Kano State, Nigeria.
2018.

Humaid will be back in an hour or so she logged into her WhatsApp to check if her girls have something to talk about and there was. Falak is slowly getting to Shaddad and he is also opening up little by little and she can't contain her excitement so she sent a picture of him with a small smile making them stagger back. The smile looks extremely handsome on him and not to talk about the flummoxed look they all have after seeing him smile. That is a very enormous progress to them.

Falak: He freaking smiled, girls! We are so getting there in no time.

And the girls hoot, Fikriyah included. Falak is really trying and deserves all the happiness there is on earth and more. She's done a lot of the man and whatever she will do to him, she should be forgiven because no woman will do what she did no matter how much she loves you. There is only a little a girl can take and she's took them all and still stood straight trying to get his love. Only Falak would do that, she knew she couldn't.

Some minutes later, she kept her phone aside and went to the closet then remove the pajamas she is wearing and took some clean towels so she can keep them in the bathroom remembering that she took them all to their laundry room that day. She was feeling more lazy that very day and the bump in front of her is also not letting her work and her weird cravings is also getting in the way. She thanked God that she has passed the first trimester successfully and now she can't wait to find out the gender on their next appointment.

Turning on the water in the shower, she started showing cleaning her body with lots of body wash and did the same to her hair making sure everywhere is cleaned. She hasn't taken bath the whole day so she wants all the dirt to leave her body so she could get ready to take her husband when he comes back. When she was done, she wrapped the towel around her body and left the glass shower cubicle then to the door just when they lights went off making her panic. And when she tried opening the door, it was locked and she can't remember locking it having no reason to since it's her bedchamber.

She sat down on the floor letting her eyes to widely look around the bathroom for something that could light up the place for her. She has phobia for dark places whilst Falak has phobia for small places and when they were locked once in a very small cave, they both found out how much they hated those things and since from then, they never risk their lives. It leads to anxiety attack hence her sleeping with the lights on every time she sleeps and thank God that her roommates in the Palace when she was a maid didn't mind.

She doesn't know for how long she sat there on the bathroom floor but she felt like she has being there for a long time because she was slowly starting to lose consciousness but she kept knocking on the door hoping the maids or her co wife will come to her rescue because she fully know that her husband won't be there until another hour or more so her mind is jumbled. Her hands moved to her baby bump wanting to feel someone close to her at that time.

Being four to five months pregnant, her bump is very huge and she remembered that she has an appointment the day after with a doctor for her regular checkups. She went into the panic mode again thinking about something harming her baby so she started knocking harder on the door but nothing happened and her energy is draining with more thoughts about her baby getting affected by all that is happening and she lost consciousness right there on the floor.

"Welcome back." Madeeha smiled at him from the door and he smiled back and said thank you before leaving her room to go to the room he should be in that day, Fikriyah's room.

Humaid said his taslim and opened Fikriyah's room and walked in but didn't see her anywhere around. He left the room and meandered around the whole Chamber from room to room in it but there is no sight of her so he ambled back to their room then face palmed as he didn't check the first place he was supposed to, the bathroom. That should've being the first place but he really wasn't in his right sense. She was always there to welcome him and not seeing her nor food on the dining table only pushed his insecurity.

When he find the lock from the outside, he panicked and immediately thinking someone mistakenly locked her inside or his nieces came. He found the lights on in the bathroom but Fikriyah was out and is lying on the floor in her towel. The sight he never would want to see in his life making terror and dread grip his chest, tightening his heart and freezing his mind for that little while. It took awhile for his brain and mind to defrost and liquefy then he decided to do something.

There was blood!

Another overwhelming fear gripped his guts and he sprang into action and took her in his arms the towel almost falling off not that he cared. He got her into the first piece of clothing he found in her dresses set in the closet and wrap her with it after placing her under wears. He took his car keys and left the Chamber shouting orders at the guards to let the King know about what is going on before speeding to their hospital, not the Palace clinic because he needs a very good doctor to check on his wife before it gets too late and he is not too sure about having doctors in the Palace clinic at that time.

