Chapter 40: Empty Title
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CHAPTER 40
"Whatever. At least I did not hear them slander. If they so much as try it, I would not hesitate to skewer them."
"You vile man."
"Do you think love and happiness are how to make conquest in the world? I may be vile but I am no hypocrite!"
"Let's see what his majesty has t say about this."
"Please, be my guest, your majesty and know that you have nothing but an empty title."
Without another word to Era, he turned around, and marched out of the stables, leaving them to clean up the mess he made.
Era did not speak. Yes, he had embarrassed her but that was not what got to her. She felt bad that she did not protect Mildred to the best of her knowledge.
"Your majesty," Aeverie's voice called out, pulling her out of her thought.
"Yes?" Even though she answered her, she did not bother to look in her direction but instead looked at the lifeless body of Mildred on the ground with the pool of blood he was in.
"Do not blame yourself, your grace. Mildred got what was coming to him," Aeverie tried to console her. "It was the price he paid for conniving with wicked people. Now see his end. He was left to shoulder the blame and killed on top of that."
"It is sad indeed. I wished I could have done more or perhaps if…" She paused, realizing she was not somewhere private and then turned her gaze to face the stable boys. "Clean up this mess and bury him. Let this be a warning to everyone. Be careful what things you get yourself involved in."
"Yes, your majesty."
"And as for your strokes, I was not going to hold you guys accountable. I only needed him to confess the truth. Turns out…"
"Turns out that you ended up killing him." One of the weak looking stable boys voiced out.
"Shut up," most of the others hushed him.
Even though they knew Era wasn't so powerful because of her background, she was still queen and respect must be shown.
"Of what use was it to actually tell her the truth," he continued to speak. "If he had maintained his ground and lied, at least, Lord Caspian would have helped him. Look at him now, believing a queen with an empty title."
Unluckily for him, Aeverie was standing close to him and before his mouth could do any more damage, she loaded his face with her palm, shutting him up indefinitely.
"Speak one more ill word of her grace again ad I would not hesitate to send you out of the palace and make you lose your job."
"At least, it beats dying."
"Your grace…" Aeverie looked at her. She did not understand why she said that all of a sudden when she was trying to calm down a situation. "But your grace…"
"Let it be, Aeverie. They have seen too much today. U do not intend for another blood to be spilt on my head today."
"Your majesty, you are not to…"
'To blame?" She looked in Aeverie's direction. "If I am not to blame, then who is? The boys?"
"No. Mildred is and her ladyship is to blame. If something had gone extremely wrong and you died, would this idiot be here uttering such words? Regardless of how it was, he was still going to die anyway, because we would have reported it and the king would make a public show of him."
Era said nothing. Rather she lowered her head, pondering on what Aeverie had said.
"You know why? Because his majesty would need to give your father an explanation as to why the queen, his princess died within two weeks of entering his palace. So, whether we liked it or not, in order not to look bad, the king would have made an example of him. Mildred had signed his death the second he chose to play dirty with them."
"That is enough. Let us go. This place makes me sick." She closed her eyes briefly and walked away.
Aeverie looked at all of them and then finally at the boy she slapped. His eyes were full of tears as his gaze fell on Mildred.
"Why does he cry so much for him?" She did not wait to get an answer and left to catch up with Era quickly.
She knew that Era needed comforting now. It was better now than never.
Unknown to them, her inability to protect Mildred and follow due channels and all, birthed them a new enemy.
"Your majesty. Your majesty," Aeverie called after her. Oon Era stopped but she did not turn around. Quickly she caught up and went to stand before her only to see Era crying.
"I am sorry, your grace. I know lives meant a lot to you. I am sorry for what happened but I need you to know that your duty entails you making difficult decisions and the ones that you were not responsible for, hold not unto it lest it breaks and kills you from the inside out."
"I know but…"
"No buts. Do you think Diona is worried about him? Hell no! You have got bigger things and fish to fry. Be prepared she would not take this lying down. Rather than being sorry, channel your pain and rage into being better and win to gain powerful allies."
