"Marie your room is lovely".I said as I locked the door. The room was warm, neat. She had alot of toys and it was decorated with lots of painting.
"Thank you".she cried as she hugged me.
"Marie don't cry, strong girls don't cry besides you look ugly with that face".I said smiling.
"There are things you shouldn't say to a child".she said as she wiped her tears.
"Really".I said as I sat on her bed.
"Of course,I love how you kicked prince Martins".she said and I laughed.
"He is your father not prince martins".I said as I shook my head in disbelief.
"He doesn't want me to call him that, he hates me".she said calmly.
"Your father is a fool and who cares If he hates you,there are people that love you Marie".I said smiling.
"I love you aunty ariadne".she said as she hugged me.
"Let me go or else I will kick you".I said and she freed herself quickly.
"I am going to bathe".she said as she collected her night gown from her small closet.
"Lily will help you out with it".I said,she was too small to do it herself.
"Don't worry I can manage".she said smiling as she entered the bathroom.
"Milan please wake up".louise cried as she held Milan's hand.
"Lady Louise".the doctor said as she walked in.
"Please help milan,she just fainted".louise said anxiously.
"You need to wait outside, also calm down you don't need to stress yourself in your condition".the doctor said calmly.
"Okay doctor".louise said and left.
"Lady Louise what's wrong".lily said as she saw Louise crying in front of Milan's room.
"Milan isn't well,she just fainted".louise cried.
"I am really sorry lady Louise please calm down,Let me inform the queen". Lily said calmly.
"The queen needs to rest don't worry about it".louise said.
"Okay my lady".lily said in a bow and left.
"My queen greetings".lily said as she walked in with the food.
"What's wrong with you".I said, she looked worried.
"My lady please eat something".lily said as she dropped the tray on the bed.
"Check on that little br..."
"I am not a brat".marie said as she came out of the bathroom.
"Come quickly".I said as Lily uncovered the plates.
"This looks yummy".she said as she picked a spoon.
"I am the queen,I only eat yummy food".I said proudly as I ate.
"I love your eating style".she said as she dropped her spoon.
"Marie use the cutlery".I said smiling.
"No please".she said.we ate and slept.
"How is she now".louise said worriedly as the doctor opened the door.
"She is very weak and it's because she has been poisoned".the doctor said quietly and louise fell back in shock.
"How did this happen".louise said in shock.
"I don't know the king must be informed immediately, I don't know about the antidote but I only gave her medicine to ease the pain and make her energetic for a while". the doctor said.
"Okay but how come you don't know the antidote".Louise said.
"It's a very rare poison,my lady I will take my leave now".the doctor said and left.
"Wow Nathan this dress looks beautiful". Lord simon said as he entered the room.
"Thank you uncle it would look great on marie".Nathan said smiling as he sat down.
"It would fetch us alot of money don't you think".lord simon said as he sat down.
"It will fetch you money not me, because I have money".nathan said smiling.
"Are you calling me poor".lord Simon said.
"Uncle you are not poor not at all".nathan said.
"You should go back to home".lord Simon said.
"I don't feel at peace there,I am constantly anxious and I can't sleep properly".Nathan said.
"You can't run away at this critical time". Lord Simon said.
"I am not running away".nathan said.
"You are running away nathan,your wives will be missing you".lord Simon said.
"Well Milan will miss me but ariadne wouldn't care".nathan said.
"Why do you care if ariadne doesn't care". Lord simon said smiling.
"Uncle stop it,I don't care".nathan lied, deep down he cared so much for ariadne.
"If you say so".lord simon said.
"My king and lord Simon greetings'.stephan said in a bow.
"Greetings". Nathan said.
"Greeting rude brat". lord simon said as he glared at Stephan.
"My king, queen milan fainted".Stephan said.
"I need to go back to the mansion now". Nathan said.
"No you can't my king it's already too late we will leave tomorrow morning". Stephan said.
"Stephan we will now". Nathan said.
"My king am afriad I will have to disobey your orders ,we don't have enough guards and the roads are dangerous at night.queen milan has already received treatment". Stephan said.
"Nathan listen to him, for once this rude brat is right".lord simon said reassuringly.
"Fine you all are excused".nathan said.
"Good night nathan don't be too hard on yourself".lord simon said and left.
"Take care of yourself my king". Stephan said and left.
"How can a lady sleep like this, queen ariadne wake up".marie said as she tapped me.
"Leave me alone".I said as I covered my face with a pillow.
"Marie is the queen still sleeping".lily said as she entered the room with my dresses.
"Ofcourse she is,how can she sleep like this ". Marie said mockingly.
"How rude can you be".l said.
"I am truly amazed by how you sleep".marie said.
"My queen the king has returned to the palace". lily said.I was angry and excited at the same time.
"He should go to hell".I said as I sat up.
"How rude".marie said as she shook her head.
"Should I slap you".I said as I raised my hands.
"Sorry".Marie said as she moved back.
"Why is the king back".I said,I really hoped it was because of me.
"Lady milan isn't well, The king came in this morning and he was really worried about her....."
"Enough sit down".I said,I was disappointed.
"Let's remove the bandages".lily said as she sat down.
"Why all the dresses".I said.
"The royal high court my queen".Lily said as she removed the bandages.
"Well I need to deal with those bastards today since the king won't be coming".I said smiling.I needed to teach them a lesson.
"The injury is already dried but it ruined your skin". lily said after removing the bandage.
"It will peel off soon don't worry".I said as I stood up quickly.
"Where are you going to".marie said.
"The meeting at the court will soon start and I need to get ready".I said and I entered the bathroom. I came out and got dressed.
"You look beautiful, I selected the right dress as usual".marie said I stood in front of the mirror.
"Thank you brat ".I said smiling.
"Let's go".marie said and we left.
I went straight to the royal kitchen, It was bigger than I expected.they were few servants..
"Greeting my queen".they all said in unison as they bowed.
"Greetings you all".I said smiling.
"My queen,I am the royal cook what do you need".she said.
"I don't need your help, I need an apron, red berries, ice, and apple vinegar".I said smiling.
"As you wish my queen".she said and left.
"My queen let me help you out".lily said worriedly.
"I doubt you can cook anything".marie said.
"Just shut up or leave".I said while glaring at them.
"My queen these are the things".she said as she dropped them on the table.
"You may leave".I said smiling. They all watched me as I prepared the drink.
"Now I want to drinks served to the guests at the court and don't taste it".I said as I removed my apron and left.
"Isn't the king coming to the meeting".lord Abel said angrily.
"He thinks he can do whatever he likes because he is king".lord bash said.
"He is attending to his weak wife".prince clayford said.
"Milan".lord Timothy said.
"Ofcourse who else will the king care for". Prince Martin said.
"I am really happy that ariadne won't be able to make it to the meeting, she is a serious obstacle".Lord abel said angrily.
"She has been taken care of". prince clayford said.
"Welcome queen ariadne".The spokesman said as I walked in they were all shocked.
"Long time no see".I said mockingly as I sat down.