One with the mark of the beast

F THE BEAST (The re

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they watched the sky turn red at night with b

happen

. Our village h

no

uliar colors and movement in the

he King's chamber and bowed his head, immediately

de visit, in the middle of the night?" Th

lagers are in great dismay for the sud

the king repea

by, your majesty this is exactly as the priest prophesied two full mo

robe on his body, he flounced out of his

y! We're doomed!" the king breathed out,

een walked in with her dress sweeping

alled, running t

ful, my queen"

aning of this!"

and shook his he

y lord!." The

ready to tend to her question, s

trange, and I keep hearing about a curs

fell ill, a priest visited Orramander and prophesied abou

curse?" The quee

passing year, millions of children will be born, but a child will bear a black marking on any part of his body, and that will serve as great misfortu

ueen g

ster, I believed the sky can never turn r

illy marking? I laugh not. This

rd the stories about the beasts of Orramander, we should not make this a project of our sm

g turned to the

majesty" ke

very newborn child must be inspected and the one with any black marking, be brought to the castle and be put to exile, and to those who will not be able to coat with this law, may l

owed eve

eople will

and the Queen almost fell to her fee

o take in, killing innocent children, yo

d saving my people, or letting a chi

ven more and the

t trust me," The king said and placed

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

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

ician visited her every single day and told the queen she will

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

illage of Orramander, as the people rejoiced with happ

n heir to t

a princess is born" "surv

must be

and joy in the air, all happy for the quee

ng joyful for the queen,

nd eunuchs servants stood in front of t

t of the queen, who was lying on the

about the Queen giving birth to the villagers wal

black mark, which is known

een yelled, "N

as he turned to kelvin, then walk out of th

lk to the ki

ched the king take off his crow

ever going to feed this to them" The King sighed, just th

our position" Her p

coming out," th

/.

he servants who rushed into the King's chamber stated and both the king and kelv

ks at the ba

at one of the ba

queen smile wel

he King's

majesty"

er, that the queen had two b

esty" Kelvin bowed and

e queen cried, taking her baby from the

lone, I'll end this baby mysel

ian, and every other person in the delivery room left with the

loser to the queen,

n't come a

call me? My first child who should be alive is cursed, to prevent any bad luck in Orra

ild, I'm not concerned about a silly black marking, children are bor

w your pain, but for the people of Orra

't lose one of my twins because of a birthmark you

er, of course, he wanted a child, but not the

tomach, she moved closer to the wall where an emergency

are you doing?

elf live and watch you kill my daughte

her, but she pointed

Is there any reason to live if my child dies

not with the mark of the beast," the

babies alive," s

queen's tired face, the kin

rse, 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,

to the queen and held her ha

sit" The king stated

dead, so she can't live here, for she will live in the other castle outside Orramander, to prevent calamities, she will have

es and breathes is all I care" The queen

the royal physician, who atte

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

wn princess!" The King's voice spread out through the whole p

" The kin

lace, a castle outside Orramander and the servants present here will serve her until we see the outcome of her growth, by dawn tomorrow the crown princess will leave for the castle and so will the servants he

wo royal physicians, and four midwives, set out on the journey to the other castle with

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