, I've never cooked, but it doesn't matter. I will have to learn them just so I can go with you. “She says to me crying and I just shake my head at her.

“You don't deserve all of that. Just find a way to come see me on my breath and I will be happy.” I say to her and she just widened her eyes at me.

“You are insane if you think I am going to let you deal with that mess by yourself. We can figure something out. We don't have to clean a single thing. We'll just go out, go shopping or find a nice restaurant while I hire a cleaning company to clean the house and make it ready for you and buy you all the furniture you need. You Deserve that at least”. She says to me and I just breathe out shaking my head at her.

“I cannot believe you”. I say to her before I nod my head.

“OK, call for your bodyguards so we can leave, I do not want to waste any more time”. I say to her and she just nods at me before giving me a hug. I was so glad that she did that because this was definitely the final goodbye. I could not let her come with me. I watched her walk out of the room with sadness, feeling me, my heartbeat just thinking about the fact that I will be away from her.

She was really my sanity and it felt like doing this was a betrayal to her, but I was only doing it because I cared for her. So as soon as I was certain that she had gotten far enough, I dragged the suitcase out of the room and began heading for the exit. I had to do it quick and make sure that by the time that she gets to me that I'm long gone. By the time that she tries to search for me, she realizes that I had already said goodbye to her because for the best, it was going to be too sad to watch her try to make anything work in that kind of house.

She deserved better than that. I hid out the door and immediately locate the car that is supposed to take me away from this place. I suppose it was still a win situation because it was still better than being killed. That is what I was meant to believe. I was made to believe that if I was not going to be leaving right now, but I was going to be killed instead. And so I had to be a little appreciative, even if I knew this was deeply unfair.

“Hi, I'm Jade, I was told you will be the one to take me away.” I say to the driver as soon as I get to him and he just nods, extending his hand to reach for my suitcase. I let it go and wait for him to drive it to the back of the car, opening up the boot and putting it inside. I definitely have a mixed feeling about these. I definitely felt like Ona had a point. Maybe I had to fight for something for once in my life. Maybe all of this could be so much better than me just leaving and running away from it all, but I did not want to do that, not right now. Peace was being offered to me and it just felt like the best thing that I had to be taking right now.

My thoughts are immediately cut off when the loud noise of the gate sliding open fills my ears. I turn around to see who it could be walking into driving into the palace. Did I really waste an hour just packing up? She had told me that nobody would be here to witness me leave for at least an hour. How was the gate opening? Two cars drove in and the driver and I both were just staring at both of them wondering what on earth is happening.

“Why did you do that? How could you betray me like that?” I hear Ona's voice from a distance and I am forced to turn to her as well.

“Were you really going to leave without saying goodbye? I knew it, I knew you would do that.” She says to me and I do not even know what to say to her. I'm just barely able to think of a single word. I'm just stammering, stumbling upon my words, not even sure what to say or even how to feel. I wanted to apologize instantly, but the words were caught in my throat.

The door suddenly opens of one of the cars that has just driven into the palace, and my heart is just pounding hard for absolutely no reason. Was it because I couldn't believe that I had been caught? Didn't mean that this was the end for me to be? That I had broken the plan that she wanted and I needed to be punished. I was watching with so much attention as the person that had just opened the door got out of the car and I was beyond surprised to see who it was.

It was Prince Ethan and his eyes were just pinned straight at me. He was looking at me with those eyes again, those intense eyes that always made me feel so intimidated. I gasped, shocked by what I was seeing. It had to be a dream. Why on earth was he here?

“Where do you think you are going?” He questions, walking all the way towards me as I tried to move away from him. My back hit the side of the car and there was absolutely nowhere for me to run to as he got close enough for me to even feel his breath on my face.

“ I asked you a question, where do you think you are going?” His voice is deep and commanding. It sounds like I have to answer him otherwise I will be in deep trouble, but I just can't. The only thing I feel right now is my heart trying to jump out of my chest. I feel my feet sweating, my palms sweating, everything just feels like I'm losing my mind right now and looking at him is not even an option right now. I just feel like my mind is going crazy.

“ Please, please I, I” I start and he just holds my chin, forcing me to look at him. He must have seen that avoiding his gaze was probably giving me the upper hand because I was able to feel more brave and brave enough to say something about where I was going, to think of a lie, even though that was really not happening right now.

“Answer my question, Jade, where are you going?” He asks yet again and my eyes just widen. How does he know my name?