The King's Obsession

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C486 - The lost coins

The young girl who fell on the stairs looked up from the ground, her eyes searching for the man whom she loved and had given her heart to him, trusting it would never break, but life was not made of roses. What Constance didn't know was that since she had stepped out of the Belmount mountain, away from the shadow of her father, she had exposed herself to evil people.      

Now with eyes that were filled with tears, Constance blinked her eyes as they had turned blurry. She saw Laurence spare her an emotionless look from the top of the stairs, where he stood.      

"There's nothing left for her in here. Let's get inside as there are other things that we need to do than waste our time on this poor girl," said the older vampiress, placing her hand on her son's shoulder.      

"Please Laurence," Constance sobbed, knowing he could hear her, but he turned deaf to her plea and blind to the tears that she shed from her eyes. Laurence turned his body to have his back facing her and he then walked back inside the castle, while the guards who were ordered came and stood next to the girl. They caught hold of her hands, dragging her out of there while Constance was unable to do anything. She begged, but none heard her.      

Constance was dragged until the end of the Hawthrone's castle gates and then pushed out of it before the large gates were pulled to close on her face.      

"Please, let me talk to him for a minute. That is all I ask for," begged Constance. The things that belonged to her and also the things that were showered upon her as gifts were all taken away from her, leaving her standing alone and with empty hands.      

The guards glared at the human girl. It was one thing when she stayed next to the King and the King was interested in her, keeping her close to his side, but then there was the side where King wanted to do nothing with this girl anymore. One of the guards who was standing inside used his metal rod to hit it against the gates, and Constance took three steps away from the gate, startled.      

"Leave now. The gates are closed to you from now on, and none of the royal family members wants to do anything with you," the guard spoke in a gruff voice. "Move away from here."     

Another guard who stood there watching the lady, who once used to smile, was now crying. The guard had seen many people pass in and out of the castle gates, but this lady was one of the few people who spared a glance at him and offered him a kind smile when she was in the carriage.      

When Constance started to walk after a couple of seconds more, the second guard called her, "Wait!"      

The first guard raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing, Rudy?"     

The other guard stepped out of the gates, and he went near the young girl.      

Constance, who was ready to leave with a heavy heart, stopped her feet and saw one of the guards step out and walk towards her. He fished something in his pocket and stretched his hand. When she looked down, it was two coins: one silver and one nickel.      

She shook her head.      

"Take it. If you keep walking from here, you will find the village on your left. You will need this once you reach the village," the guard had only so much on him, and there was nothing more he could give to repay her kindness.      

Constance's eyes filled up with tears again. She didn't know what to do, and with shaky hands, she took the coins from the guard, "Thank you," she whispered, and the guard nodded his head. When he went back on the other side of the gates, the other guard warned,