ACIEL - Wolf Queen (Girl×Girl)

ACIEL -VIII

"Echete éna paidí?" You have a child? A beautiful woman asked in disbelief, she still couldn't believe of what she heard when the King said that.

"Yes, I have," the King answered.

"Pós kai den to íxera aftó? Nómiza óti eísai... steíros." How come I didn't know this? I thought you're... barren?

The two have known each other for a long time. That was when the woman accidentally saved a young man from falling into a cliff. Since then they have become good friends.

"It doesn't matter. What matter to me is that I have an heir to my throne."

The woman just looked at him skeptically. On a contrary, she doesn't need an heir to rule her own kingdom. Tho, hers is quite bigger than his. She understands his situation. She doesn't need to hurry because she will live for a long time unlike him. Maybe that day will come when she needs an heir.

The beautiful woman didn't say anything anymore and silently waited for what he would say next. She wouldn't have been sent to his kingdom if it wasn't something important, aside from what she heard, she had a strong suspicion that the King still had something to say.

"I need your help."

"Confirmed. The late Queen of all kingdoms ended had a child." Thimon, her adviser says.

"Eíche?" Had?

Napatango ito.

"Your majesty, I heard the child was long dead after war," he said. "But..." He took something out of a box. It was an old and tattered garment. "An old woman gave this to me. She said this dress belongs to the late Queen,"

Aciel, being a different of her kind and because of her naturally strong sense of smell. The scent coming from the clothes he was holding spread immediately thru mid air. The Queen closed her eyes tightly, addictly, she inhaled deeply that familiar scent.

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"I demand to open the gate in this instant!" I gritted my teeth, furiously. Kung 'di sana ako pinigilan ng mga ito ay kanina pa sana ako nakaalis. Hindi ko inaasahan na malalaman din ng babaeng iyon ang sekretong lagusan kaya heto't hirap akong makalabas ng palasyo. Ni hindi ko nga alam kung paano niya nalaman ang bagay na iyon.

"Ngunit– Mahal na Prinsesa. Mahigpit 'hong ipinagbilin sa amin ng Mahal na Reyna na 'wag ho raw kayong hayaan na umalis nang walang pahintulot na nagmumula sa kanya," paulit–ulit na ika ng mga guwardiya.

Napatagis ang mga bagang, nanggagalaiti ang puso ko sa galit. I looked at their faces one by one before marching out and back inside.

I took heavy steps towards her room. The servants and soldiers bowed in respect each time I passed them. Ngunit wala sa kapaligiran ang utak ko kung di ay kung papaano haharapin at komprontahin ang babaeng 'yon. After what happened, it will probably be difficult for me to do what I want. But I have no choice but to face it. Avestá is probably already waiting for me by now and I don't want to keep my friend waiting. I know it's a dangerous thing for us to do but we have no choice but to find out the truth. Like I said, we can't be living like this forever.

My feet stopped in front of the large door, knocking loudly. I have also wondered for a long time why there was no guard watching outside her room apart from the two wolves. But these brutes are nowhere to be found. I'm used to always seeing them always following and guarding the Queen.