"a raven has arrived my king. From Vendet"
Queen Roberta raced to where her husband was when she heard this and so did the princes.
"What does it say?" King Thames enquired.
"It's about the prince"
"What's wrong with my child? What happened?"
"King Zane asked if you all are aware that Prince Roshan is...."
"Is what?"
"Is the reincarnation of the sorcerer"
"What?!" They all exclaimed in unison.
"Since when??" Layel asked rhetorically.
"Oh no" Jibaro whispered but the queen heard it.
"What do you know Jiji?"
"Well, I and Ros went to the village and met with a fortune teller because he had been having dreams or rather memories that weren't his that kept him up at night for weeks"
"And what did the fortune teller say?"
"That Ros was the sorcerer"
"And you're telling us this just now??"
"He asked that I didn't tell, I'm sorry"
"And we sent him away from us. What if other kingdoms find out? What if they try to kill my baby boy???" Queen Roberta wailed.
"We must send for him at once, our son must return to us"
"Darling..." The king started
"No, don't say you can't. No!!!" Queen Roberta screamed.
"He's in another kingdom, we can send for him but under the laws that govern the Kingdoms, he can only leave if the king of the other kingdom permits him"
"What the fuck is going on? Roshan is the murderous sorcerer? How did that happen?"
"Well, it was pretty obvious "
"That priestess, she lied to me" the queen spat.
"Bring her to me at once!" She ordered the guards.
.....
The priestess and her assistant were brought to the palace shortly after and stood before the throne with their heads bowed significantly.
"You lying bitch!" Queen Roberta rushed towards her, grabbing her neck.
"You lied that my baby wasn't the sorcerer. Why did you lie?? Answer me!!!"
The choking priestess gasped for air and rubbed her palms together, pleadingly.
Layel grabbed his mother before she killed the priestess by strangulation.
"They asked that I didn't tell. I am terribly sorry my queen "
"They? Who?" The king asked this time.
"The sorcerer's past lives. They all did. I didn't want to hide it but they promised to not disturb the prince's life"
"You lied to my fucking face because of what some killer sorcerer Spirits told you?? Guards!!! Lock this bitch up, NOW!" Queen Roberta ordered.
Once the priestess was thrown into the prison, her assistant was thrown out of the palace.
"Now what do we do?"
"For one, we need to make sure no one else finds out. The other kingdoms could band together to fight us. And we'd really be gone"
.....
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just- I didn't know what to do. My past lives, they can speak to me now. They know I'm not them. They want me to be like them. I'm sorry I followed you here knowing I'm a ticking bomb" Roshan apologized.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. We'll find a way to hide this. Hopefully, it's only I and your family that know about it".
Roshan was still sobbing when Zane wiped his tears and closed the gap between them.
"You're fine, okay? We're fine"
Zane's lips enveloped Roshan's slowly and gently. His fingers held Roshan's nape, angling his head slightly so that they were both comfortable.
Roshan's hands travelled from Zane's face to his chest and kept moving lower.
By the time Roshan's hands had reached below his abdomen, Zane stopped him.
"No baby, not today"
"Why not? You don't want me like that?"
"Far from it darling. I want you even more than you can imagine. However, you're very vulnerable emotionally now. Me continuing would be taking advantage of that. I want you when you're more... stable and can think very clearly so I know it's what you really want. Okay?"
Roshan nodded slowly, he knew Zane was right. He hugged him tightly as if he didn't want to let go.
After Roshan had fallen asleep, Zane left the room to attend to something urgent.
"My king, I found something you would like to know"
"Do tell"
"Geomi knows about the prince. They planning to hold a meeting with the other two kingdoms to bring it to light and form an alliance to capture and kill the sorcerer"
"Geomi, of course it would be those spineless bastards. Good work"
The man bowed and left.
Zane rolled his eyes slightly. He knew things were going to get interesting.
....
"Son, you are a man. You can't marry another man!" Queen Matilda said.
"I am king, I can do what I want, mother" Zane replied, paying her no mind.
"What about your heir. Who will be king after you are dead"
"Well I'm not dead or dying anytime soon. And when I do, Cole will be King and he'll continue"
Matilda huffed angrily. "You are marrying your betrothed. I don't care!" And she stormed off.
"Big brother..." Kim started.
"She'll be fine.... eventually."
Kim nodded. She really didn't have a problem with the person her brother wanted to marry but she also didn't like seeing her mother worked up.
"Where is Prince Roshan?" Kim asked, cheeks reddening.
"He should be coming down any second now"
And as if on queue, Roshan came down the stairs.
Kim was always blown away by his beauty whenever she saw him. He looked like a doll, an ethereal doll. She couldn't believe he existed and was going to be her brother-in-law.
"Hello, princess Kim" Roshan greeted and Kim thought she had gone to heaven and come back.