Dorian Gray: REIGN

Start A Fire

At morning Lucy woke up and looked at phone. She had a message from Josh ; „ Could we meet at park today? On evening I'm leaving I need to talk with you yet. 4 o'clock? "
She wrote him back that she agreed.
She looked at Dorian's place but he wasn't with her in bed anymore. He had important things to do...
„ Of course... it will look like it right now. Our King will be always active in everything. But not active with his wife's life. Great. "
Then she thought about her mother's letter: „ Królowe nie płaczą. " „ Queens don't cry. "
„ So I won't cry. Nie, nie będę płakać. "
She went to the kitchen.
There she ate breakfast and when she was finishing, Dorian came inside.
- My beautiful wife is there. Hello, my pretty. How are you?
- Good. And you?
- Uhm, being a King is harder over I was thinking.
Lucy only smiled. Then Harry came to them, he smiled to Lucy like never before. And he told:
- Somebody came to the castle and wants to see with Queen Eretria.
- Eretria? - asked Dorian. - Tell him that we-, wait, Lucy what was your name when you were in Freya's house, there in school etc?
- Eretria.
- He's talking about Lucy? - asked Dorian.
- I don't know, sir. - said Harry.
- I'll see. - said Lucy and went with Harry to that person.
That person was beautiful, tall woman.
- Good morning, my Queen. You're Queen Eretria, right? - asked the woman.
- Yes, I am. I think I don't know you. - answered Lucy.
- Oh, I'm sorry, my Queen. I'm Ophelia Camino. You probably know my daughter... Camille Camino, you were together in the same class...
- Oh, yeah. Cami. Of course I know her. But you look so young to be her mother.
- Thank you for your words, my Queen. I am much older over I look, I know this.
- Alright. Then come with me and then we will talk, not here of course. - said Lucy to her, then she started talking to Harry - We'll go to Aula. Say Dorian that after this meet I'm leaving the castle. Right?
- Everything is clear, my... my Queen. - said Harry.
They smiled to each other and Lucy with Ophelia went to the Aula.
- Alright, I'm listening you. Is there something wrong with Cami? I think it's something important that you are here and you needed to talk with me. You seem... not good.
- My Queen, my dear Eretria... I'm sorry that I'm bothering you but... but yes it did something bad happen. With Cami.
Lucy heard her heartbeat so loud.
- My pretty daughter... she... she was with his brother, with Kai. They were walking to Kai's school. And... and the car hit Cami. I don't know how it happened exactly. My pretty daughter died in the centre of this attack.
Lucy didn't know what to say. CAMI IS DEAD?!
- No... tell me you're kidding, woman. Cami can't be dead. She will visit me here one day... I...-,
She stopped and stopped her tears cause she again thought about her mother's words;
KRÓLOWE NIE PŁACZĄ / QUEENS DON'T CRY.
„ They can't know what can hurt me. "
- What do you want from me about that? - asked Queen.
Ophelia looked at her. She was surprised that she hasn't seen her tears and Lucy saw it. But then woman said:
- I want you to go with me. With me to USA for the Cami's funeral.
- When it'll be? - asked Lucy.
- Tomorrow.
- You came here to the New High Queen and you want her to go with you TOMORROW on the funeral? It sounds like a joke. - said a bit smiling Queen.
- My Queen, I'm so sorry... I thought you were friends... and I think it would be good if...
- Stop. When it happened?
- Yesterday.
- Alright. I will be present on her funeral. We were friends. I'd make a mistake if I wasn't there then. I want to see her last time. And I promise that I'll visit her there yet not once, not twice in the future. I promise you. I promise her I won't leave her.
Ophelia smiled.
- Thank you, my dearest, my highest Queen Eretria. You are so good, you deserve all happiness. - Ophelia said.
- It's nothing much. Now you can leave.
Ophelia smiled and left her.

Lucy went to the park. There Josh were waiting for her.
- Hello, beautiful.
- Hi, Josh. Did you hear that Cami died? - asked Lucy.
- Cami...Cami... oh, I remember her! No, I haven't... I'm so sorry, she was your friend, right.
- Yeah... she was. And... I was terrible friend. To everyone. I was terrible friend to Cami because I knew she was in love with Dorian. She always was talking about him. Dorian was her rock, was her idol, was her support. Even if he didn't know her. I knew it. And finally what? I married him. How Cami could look at me with this awareness and still like me like she did before? I was terrible friend to Zoya. I left her, she is right with everything. Probably she won't forgive me. Probably she will never find that terrible person like I am. Probably she will miss me but not that much like I do every-fucking-day. I was terrible friend to Harry. I am terrible friend to him. Now I know that he was in love me and I can see his smiles to me. I know he loves me. What do I feel to him? I don't know. I am married. He knows, I know. I am terrible friend to you. I failed you all. I am just terrible person. I... I... I was terrible daughter, I was terrible half-daughter to Francis, I- there she started crying. She forgot about the rule. - I was probably terrible when I was child to my mother, I was terrible as a princess, now I'll be terrible as a Queen. If one day I will be mother I'll be terrible to my own child. Because... the person who is terrible, couldn't be good. Couldn't be... couldn't be better. I am terrible.
- Eretria, stop saying these lies! - screamed Josh.
Lucy looked at him with her tears in the eyes.
- Can you hear yourself? Do you really think that you're terrible?
- Of course I am. Did you hear my...
- I heard all! You are not terrible. DOT. You are not terrible. You are just... broken and you need more love.
- I don't. I got much love. From my dad...
- Who always was on the wars? Who never had you on his own hands when you were a child. He wasn't with you, he was saying to other to protect you. He was a King, he had his own actions to do.
- From Francis. He cared about me more over he should.
- He did care about you, I know. Everyone knows. He loved you more than he loved Dorian. But he cannot be your dad, mom, friend, grandma, grandpa, boyfriend, and everyone from person need care.
- What about...
- Dorian? - asked Josh. - I need to ask you a question. Are you sure that he loves you?
Lucy didn't know what to answer.
- Are you sure that he loves you? He didn't just need to have a Queen to become a real King and he thought about you. Does he care about you now like he should? Like you need? Like you deserve to?
Lucy knew that Josh knows the answer.
She doesn't have to replay.
- I didn't want to talk about Dorian. I wanted to tell you something happy. Maybe it will make you a smile.
- Show me.
- Last time I saw Måneskin's concert. They had here and... they sang with our Queen Lucy-Eretria. Aren't they?
- Yeah... they did. - answered Lucy with a bit smiled.
- And I heard it... GIRL. You were incredibile! Did you hear yourself? You need to be a singer. If you will ignore that talent you will make a mistake, a sin. - said Josh.
She smiled.