Arriving at the hospital, he started shouting at the doctors and a Gynecologist ran there with her laboratory coat clench in her hands because her shift was over and she was about to leave but had to go back to check on the Prince's wife, not that she wouldn't save anyone but a Prince can never be left hanging and she'd be paid more after doing that, she needs it for her children's new session at school. She also is taking double shifts for that money so why not have the easiest one?!

Humaid sat down anxiously on the powdered coloured sofas at the waiting area and didn't bother calling anyone to come but since he has told the guards, he knew all his brothers will know about it and their wives will be there as soon as possible. His head is blank and nothing comes to his mind at that moment except for his wife and baby. If anything happens to them, he will turn the whole Palace upsidedown, not only the Palace, but the whole State will be shaken up. He will find out what happened and why the hell was his wife locked in the bathroom.

An hour later with all his brother's wives and some of his brother, the doctors walked out of the room making everyone sprang to their feet to see what is it that the doctor have to say about her condition. Fear submerged his intestines and he could feel them tightening making his stomach ache and his heart to clench to the extent of feeling pain there but he pushed it back and stood like the Prince he is to take in the blow.

"Where is her husband?" The tired looking forty two year old woman asked, adjusting her wired squared glasses on her nose.

"I am." Humaid was fast to answer her question.

"Come with me please." And she started making her way down the hallway, he hesitantly followed.

His mind is screaming that he should go and see his wife and baby first before listening to what she has to say but then thought that she will give him news about both and that cooled his mind a little. Not really actually! He knew something is wrong and he badly don't want to acknowledge what it is.

"Your wife miscarried a baby. We manage to save her and the other twin but one refused, I'm very sorry about that. What happened to her though? Her stress level was 8.8 on scale of ten, that is severely dangerous for a pregnant woman especially the one that just got out from her first trimester." The doctor explained, her tiredness vanishing slowly because of her passion for her job and her fastidiousness has reached it peek. Royal families are always very careful about their pregnancy so she don't see how that happened.

"I went home and found her sprawled on the floor in the bathroom with blood and I think the lights were off since she has nyctophobia. I don't know who switched off the lights and locked her in the bathroom though." Everything started making sense after he said it out of him. He is ninety percent sure that Madeeha is behind that all. The smile she has wasn't really genuine.

He will deal with her accordingly but first things first, he needs to make sure his wife and the other baby are safe. He can't believe they almost had twins if not for his other wife's evil doings. He will never forgive her for what she did, she will pay for ever crossing him like that. She doesn't want to get pregnant and now that Fikriyah is, her jealous side is blinding her and he will do the same. He will let his angered side to blind him and punish her like she deserves. He won't tell Fikriyah about the punishment or she would stop him.

"You should be very careful, Mr. Humaid. Chances of her miscarrying another baby is fifty percent. You need to be extra vigilant." And with that, he stood up and left the room.

"I want you to find out whether they were maids or any other person in my Chamber earlier around Maghrib. If there is, send them quickly to me, I'll be there in an hour." He curtly said to Yazid who nodded and turn around to leave the hospital to get his work done.

He moseyed to the room Fikriyah is in and gave her a kiss on her forehead. She still hasn't woken up so it's better for him to go back home and punish the murderer before she wakes up. She will try everything possible to make sure he doesn't punish the devil so it's better that he execute everything before and then tell her after. He gets much more to do at that time and so he sighed and kissed her lips one more time then left the room. She looks too pale for his liking.

"She miscarried a twin but still has one. Take care of her." He mumbled to Falak who was worriedly standing outside the room and she nodded after gasping, he saw tears trickling to run down her smooth cheeks and he clenched his red eyes in anger and fear.

Everyone around the hospital have their pajamas and hijabs while some have abayas atop their pajamas. One of them is crying, it was Inayah and Asad rocked her in his arms while whispering soothing words to her ears. The pregnant woman and her hormones makes everyone's attention to get to them.