"I will.. I promise on his death today, Diona and Caspian would suffer a billion times more."
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CHAPTER 40
"Whatever. At least I did not hear them slander. If they so much as try it, I would not hesitate to skewer them."
"You vile man."
"Do you think love and happiness are how to make conquest in the world? I may be vile but I am no hypocrite!"
"Let's see what his majesty has t say about this."
"Please, be my guest, your majesty and know that you have nothing but an empty title."
Without another word to Era, he turned around, and marched out of the stables, leaving them to clean up the mess he made.
Era did not speak. Yes, he had embarrassed her but that was not what got to her. She felt bad that she did not protect Mildred to the best of her knowledge.
"Your majesty," Aeverie's voice called out, pulling her out of her thought.
"Yes?" Even though she answered her, she did not bother to look in her direction but instead looked at the lifeless body of Mildred on the ground with the pool of blood he was in.
"Do not blame yourself, your grace. Mildred got what was coming to him," Aeverie tried to console her. "It was the price he paid for conniving with wicked people. Now see his end. He was left to shoulder the blame and killed on top of that."
"It is sad indeed. I wished I could have done more or perhaps if…" She paused, realizing she was not somewhere private and then turned her gaze to face the stable boys. "Clean up this mess and bury him. Let this be a warning to everyone. Be careful what things you get yourself involved in."
"Yes, your majesty."
"And as for your strokes, I was not going to hold you guys accountable. I only needed him to confess the truth. Turns out…"
"Turns out that you ended up killing him." One of the weak looking stable boys voiced out.
"Shut up," most of the others hushed him.
Even though they knew Era wasn't so powerful because of her background, she was still queen and respect must be shown.
"Of what use was it to actually tell her the truth," he continued to speak. "If he had maintained his ground and lied, at least, Lord Caspian would have helped him. Look at him now, believing a queen with an empty title."
Unluckily for him, Aeverie was standing close to him and before his mouth could do any more damage, she loaded his face with her palm, shutting him up indefinitely.
"Speak one more ill word of her grace again ad I would not hesitate to send you out of the palace and make you lose your job."
"At least, it beats dying."
"Your grace…" Aeverie looked at her. She did not understand why she said that all of a sudden when she was trying to calm down a situation. "But your grace…"
"Let it be, Aeverie. They have seen too much today. U do not intend for another blood to be spilt on my head today."
"Your majesty, you are not to…"
'To blame?" She looked in Aeverie's direction. "If I am not to blame, then who is? The boys?"
"No. Mildred is and her ladyship is to blame. If something had gone extremely wrong and you died, would this idiot be here uttering such words? Regardless of how it was, he was still going to die anyway, because we would have reported it and the king would make a public show of him."
Era said nothing. Rather she lowered her head, pondering on what Aeverie had said.
"You know why? Because his majesty would need to give your father an explanation as to why the queen, his princess died within two weeks of entering his palace. So, whether we liked it or not, in order not to look bad, the king would have made an example of him. Mildred had signed his death the second he chose to play dirty with them."
"That is enough. Let us go. This place makes me sick." She closed her eyes briefly and walked away.
Aeverie looked at all of them and then finally at the boy she slapped. His eyes were full of tears as his gaze fell on Mildred.
"Why does he cry so much for him?" She did not wait to get an answer and left to catch up with Era quickly.
She knew that Era needed comforting now. It was better now than never.
Unknown to them, her inability to protect Mildred and follow due channels and all, birthed them a new enemy.
"Your majesty. Your majesty," Aeverie called after her. Oon Era stopped but she did not turn around. Quickly she caught up and went to stand before her only to see Era crying.
"I am sorry, your grace. I know lives meant a lot to you. I am sorry for what happened but I need you to know that your duty entails you making difficult decisions and the ones that you were not responsible for, hold not unto it lest it breaks and kills you from the inside out."
"I know but…"
"No buts. Do you think Diona is worried about him? Hell no! You have got bigger things and fish to fry. Be prepared she would not take this lying down. Rather than being sorry, channel your pain and rage into being better and win to gain powerful allies."
