CHAPTER 10:Touching Story

"A long time ago ,far away a King had just been corinated along side his new Queen and wife. As per Royal rules ,A king or heir to the throne had to be married to a princess bethroed to him from birth. Usually the princess and Prince wouldn't know their selves till marriage so there wasn't much of a mutual romantic connection between them but some couples were lucky as they grew to love each other over time. The king didn't know about this law and hadn't met with his bethroed but had no choice other than to marry the princess hoping that he would be lucky enough to love the princess but how wrong he was for he felt nothing of that sort for her but who could blame him? The princess was rude,proud ,spoilt, sassy and cruel to a point of jealousy too. She had this perception that every woman or girl around the castle was out to seduce her husband the king . From maids to cooks and all alike were the same in her eyes ,they were all jealous of her she thought. So she band every maid and cook and all female workers from the king's quarter and replaced them with males but she still wasn't satisfied. Her husband the king on the other hand groaned in sadness each passing day about his marital life and needed advice as he was a young naive king who had no experience with women . The kings cabinet members adviced him to get another wife but the Queen became furious on hearing about it and threatened end her life if the King did any of that sort. Besides the King thought it was a bad idea, if one wife was a headache like this then imagine two headache on the kings head. The king always felt alone ,sad,empty and isolated as each day passed but no one was there to comfort him as everyone was afraid of the Queen. Working the castle was a maid who felt terribly sorry for the king and despite several warnings from others around came close to the king to cheer him up. Every chance she had and got she used it to make the king happy ,she would tell jokes like a royal jester and tell stories to amuse and make the king happy. Soon the king grew fond of her and also developed a new kind of feeling for her. He would always want to be around her and hear her talk . The Queen grew suspicious of him which made him stop seeing the maid for some time. This action led him to the conclusion that he had fallen for her. All day he would think about her and would always want to catch a glimpse of her so he started seeing her again but in secret. He would created time to meet with her and they would talk for hours non stop because they both enjoyed each others company .The kings feeling grew stronger and he was that he really loved her. The maid on the other hand didn't think of such wild ideas ,she was just happy that the king was lively and happy. Such thoughts didn't cross her mind because she knew her place and knew that Queen would have her head so she didn't bother or so she thought.The king and the maid were spending so much time with each other that they didn't know when they had fallen for each other. The maid felt a sensation in her heart when she was around the king but pushed it aside thinking it was just it was just an attraction. That attraction blossomed into love and she found out rather too late . She has fallen too deep in love with him and he her. The king found the maid beautiful, vibrant,full of life and happiness, something that had eluded him since his marriage and the maid found him handsome, intelligent funny and kind so when she realized that she loved him she decided to stop seeing him. For the next few weeks,she avoided the king and anything related with him. Once she saw the king coming form one direction ,she would go in the other opposite way. The king began to miss her a lot and didn't know what to do. So he decided to confess his feelings to her and looked for the slightest and right opportunity to talk to her. The maid too missed the king but for the sake of her life,continued to avoid him. The right opportunity presented its self when the Queen took a trip to see her parents for a few days. The maid knew the king would come for her and did her possible best to avoid him but it was all futile because he had his way with her. The king called for her and then confessed his feelings to her shocking the maid. She was filled with happiness and joy . She didn't know the king had feelings for her . she had yearned for him these past few weeks and gave herself to the king. They both relished and relaxed in each others arms making love which turned to be a mistake that caused her her life. Few weeks later she became pregnant and the Queen found out about her escapade with the king and became furious and full of jealousy that she wanted to kill the maid but the king stopped her and denied ever having anything to do with her which quenched the Queen's thirst for blood. The maid was heartbroken and crushed and lived out her days in prison for accusing the king till she gave birth . Living in pain and misery, she gave birth but the child died which broke the maid more as she lived out her days in endless agony till she died."concluded Mrs Kayden to the girls who listened attentively. Astrid whipped her eyes Tricia sniffed with a sad face as her mother ended the sad story "mom is that story true?" Asked Tricia "kind of , a friend of mine narrated it to me . don't worry dear as long as you go by the rules of life nothing of that sort will happen" assured Mrs Kayden hugging her daughters