Obscure episode 61
OBSCURE 🏚️ 🗝️
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BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸
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CHAPTER 61
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Everyone gathered in front of the castle, holding lanterns that has not been lit and with a smile on their faces, they all waited patiently for the king and queen to stand before them before thinking of lightening up the lanterns.
“Your Highness. Everyone has gathered in front of the castle waiting for your orders.” Said Cornelius to the queen.
“And where is Archie?” The Queen asked..
“The king is resting in his chamber.”
“Tell him to get ready, I am not the king yet I do so much, Hasting and his servant are nowhere to be found, I’ve been searching the wh0le castle for them.” The Queen sighed…
“You do know you could order the royal guards instead of stressing your fragile body your Highness.” Cornelius bowed.
“Send Royals guards to look for Hasting. Do you want him to bury them alive?”
“I do not want that. My mistake then.” Cornelius pursed his l-ips together, giving an apologetic look.
“Good. Now this is what we do, go amongst the crowd and search for Zackary, let him know his daughter is nowhere to be found.” Said the queen before walking away.
“Yes my queen.” Cornelius bowed.
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“Now Garam son, have you seen my Rosanne?” Zackary asked Garam as they stood amongst the crowd holding lanterns like everyone else.
“I’m afraid not.” Garam replied sternly.
“Why the tone lad? Did something happen between you and Rosanne, I did hear your voices, you were both scre-ming at the top of your lungs, what happened?”. Zackary asked, worried.
“Nothing happened, father.” Garam tried to force a smile but his l-ips failed him.
“I know you’re lying.” Zackary sighed.
“I do not want to talk about it.”
“Fine then. I hope you two come out of this sudden shell.” Zackary nodded.
A royal guard suddenly caught Zackary’s eyes and walked up to Zackary immediately.
“My daughter is nowhere to be found?” replied Zackary, to the sudden news the royal guard broke to him.
“Yes,”
“Is the crown prince nowhere to be seen too?” Garam chimed in.
“Ah. Y-yes”
“Then they must be together.” Garam stated, his voice sounding pained.
“We cannot conclude that.” Zackary tried to calm Garam down.
“No according to the queen, they are together.” The royal guard spoke up.
“You see father, this is what I’m talking about, they’re always together” Garam growled through gritted teeth.
“I’ll take my leave now” The royal guard added before walking away..
“Rosanne is his servant you must expect this.” Zackary sighed. “Or do you foolishly think they are more than crown prince and his servant”.
“Yes father, I foolishly think so.” Garam stated through gritted teeth.
Zackary sighed and turned to look at the queen who had suddenly walk out to stand in front of he crowd.
“We may now start with lightening up the lanterns.” Cornelius announced after the queen and king had settled down with a lantern in front of them.
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You are cursed.” breathed the crown prince to Rosanne.
Rosanne immediately pulled her dress up to cover her shoulder.
“I am not” she disagreed “And so are you. You’re not cursed your Highness.”.
“You saw what just happened didn’t you. You saw the reaction my body made to your mark.”
“It was just the moon light playing with our eyes.” Rosanne shook her head.
“Why won’t you believe me.!” The crown prince yelled.
“Because I do not want to.! I am not cursed. The moment you wish something or agree something on yourself and so shall it be.” Rosanne barked.
“But we have the same red identical mark.”.
“Does not mean I am cursed. Your Highness.” Rosanne spat angrily.
“B-But you are.”
“I am not, you and I are different your Highness.” Rosanne finally lets out a smile.
“Maybe you are cursed for saying you are cursed but mine is a birth mark and will forever remain a birth mark.”.
“You speak to me roughly.” The crown prince reminded her.
“I don’t know maybe you do deserve to be spoken to roughly.” Rosanne sharpened her tone.
The crown prince remained speechless.
“I apologize” Rosanne sighed. “I got angry out of nowhere, now your Highness, tell me how are you cursed, is it because you get angry all the time?”
“It is. Just like how everyone put smiles on their faces I have never had a smile on mine. That is a curse, I get angry at the littlest thing and cannot control how mad I often feel. I’ve killed people because of my anger and tried to kill you multiple times, if that isn’t a curse I don’t know what is then. Just like now speaking of my curse I feel the rage in,side of me, I am angry, I feel myself burning up. ” The crown prince growled.
“Is that all?” Rosanne asked.
“What?” The crown prince was confused.
“Is that all?” Rosanne repeated. “Is that how cursed you feel?”.
“No… I am nor supposed to share everything with you.
“And why not?” Rosanne backfired.
“You’re nobody.” The prince scowled.
“I am somebody, I am Rosanne Hathaway your loyal servant, and I ask, is that how cursed you feel?”.
“No.” The crown prince was surely getting angry talking about himself.
“Then tell me.” Rosanne wasn’t backing down.
The crown prince remained quiet before speaking up.
“Sometimes… I hear voices. It feels like I’m the one talking to myself, but I know that could never be me. That voice tells me what to hate, who to kill, how to damage, it controls me, it owns me and it is me. I do not understand” The crown prince yelled, explaining.
“You are far from cursed your Highness. You might be cursed but this is nothing.” Rosanne said trying to stay positive.
“What do you mean far from cursed, how dare I love the idea of hurting my own mother and father, the only reason I came to Orrander was to destroy my mother and father, and you’re letting that opportunity slip by” The crown prince was being brutally honest and he hated it.
“What in the world.” Rosanne was shocked.
“Yes. I am not far from cursed, I am cursed itself I am Orrander’s danger and I hate myself for that. And yes I do want to kill you too Rosanne I hate you”
The prince ranted even without realizing. He was boiling in rage, and Rosanne could feel the heat escaping from his body, it was jitter than a fire sea.
“I did not say that, that voice that presence is making me say that, he’s here, he’s here.” The crown prince ranted rushing his words like a mad man…
Rosanne spoke up. “You do realize all you’re doing and thinking is bad, yet you can never be in control?”
“Yes.” The prince growled.
“But you are in control your Highness, you are, and you’re getting angry for no reason but somehow you are in control, telling me all these, it is control,” Rosanne smiled and slowly picked up his Highness hand in hers.
She felt the heat coming from his hand before feeling how hot it was, but she never showed she was burning from touching him.
“You are in control.” She replied with a smile, squeezing his hand in hers.
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T. B. C
BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