"I will.. I promise on his death today, Diona and Caspian would suffer a billion times more."
************ CHAPTER 40 "Whatever. At least I did not hear them slander. If they so much as try it, I would not hesitate to skewer them." "You vile man." "Do you think love and happiness are how to make conquest in the world? I may be vile but I am no hypocrite!" "Let's see what his majesty has t say about this." "Please, be my guest, your majesty and know that you have nothing but an empty title." Without another word to Era, he turned around, and marched out of the stables, leaving them to clean up the mess he made. Era did not speak. Yes, he had embarrassed her but that was not what got to her. She felt bad that she did not protect Mildred to the best of her knowledge. "Your majesty," Aeverie's voice called out, pulling her out of her thought. "Yes?" Even though she answered her, she did not bother to look in her direction but instead looked at the lifeless body of Mildred on the ground with the pool of blood he was in. "Do not blame yourself, your grace. Mildred got what was coming to him," Aeverie tried to console her. "It was the price he paid for conniving with wicked people. Now see his end. He was left to shoulder the blame and killed on top of that." "It is sad indeed. I wished I could have done more or perhaps if" She paused, realizing she was not somewhere private and then turned her gaze to face the stable boys. "Clean up this mess and bury him. Let this be a warning to everyone. Be careful what things you get yourself involved in." "Yes, your majesty." "And as for your strokes, I was not going to hold you guys accountable. I only needed him to confess the truth. Turns out" "Turns out that you ended up killing him." One of the weak looking stable boys voiced out. "Shut up," most of the others hushed him. Even though they knew Era wasn't so powerful because of her background, she was still queen and respect must be shown. "Of what use was it to actually tell her the truth," he continued to speak. "If he had maintained his ground and lied, at least, Lord Caspian would have helped him. Look at him now, believing a queen with an empty title." Unluckily for him, Aeverie was standing close to him and before his mouth could do any more damage, she loaded his face with her palm, shutting him up indefinitely. "Speak one more ill word of her grace again ad I would not hesitate to send you out of the palace and make you lose your job." "At least, it beats dying." "Your grace" Aeverie looked at her. She did not understand why she said that all of a sudden when she was trying to calm down a situation. "But your grace" "Let it be, Aeverie. They have seen too much today. U do not intend for another blood to be spilt on my head today." "Your majesty, you are not to" 'To blame?" She looked in Aeverie's direction. "If I am not to blame, then who is? The boys?" "No. Mildred is and her ladyship is to blame. If something had gone extremely wrong and you died, would this idiot be here uttering such words? Regardless of how it was, he was still going to die anyway, because we would have reported it and the king would make a public show of him." Era said nothing. Rather she lowered her head, pondering on what Aeverie had said. "You know why? Because his majesty would need to give your father an explanation as to why the queen, his princess died within two weeks of entering his palace. So, whether we liked it or not, in order not to look bad, the king would have made an example of him. Mildred had signed his death the second he chose to play dirty with them." "That is enough. Let us go. This place makes me sick." She closed her eyes briefly and walked away. Aeverie looked at all of them and then finally at the boy she slapped. His eyes were full of tears as his gaze fell on Mildred. "Why does he cry so much for him?" She did not wait to get an answer and left to catch up with Era quickly. She knew that Era needed comforting now. It was better now than never. Unknown to them, her inability to protect Mildred and follow due channels and all, birthed them a new enemy. "Your majesty. Your majesty," Aeverie called after her. Oon Era stopped but she did not turn around. Quickly she caught up and went to stand before her only to see Era crying. "I am sorry, your grace. I know lives meant a lot to you. I am sorry for what happened but I need you to know that your duty entails you making difficult decisions and the ones that you were not responsible for, hold not unto it lest it breaks and kills you from the inside out." "I know but" "No buts. Do you think Diona is worried about him? Hell no! You have got bigger things and fish to fry. Be prepared she would not take this lying down. Rather than being sorry, channel your pain and rage into being better and win to gain powerful allies." "I will.. I promise on his death today, Diona and Caspian would suffer a billion times more."
