Somanca ( The Healer)

Chapter Twenty

CHAPTER TWENTY 🌿

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I stood paralysed with shock as I took in the figure in my hut. She had changed in the few days I left Saëna Plutron.

I noticed subtle changes on her face and how she held herself but the big change I noticed first was the change in the colour of her dreadlocks. The white and blue dreadlocks I had loved were now burgundy which was infused with carmine.

She stood taller, more confident and proud. I guessed that came with being Queen.

Even with the changes she still looked as beautiful as the last time I saw her. I dared say she looked even more ravishing.

I took in the intricately carved breastplate embossed in gold with rubies encrusted in the branching designs of the carvings. She paired that with a burgundy leather fringed skirt that fell on her mid-thigh and gold metallic thigh high boots that were carved in the same fashion as the breastplate.

I lowered my head a bit, intimidated by her presence altogether. Every molecule that made up my body was itching to have a feel of her ; a small touch that would hopefully alleviate the ache in my heart.

Because even if she was here, standing a few feet away from me I knew she belonged to another. And that was enough to mount the pain I already felt.

Was this her idea to torture me? Clearly this was some kind of punishment for falling for her. What else would it be? Her chosen must be having a good laugh over this. Why else would she not be by her side? That was because she had nothing to worry about.

I doubted Amanti would undergo such a long way just to profess her undying love for a being beneath her class. I wasn't worth the effort or else she would have fought for me before her coronation.

I directed my gaze at her only to find her gaze trained on me. " Why are you here?"

" I wanted to see you, " she said casually.

My anger spiked at that. The nerve of this creature. What kind of a heartless fiend does this? To hurt someone so bad then dare to reopen the wounds just when that person was beginning to get some semblance of peace and acceptance.

" Now that you have seen me I suggest you turn tail and go back to your lover, " I spat indignantly.

She sighed as though processing my words then she nodded to me. " I deserve that. I hurt you, badly. It is only fair that you harbour such hatred for me. "

It sounded more painful coming from her, the fact that she was acknowledging my anger for her and the pain. Despite the pain I felt I did not loath her in any way, if anything, my love for her continued to grow more potent with each passing second.

" Did you, at some point, ever love me?" I felt a tear rolling down my face as my mind conjured images of Amanti with her past lovers. She never really mentioned having past lovers but I couldn't help thinking the worst of her at that moment.

" I never stopped loving you, Somanca. I love you so much that it hurts. It hurts waking up everyday without you by my side. It hurts not seeing your beautiful face to brighten my days ," she said, closing the distance between us. " Marrying another was a great betrayal to you. I've hurt you profoundly and I cannot erase the past but I beg you to give me a chance to show you how much I love you. "