𝔐𝔶 𝔉𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔏𝔞𝔡𝔶 (ℜ𝔢𝔶𝔩𝔬 𝔉𝔞𝔫𝔣𝔦𝔠)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Becoming a Queen

"A true Queen shall give all she has to her King.
But if not for her King...for her people.
If a King is absent from her...
She may search for one...
Once discovered as the enemy...will her love prevail for him even still?
Will her enemy be her love and be beside her?
Or will he turn? ...who will turn mad?
The Queen who's fallen for her enemy? Or the man who'll soon become the king of his enemies?
Or will love prevail through the end, meeting no demise?"

                                 

Rey's POV

Days had past quite slow and sluggish as I was starting to worry terribly.

My heart ached and throbbed every time my thoughts drifted to the memory of Ben's face, back when I had been in the cell.

That had been the first time I had truly witnessed how broken he was.

How vulnerable he could be when his weakness was taken advantage of.

And the way he appeared to me, in my eyes....

As if the sight of him had mirrored the inside of his heart...

And I desired so much to be by his side...even now.

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Sudden movement behind the door of my room snapped my attention up to the figure that had entered a second later.

It was Sir Lionel.

His helmet was already removed as he spoke directly to me.

"Come forth Madam. Your grandfather awaits for your coronation." He spoke to me plainly but respectively as he placed his helmet, hiding his face from all others.

—-

....My coronation he says.

Considering my limited options, I had no choice but to be crowned.

...Crowned to become queen as well as to marry a man I had yet to know the name of.

I knew for a fact I wasn't to like or even attempt to feel attracted to anyone else but Ben.

I only had my attention on him. And that's all my thoughts were ever filled with at this point.

Whether he was ok or not.

If he was in pain.

If he needed me as much as I needed him these past few days.

If he was even being treated properly for his wounds.

If only I had the chance... at least.. to see him.

"I imagine you wish to see that man of yours yes?"

I looked to the ground, away from his gaze that I knew was on me even though I was unable to see due to his helmet.

"Yes, I'd like it if you'd take me to him." I spoke with slight bitterness laced into my words.

The reason for my bitterness...