"What do you mean they all left?! Find those filthy scum and bring them to me!" Says the queen.
"There is nobody to find your majesty. They are all gone." Says one of the guards still bowing on one knee.
She looks at him with rage in her eyes and throws her shoe at him but he dodges it. "Get out! All of you!" She yells. "I need a cup of tea." She says.
Hayley brings her a cup of tea and serves it to her. The queen opens her eyes and pick up the cup then drinks it.
"Ah! The only things that does not fail me. But I did not see the maidservant bring this here." She says.
Hayley looks at her quietly as she sips her tea.
The queen's smile turns upside down and she puts down her cup. "Oh child. Don't tell me that ungrateful wretched woman left too!"
"Ma, calm down it won't do you any good to kill yourself over this. You are a queen. Be poise." Hayley says.
"There is no one left to rule over Hayley! We are done for." She then looks at her husband's portrait and says, "This is all your fault Cian. If you were not so weak this would not have happened."
Gerald then comes up behind her, "Auntie, are you feeling alright?"
She then turns around and holds him by the shoulders and tells him, " Oh Gerald. It's good you are here. Before anything else I need a house keeper and a maidservant for this palace."
"Oh dear. I would have given you mine but nobody wants to work in a palace where everyone has run away." Says Gerald.
"So what do you want if you cannot help me?" Asks the queen.
"I just wanted to see how you are doing. Common courtesy auntie." He replies.
"I don't want courtesy, I want to rule! Get out, you and your people, get out!" She yells at him.
"Okay. Do have a good evening then." He says as he goes out and back to his palace.
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He reaches his palace and finds the royal seamstress making a new dress for Olivia.
"What you doin' there lass?" He asks her.
"Oh, me lady ordered a new dress since her majesty took the last one." She replies.
"Where is she then?" He asks.
"Look out back, she is probably there." She says and continues to make the dress.
He goes on to look for her and finds her brushing her horse. "There you are!" He says.
After greeting her, she asks, "So, how is mother?" She asks him.
"Poor thing she is losing her mind because there is no one left in the kingdom." He says.
She smiles and asks him, "So they all made it? Alive? Every single one of them?"
"All but one. He was arrested and his head cut off." He answers.
She puts her hand to her chest and says, "We shall avenge him too."
He nods and leaves her to tend to her horse as he goes to his room to rest.
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Destined Hope
Historical Fiction"Go! They will surely have our heads if they know of this!" She says handing the baby to him. The guards are catching on and there is no time left. With one last look, she says, "Promise me you will never let her out of your sight." "But..." he sta...
