My lord my love episode 26 β 27
ππ MY LORD. MY LOVE. ππ
π³π₯{ Marrying The Duke }π³π₯
Written βοΈ: Cisca. H.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: ITZEL FALLS ILL ( Day Three ).
At Avalon castle were Queen Eleanor with her five daughters. The news about the happenings in Atlantis has travelled wide.
She was with the letter Queen Elizabeth sent to her few hours ago, squeezed in her grip.
She has believed everything has come to an end since the day Itzel got married to Arthur. Hopefully that Honoria was in no chance to hurt or cause trouble.
Least did she know that that was only the beginning. She sighed for the nth day, squeezing it the more each time she sighed.
Hazel and the rest of her sisters has waited for what took like hours for the Queen to speak what the matter was. But with the look on her face, they just have to wait a little longer.
“My daughters,” she finally broke the long silence. “I just received a letter from the Queen of Atlantis, she said a problem has arose in the castle. An ancient witch has returned. ”
” The tattooed mark. ” Hazel muttered in a way everyone would hear.
“What tattooed mark?” Asked Maria, staring at both Hazel and the Queen.” Mother, what is she talking about?”
“The tattooed mark on Itzel’s back. ” Replied the Queen.
” There is a mark on Itzel’s body, and we know nothing about it?” Victoria questioned.
” You never cared about Itzel, so how are you to know anything about her? ” Hazel asked and she eyed her, looking away. Hazel returned her gaze to the Queen, “Don’t you think this witch has returned for the mark?”
Queen Eleanor nodded.
” That means, the being has woken up. What did the letter say? ”
” It says that the witch has taken control of the castle, yet to take over the kingdom. It also said that she has poisoned Arthur’s mind and that he is no longer himself. She has proclaimed her wedding with Arthur to be in three days to come. ”
The news was a shock to them excluding Honoria who bursted out laughing. Hazel frowned.
“What amuses you, Honoria?” She asked.
“I told you, I am not the evil one. Now that the evil one has entered Atlantis, do you think there is a stop to it? ” She chuckled, ” The real war has just begun, why won’t you let Itzel fight it alone? ”
” We don’t need your help, Honoria, we never asked for it. So you not helping is no one’s concern. ” Hazel protested.
Honoria hissed, sighing. ” The real one who is after Prince Arthur’s love has just arrived and you think your help can solve this? You are only trying to create a war you can’t end. Whatever that is going on is between Itzel and the witch, no one has to interfere. ”
Honoria looked at her mother, saying. ” I might not be in good sides with Itzel, does not mean I will watch someone else take Arthur away. We all want the best for Itzel, and the only way to help is to do nothing. It’s her war, let her fight it herself. ” She concluded.
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Itzel’s eyes has swollen, for three days she has neither rested nor sleep. She has refused to eat whatever food given to her.
Now she looks pale and ill. Since earlier that morning she has laid on her bed. She was having a high fever, which the royal physician has been working on.
Her health seems not to be improving, rather it was worsening.
The evening approached, cool wind woozed the atmosphere, yet, her body burns like a furnace, causing her to breathe with both her mouth and her nostrils.
Ginny has left to call her majesty, while Arya stays back. She was holding her hands tight, her eyes blinking halfway from each other.
“My lady, you have to stay strong, his Highess still needs you. You don’t have to die, we all need you, I need you. ” She k-ssed the back of her palm, rubbing it dearly.
Soon Queen Elizabeth rushed in, sitting beside Itzel’s trembling body. She felt her body, they were so hot against her skin.
“Have you sent for the physician?” She asked and Arya nodded.
” There has been no improvement in her Highess’s condition. We are hoping for a good revival by tomorrow morning. ”
Queen Elizabeth stared pitifully at Itzel, the wh0le castle was in chaos, now the princess has fallen ill?
Arthur was returning from Manhattan. He had gone to visit King Manfred concerning the wedding that is to come in three days.
Of which King Manfred found delight in the news, promising a full support in the wedding preparations. Despite being aware that Arthur has been courted with another woman, he urges him to go ahead with the planning.
