7 The Prophecy (1)

Esther opened her eyes again and her her room this time was dark and dimly lit. Her whole body was sore and for some time she had to sleep still like that, the king was not with her and her heart ached a little, but it all vanished when the door opened and he entered. " Did you sleep well?" He asked her as he neared her bed, he helped her sit up with pillows supporting her back. She chose not to reply his question earlier and she just stared at him, "just leave me alone!" She said pain filling her heart just as she spoke those words out and she turned her head to her side avoiding his eyes. A tear rolled down her face and she was quick to wipe it away thinking the king didn't notice. He came more close to her and sat beside her, grabbing her in his broad arms with much effort because she didn't want to be comforted. "Everything will be fine, Esther....I promise you that we will get to the root of this" he said and kissed her forehead while rubbing her back in the process. She melted in his arms and closed her eyes to listen to his ever calm heartbeat. The physician came around to check Esther again and everything was strangely fine after what happened, they were expecting weakness of the baby because of the kind of power she possessed some days ago but, it was perfectly fine in her womb.

Esther's maids came into her room to help her get ready, the Morgans were hosting a ceremony for her and the child. Esther had successfully reached three full moons of her pregnancy and was going to see the fate of her child and she kept on looking at her small bump that showed when she tacked on some spacious part of her dress behind her, her maids giggled as they continued to attend to her. She wore a dark dress with purple between each and every layer of the dress, small diamonds sparkling at the hem of it and she wore a pair of black down shoes matching her beautiful dress, she wore her precious ear rings given by her mother when she chose to stay with her mate. Her hair was made just to fit her dress, some part was braided at her back and the rest curled on her shoulders and forehead and her lips were tainted dark red, she looked at her reflection again and was pleased.

"Your highness, do you want us to add something else to your dressing?" A maid asked her smiling lovely at Esther and she smiled back, she looked lovely just like she wanted. They made their way to the throne room where the royals were present with the whole elders of the Morgan clan, the announcer announced her presence in the building and when she stepped into the throne room, the people arosed from their chairs and bowed to her in greetings.... this is new! She thought to herself and with her head high she walked majestically to the king and greeted him courteously, not straining her self because she was having a bad time trying to. The king nodded and tapped his thigh for her to sit, her eyes widened at the realization and he looked at her still waiting for her to sit on his lap. Esther turned around and the crowd was staring at her, blood run to her pale cheeks and her cold body gained a little heat. Helena in her seat wanted to claw her head and throw it to her dogs but she kept her cool and glared at her only, Esther realized no seat was prepared for her so she just made her way to the king's lap.

Entertainment started in the grand hall, music filling the place and dancers were from red lands came to the front dressed in sparkling dresses with jewels adorning their bodies. The dance was like a drama with all the action and Esther was happy with it, she could dance if the king work let her, but her plans would fail with the king on alert concerning her health. They were served with wine which she wasn't allowed to take any, but she drunk fruit juice and blood tea while enjoying the show. " Your majesty, am I not too heavy? You must be tired" she asked lowly and the king glanced at her, shaking his head and he grabbed her waist slightly to pull her closer that his lips brushed her ear, making her shiver. "I didn't complain, did I?" He spoke and his breathe falling behind her ear and neck and shivers running down her spine and she shivered again, the king covered her with his warm body and she smiled. The announcer announced the presence of the wise man and the king allowed him to enter, he held a long walking stick with his foot bare and he had brownish shades on the bridge of his nose and he wore white long scalf on his shoulders which hanged at his waist region, his protruding belly was not covered nor was his hairy chest and he had rapped white silky cloth around his waist which reached his feets, he was bald with no hair on his head and a tattoo of the full moon on his forehead. He smiled before bowing his head in greetings, " forgive this old one, your majesty.....I needed to make all the arrangements for the ceremony" he said with his head still down and the king clapped his hands, " am glad you could make it, old friend....shall we? The king asked, as if he needed someone's permission. At that moment the guards came to arrange a small seat for the man and he started spreading out his things, the nobles were allowed to check their destinies and what they couldn't do to help maintain or destroy it. The night was already heated up from the entertainment and eating, drinking, chattering filling the place with people all smiles while others had the look of horror on their faces concerning their fates. When prince Austin got infront of the man, he narrowed at the prince and stared at his face, he took in a deep breath before telling him to bring his palm forward and with a swift move he cut his palm and blood landed on the magic globe. Austin pulled his hand back feeling the pain of the wound, he glared at the old man. The globe lightened up immediately and started spinning in the middle, the light was enough but all of a sudden it went blank and the old man became possessed, he started speaking in an unknown language. A fae language turning, elf then the demon language took over and his words came to a stop and he looked at the confused boy and started explain to his understanding. " You have a great light,my prince....you can help the one coming and don't go against him, for he would not spare a single soul. The possiblity of you falling is great, your destiny is in your hands" he said and looked at the king with a lot going on in his head and the king gave him a slight nod and no one noticed.