The carriage went up and down as it drove through the bad road. Most of the women around me had fallen asleep but even though my eyes were down, I just couldn't sleep.
The old man's words 'you'll find him' kept playing in my head. 'Find who?'.
The carriage soon stopped at a big gate. The gate was huge and it lead on to the only tied road I had seen in the city.
At the side of the grand roads were royal trees that led up to another grand gate. 'I'm guessing we are at the palace'.
The carriage started again.
The fake pregnancy on me was suffocating, the veil over my face was hard to see through.
"Get down" one of the men on at the front of the carriage shouted and we all came down.
My heart was pounding as I felt the eyes of the man burning my back.
"Hey you wait" he shouted.
I froze hoping i wasn't the one he was calling but I guess lucks not on my side.
"Hey, didn't you hear me I said come her" he frowned.
I turned and shaking, I walked to him bowing my head.
"Aren't you the pregnant slut" he asked.
"Yes" I said my voice cracking as I tried not to be exposed.
"You're coming with me to the palace" he said and walked back to the carriage.
I was sweeping profusely, what if the king recognises me, what if I get in trouble. I panicked.
"Get on" the man said and I climbed in as the other women moved to the other side of the royal estate.
Before the carriage moved the woman I had spoken to earlier whispered to me "don't worry you'll be alright".
Though I didn't know what awaited me there her words were just what i needed to hear.
The closer we got to the huge mansion the more scared I became.
The mansion was huge. Painted grey which was very off. Just by looking at it someone's mood could instantly change.
"Wait here" the man said leaving me at the entrance of the gigantic palace. The palace looked like a city on its own. It had huge walls surrounding it and was divided into big mansions.
The man marched in and bowed. "Greetings your magesty" he bowed.
"How much were you able to mine" he asked coldly.
"Hmm. . .your magesty when the value was weighed, it amounted to 5 billions dollars" he man said shaking like he would pee his pants any minutes.
The king rise up from the throne angrily hiiting the hand.
"What do you mean by that you idoit, I told you not to return of the money would not satisfy me, why didn't this mining bring as much the last one" he roared at the man, his eyes glowing.
"your magesty the last time we had to destroy the homes of the indigenes in other to get those much material" he stuttered.
"Then what are you waiting for, destroy every house that is a barrier to me getting my money" he roared.
"But your magesty, many of those who's homes were destroyed are on the streets begging already, why add more to that number" he stammered.
The king adjusted his gaze and gave out an evil laugh. "Bildad, I see you've grown wings in this palace. . " he said his eyes glowing faintly.
"No your magesty. . ." before Bildad cloud finished the king carried him from the neck.
From his throne he carried his hand and because of his telekinesis, bildad was floating in mid hair.
He coughed choking but the king just tightened his grip with every struggle.
"Your, your magesty, I brought her" he managed to force the words out.
"I don't care if you brought her," he shurded and kept choking Bildad.
"But I do" a suddened force excorted by a touch of dim yellow light hit the kings hand and Bildad fell to the ground choking.
His eyes were red, his eye ball almost lashing out.
"Where is she?" the prince ( Alan) strided in and walked straight to where Bildad was choking.
"She's, she's outside" he stuttered.
"Alan, I told you not to bring discrace to me and yet you did and now you are bringing her into the palace" the king said angrily marching up to him.
"Dad, its my decision. I've decided to take responsibility for my actions so stay out off it" he fired back and headed outside.
I stood resting on a pillar wondering why the man hadn't come back.
Then I heard something, from the shadows ahead were footsteps, gentle but pulling.
The figure stepped closer into the light looking at me. I immediately bowed my head afraid someone might spot out my lie.
The person coming closer was dressed in a royal night wear, his Colon was definitely expensive, his hair shone like it had been bathed in silver.
"Are you okay" a shroud shrilling voice made way towards my direction.
I swallowed hard, 'was he talking to me' the way he sounded it was obvious he knew the woman I was impersonating.
'Yes' I manage to whisper.
"Come, come with me" he reached out for my trembling hand and led me inside.
I could hear my heart racing.'I am finished'.
"I can't take this nonsense" he king said upon seeing me.
"A lowly palace slave you want to make your wife just cause of a one night stand, if I had behave like you I would have had millions if wives" he roared from his throne.
I swallowed hard trying to understand what the man in front of me was saying. Because of the dark veil I couldn't see clearly but I was sure he was someone big.
"I am the king and I say you are forbidden from taking her as your wife" he shouted his voice echoing round the palace hallways.
"And I'm the prince, I have every right to take a wife from whoever I please, now excuse me" he said taking my hand.
"Alan" he king shouted and in that brief second I saw his eyes, though blurry but they were glowing.
My breath seized for a second 'what is he'.
I quietly followed the prince out of the palace thinking 'he must have loved that woman so much, even though he's a prince and she's a slave' I wondered what he'd do when he found out about how his men treated the lady and what he'd do to me when he found out I'm not her.
But I had no i dea the I had walked into my own downfall.