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ey watched the sky turn red at night with blu

happen

. Our village h

no

uliar colours and movement in the

the King's chamber and bowed his head immediatel

rude visit, in the middle of the night?"

agers are in great dismay for the sudd

the king repea

by, your majesty this is exactly as the sibyl prophecied two full moon

robe on his body, he flounced out of hi

my! We're doomed!" the king breathed ou

en walked in with her dress sweeping

called running

ful, my queen"

aning of this!"

and shook his he

lord!." The

ready to tend to her question, s

strange and I keep hearing about a cur

ou fell iill, a sybil visited Orrander and prophecied about

curse?" The quee

y passing year, millions of children will be born but a child will bare a red marking on any part of his body, and that will serve as great misfo

ueen g

ster, I believed the sky can never turn r

illy marking? I laugh not. This

ard the stories about the beasts of Orrander, we should not make this a project of our sm

ing turned to the

ajesty" Corn

very new born child must be inspected and the one with any red marking, be brought to the castle and be put to exile, and to those who will not be able to coat with this law, ma

lower. "For the peo

ed and the Queen almost fell to her

o take in, killing innocent children, yo

d saving my people, or letting a chi

ven more and the

st trust me" The king said and placed

em were shocked by it, pregnant women wouldn't sleep at night, for they would stay up a

ery new born child was inspected and so was pregnant maiden, but all gave birth to children without any marking

physician visiting her every single day, told the queen she wil

e her due date and her royal physician was called into the

village of Orrander, as the people rejoiced with ha

heir to th

mazing, a crown

he

must be

er and joy in air, all happy for the quee

oyful and happy for the quee

nd eunuchs servants stood in front of th

nt of the queen who was lying on th

ws about the Queen giving birth to the villagers wa

st died, it died imm

atched the king took off his cro

happy news, how are we ever going to

wled down her eyes as she heard of the sudden

your position" Her

by coming out" the

/

" one of the servants who rushed into the King's chamber stated and bot

in her own tears, and the first dead baby lying beside the queen,

But I am okay with this on

t lets out its first cry, a cry that made

a cotton fabric, one of the midwi

red mark laying

king!" the w

and the midwife holding the baby, turned the baby's back to t

een yelled "No

rom the King's eyes as

The King's

our ma

r, that the queen had two b

sty" Cornelius bowed an

he queen cried taking her baby from th

eave us alone, I'll e

physician and every other person in the delivery room l

loser to the queen,

n't come a

ll me. My first child who happened to be alive is cursed, to prevent any bad luck in O

child, I don't care about a silly red marking, children are born

queen I know your pain, but

too, I lost the first one, you won't d

used as ever, of course he wanted a

tomach, she moved closer to the wall where an emergency

are you doing?"

yself live and watch you kill my son

o her but she pointed

"Is there any reason to live if my child di

queen's tired face, the kin

urse he loves the queen

.. For your child will live...

he baby into her han

ise?" she

ing sighed and the sword dropped from the queen's hand, m

to the queen and held her ha

sit" The king stated

live here, for he will live in the other castle outside Orrander, to prevent calamities, He will have enough food a

s and breathe is all I care" The queen s

the royal physician who atten

in the castle, the king clutched the baby in his ha

crown prince!" The King's voice spread out through the whol

" The kin

castle outside Orrander and the servants present here will serve him till we see the outcome of his growth, by dawn tomorrow the crown prince will leave for the castle and so will the servants here, and

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eds of guards, two royal physician, and four midwives, set out on the j