Pinky huffed and puffed as she ran out of the forest despite the endless bleeding coming out from her thighs and head, she felt dizzy but she still didn't stop, after risking her life to get this herb to save him, she vowed that if he still cold shouldered her despite everything.
Pinky would teach him a lesson, whether he was king or not, she don't f**king care, as she ran, she ended up bumping into a hard tree making her wince in pain, but how come?, The time she was passing here the first time, there was never a tree in that same place, she looked up to see a guard from the empire and up to 7 more guards behind them.
"My queen, we were sent by the queen mother to escort you back to the empire"The guard muttered with a bow as his palm flew to his chest as a sign of respect.
"Okay"Pinky muttered and sat on the white horse they brought for her.
"Leo, come on up and sit or I will leave you"Pinky yelled at him and leo climbed the horse before sitting at the back.
"Don't be too ungreatful, I helped you, you supposed to tell me thank you"Leo muttered with an eye roll immediately the horse started running towards the empire.
"You helped me or you made things worse!!"Pinky yelled and he smiled before leaning towards her and whispering at her ears "I feel like you've changed since the last time I saw you, you've become brace and your tongue has sharpened "
Pinky ignored him with her eyes focused on the road.
*****
Finally, they reached the empire and immediately Pinky's foot hit the ground, she ran inside the empire to find it cold and quiet making Pinky's heart to grow heavy and heavier.
She climbed the long stairs and ran towards king Derrick's room, immediately she was in, the queen mother who was staring at him with teary eyes turned to look at her before glaring at her harshly.
The queen mother walked towards and gave her a resounding slap that echoed around the room, at that moment, she didn't care whether her daughter in law was bleeding furiously, but to her, she was looking at a despicable wife who ran away immediately her husband was hurt.
Pinky ignored the stinging pain she felt on her cheeks as she passed the queen mother without saying a word, she stood in front of king Derrick and brought out the herbs which was still shielded with a transparent glass.
She cut some leads from it and immediately Leo came in with a bowl and helped her to squeeze the liquid off the leaf, immediately, they were done, Pinky turned to feed king Derrick the soup when suddenly the queen mother pulled her by the arm, thankfully, it wasn't the hand she was carrying the herbs if not it would have poured on the floor.
"Queen mother, leave me and let me cure him, I didn't travel that far to let him die!"Pinky half-yelled making the queen mother shocked.
Pinky ignored the look on her face and place king Derrick's head on her laps before take a spoon full of the herb and making him to drink it. Just two or three spoon full of the herbs can do the job, she fed him another spoon watching him slowly, he wasn't even swallowing it all.
After watching him for some minutes, he didn't move a finger and that scared her to death, then she felt it, since her hands were on his chest, she felt his heart beat slowing down faster than normal.
Immediately she felt that, she panicked and placed her fingers on his nose, he wasn't breathing...damn!
She stood up and placed his head on the pillow, she was still in shock as she felt her eyes getting teary, he was dead!!!
The queen mother who was there looking at her as she fed him the bowl till her expression now..
She ran towards her son and touched his chest then his wrist when she didn't detect any heartbeat or felt his breathing, she fell on the floor with tears rolling down her eyes non stop.
"Doctor!!, Call the doctor!!"She ordered the guards outside with a broken voice making them to run as fast as they could to get the royal doctor, it didn't take long, he was in front of King Derrick checking him.
"Am sorry queen mother but the king is.....
"No!, It can't be, it just can't!!, Doctor, tell me your lying!!!"The queen mother yelled like a teenager who just heard that her lover was dead.
Pinky on the other hand rested her head on the wall as a lone tear rolled down her left cheek, was she too late?, she was f***ing late and now, the empire might go down because of the absence of the king or might go down if king Derrick's brother sits on the throne.
"She was the one!, She was the one who killed king Derrick, I saw her when she put something into that herb!!"A maid yelled pointing at pinky who had no expression on her face.
"You!!!"The queen mother yelled and gave her a hard smack on her left cheek then another and another, she never stopped neither did pinky stop her, she still felt weak, down.....so, all her sacrifices and injuries were for nothing.
No one seemed to care that she was injured, no one cared to listen to leo as he tried to explain, tried to prove their innocence but they were just pushed to the dungeon like criminals.
*****
When all the guards were gone, leo banged on the dungeon gate angrily.
"Damn it, how could they do this to us when we sacrificed so much for that husband of yours"Leo muttered angrily as he clenched and unclenched his fist in pure rage, they weren't even in the same cage.
But their cage were facing each other.
"Can't believe she killed her own husband, she is so evil"Two guards who stood outside discussed about the matter and laughed at them.
Pinky thought that they would just execute her without anything more but to her shock and fear, a guard walked in with a long whip with 6 hands while smirking evilly.
"If you dare touch her, you would have to face me"Leo yelled kicking the iron steel harder than before but ofcourse, iron as strong as that can not be broken.
Pinky whose head was tattered and her head and thighs which were still bleeding and dropping to the floor, leo knew she wouldn't survive the beating that they are about to inflict on her but he was helpless just like her.