Poisoned

Ivan received the most shocking news of his life as the maids rushed up to him "Your Highness, something is wrong with Her Highness" his world stopped at that comment. Something was wrong with Alexia? His brain couldn't process anything aside from that.

"As you all heard, I have to go" he said to the ministers. He didn't bother to stand on ceremony with them. They couldn't make any decisions without him anyway but he was waiting for someone to plan treason against him. He hadn't really fought with anyone in a long time. He made his way towards the door and opened it. He was about to head towards the room when he remembered something and turned to his two most trusted guards at the entrance. Their names were Levy and Raphael. "Call the royal physician over. Now" he added pressingly. He walked over to his room with his heart in his mouth. He walked over to Alexia and he was shocked when he saw her pale face and dry lips. He didn't need anyone to tell him she was poisoned. He caressed her face and walked out when the physician came. He had something to deal with.

Dayna and Elsa trembled as Ivan walked up to them with a gloomy face. They knew what he was going to ask but unfortunately they also didn't have a clear answer.

"Who did this?" Ivan inquired sharply making Dayna and Elsa shiver. He was in no mood to be nice right now. Someone wants to f*cking kill his wife.

Dayna spat out "Your Highness, we were on our way to the kitchen to get my lady's food but a girl named Lora was on her way here already. She seemed new because I have never seen her in the kitchen before" she suspected that girl because when they met her in the hallway, her hands were shaking and she looked frightened as if she would be caught doing something bad. And when they collected the food from her, she literally ran off but she shifted her suspicions to the back of her mind but now she regretted it.

Ivan nodded and called Raphael over "Go to the kitchen and ask for Lora. Tell if she's there or not" he instructed. If she was the cause of all this, it was most likely she had already fled.

Raphael came back within a minute "They said she has not been around sir. She said she was going to see her family so the head chef allowed her" he relayed the message. Raphael was actually sold into slavery by his father and stepmother at a young age for slavery but Ivan saved him and he was grateful for that. Levy's case was different. His mom and dad died in an accident and he was thrown out of his house. He stumbled upon Prince Ivan and he was living a better life now.

A bone chilling smile graced Ivan's face "I want you to find her. Even if she's at the north pole. Bring her to me" he ordered and Raphael bowed and left for action. He was used to the prince's scary nature.

Just as everywhere became quiet and somber, the physician walked out "She is out of danger. The poison has been removed from her body and she would be up in about a day but she would need to rest for at least a week and she must not take on any stressful activity" he narrated but Ivan only heard the 'she is out of danger' before brushing past the physician.

He walked into the room and towards the bed. He looked at the girl lying on the bed and he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He couldn't even protect her well. What a good husband he was.

He plopped down to the side of the bed and and just stayed still. He looked like a lifeless statue. He stayed like that till morning until he heard a moan coming from the bed. He turned and saw a pair of amber eyes staring back at him. He froze not knowing what to do for a moment until he heard her whisper "Water". He regained his senses and brought a glass of water to her mouth. She gulped it down and she could finally speak a little clearer.

"What happened" she asked as she tried to sit up but Ivan pushed her back down "Rest" he said affectionately before he dropped the news on her "You were poisoned and I'm sorry I couldn't protect you well" he guiltily said as he moved his hand to caress her face.

"It's not your fault. You didn't know I'd suddenly get poisoned. It's not as if you can predict the future so don't blame yourself" she said trying to rid him of his guilt. Why was he even blaming himself? He couldn't be be with her every second and every minute of every day anyways.

Ivan just nodded even though he wasn't comforted by what she said. He still felt it was his fault but it was better not to argue about that with her. She just escaped the hands of death.

"Are you hungry?" he asked and Alexia nodded "Hmmm....a little" she accepted. She felt as if she could eat a whole cow but also at the same time she felt as if she couldn't stomach any food. Weird, right?

Ivan stood up saying "I'd ask your maids to get it for you but do you have preferences like what you want to eat" he asked concerned. She might not be able to stomach some specific kind of food for some time

Alexia thought about it for a moment "Nothing heavy. Maybe just light food. Thank you" she smiled at him. Ivan nodded before going outside to get the food. Few minutes later, he came back with a tray of food in his hands and he sat down by the bed. He scooped some food into the spoon and raised it to her lips.

Alexia raised a brow. What was he doing? As if reading her thoughts he said "Feeding you. Now open up" he brought the spoon closer to her lips and she had no choice but to open her mouth.

In the middle of eating, she suddenly remembered something "Ivan, do you by any means know who poisoned me? I am curious" she wanted to know the person.

As soon as she finished talking, a chill swept across Ivan's eyes and the temperature in the room dropped instantly.