Eriteria dressed her bed, made new ointments to welcome Arthur’s return.
On the other hand, she has sent for the royal physician. Knocking at the door, she ordered him in. He entered with the tray which contained the medicine he was to give Lady Itzel.
“What is this?” She asked.
“This is the medicine which I have prepared for her Highess. ” He replied, head bowed to the ground.
” Seems like her health isn’t improving at all. ” She said, bringing out a small bag of powdered substance. She took a full spoon of the substance, pouring into the liquid medicine. “This will help quicken her relieve. You may leave.”She dismissed him.
Leaving to Lady Itzel’s chamber, he dropped the tray on the table beside. He handed the medicine to Arya who passed it to the Queen.
“I am certain that her Highess’s condition will improve by the morrow. ” With this, he took his tray leaving.
Queen Elizabeth fed Itzel the drug. After Itzel had gulped them all, for awhile she was still. Queen Elizabeth felt relief, hoping on the physician’s words.
Itzel began to cough. The cough was so strong that it pulled her to sit er-ct. Blood dropped on her palms as she covered her mouth.
“Your majesty, what is happening?” Arya asked, terrified.
“I do not know. ” She stammered. ” Call me the physician! ” She cried.
” Itzel, what’s happening to you? ”
Itzel shocked, gasping for air. Her eyes shutting against each other, her body temperature ran cold for the moment.
“Mother… Mother…” She fainted.
“Someone call me the physician!!”
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“What was it that you put into Itzel’s drug? ” Queen Elizabeth asked, foaming in anger.
” Nothing, your majesty, it was only what princess Eritrea has given to me.”
“You let Eritrea touch the medicine?! ” She yelled.
” She sent for me, she told me it was going to quicken Her Highess’s condition. ”
” What did she put in the medicine? ”
” I do not know, my Lady, but it was a powdered substance. ”
Queen Elizabeth’s eyes wΒ‘dened in fear. ” No. No. That wasn’t a cure, that was a portion to worsen her condition! ” She turned to her maid, ” Call in Eritrea. Tell her to meet me in my chambers.”
Turning to the physician, she said. ” Do whatever it takes to bring Itzel back or you pay the consequences of whatever happens to her. ”
Eritrea walked in reluctantly, glaring around the well-fashioned room.
Staring at Queen Elizabeth, she said. “Have I not warned against interruptions?”
“I do not care about your rules or instructions, I need to know why you did that to Itzel? ”
” I am sorry I do not know what you are talking about. ”
” Don’t act like you know nothing, wench, of course you do know more than anyone else. ”
” Oh, you should at least show some gratitude and appreciation for my help and not to blaspheme me for nothing. ”
” She was coughing out blood, that doesn’t worth a gratitude. She almost died, that still doesn’t worth an appreciation. Is that all you want? To have my son and to murder my daughter? ”
Eritrea rolled her eyes.” Can’t you all see the true love Arthur and I shares? It’s real and devoted. Arthur has just realized that he was with the wrong bride all this while, can’t you let him follow his heart? ”
” I will forgive you for poisoning my son’s mind, but I won’t forgive you if anything happens to my daughter. ” She warned.
” Is that a warning or a threat? ” She questioned.
” A warning. ” Said she, ” And just incase you do not know, that wedding is never holding… Anymore. Now, leave my room, will you?”
Eritrea’s face burned in anger.
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I have a dream…
ππ MY LORD. MY LOVE. ππ
π³π₯{ Marrying The Duke }π³π₯
Written βοΈ: Cisca. H.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: ITZEL FALLS ILL ΔͺΔͺ ( Day Two )
Itzel seems not to be recovering.
Eritrea banged the door close, locking herself in her chamber. Queen Elizabeth’s word had pierced into her that she couldn’t stop thinking about it.
And of all, she dared to threaten her marriage?
She scoffs…
“She just haven’t seen what I can do.” She mentally said to herself.
Prince Arthur’s arrival was heard, and the King had called him immediately. He questioned him on his leave.
For Arthur never told anyone about his visit to Manhattan. Only by the gossip of the royal workers was they able to hear of his leave.
