My Rebirth as an alien Queen

Episode 12-Catching the traitor

Sleeping after what happened was a bit difficult; I couldn’t help thinking about the ifs of the whole situation, what if these Ghafils come back, what if they try to kill me again, what if Hero was in danger, after tossing around on the bed for a few minutes, I finally fell asleep and I woke up to the feel of someone’s palm on cheek in a slow caress that set my inside on fire.

“Hero” I muttered as I slowly opened my eyes to meet his. He smiled back at me as I sat up in bed.

“I think you should go and have your bath so we can eat breakfast” His smile was exceptionally bright and his look was calm and warm, having me wonder if he was by any chance aware of what happened the day before.

“What did you plan on doing? You making me call your brothers while you were dying meant one thing, you knew it was your brother Zioko’s doing. You trusted your banished brothers to have them handled everything in that tight situation…you’ve definitely have proof that you could trust them, isn’t it?” Hero smiled and play with the edges around my long ears.

“You never exceed my expectation Claire, intelligent and diligent-

“Hero you died” I reminded him and he smiled like it was hell normal, of course it was hell normal because I also recall dying twice and me as an alien, was like my second reincarnation but my life was going to be miserable if anything happen to Hero, it was never gonna be the same…I knew I was gonna be broken and shattered, just like I’d felt when he died in my arms, I didn’t want that to happen to him at all but I’m hell sure I won’t be able to survive without.

“You will, I’ve made preparations that you rule alongside my brothers if anything happened to me” I instantly narrowed my face shocked on how he had gotten what was on my mind, I didn’t realised I had somehow managed to connect to him, the first two times it happened I was quite aware because I felt it, the way his thoughts burst into my head, the way my eyes had dilated…I had felt it all so I didn’t realise how we had connected without me feeling it this time.

“Don’t be sneaky Hero” I muttered getting off bed with my transparent soft linen that was revealing so much that it got Hero staring, After I saw our Fil slowly separate, I took the after dress on the cloth hanger that stood side by side of the bed. After I covered my half-nudity that Hero was staring at, I gave him a silly look and head for the bathroom where I had ran myself a quick bath, my hands into my tentacular hair.

It would have been just any normal dread hair that was just extra thick since it was so fluffy in hands but unlike human dread hair, I could move any single part of the tentacles on my hair, it was funny how much resemblance with a human hair because like hair, it also came on Ghafils in different sizes and length, some Ghafil head tentacles were thicker, longer, while some were thinner, shorter. Mine was longer than Hero’s and it was quite thinner.

After rinsing my face I run my palm down and grab a towel on a flat flying bathroom plate which had flew to my side after shutting off the shower, the moment I got out…I saw Hero with a little tab-like device in his hands and he seem pretty distracted by it, which I guess was good as I was about to pick a dress which normally Barb help me with.

“Barb, where is she?” I asked Hero who seem pretty distracted.

“She’s in my lab going through some modifications. I’ll be done before the second star rises” Right, I thought recalling I still haven’t figured out how their time work. I moved to the opposite wall to the bed and place my palm on it, then it opened to reveal the clothes in my closet, I chose I short top and skirt but decided to put on a matching undies.

“Are these clothes from earth” I asked seeing the English labels on them but when I looked into the mirror I saw Hero staring at me making me suddenly conscious since I was in nothing but a velvet matching underwear which includes a panties and b*a.

“The dresses and the top are, not the underwear but we did took the idea from them, we have tails…have you forgotten” f**k I caused as I looked down at my feet to see the dangling body part which was long as my legs. I was freaking self conscious now…I grabbed the towel and wrapped it down my lower body.

“Claire relax, I have a tail too-

“That makes me feel a whole lot better Hero” I sarcastically stated and he chuckled a bit.

“So I’m stuck with dresses and skirts my entire life-

“Most of our Rofiks now wear jeans and tops Claire, they’ll put their hair together and get into skinny jeans tugging their tails into one of the legs…it’s the newest fashion imitated from earth dwellers…actually most defenders chose to live on earth now…but now that I had managed to develop the pigment that altered all of our DNA so every Ghafil could have the ability to imitate anything they wanted most would love to stay on earth but they have to get a pass from me, I can’t have our race flooding earth. I owe that to you” I smiled as he talked, he truly seems like a good leader.

“So you have nothing to be ashamed of-

“Seriously I can’t imagine myself wearing jeans and tugging my tail into one of the legs Hero, it’s gonna look awkward” I told him turning back to the mirror as I slipped the top unto my neck while trying to get into the long rainbow skirt I had picked.

“The Rafik loved it though, I would watch my guards stare at Rofiks backside as they passed in the tight jeans and top-

“I guess that gene also flows in your race, humans are like that too” I breathed slipping into the skirt and zipping it up by the side.

“Also, why did you call these hair, it’s called tentacles” I corrected Hero and he stood moving to me after placing the tablet on his hand on the bed he had been sitting on the whole time. He moved to a drawer inside the closet and pulled it out to see different colourful hairbands.

“Just because you can move the strands don’t make them tentacles Claire” Hero said with a confident smile on his face before he moved his hand to my head.

