Chapter 31( the king, the king )

"What "

" I can't take this silence any longer, I turned you down, you can hate me and yell at me but not this silence treatment I don't like " I raised an eyebrow at her

" Why should I hate you " she was taken by surprise at my question

" don't you," she asked

" No " shaking my head " Natalia" I took a step closer to her " I love you," I said calmly and sincerely " and nothing you are going to do will change that. knowing that you feel something towards me as well is enough for me " Looking into her beautiful eyes I saw sadness and guilt and all I wanted to do was take it all away " I made a promise that I will trust you and I won't break that promise. I trust that you have important reasons and I won't force you to tell me or bother you in any way"

" aren't you curious about what it is " there was confusion in his tone

" trust me I do, but I will wait for you and I promise that I will not doubt you in any way " when I said those words a bright smile made its way to her lips

" thank you "

*******************************************

walking into the prison I lead Natalia to the interrogation room. the moment we entered the room I frowned at the sight of the Young lady who was chained to the metal chair, she has been badly tortured

" What is the meaning of this " I yelled at the soldier who was responsible and I saw the confusion on his face

" Pardon?"

" what did you do to her, " I asked as I reached for the Lady's face which was swollen, he must have shaped her severally

" Sir, you said I should make sure she talks, " I said and this made me upset

" I said you should make her talk not hit her, for f*****g sake she is just a weak servant " I yelled, it was unusual for me to yell at people and I didn't like it whenever I do so, I saw the fear in his eyes as he instantly bows

" forgive me, your highness, I interpreted your orders wrongly, please it will never happen again" I ignored him after all the deed has been done. I turned to the young lady who looked up at me with weak eyes then I turn to Natalia, she was also not happy about it

" Natalia are you ok " her attention was drawn to me

" Hmm, yeah, am fine " she smiled.

" do you know why you are here, " asked the young lady? she gave me a weak smile and replied

" I have been accused of poisoning the French prisoners, but I am innocent " I felt the honesty in words but I also felt they were more suddenly Natalia held my hand taking my full attention

" The big boss you work for, what is his real name," she asked

" I don't know his real name, No one knows he's the real name I just...." the lady suddenly stopped talking. at that point, I understood what Natalia just did

" so you did poison them, " Natalia asked with a smile on her lips, I immediately looked back at the prisoner not to get distracted

" I didn't not, I don't know what you are talking about" the young lady was no longer smiling

" really" Natalia stepped forward " yes, the poison was effective like you said. do you remember that sentence" the girl looked away trying to avoid contact

" I don't know what you are talking about " just then Colin walked in

" Rowan," he greeted

" did you find anything," I asked?

" I did " he replied and reached for his pocket then brought out a well-folded piece of brown cloth, " I found this in a small box under her bed, there is more of it " I collected it and unwrapped it and inside was a white powder. I didn't need to sniff it to know what it was. it was the poison

" so" I walked closer to her, showing her the poison " what is your name, " I asked calmly but she ignored my question still looking away and I had no intention of hitting her " I don't want to hit you, so don't make me " she turned her back to me after hearing my words

" What is your name "

" Mia " she replied

" Now, Mia, no more lies, who do you work for " she didn't answer. After a while of silence, she said

" I swear I don't know him, I only know him as the big boss, I have never seen his face or heard his voice," she said and I believed her

" then who paid you to poison them, " I asked another question and I was glad that we were getting somewhere

" I was on my way to get water outside the castle and I ran into this strange man who offered me a huge amount of money if I did the job and my sister is very ill, she is dying, I needed the money that is why I did it "

" did you ask him why he wanted them dead," I asked

" No,"

" How did you poison them, " I asked curious about how she did it, the prison was well guarded

" in their food " she replied and I found something strange

" can you use a weapon" she shakes her head? I looked at Natalia who was confused by my question

" Colin, wasn't the guard on duty that night stabbed, "I asked as I forgot about that information, still not taking eyes of Natalia

" yes he was "

" And you can't use a weapon?" Natalia asked as she also got confused. we both look at Mia who was now shaking, she was hiding something, something important " you did not kill them did you, someone else did " Natalia said

" No, no, I poison them," she said

" who did you poison," I asked, Mia did not really, she looked away instead, " I said who did you poison " I yelled

" Rowan" Natalia held my hand calming me down " let me " I watch her walk you to Mia and bent to her level " look " arranging Mia's mess hair " I know how it feels to not want to lose someone, and you will want to do anything to save that person, no matter how crazy it is, I mean I made crazy decision ones, to save someone" her words caught Mia's attention " your sister is ill and she needs you, so it's best if you talk or you will just be here while she dies out there " Mia swallowed hard " who did you kill "

" the person is not dead yet," she said " it is a poison that kills slowly without you feeling anything, the more you breathe it in the more you die slowly. I was asked to put it under his pillow every day "

" and who is this person?" I asked but she was too scared to answer

" Mia " Natalia called her name calmly

" am so sorry," she said

" who is it," Natalia asked again and the words that came out next made me almost lose balance

" the king " my heart skipped a beat. just then Eric busted in calling my name

" Rowan!!, Rowan!!" he stopped in front of me panting

" what?"

" The King, the king...." was all he said and I went running out of the room with my heart beating fast, it felt like it will come out of my chest and all I could think of was what has happen to my father