Sacrifices

Rick rushed into her room and shut the door in haste, his lovely lady waiting for him,

“is it done?” she asked staring into the transparent glass filled with red wine,

“yes, it is done. She’s in our custody and no one will ever know who did it.” he huffed out. The task wasn’t easy since Sandra put up a fight,

“you’ve done well Rick.” she took a sip of wine, he smiled scared. A maid was making her lose it, but he had to admit Arianna had always been a problem and if she continued to stay a problem, nothing would work out.

She exited the room, her heels announced danger as they clicked on the floor with her elegant red grown sweeping across the floor. While Arianna made a spice dish for her lover, she smelt something foul,

“she must be coming again.” she shook her head in disappointment as she threw a little cinnamon in the dish. She huffed out, fully aware that she was standing at the door of the kitchen staring daggers at her back, “may I help you?” she wasn’t even ready to look at her disgusting face,

“no, but I have news for you.” she gave off a wicked smile, twirling her finger in her hair,

“if you think sending another attack is going to stop me then forget it." she turned back and met her enemy smiling, her expression changed to one of annoyance, “why are you smiling?”

“you love Rob so much, it’s adorable. Do you love your mother as much?” her question stunned her as much,

“what have you done to my mother?!” she gripped her neck fiercely but Eleanor wasn’t faced, instead she just laughed,

“don’t worry, she’s fine. But she won’t be if you don’t allow me to marry Rob, in fact, she’ll be dead. And I’m sure you don’t want that." her grip suddenly loosed as those words escaped her lips,

“no.” words were failing her. Eleanor couldn’t do this, anything but not her mother,

“The choice is up to you, either you let me marry Rob or lose your mother. Bye Arianna.” she walked away, feeling so powerful,

“no.” she sank to the floor, feeling so helpless, tears streaming down her face. What was she going to do?

Rava growled at her sister’s crying and sobbing, her ears drooped and rubbed her head against her leg but she wasn’t responding. She licked her leg a little only to see her teary eyes and a stained face,

“what do I do now? I’m completely helpless in this situation.” she rubbed her head, making her find her solace. Rava growled, every inch of her wanting to tear that so-called princess into shreds, “I love my mom so much. But I also love him too.”

She buried her head in her wet pillow once more. Rava moved closer and licked her head, she looked at her with a small smile,

“I’m making you sad, aren’t I?” she whimpered as a response. She hugged her sister’s head, “I’m sorry, didn’t mean to, it’s just that I’m really confused and I don’t know what to do at this moment.” Rava growled,

“Maybe you’re right. But crying is the only thing I can do now. I feel so helpless.” her sister’s eyes enlarged, what she actually meant was that they should tear little evil princess Eleanor to shreds. But hey, who could understand all that with just a growl.

After a while, the sadness drowned her,

“I guess I should just explain to Rob that I can’t be the love of his life, and instead he should marry Eleanor and live a happy life with her.” she ruffled her fur and hopped out of bed. Rava was just as confused, that was not what she had in mind.

But to be honest, won’t they be all happy if some unexplained coincidence just comes and kills or better yet swallows Eleanor and Mr tin can, Rick, up? No? Okay moving on!

She walked sluggishly to his room, knocked on the door, wiped her eyes and waited for him to open the door. He opened the door with a broad smile, knowing fully well that it could only be her, but she didn’t look so happy,

“what’s wrong sweetie?” he gently pulled her in and shut the door. He wrapped his arms around her slim body and placed a kiss on her lips, “you don’t look so happy. Care to share?”

She swallowed the lump in her throat as she choked back her tears. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, she stared lovingly into his blue orbs then diverted her gaze. How so much she loved staring into his eyes, but now she is afraid she has to stop,

“I can’t do this anymore.” the words came out like fire. So bitter, so sad, and it burnt every bit of her tongue.

“can’t do what anymore?” not really getting where she was coming from,

“I can’t have this relationship with you Rob. I can’t.” she pushed herself away from his grasp, her eyes filled with tears, she looked at the stone-hard floor wishing she could just collapse on it. Surely it was better than the pain she felt within.

“Diana, why are you saying this? Did someone say something? Please tell me, why do you suddenly don’t want to be with me?” she couldn’t just be saying this out of the blue and be shedding tears for it. Something was wrong and he wanted to know. He grabbed her shoulders passionately, “Diana please look at me, what’s wrong?”

She threw his hands off, “I don’t love you!!” her heart and head ached as the words came out, more tears streamed down her face. She needed space.

She ran out of the room leaving a broken and confused Rob, what could be happening with her? He knew something right, so he won’t just accept what she said.

He sat down on the bed calculating his steps and how he’s going to find out what was wrong with her.

She cried her eyes out in the moonlight, it was too much for her to bear, it was as good as ending her life but she would never do that.

She walked on further, memories flooding her mind of when Eleanor first arrived, and of how Rob saved her from the crash land.

A small smile formed on her lips, she closed her eyes, remembering how she had deceived everyone and had her thrown out but still came back to her after a long time.

The love she had for him was pure of heart, he was the first thing she thought about when she woke up and the last thing she would think about as she went to sleep.

She stood directly in the moonlight,

“oh Rob, your Arianna loves you. She loves you so much she would do anything to protect you from those that wish evil for you.” she spoke to the invisible person in front of her. More tears stained her face as the thought of losing him tore her heart apart, but it was for the best. Because she loved him.

He stared at her, his eyes filled with so many emotions for her, “Arianna." he whispered to himself, why was this always happening to them?

She looked so beautiful in her silky, somewhat transparent, silver nightgown, but he had to think twice before approaching her. He thought the best thing to do was to leave the matter till tomorrow, she was in no position to talk right now.

He turned around and left for his room, his mind and heart racing within him, so many questions left unanswered. And so many emotions left unattended. Till tomorrow.

He quickly jogged downstairs for breakfast, he saw breakfast but no Arianna. He looked around hoping to see her nearby, but no sign of her. He took his seat, eating his breakfast slowly, still peering at the kitchen door, which wasn’t so far, waiting for her to come out.

He looked down at his food which he wasn’t enjoying, when he looked up he met Ruby’s gaze,

“oh good morning Ruby.” he greeted, hopefully still waiting for her to show up,

“morning my king, how was your night?” she poured him a glass of water,

“quite dramatic.” he rolled his eyes at what happened last night, “you are meant to be off duty aren’t you?” he questioned her actions,

“yes, but I cannot just sit around all day and do nothing. It’ll just make the baby unhealthy and I’ll become fat. But when it becomes too much to bear, I’ll stop.” she giggled at her own words,

“um Ruby, have you seen Diana this morning?” he wanted to know urgently where should have gone,

“no, that’s the reason why I made breakfast for you. You know since she wasn’t around.” she walked back to the kitchen to resume washing the plates.

He gave it a good thought, she must’ve been upset by what happened late last night that’s why she didn’t show up this morning,

“what is up with you Arianna?” he whispered to himself and finished his breakfast in silence. He loved her so much but at the same time wondered why she was behaving like this.

Nothing of this sort had ever happened…..well not really. He journeyed to his throne and awaited her arrival.