The Secret Of The Dragon Queen

The Queens POV: The morning was bright and filled with an almost magical aura. Today was going to be different somehow. I just couldn't quite put my finger on it. I summoned the morning maid as usual and had her draw me a bath. she was very pretty this one, and much better than the last maid I had years earlier. flashback: 15years ago Marid was her name, she seemed all well in the head until I caught her talking to thin air one day. I had asked who she was talking to. Marid was a sweet girl really, very pretty, easy on the eyes. She smiled and said she was rehearsing for a play her siblings had coaxed her into playing a part in. "How wonderful!" I said, "what is the play about?" I asked, "I can help you with your lines if you'd like." Marid smiled more, showing her white pearly teeth and said, "I'm sure you would love it," she said stepping closer. Her smile getting more wide and a little scary. "The play is about..." she paused. Then lunged at me screaming "how I killed the Queen and still her crown!" I quickly moved out of the way as she came at me with a knife in her hands she held behind her back, barely missing me and only cutting into the fabric on my gown. "What are you doing?!" I yelled. I was confused, to say the least. She had been my personal maid for years! How she could do this to me was beyond anything I could have imagined. She lunged at me again, I moved and this time I attacked her as she missed me with the knife and fell to the floor and I kicked her in the face as hard as I could, hearing cracking sounds as I shattered her nose in the process making her bleed. I called for my Guards. "Take her the dungeon cells to be held for trial for attempting the assassination of your Queen!" I commanded. They picked her up and drug her out kicking and screaming "He will be mine Alrea!" Marid screamed my name. "Richard loves me!!" she continued. "He will save for I am carrying his child!" I froze at her words but quickly regained myself. "Stop!" I shouted at the Guards. I walked up to Marid. She looked at me smiling, that smirk of hers will be the death of her. I smiled back down at her. I reared up my arm and punched her in the stomach, making the guards drop her and I repeatedly punched her, kicked her and then finally stomped on her stomach until I was panting and out of breath. I stood over her body, she was barely breathing but she was conscious. I looked at the Guards who were looking at me questionably, as if they wanted to ask if I was ok but only picked Marid back up by her arms. Her head hung low but I lifted her head up by her chin and said, "Richard belongs to no one but myself. He doesn't love you Marid, he never did. He only saw you as a good lay to relieve stress." I said to her. She looked at me confused. "You think I didn't know what his actions were with you." I laughed. "I knew this whole time you stupid girl. I am the Queen. Nothing stays a secret from me. Especially my own husband." I continued, "In fact, I had asked him what would happen if you were to ever become pregnant with his child and do you know what he said?" I leaned down close to her ear and whispered so only she could hear me, "He said to kill it. Then dispose of you." I stood back up and the look of pure shock formed on her face. I took great pride in that look. "NO!" She screamed. "You are lying!! He would never say that! He told me he loved me!!" I only laughed and proceeded to have the guards move her to the cells. She can rot there for all I care. end flashback I shook that memory from my thoughts. That was a long while back though, shortly after Melody was born and I was not able to give Richard his daily pleasure release so I told him to find a maid of his interest until I was able to please him again. Of course their s****l desires seemed to take more of an unfortunate turn when he would not touch me after I had been given the news of being able to pleasure him again. It was then 2 months afterwards that Marid tried to kill me and steal my crown. Richard of course was upset with her but seemed to blame himself for allowing the affair to continue. He confessed that he was attracted to the sneaking around and the thrill of excitement it gave him but later he went through the trial and had her publicly executed, but not before cutting out her tongue so she did not speak of their affair in which I had him agree too. He felt ashamed and apologized and promised to never let happen again. He has kept that promise so far and I have pleasured him everyday since. A smile appeared on my face as I entered the tub of hot water and sliding down, relaxing in the steam coming off the water. Today definitely felt different. I hadn't thought about Marid in years. I wonder what brought out that terrible memory. Today though was about Melody. She is 16 years old today and her training for the crown will commence...after I finish bathing of course. I get out of the tub and get dressed, just as I am putting on my crown. A sudden knock on my door, almost frantic came through. I open it and Melody's maid, Sylvia is standing there crying. "My goodness what ever is the matter dear?" I ask her. "My Queen, please forgive me, I tried looking for her but she is gone!" she said frantically. "Who Sylvia, who is gone?" Then she said what I had feared all my life. "The princess, I cannot find the princess anywhere!" and she sobbed again crying harder. "I have searched for a good hour my Queen she is missing!"