QUEEN OF BABYLON - BOOK ONE

27~QUEEN OF BABYLON

Sybille rushed to the fallen lady on the floor. Nephrite was unconscious. The palace stands up as the king jumped up.

Sybille removed a silver pin from nephrite hair and put it inside her mouth.

"What Is it?",grandma khan ask walking towards them worried. She touched the girl hair. Sybille brought our the pin and shouted. "Its poison your sovereignty!!".

"Quick send her to the Royal infirmary!!",grandma khan orders. Sybille bows and pick up nephrite and hurries out with many entourages. Grandma khan turns to alias, "send for the royal physicians",she orders and follows them out.

The feast was cut short as everyone hurried out in anxiety. The celebration that was once happy ended with sadness. Nebuchadnezzar was forbidden from seeing nephrite in the infirmary until she is presentable. He wonders who exactly tried to poison the grandma khan?

Sybil stood outside the royal infirmary, different physicians have been sent for and none seems to know what exactly is wrong with nephrite. Outside stood sigma and alias and the remaining court of the Harlan.

Grandma khan went over to the king to pacify him. Even empress Avanti and Melanie were anxious to know what exactly is wrong with nephrite.

The kingdom kept their fingers crossed and waited anxiously for the recovery of Her grace lady nephrite..........

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"Ugh uhg..". Nephrite silently moans, her eye lids were so heavy and her head hurt badly. Slowly she opens her eyes and tries to remember where she was, what happened? She look at the worried face beside her. "Ali...as....?".

Alias smile widely and ask, "are you awake?". Nephrite opens her eyes wide and cover her eyes when the sun caught in her face.

"Your grace!!!!!!",she shouted happily. In a minute the whole kingdom knew that lady Nephrite has woken up. Sybil came rushing in crying and laughing at the same time. She hug Nephrite tight and helped her sit up.

"What happened? Why am I here?", Nephrite ask confuse.

"You don't have to worry, your grace you are alright now",Sybil said and passed orders to the servants who stood waiting orders.

"Her imperial majesty!",the eunuch at the door announced.

Grandma khan walked in with kitana who ran straight to nephrite and hug her tight. "I thought you were died! Am so happy you are alive!!!",she said.

Nephrite smile weakly. She have no clue as to why she was sitting on this bed in this quarters, different servants stood around her bed with physicians all looking at her like she is a sacrifice to Marduk.

"Your imperial majesty",Sybil bows, nephrite tries to stand but they stopped her. Grandma khan sits beside her on the bed, she take her hand gently and pat her shoulders. She turns to the people standing around.

"Leave us",she orders.

After they left grandma khan turn to nephrite and smile. "I know you have many things you want to say. Many questions and I will answer all of them". She said. Nephrite nods and ask. "What happened?".

"You drank poison that were meant for me". Grandma khan said.

"What?".

"Yes. It happened three days ago at.....",

"Three days ago?", Nephrite ask shocked. So she have been here for three days? No wonder she looked like she has been in a rat hole for days.

"Thank you Nephrite. I would have died if not that you drank it. The kingdom have been on their feet since wondering if you will die",grandma said smiling.