Alpha’s Virgin Wife by Baby Charlene
Chapter 243 Her Revenge
Her hands were wrapped around her shoulders as she stood facing the window, the tips of her fingers shaking. Everything Gina said echoed in her head, although she could clearly comprehend her.
Shilah was back with their lost son – The King’s first son. His heir. After everything that’s happened, the boy still survived. He still returned.
She shivered as breeze gushed in through the window and hit her face. Although, she wasn’t sure the breeze was the reason she shivered. She shivered out of fear.
It was all over. Her presence would become meaningless. Everything she had ever fought for, all her sacrifices, lost – they’d all be in vain.
Why did the boy have to survive? After she lost her child and fertility? Of course, she was so sure Shilah’s curse was the reason for her predicament. So, how dare the boy survive when she had lost everything?!
“What do we do, my Queen?” Gina asked from behind.
“My Queen?” She called after some time when she got no response. Chaska was too weak and frustrated to even think straight. Her lips were almost too heavy to move. But she f0rced them to.
“I don’t know, Gina” her voice was thin. Feebly, she turned from the window.
“I honestly don’t know what to do. Right now, I’m tired, confused and tired of fighting. Because each time I fight, I end up losing more. It was due to one of my fights I made the King hate me. It was one of the fights that made me lose my respect in the presence of everyone. One of my fights made me lose Mavy. Urika became an imbecile. And now, I am barren for life. So, I think I am tired, Gina. I am tired”, she sniffled and turned back to the window.
Gina was gobsmacked. For the first time ever, her Queen displayed weakness, defeat. For the first time ever, her Queen gave up on a fight. How?
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NEXT MORNING
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“I am truly happy for you, Shilah. This has to be the best news I have heard in a long time”, Dyani chuckled as she walked down the empty walkway with Shilah.
“You know, I never stopped believing that boy would be back. Just as much as you believed in the Spirits, I believed in the goddess and never stopped praying on your behalf”.
Shilah let out a small smile. Dressed in her favourite black cloak with it’s hoodie over her head, she looked superior to Dyani who was simply clothed in a red dress. The two ladies had been chit-chatting as they sauntered toward the exit.
“Thank you, Dyani. You should know you cannot be happier than I am” Shilah answered, her cheeks beaming.
They got out to the main field and received lots of greetings from guards and maids. The love had increased since the news spread out since the previous day. She could feel it.
“Where are we even headed, Shilah?” Dyani asked as they got to the horse stables.
“To see some old friends”, Shilah supplied.
Dyani watched her in surprise as she pulled her black horse from the stables. “old friends?” She pondered. What old friends would Shilah want to see?
“Come on, Dyani” Shilah c*oc*ked her head as she climbed on her horse. And heaving a sigh, Dyani got on.
“But, what about your son?” She asked as they began trotting toward the gate.
“He is with the King. I wanted to bring him along, but the hungry father wouldn’t let me” Shilah chuckled, making Dyani laugh as well.
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They rode for a long time with Shilah still not revealing their destination to Dyani. She insisted on keeping it private. Finally, they stopped running and just began trotting slowly on their horses.
“So, what are your plans, Shilah?” Dyani asked along the way.
“I mean, with your son back in the picture, your plans with the King needs to change. I know you wouldn’t want to leave without him, but we both know the King would also not want to live without him. So, what are your plans?”
Shilah was silent for a while as she seemed lost in thoughts.
“Honestly, I have no idea, Dyani” she sighed. “I mean, with the witches also in the picture, I can’t just abandon them. I need to…fix them first, settle their new home. But…”, she paused and exhaled deeply.
“I should be happy, right? I mean, with my son back, I should feel complete. But I don’t know, Dyani. I just feel like … there is something I am still missing. Like a part of me is still incomplete”.
“Why?” Dyani arched her brows.
“That is the point! I do not know” Shilah scoffed. “I can’t even explain it. But I just feel like there is something I have not done yet. It doesn’t have to do with the witches, it doesn’t have to do with the King. But I just don’t know it yet”.
She sounded really worried and it bothered Dyani as well. What could it be?
Finally, they got to their destination as Shilah halted her horse.
“Is this it?” Dyani asked with furrowed brows, staring at the house before her.
It was an old building and they stopped some distance away from it, still seated on their horses.
“Yes” Shilah answered with a cranky smile. Dyani waited for her to say more, but she didn’t and just kept staring at the house.
“Okay … So, what about it? Which of your friends lives there?” She inquired, but Shilah sniggered before answering.
“THIS is where I grew up”, she sighed. “The very home I grew up as a slave to people I thought were my family”.
“Oh…” Dyani nodded in comprehension. “Now, I see. You told me all about them”.
There was a brief silence.
“So… why are we here? Do you want to make peace with them?” She asked, finding it difficult to understand why Shilah would want to visit them.
“Peace?” She laughed dryly, befuddling Dyani the more. “I truly wish I was here for peace”.
Calmly, she closed her eyes and stretched her hand towards it. Dyani watched in confusion. But her thoughts became clear when a fire started on the roof of the house.
“Shilah!” She caught her breath in a gasp, stunned. “For Selene’s sake! What are you doing?”
Shilah said nothing as she opened her eyes and watched the house burning from the roof. Immediately, screams were heard.
A grim smile crossed her lips.
“They do not deserve a home”, she gruffed, turned her horse around and began riding away.
Dyani was in big shock as she watched the fire spread with screams accompanying it. She figured soon , they’d be running out of the house. And still in shock, she turned and rode after Shilah.