Chapter 12

Queen Latifa went back to to her chamber, walking about in her room, while her maid stood with head bent low waiting for her to settle down. Finally she stopped and sat down back to cool off, She hated her sister the most, for being gifted with more magical powers than her. Her family had also received the ancestral scroll containing the prophesy that a powerful being will be born from their kin, and when ask from whose, or which generation, The radar had pointed to Tata's image

Queen Latifa sat down thinking how she will punish her younger sister and make her cry blood, thinking on what punishment she will give to her sister to destroy her completely, She knows she cannot kill her sister as that was the greatest offense, but she really wanted to hurt her sister's pride and inflict more deep pains into her for being better than her, not because of her breaking the kingdom rules alone, she just want to use the opportunity to vent all her anger and jealousy for so many years on her sister to destroy her completely. And because no matter how hard they punished her sister, she never seemed to cry no matter how hurt or weak she may look, not even shedding a single tear or pleading to be released, she seemed lifeless but was still full of life.

Queen Latifa knows of only one thing that could possibly breakdown and destroy her sister to pieces and that was her sister's abandoned daughter. Queen Latifa smiled wickedly thinking of how she had agreed to her son marrying Ex Queen Tata's daughter not for the sake of fulfilling their ancestral religion but to take her own revenge.

First Queen Latifa had gone to meet Tata in the cell she was locked up in, to tell her about her son marrying Tata's own daughter. Tata didn't say anything in response as she kept quiet and stare in space. Then Queen Latifa's first son, Prince Fedina went to see King Matthew to Propose for Princess Alesa hand in marriage, as they couldn't forcefully take Princess Alesa back, because Tata had hidden her true identity before going into the palace, and it will be a waste explaining to the Cursed king about it. If not it could have been easy for them to take back Princess Alesa, but also King Matthew is still her biological father, so the only way to take back Princess Alesa and bring her to Jalin kingdom to perform their own ritual was to go thru the process of following King Matthew demands.

King Matthew had demanded a fighting challenge between his strongest warrior and Prince Fedina, after winning the king's challenge, King Matthew had no other choice than to betroth Princess Alesa to Crown Prince Fedina, Even though King Matthew despise Jalin Kingdom and it royal household so much for practicing incest just so they could keep their royal blooded powers, he betrothed his daughter to Crown Prince Fedina since Prince Fedina had won his challenge.

All was going smoothly as planned for Prince Fedina and his mother Queen Latifa, not until Princess Alesa went on and destroyed all their plans in the second to the last day she had to stay in Acan kingdom before leaving to Jalin kingdom, given her virginity to another making him protected with the princess witch powers as she wasn't aware of her kind.

Prince Fedina after nursing his heartbreak, decided to wage war against Prince Ali. First he had to send message to the Crown prince of Kande, next he will pay and visit and then threatened war, so he can destroy Kanda kingdom and it territory and take back Princess Alesa since he had monitored and seen that she was taken to the Kande Royal Palace.

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Back in Kande Kingdom

Kande Royal Palace

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"How's he doing?" Queen Mahama ask the Royal physician as she came into Prince Ali's chamber.

"Hmph.. His doing fine your highness" The Royal physician replied.

"Why did you sighed, as he not woken up yet?" Queen Mahama asked as she sat beside Prince Ali whom was sleeping on the bed, he looked pale and lean, what was happening?, the Queen wandered.

"My Queen, permit me to use the special herbs from Jalin on him, or else.. Am sorry but that's the only herb I think can make him feel better and wake up" The Royal physician said, with his head bent low.

"Hmph.. Are you saying, Prince Ali wouldn't wake up if you continue using our own herbs on him?" Queen Mahama asked, as she ran her fingers touching Prince Ali shoulder to feel his body temperature while she sat on the bed beside him, staring at him worriedly.

"I have been using that My Queen, but he hasn't woken up yet, since he only fainted his supposed to have waken up, but he hasn't" The Royal physician responded.

"Hmph.." Queen Mahama frowned, as she continued to stare at her son, not looking back at the Royal physician even as she spoked to him, her eyes were fixed on her son.

"How about the lady he brought home with him, as she woken up?" Queen Mahama asked as she had not left her son's room since the day he fainted, three days now, he hasn't woken up.

"I haven't gone to check on her yet?" The Royal physician replied.

"Why?" Queen Mahama turned as she looked at him, "Don't you think her family will be worried about her too, ain't you aware she's the Princess Acan kingdom, what's if her father seeks war against us if she did not wake up, Go and check on her now!" Queen Mahama spoked almost breaking into sob, she hoped the witches from Jalin hadn't attacked her son. As the witches curse had taken effect and they were the ones suffering. Most of their river had gone dry and some of their animals wee begining to die, for lack of fresh crops to feed them. Even the plant were also begining to lose it vitals, it was remaining for human to start disappearing too from their kingdom. Luckily they had saved enough food for the famine as they had all bring thought about these legends knowing the catastrophe was caused from Jalin kingdom, as they were the main kingdom believed to have a higher use of magic and performing sorcery.

Queen Mahama shook her head as she stared at her son, she wipe his body with the wet towel she was holding, she could have asked for one of the maid or her son trusted servant to do it, but she feared they might use the opportunity to kill him, since his still unconscious, so she stayed back and clean him up herself, waiting to see him wake up, but still he hasn't woken up yet and his even begining to look pale.

The Royal physician hurriedly left to room where Princess Alesa was kept, he couldn't believe his ears that the said lady was from Acan, whereas she just behave like a witch to him few days ago and even while he was treating her, was it possible that the girl had lied to the prince or the Queen about her true identity, and the worst was that he had seen the witches mark on her chest while he was treating her, meaning she was from the royal lineage, the powerful blooded witches. He gulped as he went inside the room.