Flower of Bulann

Chapter 47

Senna slammed her bedroom door angrily, the wooden frame shaking violently.

It had been a month since Kuan had admitted his infidelity, and although this marriage had been political... his admission had ripped her heart in two.

She sat upon their bed, quickly wiping away the tears that seemed to roll down her cheeks nightly.

The usual dark thoughts came then, like whispers in the dark... she wanted to hurt this... 'Kinna' woman, hurt her badly!

But how? Although having her killed was a possibility, Senna wanted something more... something this home wrecker would have to live with for a long time.

She sat there alone in the candle it room for a long time, Senna knew of a way, though Kuan had forbade her from doing so... but who was he to command her?

One by one, Senna doused the candles flame. Then she took a deep breath.

"Shadows that aid the Faden, I request your aid," she said in a low voice, almost at a whisper.

"What is your bidding, Lady Senna?" Asked a deep voice from the darkness... it took all her will not to scream in fright.

"I... I want to know about Lady Kinna... about her son," Senna commanded, her confidence growing as she spoke.

"Very well... then I shall start with a correction, the child is not the Lady Kinna's, but that of her hand maiden, Ovinna," the creature replied... for a creature it was, for its eyes glowed with a fiery malice that no human could possess.

Senna didn't care though, for just this small snippet of information had been enough to get her brain working, constructing a scheme that she was certain would enrage the Lady Kinna.

But she didn't jump to conclusions, and for the next three hours she had relayed to her the whole life story of Lady Kinna Hyenta.

Senna dismissed the shadow when her questioning was done, plans forming in her mind faster than she could organise them.

She had considered simply having sex with Vior, from what she knew he was certainly handsome enough... though given his track record with affairs, she would likely end up pregnant... that would cause... problems.

Instead, Senna decided she would crush Kinna's hopes of her own children succeeding Vior... though she had no children.

Her revenge would have to be put on hold until maximum despair could be given.

When morning came around, Senna had recovered somewhat from her months of heartbreak, she needed Kuan obedient to enact her plans later, so forgiveness would have to be given now.

As though preparing for battle, she had her handmaidens dress her regally. Kuan would be eating out of her hands soon enough.

She mastered her emotions and strode with the confidence of a queen into the audience chamber, taking a seat beside her mother-in-law.

"Are you still angry with my son?" She whispered under her breath.

Senna smiled, "of course, he has betrayed me," she whispered back.

Her mother-in-law laughed, the congregation around them looking up in surprise.

"Men have always thought with their pricks," she said with a sneer of disgust. "It is saddening that my son is also one of them."

"I am ready to forgive him though," Senna replied, her mother-in-law raising an eyebrow.

"Truly? I hope he will be paying a heavy price for that," she replied in a mirthful tone.

Senna let her smile grow wider, "oh yes, he and all involved."

Her mother-in-law put out a hand and squeezed her shoulder gently.

"Very good, my daughter... very good."

Soon, order was called and a messenger arrived. Kuan spoke with him before turning away with a shocked expression.

Kuan came before his mother and Senna listened in, as her mother-in-law intended.

"The Lady Kinna is with child, apparently it is some sort of miracle!" He told them with the look of shock still plastered upon his face.

"Does this shock you?" Her mother-in-law asked, an amused look upon her scarred face.

"No, dearest mother... quite the opposite, it fills me with a joy I could only have hoped for," Senna replied quickly. "Husband?"

Kuan looked stunned that she had even acknowledged his existence, just as she had planned.

"I believe we should celebrate this announcement... I have thought of a fitting gift for Lord Vior."

She looked behind her a few feet to where her infant daughter was being nursed by her wet nurse.

Senna has grand plans for her daughter, the Lady Sienna would help enact her revenge against Kinna the whore.