He's my King and I'm his Queen

Chapter 26

Happy New Years guys! Sorry for this really late update >_< 

My laptop was having problems, but it's all fixed now! Hooray! This chapter kinda starts out slow and dull but you shippers might enjoy the end ;) 

Anyway enjoy this chapter! ^_^

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Azalea's POV:

           After supper, as we headed to the council room, Christopher treated me normally like usual, but I did not understand how. How could he treat me the same after I avoided his kiss? I tried my best to act normally but it was so difficult. Luckily, once we got to the council room, I had to immediately argue my justification for being present at the meeting. Afterwards, I was directed to sit at Christopher’s right hand side with Sir Garret at my side.

            The meeting started with a rather heavy tension in the air. I could tell that even with my marriage to Christopher, our two countrymen still loathed each other. I suppose that people cannot change in such a short amount of time.

            My brother took charge first and explained the attacks on Pyrus’ trading posts. That’s when each side started exploding. I feared that the sounds of their shouting would echo in the halls. During this argument I heard several things that did not make sense to me. How could each kingdom be attacked at the same time?

            “Shut the hell up!” I heard Christopher scream.

            “Do not tell me to shut up!” Lord Agras from Pyrus answered.

            “Please Agras,” My brother calmly spoke, “Let him talk.”

            “Thank you your highness,” Christopher continued, “May I ask what these intruders look like?”

            “They were dressed in dark armor, very simple attire really.”

            “Same as our mysterious attackers.”

I looked to my brother and hoped he would understand what I was trying to tell him. My brother nodded in understanding before looking to the other council members.

            “The council shall take a short intermission and the meeting will resume in two hours.”

Though they seemed a little on edge, each councilman was escorted to their rooms while Christopher, Lysander and I were the only remaining ones in the mammoth room.

            “Did you manage to capture any of the intruders?”

            “Yes, we managed to take hold of one man.”

            “Take me there.”

We rode away to the prisoner encampment to face the Pyrus intruder.

            The prisoner was huddled at the corner of his lonely cell with his hand covering his shoulder. His armor was stripped off with rags in its place. The guard opened the iron doors and let us inside. There was such an eerie feeling as I looked at this strange dark man.

            “How kind for the king of two great kingdoms to visit me in my lowly prison.”

He then turned his gaze to me as a smile that showed his rotting teeth crept onto his dirty face.

            “And a lovely queen.”

He quickly got to his knees with his arm reaching out to touch me but Christopher’s reflexes were faster as he drew up his sword.