9 The Strong King

Esther found herself in the middle of the palace corridor, the night breeze made her shiver and she rubbed her palms on her arms. What in the world was she doing here? She was last on her bed and then the king was with her, she feared that the royals would come after her and her unborn child so she held the king's hand till she fell asleep and then.....

" What do we do now, father? I can't do this alone you know!" Helena told her father and he smiled at her, she was still the child he used to know, always asking him what to do no matter what. " We must eliminate her and the child, Austin is to be the only king and nothing should come between him and the throne" he said looking at her intently and she sat down, taking in a deep breath after all she had her father with her on this.

The next morning, the whole people in the kingdom came to hear about the prophecy of the unborn child, they wondered what was in it for them, were they going to be killed for good now? They looked at each other and gossiped. " This is bad lady Hera! The people are being aware of him" the young man said and Hera looked at him, her hands clutched into a fist yet she said not a word.

A lot of people came to the palace with complains, the wanted to see the king so that he could fix the problem. The king had had enough and got up from the bed, he walked down the stairs and into the throne room, the frown on his perfect face was visible and deep, so serious. The doors were opened and he was announced, the room was filled with lots of people, creatures and the nobles. He could hear everything they were saying, which annoyed him the more, they shivered when he passed by and their mouths sealed. He looked at the throne and turned to look at the people in the room, he sat down and rested his head on the head post of the throne with his right leg on the small stage infront of the throne. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, his long nails made a sound on the arm rest of the throne, he trying to calm down else he would definitely pounce on somebody. "Your majesty, we have a complain!" A man exclaimed and he staggered backwards when the king's red eyes fell on his soul. He glared at him, nobody spoke again and they just watched the king. He cleared his throat and asked the minister to proceed, he looked at them with his bored eyes while those asses rattled. " So?" His deep voice echoed in the room, chatter filled the the place and he only rolled his eyes at them, what did they mean by give Esther to the gods. He was the one to judge in the living world on Devlot, she didn't do anything wrong, " but your majesty, she is carrying darkness, we can't put everybody at risk.....we have to eliminate her!"

" Yes!"

" Yes she has to be eliminated"

" Kill the witch!"

" She has to die!!!"

They said in unison, the place was noisy in the ear of every vampire in the room. Helena stood far in the midst of the crowd and was chanting, her eyes glowed purple and her hands emitted purple light below with no sound. She lead the noise to be even louder and the king had to cover his ears, pain passed through every vampire's head, even some other creatures present there went through the pain. Esther in her room went through pain, she fell to the ground with her ears bleeding and her hands covering them. She screamed when the pain intensified and made her way out of the room...

She stambled continuesly, going side ways and almost fall down. Her vision got blurry and she pushed the heavy doors opened most people in the room were down in pain but her smell hit the king's nostrils, he couldn't even think nor look at anything. He couldn't even move and stayed on the ground, Esther's eyes turned pitch black no sign of the white part of her beautiful eyes. She managed to take in a deep and long breath through her mouth and closed her mouth for some time, enduring the pain a little more. Esther opened her mouth and let out the air she took in and that exploded the whole place, like heavy wind, it threw people away when it got into contact. Only the sound of the wind blowing could be heard now, it was intense enough to throw Helena away and she hit her head against an object. The magic that was emitting from her died and she went unconscious, the air in Esther's mouth got finished and only she was left standing. Grunting filled the room, vampires were bleeding from their ears, some low lives were unconscious, Helena's body went missing. Esther stood at the entrance of the throne room, still holding the heavy doors as support and her eyes turned red, she looked murderous with all the change in her body and her appearance. In front of them her white hair turned blackish white with the tip red and it cascaded down her shoulders to her waist, moving with the fresh air that came into the room. The king tried to go to her but his strength failed him and he fell back to the floor and Maslow came crawling to him. He looked like he was going to die yet he went to do his duty, being faithful to the throne and the king of the land. Esther glared at them, each and every one of them, she walked past them lying on the floor and she grabbed the king by the arm and vanished from there, leaving black smoke at the spot where they were.

The next morning, the king woke up with pain running through his body and he turned to see his surrounding and he managed to get up, there were no windows and doors, it only had an opening.....an entrance. He walked to the entrance and the sunlight hit his pale skin, "Ahh!" He moved backwards, holding his burnt skin. What the hell! "Am glad you are awake, are you hungry?" A voice startled him. "Esther! He pulled her in his arms, hugging her close to himself, squeezing her. She struggled and pulled away from him, she cracked her neck and shoulders, the king looked stunned by what she did. Who the hell is she, she smelled different and behaved different and he frowned, Esther brought him a flask filled with warm blood. Which he took, the blood in it was fresh and taken not long, did she kill? Esther would never do that, she had always spoke of killing humans for blood. " Oh, I didn't kill the human....I just asked for a favor and he did" she answered and walked pass him, " who are you?" He asked not batting an eye, still looking at her petite back. " What! Am Esther.... doesn't the king remember me?" She replied him and the king was fast to grab her by the neck and pinned her to the cave wall. " You are not my wife, not my mate!!" He roared, Esther looked at him unfazed by his impact. " I must say, you are a strong one..... king Oasis, demon by gift" she said, her voice changing to a deep one and she turned the king's hand to be free from his grasp. She looked straight into his eyes, " you're right! Am not your mate, am taking her form" she said and the king got angry. " What do you mean by that, taking her form? You have no right-" " in fact I do! She was chosen purposely for my sake, demon....I will have to protect her until am born" she said again and smiled at him. " That's right, father!" She exclaimed before she went to sit down on a rock. The king was too stunned to speak again, " I don't understand anything, you know! But we have to go back and that too, now!" He said and she frowned, he gave orders and no one dared to order him around. " I want to go with my wife" he added, " that won't be possible, my mother is weak without me..... let me tell you what is going on in your palace, your stupid people are going to fight against you. They want me dead and to achieve that, your wife will die with me, am not willing to die not that I can die" she said with a raised brow and the king chuckled. What on earth was going on right now, was he talking with his unborn child?

They found them selves back in the palace again playing along side each other, the king was ready to protect his mate at all cost, he sat on the throne and looked at the people saying what they want, he was going to need all the strength he could get. He had to be a strong king, strong mate and a strong so called father to be....