Burning rage hissed through her body like a deathly poison, it demanded release in the form of unwanted violence. It was like a volcano erupting; fury sweeping off her like ferocious waves. She felt fear and rage over loosing Angelic. She felt a wrath towards the cruel Roop, she wanted to destroy Roop.
Elizabeth had fallen asleep on the chair next to the Queen's bed after nursing her all day.
Ever tiptoed into the room making sure not to wake Elizabeth and her mother. Ever sat on the side of the bed and placed her palm on her mother's forehead. The Queen's body was burning up. She still smelled of blood and sweat.
"Mum." She whispered.
The Queen weakly opened her eyes and gave a painful smile.
"Mum, promise to stay strong until I come back with the remedy."
"Ev, I'm sorry darling."
"You don't have to be sorry, mum."
"This is my fault, Ev. This is the punishment for my sin."
"Mum." Ever placed her fingers on the Queen's face, comforting her.
"Ev, I have to tell you something but you have to promise me that you'll never let Eli know."
Ever nodded.
"Promise me that what I'm going to tell you now is not going to break our family."
Ever nodded, weakly. Here heart began to pump more blood.
Tears began to flood from the Queen's green eyes. "I'm sorry, Ev." She paused and looked at her beautiful daughter, "I had a child from a common Angel."
Ever stayed stunned, expressionless like a helpless animal. She could not believe the words flowing from her mother's mouth. Questions flooded into her head. How was that possible? How comes they never knew? Was it a prince or a princess?
"Where is she now?" Ever managed to speak, pushing the pain growing in her heart.
"He." The Queen corrected Ever, "I don't know."
Ever's heart began to ache. She always wanted a brother. She stared at her mother not being able to believe her words. How was that possible? How could she not know her child?
Ever broke eye contact from the Queen and looked at Elizabeth who was sleeping on the chair. "How's that possible, you don't know?"
"His name is Paulo." She paused, swallowing the pain and guilt growing inside her, "Paulo Roosevelt."
"What?" The last name echoed inside Ever's head.
Roosevelt.
Roosevelt.
"Which Roosevelt is the father?" Ever screamed lightly, making sure not to wake Elizabeth.
"Jonathan Roosevelt."
"But he's been dead for more than a hundred years."
A tsunami of tears rolled down through the Queen's eyes, "I killed him."
Ever stood from the bed. Her long fingers moved through her grey inked hair. Her heart began to pound. Her mother was a murderer. Her mother murdered Julian's uncle. She backed away from the bed. Her mother killed her best friend's uncle.
"Ev, I'm sorry." The Queen whispered. Her heart was falling apart, "Ev, I'm sorry." She repeated her apology when there was no reply from Ever.
Ever was standing in the middle of the room with a figurative knife in her heart. She took a deep breath and walked out of the room.
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War of Hearts
RomanceAngelic is the land of Angels; the children of God. Ever Angel is the heir to the throne of Angelic. She has to get married and be the Queen of Angelic. She has a mate for whom she's destined to get married to but there's already a boy who has stole...
