The Royals: A Kings Heart

Chapter 134

NKOSI'S POV_

Usually when Thembisa sees her dad, she runs up to him and hugs him. Often forgetting if she's upset or just breaks down in his arms. Not this time. She just stood.

Xolani: "Where is my child?"

Nkosi: "Tata, this is Thembisa."

Xolani: "She may look like her but this isn't her. My child would never look at me like that. Who is this person?" I looked at Thembisa. Was it trauma? What was wrong?

King: "An incident happened. Last night. The witch seemed to have been coming and in an effort to trap her, we all agreed to have Thembisa lure her in. Since she is of treasure blood. The witch wouldn't harm her and we would be able to disarm any spell she may have and captured her."

Xolani: "You. Gave. My. Child. To. A. Witch?"

King: "We didn't give her to a witch but I do understand that was reckless given the circumstances-"

Xolani: "Circumstances? Nkosinhle you promised me you would protect her!!!"

Nkosi: "I know, sir. I am sorry. It happened so fast-"

Xolani: "What happened?! What could've possibly happened so fast that it brought me this!?"

Nkosi: "She was taken, only returning a few hours ago."

Xolani: "What have you done to my child?"

King: "This is not the time we should be arguing as a family. We need to help Thembisa through the trauma she's dealing with-"

Xolani: "She's going through trauma because you've tried to kill her. Not once. Not twice but now a third time!? Did I not make myself clear that she wasn't to be harmed, Nkosi? You promised me! What is this!?"

Nobantu: "That is no way to speak to kings."

Xolani: "Thembisa, take your things. We're leaving. You'll receive back every cent of what you paid for that bride price. My child will not be your toy."

Nkosi: "Tata please-"

Xolani: "No! She's not just traumatized, She's a complete shell!! You broke my child!"

King: "Thembisa belongs to this family. She's not going anywhere."

Xolani: "We'll see about that. Thembisa, fetch your things."

Sasa: "I don't want to leave." He stared at her, not in surprise but confusion.

Xolani: "Thembisa, please fetch your things."

Sasa: "I'm not leaving."

Xolani: "Thembisa, please fetch your things."

Sasa: "I am not going anywhere." She hissed. Her father looked at me.

Xolani: "Is this your wife, Nkosi? Do you really think my own child that you know, would speak like that to me? Do you really believe this is Thembisa?"

King: "Thembisa is building a family here which she is happy with. Of course she won't want to leave. This has nothing to do with you." I turned her to look at me. It had to be her but why was there something different? Had they done something to her? Was it the loss of pregnancy? I sniffed around her. Everything in me said it's her. She was different. I don't know how. Maybe because her energy and aura had gotten so low? Is that even possible?

Nolwazi: "I don't know. Something is off."

Nobantu: "Very. I know I had expressed before that Thembisa is soft. But this person? Yoh."

Nhla: "She scares me." What's frustrating was that I hadn't bitten her in a while and her marks had long faded so I couldn't even tell. What I knew for certain though is this body was alive, there was a soul in it, it had her blood. No one out there has abilities like us. A witch couldn't have possessed her body.