"Wake up,... wake up,... heyy,.. wake up"
/Sob/ - /sob/
Tears fall down from Meas eyes as she see him lie there, his body lifeless, his mind off this world as he lies with his face calm and expressionless, relaxed as if all the weight of this world he carried was finally off his chest.
While Mea kept blaming herself with her eyes red and tears which never seem to stop flowing.
"Why isn't he waking up?" She asked to the lady who stood guard nearby, she was silent and as cold as the very woman who poisoned the man who laid lifeless before her.
The pain just kept welling up in her heart.
The maid of the queen came in and treated him, wetting his entire body and cleaning him up with a damp rag, then she wiped of the dry mix of crushed herb and medicinal leafs which were kept to dilute the poison on his neck were the needle striked and applying another mix, this time charcoal was mixed in with it. Then she proceeded to give him a concoction of herbs and the antidote.
Then the maid flipped him to his back and then signaled Mea to lift up his head.
With the gentleness of handling a child whose neck has yet to fuse strong, she placed him on her lap.
The maid parted his lips and slowly drip by drip squeezed it to his mouth and then closed his lips after a couple of drops.
A little escaped his mouth and ran down his cheek. Mea didnt hesitate to wipe it off.
And then she said, "let him rest, he should wake up once the poison leaves his body."
And then she walked away to the queen.
"He will not wake up, the poison was strong.
The herbs we have is not meant to be used with the antidote. Those are just cheap substitutes the naga wouldn't even stash them, even if for a time of desperate need. Its that useless."
The queen glanced at the one who poisoned him, but the naga had no change in her demeanor. The queen dismissed her maid.
#The Queen- "Just how much poison did you inject him with? Why would you do it anyway?"
#the Naga- " it is the duty of the queens guard to protect the queen from any and all.
Even at the cost of death or spilling blood of everything which comes against you"
#The Queen- " Was that all. Or does the sight of Hina and the fact that they are responsible for the comotion mess up your ability to hold your temper."
As the words were heard the queen noticed the lack of change in the slitted pupils in her eyes.
#The Queen-" --sighh-- forgive me. You were doing your duty. And I blamed you for it."
in a low tone and walked away.
"No your highness, i --, i did loose my temper."
Its been 4 hours since he was poisoned. The maid and Mea kept wetting his body, replacing the dried up paste on his wound and replacing it with a newer mix every 15 minutes. His body kept warming up and sweating. The antidote was working, however the frail body was loosing it's strength.
As they were tending to him the queen came in and saw them treat him and the swirls of violet in his body, the maid said noticing the queen and her lingering gazed on the mans body.
"He works mining Agatha, thats why his body is so weak. Although the poison has left his body, his frail body had lost all its strength in the process."
The queen saw the mix of expression in the maids face she was astonished, she didnt expect him to survive.
MARI
"Son"
Father , father is that you
"Son its not your time yet"
Father
"Go back this world needs you, she needs you"
Father, father , ....
Mea
Mea where is she i need to go i need to go back, to save her. She is waiting for me.>
"Meaaaa" screaming he woke up." Mea--, Where are you", jumping from his bed only to see her beside him, the constant crying had redened her eyes, her beautiful face was sat on the bed and reflected the beautiful light which fell on her snow white skin
" you must have been exhausted."
He said as he stroked her beautiful hair.
The sight put his mind at ease.
The maid heard the yelling and walked in on him.
"You-- you're awake,"
her face filled with surprise and a miniscule amount of pride in her work as she saw that he was well.
Suddenly she realized "you must sit down--"
"He will make audience with the queen at once."
Boomed the voice of the naga, the maids words cut off by the queens guard who emerged from the shadows.
They start moving, Mari knows the depth of the matter and fact that all of this can be disastrous or helpful. Before he leaves he takes the amulet with him.
They reach before the queen who sit on her own throne . The crimson light falling from the lamps and the slow tapping of her nails set the mood.
Drawing in a heavy breath Mari speaks,"i--", but is instantly cut off and chains clamps on his neck and yanking him down. And then a command came.
"You are in the presence of her highness of the Queen of Lada. You will bow and kneel."
Without hesitation he does so and slowly looks up. There she was "The Queen
Marionette Von Lucious. "
Dressed in a violet frock laced with golden trims and a necklace made of the stone of Manik, a visceral stone embedded in the heart of a wild beast deep in the mountains, a sign of the fallen kings love for her. Her skin a flawless milky white with a tinge of honey.
Her velvet crown embedded with jewels, a sign of her royal status.
She was beautiful in all regards but her demeanor was ice cold. The kind that made even brazen ones meassure their words.
"Your majesty, i am honored to meet you,-"
Mari was cut off by the soft yet cold voice of the Queen.
"Why did you intrude in to the castle, and try to take her away"
He hesitated,
"Speak, you insolent fool" said the naga.
After a deep breath with his head low
"I came to rescue her, the night before yesterday I saw her trying to kill herself by jumping of the balcony, on the southern block of the castle. Something told me that she must be saved."
"Who is she to you?" The queen asked.
"A girl in trouble who wanted to break free"
"And who are you, a knight in shining armor?"
"Your highness, all I wanted was to save her, nothing more I had no intention of causing this trouble, I never wanted to break anything of anyone. I know I am the reason for the fight which broke between the commander and the naga, I am s--"
Cutting him off the queen spoke.
"How do you, a peasant know about the naga, there presence is unknown to the people only a few knows of their existence let alone there presence in the castle. Who are you a spy, someone sent by my son to know of the castles security status."
Without a seconds delay the queens guard had already closed in with a knife to his throat. Mari breathed hard as he saw the knife and the thought of death gripped his heart.
With a stuttering voice he said
"Pl - please try to understand your highness, I am of no harm to you."
"You would be no threat when your head rolls on the floor." Roared the very naga who poisoned him.
"Calm down and let the man speak."
The nagas pulled back obeying the queens orders. Mari steeled his nerves took a deep breath and stood up with closed eyes he stood silent for a moment and then spoke.
"Your highness I am not spy, and I was not sent by the prince to investigate the castle. I am an intruder who came in to rescue Mea from your son.
And as for who I am. My name is
Kraven Von Narakhi
From the house of Narakhi.
Son of Bellator Von Narakhi."
he said as he showed the insignia on the amulet he had.
The queen gasped. Her pupils dialated in awe as she heard the words and saw the amulet.
"That's not possible"
"No that isn't possible, everyone in the Narakhi house was killed, hunted to the last man."