“Father…”
“Where have you been, Arthur?” The King questioned not wanting him to talk further.
” Father… ”
” Answer my question, Arthur! Where have you been?”
“Manhattan, father. I went to pay King Manfred a visit. I has to know about the wedding. ”
” What wedding? ” He asked.
He chuckled, ” My wedding with Lady Eritrea. ”
” There is no wedding, my son, neither is King Manfred attending any wedding. The princess will be leaving the castle, then you return back to your wife. ”
” Eritrea is going nowhere, father, she is my wife, she must stay here in the castle with me. ” He protested.
” Not while I still breathe.”
“I won’t let that happen.”
” That witch has to leave my kingdom for good. ”
“I won’t let you or anyone hurt her. Eritrea is my fiancee and will soon become my wife in two days time. She is leaving nowhere. ”
” Why have you kept yourself so loose to that witch? Why did you let her control you so easily? ” He said, pitifully.
” She is no witch, neither is she controlling me. This is the kind of love I have always dreamt of. She is the right woman for my heart. ”
” Your heart? ” He repeated. ” What about your wife, she’s been sick for days, neither has she rested nor taken anything just to have you back. Unconscious has she been on her bed, you do not care, yet, you speak of a witch who knows nothing about love.”
” Stop calling her a witch!” He yelled.
” And what will you do if I call her that? ” He sternly said.
” No matter what you say or do, I must marry Lady Eritrea.” He exited the room angrily.
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” You must talk to your son. ” Said the king to her.
” How sure are you that he will listen to me? He didn’t heed to your words, same will he do to me. ”
” No, you are his mother, he will listen to you than he had done to me. Persuade him to know that he is been controlled. ”
” My Lord, all we must do is to have that witch executed. I fear what she holds on her wedding. As soon as she courts with Arthur, what will be of Itzel’s fate? ” She moved her head at both sides, ” Poor her, that she has to suffer so greatly for her husband. ”
” We must seek for help from a sorcerer. ”
Elizabeth’s eyes wΒ‘dened, ” My Lord, do not tell me you want to break the rules of the kingdom. We mustn’t involve a witch to this. ”
” Our daughter is dying, we must save her life. And after that, we bring our son back and have that witch killed. ”
” We do not have much time, the wedding is in two days. We must do something real quick or we end up losing all our possessions to her. ”
” That is why we must consult a sorcerer to this. ”
” Where are we to find this sorcerer, for we know nothing about them. Or, we can seek for King Alfred’s help, perhaps, it’s his daughter we speak of. ”
King Cyrus nodded in agreement. ” You speak the truth, my lady, that we must do. ”
” Sir Orson, ” he called his guard,
” Yes, sire. “He bowed.
” Send a message to King Alfred, tell him I need his help. ”
” Yes, sire. “He bowed, leaving the room.
” We find this sorcerer, we end this once and for all. ”
Elizabeth agreed.
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Arthur sat angrily on one of the couch, his expression wore the full explanation of his emotions. Eritrea tried her best to calm him down but he wanted nothing to calm him down.
Of all he wanted his father’s support but he never showed him. He loves Eritrea, but no one seems to acknowledge that.
Eritrea squatted before him, holding his both hands. She rubbed them dearly, she wanted him to acknowledge her presence.
His emotions threatened her, she couldn’t bare to see him that way.
“Arthur,” her voice sounded in the sweetest way he has ever heard, he could no longer fight the urge to look at her. “What is it that troubles you?” Asked she.
“Father refuses our marriage. ” Replied he.
She hid the sad look on her face, ” We mustn’t listen to them. Arthur, I love you, I want to spend my life with you. We will have them pay if they insist to hinder our love. Or, we can confine them in their chambers until we are courted. ”
Arthur stared at her as if she has just made the greatest idea.” Yes. Tonight, as soon as they are asleep, we will keep guards at their door step. Why do I seem not to have thought of this earlier? ”
” Do not blame yourself, for you were only stressed out. Come on, you need some rest.”
He went to lay on the bed. Eritrea dressed on a green silk gown, reaching to the door, he asked.
