The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 50

PETU'S POV_

I walked out of school in a bad mood, it had been a very long day. The streets were quite busy and full. Helicopters were buzzing all over the sky.

Petu: "What's going on?" I asked random girls who were busy taking videos.

Girl: "People got shot at res." I immediately started running. No one gets shot at for no reason and since Thembisa has already said her life was in danger, I couldn't think twice. By the time I reached the res, it was closed off with police tape. No one was allowed in. Everyone was shocked, others in tears shaking. I tried looking inside. I only saw Thembisa's car, all doors opened with blood on the floor. My hands were shaking dialing her number.

Petu: "Please God, don't let it be her. Please." The phone went straight to voicemail, Amahle as well. I felt a hand grab my arm, pulling me away. Mnqobi. We got in the car and it drove off. Nothando was in the back with me. Sibonelo drove, Mnqobi in the passenger.

Petu: "What happened?" I cried.

Notha: "Thembisa and Amahle got shot." She wiped her tears.

Petu: "Are they okay?" She shook her head. My heart broke more than it ever has. She held my hand all the way to the hospital. Sibonelo used a different entrance and parked underground.

Sibo: "The press isn't allowed this way. Come." We got out the car walking in the hospital building. Immediately meeting bodyguards. They held their guns up.

Sibo: "Tell Zwelethu, Dr Biyela, it's his brothers." One guard went away while the others stood in the same position. "You do know it's illegal to aim at royals right? You want to wipe out the entire Biyela family? Think about that." The guards looked at each other. The other returned and they leveled down their weapons. We walked through the passage to an empty waiting room, finding Khaya inside alone and we sat down. Notha held my hand throughout. I was so glad for her comfort, I know she hates talking and feelings but she was really showing up today.

Sibo: "What the hell happened?" Khaya had blood on his shirt and arms.

Khaya: "I came out of school and I heard the shots going off. That's when I called you to ask if there's a parade or something because it sounded scary. I thought it was fireworks. It was just too many shots. When you said no, I saw people running that's when I drove toward the res where it sounded like it was coming from. As I arrived, another car sped past me. I focused on the inside of res parking. Everyone had run away. They just lay there on the floor. I went over to them, it was Thembisa and Amahle. A bodyguard came over to take them into a car and I helped carry Thembisa, we drove here immediately." His hands were still shaking.

Sibo: "The car that drove past you, do you think that's who did it?"

Khaya: "I know that's who did it. He still had the gun on him."

Sibo: "Would you be able to recognize him?"

Khaya: "Yes."

Sibo: "Fuck!" He paced the floor. "Khaya you don't tell that to anyone. Do you hear me? Don't say a word to anyone without Zwe by your side and given his go ahead."

Petu: "And why is that? Did you send them?"

Sibo: "What would I gain in killing two girls? Don't disrespect me. Khaya shut your mouth. Who else knows that you saw this?"

Khaya: "Amahle's guard, the one I helped."

Sibo: "He was the only one?" Khaya nodded. Sibonelo checked outside the door before closing it again. "We need to get you out of here. King Sikhosana will be here soon. His youngest has been shot. We don't know what happened but if he sent that hit, he won't want any fucking witnesses. You can't open your mouth. We need to shut that guard up." He typed on his phone.