Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 28

On his way to a meeting, the King got Marcus to tell him what had happened with the Queen, so that he could try to fix it.

Having only been back a short time, to return to his majestic robes of what a ruler wears, Marcus easily caught up with him, before leaving towards this meeting with the Governor's.

The meeting wasn't anything particularly important, it was a gathering every so often with as many of them as possible...Most of the time, there would always be at least one Governor that wasn't there...

Marcus continuously had told the King about this particular meeting upon returning back from Brackan, so the King could not forget about it!

The walk there wasn't that long, so the King slowed down his pace and concentrated upon what Marcus was telling him...

"...Oh...I see." King Richard said, after Marcus informed him. "I didn't realize I had become that big of a mess. I am sorry Marcus."

Marcus sighed, "I don't believe it's me you owe an apology to, Your Majesty."

The King looked at him and breathed out, "Your right. Ask the Queen when it would be a good time to see her."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Marcus went off to relay the message...Only to find out that the Queen was not in the palace...

As the King finished walking to his next destination, he felt sick.

How could I have done that! Even though she barged in when unwelcome and at a very bad emotional time for me, it doesn't give me the right to punch her. Dammit! No wonder I haven't seen her! What a mess...

Having just learnt upon the fact that not only was one of his own Governors tried to kill him and his children for years, but that this same Governor that had killed his father, it had not been a good time at all.

...I am not normally one to get violent...

This was truth, the King had not hit anyone out of a spar before!

Even though Marcus had told him that he had looked like he was crying when he had punched the Queen, the King still hadn't liked what he heard...

The Queen had pushed him many times, did she not know when to back off? To leave him be and let him mourn over how his father was lost...How his own Governor tried to kill his children? Why then? Why did she have to barge into his own bed chambers when he was in such a state!?

...Seeing the door to where he was going, the King stopped in front of it and released a breath.

It had taken a while to accept the past, and having gotten used to have drinking alcohol, it was no wonder that he had gotten drunk.

Why couldn't she just abide by the rules and had not entered?

Why is it that he will obviously have to do whatever needs to be done, for this matter to be mended!?

The King was mad, upset and a bit distressed. It had been a while since he even thought about this too, that there was something else that had made him angry a month or two later. And that was, the Queen had announced another pregnancy, making everyone happy with the news, yet...The King was sure that he had not lain with the Queen for a long time.

There may have been a few nights that he couldn't remember, but he can never remember letting the rule off for the Queen to freely enter his chambers...

Finally seeing the down points upon his drunkenness from the last two years, the King sighed and put a hand through his hair.

Will this child, that I can't even remember helping to conceive...Will it make Mahnu upset? And with the Queen not talking to me...