A Red Queen fanfic

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The night of the lake landers dinner arrived at the Castle. And the staff was in full force, getting the castle ready, for the dinning room table being set up, to the ballroom being set for the band, and dance floor, and the kitchen was running around like a chicken with its head  cut off trying to make all the food. For when the lake landers came later that night.

Mareena was getting into her dress, which was another big puff dress but this one of different because it held her husbands colours. The dress was big so the other kingdom wouldn't know she was pregnant, with one of the heirs of our kingdom. After all she didn't want anything to happen to their child if one of their enemy kingdoms found out about the newest royal member.

She then started putting  her makeup on, when the door opened to Her, and Maven's room. Which they now had gotten a bigger room since the three of them would be sharing for the first part of their baby's life.

In walked maven in his suit for the dinner party tonight. "You ready to go down stairs Mare?" He asked her kissing her in the cheek, then bending down to her stomach. "You ready too little man?" Maven asked to her stomach laughing.
"Don't worry Mav both baby, and me are ready" Mareena said.

As they walked down the stairs towards the dinning room, maven stopped in his tracks. "Crap Mare I need to finish some paper work but I should be there for the meal, you won't mind going down without me right?" Maven asked.
"Mav I'm fine, nothing is going to happen while your gone except for some small talk." Mareena said kissing maven on the cheek then walked in the room.

As she entered the king, and queen were already sitting down at the head of the table, with cal, and Evangeline on the right side of the king. Their was two seats open on the left on the queen so Mareena sat in the seat right next to the queen.

She looked around the room she noticed that the Lakelanders weren't in the dinning room yet. Before Mareena could ask where they were a few drums went off announcing the other royal family, who were walking through the door. As they entered they came they were dressed in their deep blue colours. They sat down at the foot of the table and we began dinner.
Mareena still wondered where her husband was? Since he still wasn't there yet.

As the dishes were taken away, the king of Norta stood up and addressed the whole table. "Thank you king Orrec and princess Iris for coming to our kingdom" the king from the lakelanders then stood up "thank you very much for having us here king Tiberias. It is very nice to meet you as well as the other members of your family" he said then he looked at Mareena and locked eyes with her.

"I'd like you to formal meet my wife queen Elara Calore, then my oldest son Tiberias VII Calore, his wife and my daughter in law Evangeline Calore, and their son Prince Tiberias the VIII." He then looks over to Mareena with a certain look Mareena couldn't place. "my youngest Son Maven isn't here yet, but his wife Mareena Calore is here"
"Nice to formally meet you all... princess Mareena what was your maiden name?" The lake lander king asked her.
"It was Titanos" she smiled at him.
"What is your father's name?" The king asks
"His name was Ethan Titanos" Mareen said "he fought in the front, and died from one of your spy attacks" Mareena said the last bit of her sentence with disgust. Her lighting started showing in her hands that were placed in her lap so she moved them down under neath the table, she knew better than to let her temper get the better of her special when she had her baby to look after.

Then maven walked into the dinning room, and said in her ear "Oh Mare, please don't get worked up it's bad for the baby." Then he sit down in his chair beside her. "Hello king Orrec I'm sorry I'm late but I'm prince Maven Calore it's nice to meet you"

Before king orrec from the Lakelanders could say anything the first pair of dinning room doors were opened and one of the guards fell to the ground sliver blood running from his body. A few shots ran through the room, the first two went and hit the king in the face, and the queen got hit in her neck.

The second pair of doors to the dinning door opened with another guard falling to the floor with some sliver blood steering to form a puddle of blood. Then in steeped a few guns men, they fired off their rounds from their guns, this time they aimed at the king again, and prince cal. The third pair of doors opened this time the shooters aimed for Mareena and maven. Mareena jumped in front of maven saving him from the shots, which didn't help her this needed up with her getting shot all along near her spine as a blood chillin scream left her mouth, but the finally shot landed in her stomach. She then feel to the ground.

Evangeline had figured out the shooters plans, and throw a big prince of metal over the door keeping them out. A pair of the shooters saw what she was doing to stop their plan, so they started foreign at her, making sure her body covered her sons from the bullets she started to put her game face on. But this only gave her more power over them. As their bullets left the guns barrel she used her sliver powers and fired them back at them with controlling the billets with her hands. But she aimed them straight into their heads. Their red blood dripping down their body's fell towards the floor.

Maven started helping out Evangeline with the shooters, but where she killed them with metal. Maven likes to kill his  opponents with his fire. He started off with  the shooters who were closest to him, he watched the first person's skin burn. She screamed out in pain as he placed his hands on her face killing her.

Once he and Evangeline dealt with the rest of the shooters he went back over to Mareena's side. "God Mare why did you jump in front of me?" He asked Stroking her hand out of her face.
"Hey servant go see what's taking the healers so long" Evangeline said to a near by servant. She then walked over to her son.
"You ok little man?"
"Yes mommy!" He said smiled her
She bent down and hugged him "I'm happy your ok little man!" She said sitting him back down in his chair. And then going to check on
the king, and queen to see if they were still alive.

Finally the servant returned with a bunch of healers behind him. The went to work one with the prince, two with the other royal family, some working on the guards. A few tried to help the queen but she was bleeding bad. And the healers couldn't stop the bleeding. One of the healers went over to Evangeline but she stopped them. "help  princess Mareena first she's more injured."

With the healer helping Mareena a servant boy came over and asked "prince maven your father would like to see you" maven looked back at Mareena Evangeline was beside her. Evangeline nodded at Maven telling him telling him it was ok to see his father.

"Maven, my boy thank you for coming over, maven I just want to let you know I don't have much time left but that's ok with me. You don't know much about my life with my first wife, but I want you to know losing her was one of the hardest things that's ever happened to me, the one thing that made it better was when you came into my life." The king said with a smile as he reached his hand out towards maven's hand. Maven took his father's hand and the king continued speaking. "What I'm trying to tell you Maven. Is I see a lot of me and my first wife Corinne in you and Mareena so don't lose her Maven. As I lost my only love, take my healer and maybe both her, and my grandchild will live.

Maven looked back on last time at his father, he saw the fire go out in his fathers eyes as he shut them for the last time. And with two healers working on Mareena now she had a fighting chance. For both her self and their child.