•Queen Diane's point of view•

It's been almost an hour since Razor brought her in, she was still unconscious. I get Razor to check if she's tied up properly then I splash some water on her face to wake her up. She slowly starting moving and twitching, opened her eyes looking around. She was confused as if she's looking through a thick cloud of fog, her senses robbed of her.

I almost felt sorry for her.

She tried to stand up as soon as she saw me and Razor staring down at her but quickly was knocked down on the floor again since she was tied down.

"Are you afraid now?" She didn't reply, she was quiet perhaps because she was scared or still confused. I walked to the table looking for my book. I couldn't look away from the title. 'Sacrifice' was written in big letters above the page. I had been waiting for this for so long and now I finally get to it.

I grabbed the knife that I had placed next to my book and carried it with me as I walked back to her.

"You don't understand how long I've been waiting for this moment.. my son is finally going to be a king when I sacrifice you."

"What are you some kind of witch? Don't they burn witches at the stake at this time?" She replied, wiping her sweat from her forehead.

I gave Razor a look to get out, he looked at Kenna before grabbing his cloak and leaving the room.

"What do you know little girl. This kingdom was rightfully my husband's and after his death, it was supposed to be my son's! But look now.." I walked closer to her.

"After he died he put his pathetic brother Henry to become a king. He lost everything! If my son was the king this wouldn't have happened."

"Oh I get it..." she smirked at me, "You don't want this kingdom for your son.. you want the crown for yourself. All this sacrifice and your blood boiling is to get the power in your hands."

I think she noticed me squeezing the blade. Blood dripped from my hand as I shook with rage. She knows nothing.

"You don't know anything. You don't know what it's like to be a woman in this world. You don't have a title you have no power and if you have no power..You are nothing!"

I grabbed her arm and placed the blade on her wrist.
I cut her left wrist as I whispered the spell over and over again. She started struggling and yelling for help, I ignored her and finished with the spell.

I took a little bit of her blood and put it in a bowl. "I will be back later, first your left wrist then your neck." I cleaned my hands then left her alone in the room.

•Sebastian's point of view•

I sat next to Condè while he laid down on the bed. I touched his shoulder gently, "I'm sorry I couldn't be there with you brother."

"Don't make me punch you." We both laughed, but his smile didn't last long. "I was at war for my brothers, I was so worried I would never see you again. But I'm glad you have recovered in such a short time."

"I'm made of iron, I don't die easily." I smiled at him.

"I don't doubt that. Where is Father?" He asked in a quiet voice.

"In his chambers with the lords, still taking care of things post-war. You rest and don't worry, Julien and I will take care of things."

I left his chambers and walked in the halls, looking outside from the window. Snow had covered our kingdom, almost everything was white.
"Lord Sebastian!" I turned around as I saw Catia and Lysa running towards me.

"Sorry to bother you my lord.. but we were wondering if you know where lady Kenna is?"

"We've been looking for her everywhere. Even Lady Olenna is worried that we can not find her."

"I don't know, I thought she's with you girls. Last time I saw her was yesterday afternoon when they brought Conde in.."

Lysa clung on to Catia's arm, "Oh my goodness now I'm really worried about her.."

"We asked Claude and she said Lady Kenna didn't come to her chambers last night so we thought she's with you.. I'm worried, my lord. Especially since she's been feeling low after that vision she had."

"Vision? what vision?" I asked confusedly.

"Oh, she didn't tell you? She had a vision of a woman trying to slit her throat or something and wanting her blood. It's terrible poor lady Kenna. We got really worr.."

I stopped listening to her midsentence, my heart sank to my chest.

"Get the guards now!!" I yelled out at the hallway full of people. Everyone looked at me confused. "I said NOW!" I ran as fast as I could.

I saw Louis walking alongside Claude. I yelled out his name and grabbed his arm. "Where is the Queen- your mother?"

"She's in her castle, is everything alright Sebastian?"

"Come with me. Quick!"

He didn't question me and started running towards the high castle with me. My head filled with thoughts, I'm so stupid for not believing her.. then again I didn't know she had a vision. I'm so confused..the Queen? our Queen? why? am I too late?

As soon as we stepped into high castle I started calling her name.

"Look everywhere for Lady Kenna, go now!"

"Sebastian, what is going on?" Louis finally had enough and stopped me.

"I will explain to you.. just search for Kenna with me." Somehow I explained everything to him, but he looked at me in disbelief.

I don't blame him. I'm talking about his mother after all.

•Kenna's point of view•

I couldn't stop the bleeding, my hands were tied and I felt so weak. I was scared, thoughts of dying and giving up on everything filled up my head. But then my family's faces came into my head and tears rolled down my cheeks.

My sweet mother.. oh how much I missed her, how much I regret not talking to her. My father, how much I missed his embrace and my dear brother, how much I missed going out for an ice cream together.

I want to be there. I want to go back to my family. I cried quietly as their memories went through my head.

The door swung open and she came in carrying the bowl.

"Oh good. you're not dead yet." She grabbed her blade and the book, walked towards me then placed the blade on my left wrist.

She started whispering things I didn't understand again. I was too weak to fight her at that point. She was about to cut my other wrist when the guy called Razor ran inside.

"Damn it Razor! I was almost done with th..."

"My Queen! The guards and Lord Sebastian have entered the castle! I heard they are looking for her.." It looked like he had run a mile, he was trying to catch his breath.

"No.. no no everything is ruined.." She looked so angry, I suddenly laughed out loud without thinking. It made her even angrier, she slapped me hard across the face.

"My Queen we have to go! Louis your son.. he's with them too. it wouldn't look good if he sees you like this.."

She gave me a mean look, "I will have the power and you will kneel in front of me. I'm not worried because I'm the only one who can help you go back, and you're not going anywhere." She grabbed her book and ran out with Razor locking all the doors after her.

I grabbed the blade as soon as she left then tried to unrope my self as fast as I could. I tried getting up, holding the walls pulling my self up. Then I heard his voice... "Kenna!" He was calling me. I tried opening the doors but it was locked.

I started calling him with all the energy I had in me.

He finally heard me from other side of the door. "Kenna! It's ok, back away I'm going to kick the door open!"

I backed away a little, he kicked the door open and I leaped into his arms. He hugged me so tightly I couldn't breathe.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry." He checked me all over to see if I'm hurt. He saw the blood on my hands then looked into my eyes, picked me up and carried me out of there.

The guards passed us clearly searching for Diane, but they're too late. I cried so much my eyes started to hurt, I was so weak I passed out in his arms, I wasn't worried because I knew I was safe.

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