12th Dîsciplê Episode 50

Maya

I weakly walked out of the bathroom with a towel going over my wet face. I felt so depressed and frustrated.

My head was already aching from the excessive and tears I’d shed.

Williams.

Why wasn’t he home with Danica yet? It’s been hours already and I’m expecting he should’ve been with the process by now.

I reached for my phon on the bed and found five missed calls from him. Goodness! I had kept it on silence.

I sighed as I quickly dialed his line and he picked up at the second beep.

“Maya. Where have you been? I’ve been…”

“I know. I know. I’m sorry, okay? I didn’t hear the phone ringing” I answered dizzily.

“Where are you? Shouldn’t you be home with Danica by now?”

“That’s the reason I’ve been calling you. I can’t find Danica” he replied and my jaws dropped.

What??

“I…I don’t understand. Wasn’t she with Kim? Or…or the prince?” I stuttered.

“She isn’t with Kim. And the prince…I had actually gone to his residence to take her from him, but I couldn’t find her there. As a matter of fact, one of the guards had lied to me that the prince wasn’t around. But when I was in my car and was about driving away, I saw the prince driving out.

“I called out to him, but he ignored me. And he was driving at such a high speed, I couldn’t go after him. In a nutshell, Maya. I think soemthing’s wrong”.

Goodness! The whole thing was spinning my head.

I scoffed and dropped the towel I had on the bed.

“But…do you think Danica’s doing this on purpose? Like…she doesn’t want to see or something?” I asked.

“I don’t know, Maya. I have no idea. But… I’m still hanging around, trying to see if the prince would return or something. That’s the reason I was calling”.

Gosh!

I placed my hand on my forehead and thought for a while. Where could she be?

“Okay, then. Just keep me posted” I muttered and dropped the call.

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Nathan

I sat quietly and alone on the bed, my head in my arms.

For the first time in my life, I felt confused and helpless; didn’t know what to do. Couldn’t do anything even if I wanted to.

My head was aching terribly. Danica was going to be killed. I was going to lose her; break my promise to her.

Of course, it was going to be a broken promise because I promised her I’d never dump her. Oh! How could I be so stupid?

I should’ve been more careful. But how was I to know I was being followed? I completely had no idea.

The door burst open and Mabel ran in, breathing heavily.

“Nathan!” She called, her eyes dilated.

What’s wrong?

“The King…. Father is dead” .

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There was a loud thud in my chest. Father? What’s she talking about?

I looked at her with sheer confusion and muttered:

“He’s dead?”

“Yes. Yes. Someone… someone killed him”. She was panting heavily.

What the heck???

I stood up immediately and ran out of the door with her, towards father’s room.

At that moment, I had mixed thoughts running through my mind, confusing thoughts, I didn’t know which to dwell on.

Guards and maids occupied the road leading to father’s room and it was obvious something had really happened. Was he really dead??

We got to the room, and right there from the door, some members of the council occupied it already.

“Are you sure it was done by someone?” I heard mother’s voice.

“Of course. It’s obvious. He was choked by someone”.

I moved to the entrance of the door so I could have a clear view of what was going on and there it was – the room was filled to the brim with father’s corpse covered with a white sheet.

Goodness! It was real. He was dead.

“Damn it!! Someone is definitely behind this!!” Duri roared.

“I found the disciple, brought her here and just when its time for the healing process, the King ends up dead!?? Its not just a coincidence!”

Murmurings took over in the room, but at that moment, my thoughts were going to a different person.

Danica.

I rushed out immediately, panting as I did, running towards the room I knew she’d have been kept.

The guards were there as usual and the first time I had gone to see her, they wouldn’t let me in. But, considering the change of circumstances, they didn’t even try to stop me and I pushed the door open and rushed in.

Danica…

She was sitting on the floor, looking so pale and scared. Goodness! The sight was disheartening.

“Danica!” I called as I ran and squatted in front of her.

She was visibly shaking.

“My prince..” she whimpered.

Her hands were tied and I searched for the roots of the rope and tried untieing it.

“They’re… going to…hurt me” she spoke in fear and I couldn’t explain it, but the tone of her voice seemed to split my heart.

Oh! I should be blamed for all these. This is all my fault. The hell! I should’ve been more careful!

My breath was rough as I worked on the ropes, but suddenly, there were footsteps and I turned to see it was Duri and some members of the council.

“Stop it, Nathan!” The hoarse voice came.

What?

“I have a feeling the King was killed because of her. And for that reason, she’s not going free until we’ve found the culprit”.

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TBC.