“Pull them together” Hero instructed and I willed the hair or tentacles to tighten up while Hero slipped the hair band on them before running his fingers down the tail since it was now packed in a ponytail. I forced a smile ignoring the effect of his touch on me while slowly moving away from his touch.

“I’ve been wanting to ask, if you could actually reversed time, why didn’t you bring Aira back?” I was suddenly curious.

“Reversing time isn’t always easy. You have to be very fast to ensure the soul of the dead Ghafil is still in his body because if it’s not...you will successfully reversed time but the Ghafil will still be dead, and two…the Ghafil light must be fully active-

“Isn’t that the light that’s connected to the king’s heart? I did recall you talking about it back on earth, you said it was connected to the king’s heart and if you die it also dies…why would any Ghafil in their right senses despite knowing this, decided to go on with it?” I asked as we both headed out of the door and into the hallway, ready to go to the dining and it, to be honest…I was starving. I hadn’t had much the day before.

“It’s one of two reasons, the Ghafil already has an alternative to make the Ghafil light survive or he wants us all dead-

“You will all die if the Ghafil light is gone?” I got more curious.

“No we won’t…but we are definitely going to suffer. The Ghafil light is a big magic stone, every chosen Royal who could manipulate time is connected to it. Actually, it what’s give us our essential needs…nitrogen for example. Any planet it is buried in will automatically produce Nitrogen and other provisions essential to us. That’s why we do not struggle for breath here…the Ghafil light is a miracle that no one can actually explain and it’s connected to the heart of the king. If I die…the light will fade but whoever tried to kill me already has an alternative for it or the Ghafil had no knowledge of it…which I doubt was impossible, even baby Ghafils are taught about the light” Hero sighed helping me down the steps before moving to the dining table which had been filled with food already.

“I’m sorry I killed all those Ghafils, I should have left them alive so you could question them or something-

“They wouldn’t talk nevertheless. I took them to the lab and dissected them, I realise their vocals were missing. They were dumb and deaf Ghafils-

“That existed here?” My eyes widened in utmost shock.

“We have quite a similarity to the humans Claire, we have handicapped Ghafils like the humans too and I have a feeling whoever sent them had been training them a lot…someone is recruiting the dumb and deaf Ghafils for assassination. That’s my first clue to finding whoever it was that tried to kill me. I do know who it was but I need proof to execute him, I need proof to punish him” Hero concluded setting the linen on his lap about to start eating but I had already dug in, no matter how disgusting the food looked, I didn’t mind as I was starving.

There was one thing I found really palatable at the table, it was wine transparent jelly type of thing. It was moulded like a bucket sand at the beach, it was a little high and bounce the spoon a little, takes a little effort to dig the spoon in and get it unto the spoon, looking at the spoon, it looked like a melted candy in the spoon and it tasted so sweet, like sweet.

“What is this?” I asked Hero as I savoured the taste of the weird food.

“Baked honey” My eyes instantly shot up at Hero.

“Not the earth honey but the honey produced from Zullion bees-

“You have bees?” My eyes widened and he chuckled.

“Of course, they don’t look much like yours since they are about 30times bigger. We rare them and collect their honey” Hero clarified as I continue to eat more of the stuff.

“This is so freaking good; at least it will stop my craving for chocolate” I mourned enjoying how the jelly melted in my mouth.

“I’m glad you like it” Hero smiled but I was busy enjoying the taste of the food.

“So, have you come up with how to make up with your brothers because I recall them saving your life” I told Hero as I continue to lick the leftover honey in my mouth.

“I’m still thinking about it but first I’m trying to see if there are any traitors amidst my guards, then I’ll decide what to do about them” Hero answered before moving raising squid like animal to his mouth with his fork.

“Just one advice though, you cannot bring them into the palace just yet, you cannot let the prince know you’ve found that they aren’t the traitors. You have to lay as low as possible on this if you want to catch your treacherous brother. You can probably go to their residence, seek their forgiveness and plan with them…you can even spread rumours that they had tried to kill you until you apprehend the other one” Hero looked amused on how I talked that he couldn’t help smiling. I guess I finally found a solution to his problem.

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“So how do you intend to find out about traitors in the palace, I know definitely there is one, probably more than one…because if you own guard could stab you at the back, how can we be certain that even the food is safe” I abruptly stopped eating suddenly terrified that we might have been poisoned.

“We aren’t don’t worry about it. I would have seen it if we were…besides every food we are served have been tasted-

“How can you be certain that they hadn’t conspire to kill you” I was suddenly panicking as I stared at the food in horror.

“Relax Claire, just one attack you’ve suddenly lost your trust on everything. Don’t worry about it...we have electronic poison detector inside the table, it’ll scan the organic composition of the food before I eat it” Hero assured but I was tempted to ask ‘what if it had been tempered with?’ but decided against it.

“I’ll take you somewhere after breakfast, I have a surprise for you” Hero promised and I suddenly got excited.

“What is-“ I haven’t completed my question when my eyes fell on Zioko in his dark robe escorted into the large dining by a short Rafik. Hero’s back was turned to the door so he slowly turned and I saw anger flash on his face.

“Seriously this dude’s got guts!?” I thought stabbing the jelly I was eating wishing it was him I was stabbing right in the heart.

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