Goodbye Jeff
When the palace was abuzz with activities the next morning everyone left the Royal Chambers alone as they knew the newly weds would be having a marathon in bed the entire night and they were not too far from the truth.
Vincent woke up to a still sleeping Theeya. He checked her vitals and saw that she was back to normal. Her pale lips and face were rosy again. The sleep rejuvenated her.
As the sun shone on her brown curls, Vincent admired his Queen as he gently stroked her hair. As the bright ray of sun got into her eyes, her eyelids fluttered and she opened her eyes to the most beautiful blue eyes gazing adoringly at her.
"Good day My Queen," he beamed.
"Good day MiLord," she smiled shyly back as she realised both of them were naked under the sheets.
He kissed her gently on her soft lips and she kissed him back.
"I love this man, warlock or not," she thought.
Suddenly she frowned.
Seeing her creased eyebrows Vincent looked concerned.
"Are you feeling unwell? Do you feel any pain anywhere? Are you hurt?" He rapidly shot all the questions.
She chuckled at his look of panic and concern and shook her head.
"I am just amazed that I married two princes yesterday," she smiled brightly at him.
"You better believe it because there's no backing out My Queen. Let's get dressed now won't we? I'm famished," Vincent said.
As they arrived at the dining room they did not see Jeff at all. Presuming that he was still asleep in his room no one checked on him. It wasn't until he skipped lunch and dinner did Theeya grew restless and asked if anyone saw Jeff that day. Everyone shook their head.
Theeya barged into Jeff's room, adjoining to hers. It was empty. The bed was not even slept in. Nothing was touched or missing. It was as if Jeff disappeared into thin air or he just took off with the shirt on his back.
Theeya sat on a stool as she processed the shock.
"Why did he leave? Who made him leave?" Her eyes looked accusingly at Vincent.
Alarmed, Vincent raised both his hands and denied that he had anything to do with Jeff's disappearance.
"I was with you in bed the whole night! He just left when we were in the bathroom. I swear on my mother's grave!" He looked serious when he said that.
"He left without even saying goodbye..." Theeya cried.
Nine months later...
Congratulations Your Majesty it is a boy!!!
He looked just like Prince Geoffrey!
Suddenly a gust of wind flew by and Theeya blinked a few times. She was back in the void, in the darkness of a cave.
"Did you enjoy watching the show, my love?" Zacchaeus asked with a big smile.
"What is the point of showing me all that?" Asked Theeya.
"You wanted to know how it turned out so here you go! Now get ready, we are going to register our marriage," he beamed.
"Can I not marry you?" she said out loud.
"Nonsense nothing can stop our marriage now, not even yourself!" He looked at her with his brooding eyes.
"Shouldn't Jeff be puzzled if I ended up marrying you, a virtual stranger?" Theeya challenged.
"It was love at first dream, my dear Cassandra, nothing is impossible!" He kissed her right hand.
Nothing was normal about this. She needed to think how she could put an end to this fiasco.
"Why do I feel that you are not telling me everything I should know? Is there something you are not telling me that would hurt me more?" Theeya probed.
His grin froze on his face as he tried to make sense of what she just said and the words kicked him in his face. He then managed a: "You know everything, even without me saying a single word you already know everything," and he shrugged.
"I am not marrying you. Please just let me go. Or if not please kill me so that my family can find my body," she pleaded.
"Don't be silly. I won't kill you. I am going to make you my legal wife today." He pulled her out of "cave" and pushed her into the car, asking the driver to bring them to the magistrate where they would be legally wedded husband and wife.
The car moved. The sun was high in the sky. It was a beautiful day but Theeya did not notice it at all.
"I am not a pawn!!! Enough of your stories. Okay you are a hypnotherapist, you know how to say the right things at the right time, very convincing, bravo," She shouted and clapped her hands dramatically, in a slow-mo applause.
"You are never letting me go, are you?" She felt helpless and slumped into the seat.
Zaccheus smiled at her and said: "You are Mine and all mine!!!"