“Stay with me tonight.”
“I will, but right now, I have to see a friend. I won’t be long, I promise. ” She made an air k-ss to him before leaving the room.
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“The princess has left the castle.” Queen Elizabeth’s maid informed her.
She left to Eritrea’s chamber, opening the door, she saw her son laid on the bed. Alerted by the sound of the door, he turned to see who it was.
“My lady?”
“Arthur…” Said his mother, calmly.
“Mother?”
She stood for a while, staring pitifully at her lost son. “Arthur…” Her voice shakes as tears made its way down her cheeks. “My son.”
He stepped out of the bed, made no movement but stood still, not knowing what to do at the moment.
She went to him, hugging him to herself. She didn’t want to let go, it’s been long she did found herself in his embrace, so long has she cried on his arms.
He held her tight, a drop of tear, rolled out of his eyes. “Why do you cry, mother? It hurts me to see you this way. What is it that makes you cry?” He asked.
” Arthur.. ” was the only effort she could make. The words were with her, but she couldn’t spit them out.
He broke the hug, staring into her w-t eyes. “Talk to me, mother, I am listening.”
She knew she has to, for his own sake and likewise his dying wife. He wiped off her tears with his thumb, burying a soft k-ss on her cheek. “I am listening.”
She sighed, shakily. She began, ” When I got pregnant of you, I saw the future in your eyes. I knew you were going to become the true king of Atlantis, a king more greater than his ancestors. I watched you grow up to, watch you live to become what you are now. All I have ever wanted for you was your happiness, your joy. And when you did found this happiness, I knew it was your journey. ”
She couldn’t fight back the tears, so she let them roll instead. ” You are my joy, Arthur, my home, my happiness, my life and of all, you are my son. And I wouldn’t want anything or anyone to take you away from me. So, I will do whatever it takes to have you back to my life. ”
She dried up the tears, glaring around the room. ” I remember those times you always ask me to spend with you. You would always say that you were scared, lonely and you wanted me beside you. ” She chuckled, ” You’ve grown so big, my boy is no longer scared and I am happy. I am so happy that you are now a man of your own. She made you the man you’ve become, she was there for you when I wasn’t. k-sses your cheek and held you tight, she says, I will never let you be that lonely and scared man anymore. ”
Arthur had thought she was referring to Eritrea, but until she proved his thoughts wrong.
“Eritrea has never been there for you. She stole you away from your love, the one of your heart. Now, she’s laid on her own bed, sick, dying. And what Itzel wants is for you to come back to your sense, I look at her and remember the love you two has shared, to remember her name. ”
She held his hands, ” She needs you now, Arthur. Her chamber is underneath this room, see her even if this once. I will leave you to rest. ”
She k-ssed his forehead then his cheek. She left.
After a thoughtful while, he stood up, leaving the room. Opening her door slowly and shutting it behind. He walked in quietly to where Itzel laid.
For a moment, he just stared at her unconscious body. Then, he sat on the bed, beside her. His eyes never leaving hers, he touched her cold hand.
“Itzel…” He mentioned the name as if it worths his respect.
Her eyes blinked, her fingers made a reflex response to his touch. She gasped, heaving a deep breath. She slowly opened her eyes, glaring around the room.
She forced herself to sit, gro-ning painfully at the headache. She turned to her left and saw Arthur sitting beside her.
For a long moment, her dull eyes were fixed to his. Hot tears ran down her dried cheeks, she had wanted to wake up and pretend like nothing ever happened. To see her soul in a new eternity.
But right now she was staring into his eyes, all those thoughts vanished. His hands made its way to her cheek, drying her tears.
“My Lord…” She managed to say.
“M’lady…” His voice was a like a restoration to her soul. He was the only one who called her that and she loved the way it sounded.
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I don’t know if you guys noticed it… Arthur has only been the one who calls her “M’lady..”
Which he has never called Eritrea like that.
But don’t have high hopes yet π©π©, magic can’t be cured so easily like sickness π₯Ίπ₯Ί. What if Arthur was somehow still under Eritrea’s spell?
To Be Continued…