Queen of Exile

The Killers

A/N hey guys, hope you like it so far (actually I hope you came with me this far...) anyway, hopefully it will start to get interesting after this and BTW it's going to be in Mordecai's POV, Vote! Comment! And enjoy :D

Mordecai's POV

I sat by the gate, like I always did to find out how my Esther was doing. I didn't even leave to sleep, because anything could happen in the night! The sun was setting in the west, kissing the land goodbye with its rays as it sunk down below the horizon. I stared off to the distance until I was completely wrapped in darkness.

"It's perfect!" A voice sounded near the gate, " When the king is waltzing out to the garden in his annual walk in three moons, we will sneak up, pretend to be patrolling guards, the stab him from behind. He won't know what hit him."  

I sat there, listening to the voice, it was familiar, but i couldn't put a name on it. i listened more, hearing the plan to kill the king.  my eyes grew wide when i heard one another man, call the first a name, Teresh.

Teresh was one one of the guards who guarded the gate. I was sitting, hidden while I heard someone plot against the king! I would have to tell Esther. But Teresh was one of the person who sent my letters to Esther. And he always read them before he delivered them, he would surely find out that I know of his plan and would kill me on the spot.  I formed a plan in my head, there were many flaws, but it was the best one i had.

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Esther's POV

  I walked around the garden, as i always did in the early morning.  I took a deep breath, taking in the smells of the garden, with its un-countable amount of flowers.  i walked around, enjoying the golden rays of the sun , glistening on the morning dew as it kissed the earth 'good morning'.  i took another deep breath, not being able to get enough of the morning, when i heard a-

"Psst!" i nearly jumped at the sound, how dare someone interrupt me! i turned around ready to scold a guard who had scared me, but i wasn't expecting...

"Mordecai?" I asked, looking at my cousin, who had taken me in.

"Esther! Listen to me I don't have much time-"

"Mordecai," i cut off, "What are you doing here?"

"Just listen, i overheard two men, talking, they are planning to assassinate the King!"He said in a rush.

"Wait... What?" I asked, "Who was it? What were they planning?"

"Teresh," I gasped "He and his friend are plotting to kill the king in three moons when he walks in the garden under our very feet!" He said still in a rush.  My heart pounded in my chest.  Even though i was  not from this country, i had grown up here, and if the King died, who knows what the next one would be like.  

I stood up and ran.  I ran and ran until i found a guy in a uniform.  He was tall, and that was all I could make out of him, since his back was turned.  

"Sir!" I said when i had reached his side.  He turned around and i fought to keep myself from gasping. He had night black hair, and eyes that were almost the same color.  His eyes though, just his eyes told me to stay away from him.  I stare at him, forgetting for a second what i was doing.

"Yes my Queen?" He asked, bringing me back to the present.

"I have just been informed of an assassination plot against the king!" I said in a rush.

"What!?" He asked, with a shocked expression.

"Teresh and his friend that guard the gate were plotting to kill the King on his usual walk in 3 moons!" I quickly rushed, trying to catch my breath. 

"When did you hear this?"  He asked.

"From a man named Mordecai, he told me about it, can you check to see if it is true?" I asked, being careful to keep my identity hidden.  For i was a foreigner, as Queen, which, if anyone found out, would lead to my death.  My dream that I had had, wormed its way into my mind.  I hadn't thought much of it, for I was busy preparing for the ceremony.  Though I had thought about it enough to make the realization that the man eating with the King had the same eyes as the snake.  What did it mean? What would happen to Mordecai?

" I will send out a spy to check on the men." The stranger said.  And he turned away, though I got one last look at his face and as he ran off, i realized why he looked familiar.  He was the stranger in my dream.  The man that was with the king, the snake that had killed Mordecai in the dream.  I looked back at his retreating form, and I knew, I would have too be wary of him.