The Reincarnated Royalty

Chapter - 41

One week has passed since Theo's funeral. Everything was feeling extremely gloomy in Philaria. Both in the castle and in all the towns, everyone was still mourning over the late king. The maids were putting away Theo's belongings in a separate room. Lucy, Ray and Kylie have already left for Sophiesia while Julia was still there taking care of Rose and Theron.

Sky was talking with some officials while preparing to leave for Sinsila. Since that day, they got no news about Claire and James and they had to go to them to rescue them. Sky volunteered for this and was getting ready for that.

He was going to his room to get his sword when he passed by Rose's room. The door was slightly open and his eyes fell on Rose making Theron sleep. She had a sad smile on her face and her bright smile was nowhere to be seen. Sky clenched his fists and turned around. He began cursing himself mentally again for not being able to protect Theo.

"I will make sure that these people treat her right. I know my brother would do anything and everything to protect her. Jasmine will also love her just like she loves me too. For father and mother, I promise to take care of their part."

"I'm sorry, I couldn't do that, Claire..." He looked down controlling his tears and was about to go from there when a guard came to him. "Prince Sky, we have found information regarding Queen Claire." He said to him and Sky motioned him to continue. "She and James, both are been kept in the dungeon in Sinsila." The guard said making Sky's eyes go wide and he hurriedly went to get his sword and leave.

Meanwhile Rose who was sitting inside also heard this and was even more scared. She got up from her seat and began shuffling around her clothes to find an old armor which she wore only once, that too only because Claire told her to do so. She took a deep breath and looked at that armor, gripping it tightly.

Here Claire was all tied up once again. She was tied along some metal chains. Her hands were held high up in the air and her legs were fixed to the floor so that she couldn't move or even sit down. Her whole body had wounds and it was all numb due to staying in this position since the past whole week. 

She was barely able to open her eyes and her head was hung low. James was also tied in the same way a little far away from her. He had even more wounds than her and his both arms were bleeding heavily. Suddenly, some guards came and poured huge buckets of ice-cold water over both of them making them flinch hardly and shiver in cold.

Claire opened her eyes and looked at the front. She saw Kevin coming towards her with a bandage around his head and a huge smirk on his face. "This isn't the right time to take a nap, is it, Queen?" He came forward and stood in front of her. She tried to move but those chains didn't let her. "Don't waste your energy." He said to her and grabbed her face. "See what you did, if only you accepted to marry me, then this all would have never happened." He said to her in a raspy voice and jerked her face away.

"Your lovely brother-in-law is dead." He said proudly to her making her stop breathing for a moment. She looked at him with wide eyes. He let out a chuckle seeing her expression. "Aww, I had one more surprise to give you." He said and began tapping his foot on the ground. "Your nephew is here." He said to her making her heart flutter. "My nephew..." She whispered to herself and smiled a little but then she remembered about Rose.

She felt a pang in her heart on knowing exactly how she would have felt. She knew that Rose loved Theo more than herself and loosing him on such a special occasion would have hurt her even more. More than she could ever imagine. She looked down and curled her hand into a fist. She glared at Kevin and looked at him in pure anger. 

"Anger is bad for your health, Queen. Calm down and enjoy." He grinned at her and turned around to leave but stopped and looked at James and then at the guards. "Make sure he doesn't make it out alive." He said to those guards and went out from there. 

Claire's eyes widen and she started trying to free herself. "Stop it!" She yelled with all the energy which was left in her body. She was wiggling all around when she felt her skin burning. She looked up and saw one guard heating those chains from the top making her hands and legs burn. She led out a painful scream and started shaking her body vigorously to free herself. James too tried to free himself to help her but then he was beaten by whips all over his body by those guards.

Both of them were being tortured there as if they were some inanimate objects. After torturing them for a while, the guards left from there making them gasp for air. Claire's arms and legs were badly burnt and tears were falling down her cheeks rapidly. She felt powerless and helpless. James' whole body was bleeding as well. He was feeling guilty for not being able to protect Claire and was trying hard to not cry. 

Sky was on his horse along with Jake following him from behind. They both were riding in full speeds wanting to reach Sinsila as fast as they can. "I hope they both are safe." Sky said, worry clearly visible on his face. "Don't worry, Prince. They will be fine...or at least they both will be alive..." Jake said gulping hardly as he had a feeling that they both might not be good conditions.

Rose was looking at herself in the mirror. She was wearing that armor and was looking at her own reflection. "Can I do this?" She asked herself and clutched that sword tightly. "I have never fought with anyone...I took only a few lessons of sword fighting and gave up because I found it hard....but it's not the time for me to be weak...I have already lost my husband and now I do not want to loose my sister as well...after all, she and Theron are the only ones I have now." She gripped her sword firmly and again looked at herself but this time with a firm gaze.

She knew that if she went from the main hall, nobody will even let her set out a foot so she planned an escape through the window. Her room was shifted to the ground level because of Theron which only made it easier for her to plan her sneak out.

She was all set to go but then she looked at Theron who was playing happily in his cradle. Her eyes became teary on seeing him. She went to him and held him in her arms. She smiled at him and hugged him tightly, kissing his forehead. After a few moments she pulled out from the hug and saw that he was grabbing a necklace which she was wearing. 

She smiled at him and gently put him back to his cradle. She took off her necklace and wrapped it around his neck. Just as she did that, Theron grabbed her finger. She knelt down beside him and whispered to him. "Mother might not be able to see you again, but promise me that you will become a great ruler just like your father and always remember one thing, your mother loves you a lot..." Tears began to fall from her eyes but she quickly wiped them away. 

She got up and went near the window but then the door barged open and Julia entered inside. "Queen! Where are you going?!" She asked her and came near her. "I'm going to protect my sister." She replied to her. "But those people are dangerous, your highness." Julia said to her while trying to stop her. "I don't care." Rose replied and kept on foot on the edge of the window.

"Please take care of my son, he is your responsibility now."