Queen Of 2 Worlds

C H A P T E R - 2

Marietta P.O.V

"Did we hit someone?" I asked, sliding out of the car.

When I was deep in my thoughts, our car stopped with a sudden jerk and a thud. I looked around the car suspiciously. We had stopped mid-highway, and there was no one around us.

"Maybe...a lady...I guess." John retorted, slightly panicked, as he hurriedly ran towards the front of the car.

"Damn it!" I cursed and ran behind him to the front.

Only the headlights of the car were throwing light on the front view. A lady was lying on the ground in front of our car. That was what we probably hit. She was lying face-down. I marched towards her and helped her up in a sitting position as I knelt in front of her to look for any injury. Thankfully there were none besides some minor scratches.

My bodyguards had already arranged a water bottle for her. She started to drink it slowly while I took the time to observe her. She looked in her late sixties, her face covered in wrinkles and fine lines, her hairs were white and shiny, and she had tied them in a loose pony.

What was she doing in the mid of an empty highway?

I looked around again only to found the empty road. There was no one around us. I felt some weird flips inside my stomach. Shaking my head, I looked back at her. She finished the full bottle of water before looking at me.

"Are you okay?" I asked but she remained silent and looked at me curiously as if, she was lost in some thoughts. "I'm very sorry. We were in some rush. I hope we don't have hurt you." I apologized.

She remained silent and just stared at me, not a stare; it was more like a glance or observing gaze. I felt a bit awkward from her gaze but when I looked into her eyes, more like inside her eyes, everything around me vanished.

Her eyes were shining like a yellow light. I couldn't move my gaze away from her eyes. It felt as if, her eyes were made of gold, a pure shining sun, a bright yellow light. There was something that obsessed me. I didn't blink. I kept on looking, there was something strange in her eyes. I felt lost in them.

"Ma'am, are you alright? Should we take you to the hospital?" One of my bodyguards asked and I blinked; came back in reality. I released the breath which I didn't know I was holding.

"I'm fine. Thank you!" She finally spoke in a highly British accent.

"Glad to know that. It's just an accident and if you are alright. We would like to move now." My bodyguard spoke whose name I had already forgotten. "Princess, we should move now." He turned towards me and said. I nodded.

"I wish you rule on 2 worlds. I wish you become Queen of 2 worlds." That old woman said, her words held commitment and determination.

I snapped my head in her direction. I blinked at her confused, unable to comprehend her meaning. My heartbeat increased as my stomach clenched due to an unknown feeling, but I managed to nod.

"Let's go, ma'am." My bodyguard said and I didn't realize when I started to walk towards the car, and when she stood up from the road and moved aside from our way. It was her meaningless words that kept echoing in my head.

I angled my head back at her and she smiled at me, glancing one last time at her, I sat inside the car. In no time, our car started to move. But my mind didn't move from her. That knowing smile and the determination of her words irked me too much. She seemed as if, she knew something that I don't know.

What exactly did she mean? What did she want to say? Was it a wish? What a weird wish! But why was I so bothered?

We reached the hotel 30 minutes late, where the party was being held and the media was already there surrounding the building. I put myself together and pushed all weird thoughts to the back of my mind.