concubine ( Completed )

18. Family secrets

Please check the previous chap .. well wp is wp.. sigh..so let's begin..
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Iris paces frantically up and down in her room. The college is adjourned at Gelaria, due to the recent happenings and apprehensions in public about impending war situations. . But now since most of the mayhem has subsided it's supposed to open by next Monday.

She is thus back at home and with Godt's death, she is also back to square one to the same situation when her brother had died .. again the military has raised their ugly head grabbing the opportunity and the stupid council is telling her dad to declare transfer of power or get her married to the military general.

Iris shivers at the prospect . The man has two wives and is thrice her age...

Thankfully, this time her father has vehemently protested and told the council that he will rather face the uprising head on and die in the military coup than sacrifice his only living ward to that brute ..

But her father is no saint, He has already sent out marriage alliances offers to far and wide kingdoms, but it's not really easy to sort out anything in such short notice ..and Iris desperately doesn't want to get engaged to or marry any Tom, dick or Harry to save the throne again..

She arrives at the decision already brewing in her heart for a long long time.., she will confront her father and tell him that she can't be again a consort to anyone,One Godt was enough.. he should try to form non marriage based political alliances for a change..

She can only hope Gelaria prince, Singto, will support their kingdom if military unrest and uprising occurs , but she cannot be absolutely sure,. Singto is also stubborn headed .. he has stoically prohibited her from visiting Arthit, she has not been allowed to visit him even once .. thought she had begged and cried ..

Arthit, the name itself brings her pain and immense regret . What has transpired has been the source of nibbling guilt and another major reason for her sleepless nights since past twelve days.

Kong is atleast, replying to Prae's messages and from her, she has learnt that Arthit has woken up from coma..but she misses that angelic gentle soul a lot..the memory of his battered bruised body always brings about fresh waterworks for her .

Iris assures her own heart, she has to take this chance, the twins are not heartless brutes, they will mostly rise up to the occasion, she pep-talks to herself..Her inner resolve strong..she is about to enter her parent's chamber when loud voices stops her in her tracks..

" Your highness, see the wheel of fate, how it turns ! You again need a son now.. remember him? he was my son, our flesh and blood .. but you stole him from me, in the darkness of night and gave him off to that evil northern tribe leader, don't you regret that decision, even for a day? .."

" you call him a son! He was nothing but an abomination..he was not even a he .. he needed to be hidden , you knew his fate otherwise .. sold to the brothels, made into a whore, royal concubine.. the tribe leader promised he will be brought up as their own.
I mercifully gave our child an escape from his dire fate. Your foolishness could have cost me my throne..it's shameful to have a child like that and you think I would have proclaimed him to the world?"

Iris's world seems to shatter by her father's hateful words..

"By giving him to Northern Tribe leader, you gave him a leash of new life? Is that what you are implying? ..you think I am a food your highness!!
you contacted and believed that sly man.. because you wanted to believe him.. because you didn't want to be the one to sell him directly to the who're house and make your hands dirty..
Now you are going to sell my daughter too.. you besotted her once to that evil Godt and now to whom ? That old military man?!"