His walk ooze danger and anyone in his presence moves from his sight because they are seeing the other Prince they hasn't seen in a long while. He himself is afraid of the anger oozing deep from within him like molten lava that can never be quenched. Even if his heart is taken to Antarctica, his anger won't calm down till he gets revenge for what happened, he is just waiting for Yazid's message to tell him the result and confirmation.

He yanked open his Chamber's door and walked in then sat down on the sofa with his phone in his hands just waiting for the go ahead. He could hear Madeeha's presence in her room but didn't bother announcing his presence because if she is the one behind him losing one of his babies, he will make her pay for what she did. He has had enough of her troubles and want to put it to end, he will make sure she gets what she deserves.

She's once added salt in Fikriyah's meal and he didn't talk nor did Fikriyah because she thought her pregnancy is adding tastes to her appetite and he also denied not eating anything salty. No one would do that since Fikiriyah hardly use salt when she cooks so he let that slide. She also tried changing her medicines once but luckily he caught her and warned her about getting where she is not invited and she swore to never do it again, he was foolish to believe that vile woman or the vile woman she choose to become.

He is even only one percent doubtful about it now, he shouldn't even doubt it but he needs full proof that no one was in his home around Maghrib. Fikriyah taking showers around Maghrib is something he knew she likes doing and the only time someone could lock her in there is around that time. His nieces wouldn't do that, they are not really foolish but somewhere deep inside, he doesn't want Madeeha to be behind the crime. No matter what, she is his wife and was the love of his life, anything bad shouldn't happen to her. He's loved her in one phase of his life so he will like her to be guilty free for the love he's had for her.

"Hey, brother! No one was here around Maghrib because the maids all left before Asr and Mufeeda and Hameeda didn't leave their Chamber the whole day so we only have one person and that is your first wife. She locked her up in the bathroom and switched off the lights. From everything here, she knew about her phobia and that is why she used it against her." Detective Hashim Saraki explained when he walked into the room set for them.

Humaid, Yazid, Huzaif and Hashim are there in the room by the end of their wing. The room is small and has only three chairs, they use it to interrogate and threaten people and they haven't used it in a while. Humaid was called there by Yazid that he should get there very soon and he did. He ferried there without a second thought, the fury burning scorchingly in him. He wants to torture anyone that hurt his wife and killed his baby, they don't deserve his mercy and he won't give any even if humanity is in his hands.

"Are you sure about this?" His fists are shaking and his words hurt his mouth because his teeth were clenched so hard that he could  taste the metallic flavor of blood in his tongue.

"Very sure, bro." Hashim hit Humaid's back in reassurance and also sympathy.

Hashim Muhammad Saraki is the eldest son of Sarakin Kano, and has been friends with the Princes for a long time. He is always the one to get information to them whenever they need it especially at that moment when they needed something emergency. They only prayed Ishā before they settled down and get to conclusion that Madeeha was behind everything and Humaid is not doubting a single word coming out from Hashim, not that he's ever done that. The twenty nine year old is always right and that time too, he is right.

"Don't do anything dangerous." Huzaif warned at an enraged and aggravated Humaid. He knew how much stupid his brother can be, they've been together since forever and that is why he warned him, he can be stupid when angry.

"No promises." He released a forced, sardonic smile before leaving the room in fast strides, taking in the night lights and the cool air hitting his face.

"Give me a call as soon as she wakes up. Madeeha is behind everything." The words were forced as he shoved them out of his mouth to the phone and to Falak's ears.

"What?! Be careful, don't do anything stupid please. She is a woman!" He hung up after that.

He knew she is a woman and he wanted to forget about her being a woman for a little while and do what he'd do to a man. He wished he hadn't called Falak so he won't listen to her ask him to be lenient. He can't believe how vile Madeeha has become, he feels like she never was the he fell for. He gets that she is jealous but that is a very huge step to kill a baby and what if she's killed Fikriyah herself, what would she have done?!

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