The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 54

SASA'S POV_

I opened my eyes immediately wanting to shut them close again. Unfortunately they all noticed I'm awake. My parents and Nkosi. All of them. Why do these things happen to me?

Me: "Hello."

Xolani: "My child. You're awake." Why was he crying? My father never cries.

Me: "I'm awake. How long have I been asleep?"

Xolani: "About 19 hours. Do you remember what happened?"

Me: "Not quite. I know I just got to res from school. I was talking to Qhama. Then I heard someone calling my name. Where is he? UQhama?" I asked Nkosi. He looked at his hands.

Nkosi: "He's no more." My heart ached in a painful way.

Me: "Where's Amahle?"

Nkosi: "Surgery now. She's okay." He held my hand. I looked at his noticing the glove.

Me: "Is it bad?"

Nkosi: "What is?"

Me: "The fire." He stared at me.

Nkosi: "No. Not at all." I decided to let this conversation rest for a bit. There was way too much I needed to say.

Me: "You can't blame your father for what he di-"

Nkosi: "He tried to kill you!" I felt the heat from his hand, he quickly took it away. So it was bad. He couldn't control it.

Me: "Tata, please help me sit up." My father helped me up, fixing the pillows behind me. "There's so much that has happened Tata. I'm sorry I kept secrets from you."

Xolani: "The prince told me everything."

Me: "Not everything because I haven't told him everything."

Nkosi: "What do you mean?"

Me: "When we went to the mountain, Amahle and I, we were with your elders. Your grandfather wasn't there. His father before him and at least 2 more generations before him. There's been a disconnect. Your ancestors aren't allowing them in. Since I came back, I've been having these dreams of your grandmother and grandfather. In the dreams I'm living as her. It started from when they ran away to Bakhoyo village. That's why Amahle and I went there."

Xolani: "What's happening in these dreams?"

Me: "I think it was showing me how it got to the point of her death. Nkosi, I mean Ngidumise, he was very much in love with her. She called him Nkosi. Specifically, Nkosi yam enhle. He looked identical you, Nkosi. Since they'd run away, the throne obviously looked for them and found them. Once they did, they had to return. King Ngidumise's family was not entirely happy because she was a commoner but they let that slide. The only problem that arose which is what got her killed, is the fact that she's treasure blood. The king found this out when he took her to the family healer to check if the baby was indeed the next heir. The healer lied to him. He sealed her fate."

Nkosi: "What did the healer say?"

Me: "He told the king Nonkosi had blood stronger than his and she can kill him. This obviously alarmed the king."

Xolani: "What is treasure blood mntanam?"

Me: "Apparently Tata, the village you grew up in has soil that births companions for the throne. That is why Ngidumise fell deeply in love with Nonkosi, she was his soulmate. The one that could tame him. Unfortunately, he grew up evil, he was raised evil. That wasn't erased suddenly because she was in his life but he never harmed a soul when he met her, until of course she died. That is what broke him. He taught your father Nkosi, that love made him weak. He raised him the way he was raised. Sadly, his heartbreak caused him to be very evil. Ngidumise burnt that village because his father told him of the treasure blood. He didn't want it to exist because when they took it from him, it hurt. He was hurting. He saw you Tata. He let you run. You didn't just wake up and run. I don't know why he let you go. Maybe he felt guilty. I really don't know."