WHO IS DESMONDA?

"Open it" I said and she pushed the door open, revealing an alluring set of blue eyes on a very beautiful face of a young girl.

"Oh my goodness" my hands flew to my mouth as I stared into those set of sad eyes which seemed to pass a lot of unsaid words and somehow I found myself interpreting those words, I could understand them.

The girl who seemed to be in her early teens quickly ran further inside the room, taking cover as I tried to step in.

"Your majesty, no one is allowed in" the maid obstructed me, standing in my way.

"Who is that?" I questioned firmly but she remained silent.

This got me thinking that maybe my mother inlaw had something to do with this.

"Is this the queen dowager's doing?" I questioned and the maid bowed her head.

"Step aside, I want to go in"

"I'm sorry, your majesty but queen dowager forbade us from even opening the door "

Her words got me doubting myself of being the queen, because if I was the queen them my words should hold some water in them.

"What am I?" I questioned while staring deep into the maids eyes that she began to shake uncomfortably.

"You are the queen, your Majesty "

"Do my words not hold meaning?"

"They do, your majesty"

"Then step aside "

The maid hesitantly stepped aside, giving me access to the room, I slowly stepped into the room and my eyes searched around for the girl I just saw but she was no where in sight.

I inspected the room and it was in a huge mess, clothes and stuffs were scattered all over, just a typical room of a teenage child.

"Who are you?" I mumbled in curiosity as I looked around for a portrait or photo but found none.

"Um... Hey.. girl?? Where are you?" I called while going further into the room but still couldn't find her. How surprising that she just disappeared like that, could she be... A ghost?

My ears picked up sounds from the closet, slowly I moved towards the huge sliding doors of the closet.

"Are you in there? Do not be scared. I am the new queen-"

"Please leave" I heard her mumbled with shaky voice, almost like she was scared of something.

"Please can I have a word with you?" I asked and waited for her response only to be replied with "please go away". I also heard a low sniff and figured that she was in tears.

Instantly I became sad, what could a young girl be sad about when her mates were all happy and cheerful.

"You can talk to me"

"Please just go... I can't talk to anyone"

After she spoke, my spirit literally dropped, I so badly wanted to speak to her and know what was going on with her, who she was and what she was doing all alone in there, why she was locked up and kept away from the public.

Maybe she wasn't ready to speak, everyone needed someone to talk to so just maybe she wasn't ready yet.

"Okay, I'll go. But I will return some other time and do not send me away, after all, I am your queen" I said and hesitated a little before walking out.

The maid quickly jammed the door and locked it but before she could run off, I stopped her

"Wait!" I said and she halted.

"I need a spare key"

She quickly turned around and bowed deeply then stared up at me with scared eyes

"Your majesty... "

"Hand me a spare key to this room, it is a command"

With shaky hands, she slowly unhooked a single key from the bunch and handed it to me.

"Please be careful, your majesty, if queen dowager finds out, she will have me killed" the maid pleaded with desperate eyes.

"You may leave" I dismissed her and she bowed before running off.

My curiosity had been piqued and I wasn't going to let what I just witnessed slide. Though I wouldn't deny that those blue eyes held the same quality as my frightening husband's. Almost like I was staring into the galaxy with millions of stars twinkling in there.

"Who are you, young girl" I questioned myself as I returned back to my room. Suddenly, my head spun, leaving me with a banging headache that I lost balance and fell to the ground.

Only then did I remember that I was sick and had neglected my medication for the longest of time.

I managed to scramble back on my feet but I lost balance again, further spraining my ankle.

"Arrhhh" I yelled out weakly in pain and immediately, some maids rushed in, helping me to my bed.

"Your majesty, are you okay?"

"Your majesty, what is the problem?"

"My...my head " I managed to speak up when suddenly I saw my husband rushing in with worry laced eyes. I can swear that it had been a month and two weeks since I saw him and as I saw him, I felt this tiny surge of hope arise within me, I honestly did not know why though but I quickly reaffirmed my mind.

"What happened?" He questioned the maids who all held confused faces.

"My angel, what is going on?" He asked me desperately.

"It's nothing serious "

"Do not say that, you are burning up! " he placed a hand on my forehead but I weakly pushed away his hand.

"You didn't have to come, it's nothing serious"

"Call the doctor " he said and some maid hurried out while he began to search for something I had no idea about.

His hand grabbed a small bottle from the dresser and I watched how his facial expression changed.

"You haven't been taking your medication?" He questioned.

I remained silent, only glaring at him but he did mind my glares

"Why will you ignore your medicine? Do you perhaps want to die? You want to die and leave me all alone? Is that how desperately you want to leave? Well I won't let that happen!" He sounded cool but also scolding in a way.

The doctor came in with a bow and rushed to my side

"Your majesty, it seems you have not taken your medication, have you?" He asked instantly.

"No "

"May I talk to you alone?" He asked again and I quickly responded positively because I did not want Zoriel around me any longer.

Zoriel stared at me for a while before walking out.

"Your majesty, you have lost more weight from when I first saw you. You have to eat well and take your medicine. I can tell that you do not wish to stay here but how will you run away when you don't have any strength? How will you fight when you're so weak?"

I knew he only wanted me to be healthy but I found a little sense in what the doctor said, we concluded the discussion with him wrapping a bandage around my ankle and me agreeing to eat more and take my medicine. He was right, I needed energy to fight for my freedom if it was possible.

WPOV~

"Thank you for accepting my advice, your majesty " the doctor bowed before leaving Amira. He walked out the door and came face to face with Zoriel.

"Your highness" he bowed and then raised his head to meet the questioning eyes of Zoriel.

"She has agreed to eat well and take her medicine

"Thank you doctor"

"Don't mention, besides, I am indebted to you for life" the doctor bowed deeply before vanishing into thin air.

On the other hallway, the heavy knocks of Dominica's stiltoe shoes echoed as she walked down the hallway, it only stopped when she came to a particular door.

Her hand swiftly moved into her pocket and came out with a key, her eyes looked sideways for anyone who could be spying.

She went ahead to insert the key into the keyhole and twisted it to unlock the door, her eyes having some shades of danger and warning while her lips curled up one sided into a wicked smirk.

"Desmonda?" She called while going into the room.