The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 132

NKOSI'S POV_

The cat came into the lounge, purring. That's new. Glacivory never leaves her mother's room. Amahle was also confused.

Nhlanhla: "There's someone in the garden."

Nolwazi: "Yes Nhlanhla. Thembisa went outside."

Nhlanhla: "No there's someone else."

King: "There's guards throughout the palace grounds Nhlanhla."

Nhlanhla: "Father, it's not a guard." We looked at her.

Nkosi: "I can't feel the witch's energy yet. Busi can you feel anything?"

Busi: "No, it's just blank." The healer confirmed.

Nkosi: "Nhlanhla why are you saying there's someone in the garden?"

Nhlanhla: "The cat says so." This wasn't the time but I let out a small chuckle.

Nkosi: "Nhlanhla."

Nhla: "I'm serious bhuti. Go check." I saw the alert go off on my phone. Emergency. I didn't even feel the witch here yet so what was going on? I took off running towards where she was. In less than a minute I reached the dark dimly lit pathway her energy was in. She wasn't here. Father appeared with dozen of him searching through the trees. Her phone lay on the ground. This cannot be happening. I picked it up, searching through the garden.

Nkosi: "Thembisa!!!" Nothing. Silence. I could feel the ice in my veins. Back in the palace, I ran in to the healer. "Find her. NOW!!"

Nobantu: "Mehluli, are you saying she's missing?"

Nkosi: "Yes!! This was on the ground. She only managed to send an emergency alert. Nhlanhla, who did you say is in the yard?"

Nhla: "The cat said so Bhuti." She was about to piss me off with this.

Nkosi: "Nhlanhla."

Nolwazi: "Nhlanhla, please darling. Tell us exactly what the cat said. Ask it even."

Nhla: "She said there is someone in the garden. There's a man in the garden. That's all." I went back out searching through the garden once more. I climbed up to the roof, looking down in the gardens. There can't be a man in the garden. Was the witch a man? That can't be. They've only been described as a woman. Did they send someone? Did they know we're waiting? My heart was hammering in my chest. How could I not feel the danger in our home? How did they get past all of us? It wasn't just me. It was Amahle, and father as well. How did they do that? I climbed back down, going back to her last spot. Amahle was there as well looking for any clues.

Ama: "It's like she just vanished into thin air."

Nkosi: "That can't happen Amahle. We need to find her."

Ama: "Let's go in." We went back to the house. My chest was burning inside, my hands shaking. Father walked back in, visibly pissed. He stood in front of Busi.

King: "Take me to where she is. You said you know where she is right? Move."

Busi: "My King, I've only seen the area she is in, I don't know how to get there."

King: "You better make a plan, little girl. I'm giving you five minutes!"

Ama: "Father."

King: "Don't." I walked back out to the garden. Maybe we're missing something. No one can come in and out of here unless they have abilities. I combed through the entire garden once more. Nothing. My wife was gone. I went back in the palace.

Nkosi: "Mthunzi, what's on the cameras?"

Mthunzi: "I only see a shadow. Nothing else."

Nkosi: "Show me." I watched and couldn't see a thing. It was truly a shadow, nothing else. "Busi, is there a way you can find this place you speak of?"