My Father's Wife (GXG)

Chapter 3

Sobs..

The princess is sobbing while the king stands stunned beside her dead lying wife on the bed. The room is silent as nobody dared to speak, they all just stood there with their heads down while Rhaenyra fell on her mother's side crying just a few minutes ago. Only the princess' cries are heard and king Viserys couldn't move an inch as he looks at his wife who had been cut open on the stomach.

Lady Puma currently holds the lifeless babe on her chest as well, all silent. Blood on most of the maids hands and on the sheets. Rhaenyra too has some blood on her hands and face after the whole happening as she continues to cry.

Lady Puma and the other maids assisted her to prepare the needs for cutting the Queen's stomach to perform cesarian.

Rhaenyra couldn't help but tremble as she nervously watches. She looks down to her mother who has a weary and exhausted look on her face then back to the maids.

"This will hurt a lot, your grace. Please breathe." Says the lady.

When they started to perform the cesarian, it earned a few whimpers and grunts from the queen first and only a small amount of blood revealed itself and stream through the queen's stomach. The maid quickly pampered it with a warm cloth to wipe the blood while lady Puma is currently running the sharp knife on the queen's stomach.

Rhaenyra's heart broke at her mother's whimpers. She had to look away and close her eyes while the maids do their work.

Once lady Puma finally cut the queen's stomach open, enough to get the babe out and she did, that's when the queen's blood rushed out from her stomach causing them to panic.

"The cloth, quickly!" lady puma raised her voice.

The queen is currently crying out in pain and that made the king's eyes widen at the sight, "Stitch her up now! Immediately!" he yelled.

The maids panicked and rushed, they grabbed the stitches causing an irritation and frustration due to pressure. Rhaenyra's eyes widened at the sight and she felt her stomach churn before she rushed to get the white cloth on the maid's hand, trying to cover the opened stomach, getting her hands covered in blood.

"Mother!" She cries in panic. Rhaenyra is shaking, trembling, anxious and clearly does not know what to do to the point that she feels like her heart is about to burst out from her chest.

More blood spurt out from Queen Esther's body that terrified the people in the room. "No, no, no!" Rhaenyra screamed.

The maids quickly pushed the needle through the queen's thin skin and attempt to stitch her up. She was halfway of stitching their queen when she sensed that the queen is no longer crying in pain nor breathing and moving.

Lady Puma froze and slowly looked up to the queen including with the princess and king.

"Esther?" The king whispered as he stares down at her with fear.

Rhaenyra's heart dropped at the sight of her mother, eyes closed, lips firmly closed. She placed her hand on her mother's forehead, "Mother?"

When no response or any sign of the queen being alive came into them, Rhaenyra's heart started to ache, her lips quivered, and her knees weakened as she took a step back.

She slowly looked up to her father who gave her a shock expression, eyes widened with his mouth open. This is when Rhaenyra realized that her mother is no longer alive. Not breathing. It pains and disgust her to see the mess they created. How her mother's stomach is halfway open, bloods on the sheets and on the maids.

Rhaenyra covered her mouth with her wrist, leaving a small smudge of blood on her face as she starts to sob.

The king looked at the maids,"The baby?" he asked weakly.

All maids looked at him with a saddened expression before lady Puma shook her head at the king.

The king breathed out as he feels his chest tighten even more. The shock he is experiencing is unbearable. He placed his hand to his chest hoping it would help to calm his heart down but it didn't.

Rhaenyra's cry attracted the attention of each people in the room. "No!" her scream too echoed until outside the chambers where the knights are guarding and waiting, that includes Ser Alaric. Dorcas too and the hand of the king Julius awaits outside the door with his newly arrived son Caspain.

Once they heard Rhaenyra's screams they all looked down knowing it's done for the queen. Dorcas couldn't believe of knowing that the queen is dead or something terrible happened inside the chambers during the labour. She breathed a sigh in disbelief, her jaw fell as she stares to the floor with realization.

After a long time of standing there and processing what has happened, Rhaenyra looked up slowly with tears gushing out from her eyes. Her cheeks are wet and so is the sheet she's been crying onto at the end of the bed when she fell down.

She glared at her father with so much hatred and pain. The look on the king's face; shocked, surprised, and in pain, angers the princess more. She gritted her teeth and clenched her jaw and fist before speaking, "This is all you!"

The king's weakened eyes fell upon her, his eyes are filled with sorrow, shame, and pain.

"It's your fault!" She cries, she couldn't control her breathing that it almost seems like she's having a hard time breathing, as if suffocating.

"If it weren't-" She sobs, "If it weren't for you.. y-you killed her!" She screamed the last word. Letting her voice out through her throat almost running it dry as she helplessly yelled.

The king felt pure shame and pain, a disgrace of what he has done.

"I'm sorry.." He choked on his voice.

The door busted open to reveal Dorcas and Alaric who's struggling to stop her from entering the room.

"Rhaenyra?" She calls out and tries to find her only to see her on the other side of the bed, sitting down helplessly. Her eyes widened before she ran to her friend quickly. Alaric followed to get her out the room but the king stopped him.

"Let them be.." He said with pain. Alaric nodded and that's when his eyes landed on the queen. The disturbing sight made him look away. Not because he is afraid but because he couldn't bear to see the queen like that. The queen who has been kind to him ever since.

"Oh, Nyra.." Dorcas fell down as well and hugged her dear friend who started crying again. She held her close as her eyes fell upon on the queen who's laying down on the bed, cut open with blood everywhere.

Her breath hitched and she quickly looked away, she wanted to vomit. Her dear queen was cut in half like an animal and that angered her as well.
Tears threatened to fall from her eyes but she tries to prevent them.

"I'm here.." She cooed the silver haired girl. Running her hand softly to her friend's hair while the whole people inside the room watches the both of them in silence and sympathy.