I Loathe You

Chapter Fifteen

As time went on, the King and Queen of Aureum and Sortis were falling deeper in love with each other. This drove King Michele mad with too many emotions to count. He spent his nights with night terrors of watching her laugh in his face, and the days focusing only on Prince James. Since the former majesties were no longer amongst the living, King Michele saw no reason to pretend anymore. He could not see the point in faking adoration for a woman that his parents decided he would marry, and have a son with, in order to rule the kingdom of Saxum. Queen Laura started resenting Queen Cara with each day that King Michele stopped doing the things he usually did to win her affection. There was instability in their kingdom because the monarchy was suffering. The people needed their King and the Queen needed her husband. As far as he was concerned, he had realized too late that he lost the best thing that had ever happened to him. Such a sad life he must be living. Having to pretend you care about someone that you just had a child with not too long ago. Now that he was dropping the act, he was thinking about getting a possible divorce. (King Michele): "James is with the night nurse. I will be off to my bed chamber" (Queen Laura): "Michele!" (King Michele): "Crazy woman! Scream louder and you will wake our son" (Queen Laura): "Our son. That is all you ever care about these days. Do I even matter to you anymore?" He rolled his eyes and scoffed. As if the question were too stupid to give the satisfaction of answering. There was no reason to play nice to please his parents anymore. (Queen Laura): "Fine. Ignore me. You seem to only have time for our son and yourself. What about the kingdom?" (King Michele): "Let it burn to the ground for all I care. We're done here. I want a divorce" (Queen Laura): "A divorce? That is rich. Rich! I waste all these years pleasing you and your family, and you still choose her? She is married, Michele! Give up!" (King Michele): "We sleep in separate bed chambers. We speak for approximately less than an hour a day. Our son is my main concern. You can fight me all you want, but I have the papers ready" (Queen Laura): "You asshole. You had them drawn up as soon as we got married, didn't you?" King Michele walked away from her and she was notified to leave the castle as soon as possible. Once she moved out, they had agreed to shared custody of their son. Whilst all of this was happening, King Sebastian and Queen Cara woke up in bed together with smiles on their faces as they had been the happiest they had ever been for what felt like their entire lives. Laying with her head on his chest, the Queen pointed out that the sun was starting to shine through their curtains. As she pointed it out, King Sebastian kissed her hand and looked at the sunrise. (Queen Cara): "Seeing the sun rise with you in my arms. I'm a lucky Queen" (King Sebastian): "Who says you are the lucky one? I hit the jackpot over here" Blissfully in love and happily in their own little bubble. The King and Queen had not a care in the world. For all the people knew, they must have been busy starting their own little kingdom of princes and princesses in their own private time. They spent the day walking the grounds of the castle together after having a delicious lunch. None of the news of Saxum had reached their ears so they were as calm as can be. Until the strangest thing happened. As they kissed, the Queen could feel the energy change in the ground. Something was happening and she was ready. Suddenly, there was a loud chanting and lightning. Someone was performing forbidden magic. (Queen Cara): "Who is there? Show yourself, coward!" (Duchess Laura): "Coward? That title belongs with my former husband!" (Queen Cara): "Former?" (King Sebastian): "Queen Laura... You know the laws on forbidden magic" (Duchess Laura): "Duchess Laura. A single woman with nothing to lose" (Queen Cara): "Laura. Forbidden magic absorbs the soul until the mind is its own playground. You are not thinking clearly" (Duchess Laura): "Oh, I am thinking very clearly. You stole my husband. Now you will pay" (Queen Cara): "I didn't steal shit. You not only made the mistake of practicing forbidden magic and threatening me. You did so in my kingdom. So, if you want to play dirty. Let's play" They both rise from the ground with magic in their hands. Ready to battle over a man who truly is not worth the energy, in my opinion. At least, Queen Cara was not fighting over a lost cause. She was defending herself and her kingdom. Except Duchess Laura had clearly been tampering too much into forbidden magic and as she shot a blast, King Sebastian flew her out of the way and took the hit. As he fell to the floor, fury filled the Queen's eyes. She had a choice to make - chase after the Duchess, or save her King. The Queen landed on the floor and immediately went to help King Sebastian as Duchess Laura ran away. Queen Cara screamed so loudly that the entire sky turned black with golden bolts of lightning. This was the way to alert the people that a crime against the monarchy had been committed and needed to seek shelter. (King Sebastian): "No. Go get her" (Queen Cara): "She will be dealt with. I can promise you that. We need to get you to safety first. GUARDS! Help me move the King!" They helped him to one of the medical rooms and helped heal him with potions. The wounds were deep, but he would make a recovery. He just needed to have some time to rest. It would take a week or two to get to feeling a bit better. Once all the blood and everything was cleaned up, the King was moved back to the main bed chamber. Then an idiot walked through the front door. (King Michele): "Queen Cara!" With a full fury, Queen Cara rushed down the stairs and held him up with her powers. She held him tightly by the throat, her golden-yellow eyes were burning with rage. (Queen Cara): "You have some nerve coming here!" (King Michele): "Please... let me... explain..." (Queen Cara): "You can explain to the wall. I'm off to find your bitch and have her put down" The Queen let the guards, and Mrs Jenson know of what was going on. The entire staff knew to take proper care of the King or else their heads would be next.