HES A WEREWOLF
1410 Words
The royal physician walked in to where she was standing by the bed and bowed a little to her before raising his head to speak
“Good day Princess, the queen sent me here to check on your condition, she said you are under the weather” he stated and she rolled her eyes
“under the weather my foot!” she murmured and sat on the bed
“just carry on with whatever you want to do” she added and stretched forth her hand
The royal physician took her wrist to feel it and conducted other tests silently while both Debra and Lady Carolyn looked at what he was doing by the side
“Is there any sickness you experience only in the morning? Do you feel tired and nauseous these days? Do you also get irritated easily with some smells?” he questioned raising his head to look at her
“yes I get tired in the morning these days, I don’t want to eat most times and gosh the smell of fish is really irritating to me these days” she replied and he smiled before standing up and took some steps backward, placed a hand on the front of his belly and bowed
“Congratulations my Princess, you are now a mother. You are with a child” he announced and her shoulders dropped
The royal physician turned to take his leave when she quickly run to grab him stopping him from leaving the room
“Hey, can you just do me a favor?” she asked desperately
“What can that be my Princess?” he asked looking back
“Can you please not report to my parents? I will tell them myself, you can just tell my mother that I told you to come back in few hours’ time” she said with pleading eyes
“The queen will not take it easy with me, why do you not want me to tell her?” he sighed and she blinked continuously
“Just do this for me! I want it that way, can’t you respect my choice?” she said trying to make her voice stern
“I understand my princess” he replied finally giving in and she released her hold on him so he could go out
As soon as he closed the door behind him, she dropped to the floor as if all her energy has been sapped making Debra and Lady Carolyn run up to her
“My princess, you can’t drop down like that, are you planning to hurt the baby?” Debra gasped as she ran to her side
“This is trouble! What do you suggest I do? How do I explain this?” she said crying in their hands
“We just have to talk it out, the King will not disown his only daughter over some pregnancy so please calm down” Lady Carolyn advised trying to calm her down
“No one should disturb me for now, I want to sleep” she instructed and stood up to climb her bed
“Relay the message to the maids outside, no one is to disturb her” Lady Carolyn said to Debra
“What if the queen comes?” Debra asked stopping before the door
“Tell her she’s asleep” the lady responded firmly and Debra ran to relay the message
She slept for close to three hours before she stood up and took her bath, wore her robe and went to her father’s chamber where he just finished eating and fortunately the queen was with him because they ate together.
“Announce my presence” she instructed the guard at the door
“My King, the princess is here” he announced
“The princess? Send her in” the King replied and the guard opened the door for her
She went into the chamber and moved closer to the bed where her father was sitting, she stood at the center of the room and bowed to greet her father
“My Princess, how have you been? You haven’t been here ever since the dinner we had with the prime minister’s son” the king said clearing his throat
“Forgive me father, I have been here and there so I haven’t been able to come around” she replied with a smile
“I have been here and there too so I couldn’t check up on you, let’s skip the apology” the king replied motioning for her to come closer
“The royal physician said you told him to come back when he went to visit, has he come back to check up on you?” her mother asked from the side
“He has checked up on me” she replied trying to be meek as much as possible
“So why is he not here to give me feedback? Does he want me to call him separately for that? Who is outside?” her mother said raising her voice
“Don’t bother to call for him, I am here because of the result” she replied stopping her mother
“Let us hear the result then” her mother said adjusting her seat and the princess fell to her knees making her father surprised but her mother was not fazed
“Father, please forgive me for disrespecting you and bringing shame to the royal house” she started and the confused king couldn’t help but ask what was happening
“What are you saying? How did you bring shame to the royal house?” he asked and she hung her head
“I am pregnant, I am with a baby” she announced and the silence swept the room for a while
“You are with a baby? I mean it’s not like you are a kid but couldn’t you and the prime minister’s son wait till you at least get engaged before you both sleep together?” the king said and she went mute
“You were yelling back there when I told you that you were pregnant, now that you have seen your result yourself, are you satisfied?” the queen said with a scoff
“we have no choice but to inform the prime minister so we can fix a date for the engagement as soon as possible” the king stated and she raised her head immediately
“He’s not the father of the baby” she announced quietly and her father paused to process what she just said
“What do you mean he’s not the father of the baby? Were you seeing someone that I was not aware of?” her father asked getting worked up
“yes father, I am seeing someone and the person is not from this town, he’s not even from our clan or our type” she replied firmly
“If he’s not from here, our clan and our type, who could it be? Who is he? Who is the punk that got the princess of this land pregnant without my permission?” the king roared but the princess took her stance even though she was afraid of her father
“he’s a werewolf” she slowly announced and her father paused his roaring to look at the mother who was as shocked as him
“A what? A werewolf? In this kingdom?” the king asked staggering at the news
“yes father, he’s a werewolf and I love him” she confirmed and the king shouted at her
“Shut up! Just shut the hell up! You do what? Do you even realize what you are saying? Do you know what that means?” the king roared once again
“No need for the long talk my King, she has no choice but to remove it before it becomes big and the prime minister gets a wind of it, we just have to tell the royal physician to do his job” the queen stated from the side and she shook her head immediately
“No! I refuse to abort it! No! I will not! I cannot remove the baby father” she protested holding her belly as if to protect it
“You will have to choose between being my daughter and becoming his wife then” the king burst out and she opened her mouth in surprise at the option she was given
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