Anna's POV
"People of Mayvna, I am here to die on the charges of treason, and plotting to kill the king. Or so they say. All I want to say to all of you, is that Mayvna is the most powerful kingdom in all the land. And you will always be my people. From my birth till my death, my sole purpose has been to serve the people of Mayvna, and by the grace of God, it is what I have done till date. Do not be saddened, for I find solace in the fact that I served Mayvna till my last breath." Those were my mother's last words. I was there in the front line. All the people were weeping and crying, begging the king to spare her. To atleast give her a lighter sentence. But he didn't even flinch. He remained resolved. And so was my mother. She looked me dead in the eye, and I saw nothing but rage and determination in her eyes. As the executioner laid her head on the chopping wood, I tried to look away, but my father being the sadistic, diabolical tyrant that he is forced me to watch.
"You will remember this every time you even think about trying to go against me." He hissed in my ear, grabbing my head tightly so that I could watch. My mother eyes were fixed on mine. As the executioner lifted his axe, my mother smiled at me, and her eyes shine with a sense of fulfillment. Then in a blink of an eye, blood splattered all over my garments, and the once glowing eyes slowly became lifeless, right before my eyes. My brother and father looked content with themselves, as the realization that I would never see my mother alive again, or hear her sing, or tell her all my troubles, dawned on me so suddenly. My heart was filled with saddnes and regret, but pretty quickly, it turned into anger and revenge. As my mother's head fell into the basket, the whole place fell silent. In the blink of an eye, everyone had vanished, then my mother appeared Infront of me, her head dangling eeriely from her neck.
"You have not yet avenged my death. Avenge me, avenge Mayvna" she said this over and over, and with every time she said it, she took a step closer and her voice slowly turned demonic. I stepped back slowly, but she grew more and more aggressive.
Anna, it's just a nightmare, wake up. Wake up. Wake up. I tried to open my eyes, but I was paralyzed. I couldn't even move. I just stood there, my heart racing, my breath running out and at that very moment, I felt as if I was going to die.
"No. I am Anna Mary. I am the daughter of Valerie Mary. I fear nothing. I fear no one. I am my mother's daughter." With that I look my mother in the eye.
"The ones who did injustice to you, I will make them pray for death. " I said to her. She then calmed down, and finally, I woke up, sweating and shaking.
"You need to stop having this nightmares Majesty, you look wasted when you wake up." A familiar voice says.
"Good morning Marcus." I respond.
"The king requests your presence. He says you should dress up appropriately, as your suitor has arrived." He says, and I could tell there was some dissatisfaction in his tone.
"Hmm, I'm guessing you don't like it either." I say, getting off my bed.
He was avoiding my eyes.
"Look at me don't fear." I say.
"Mistress, I am afraid I am not worthy to look you straight in the eye." He responded after carefully planning out his choice of words.
"Marcus, you know how I feel about people avoiding eye contact with me especially when I'm talking to them. Besides, if we were speaking worth, I would be damned to look at my own reflection. Relax, I am not like the king." I say.
Takes him a while but he finally looks at me. Finally, I get to see those ocean eyes. In his eyes, I couldn't tell what he was feeling. Worry, disappointment, resentment.
" Majesty, everything is prepared for you," one of my maidservant says to me. Then finally in Marcus eyes, I saw something that I never thought I'd see in his eyes. A flick of jealousy.
"I'll call for you when I'm ready commander."
With that I follow my maidservant into the royal bathroom. As I sink in the water, full of flowers, and the soft hands of the maids caress my skin. I can't help but wonder, what was that I saw in Commander Marcus' eyes? Well whatever it was caught my attention. But that was not my concern for this day. I needed to start planning out how I will eliminate the king and crown prince before they bring doom upon Mayvna.
"Majesty, majesty?" One of my maidservant calls me interrupting my train of thought.
"Are you satisfied?" She asked and that was when I started at the mirror.
I looked as beautiful as my mother. The scent of jasmine and rosemary filled the room. The silk white gown really highlighted my curves and cleavage. The slight makeup highlighted my emerald eyes, which blended perfectly with my slightly dark skin tone, and the jewels that had adorned my neck, ears, hands and head. I was gorgeous. I would look at myself, and fall in love with me. The fact that I had long curled brown hair, and naturally red lips nare everything even better. Besides the dress itself was up to it. It was laced with diamonds, and had a touch of red. Perfect.
Just as I was still admiring myself in the mirror, Commander Marcus walks in and almost immediately, all the maids leave, leaving us alone in the room . I see him through the mirror as again he looks away from me. I turn to face him.
"Are you ready now majesty?" He asks, head down.
"You tell me. Am I ready?" I ask him.
"W...we....well.... The king has sent for you ....right now" he almost studders.
"For heavens bloody sake look at me Marcus. Tell me how I look at least." I snap.
He slowly looks at me, his eyes trying to hide some emotion I can't really put my finger on. Then as if in a trance, he stops at my eyes.
"You are the most beautiful woman in all the land. And it doesn't help that you have your mother's eyes. Your suitor is a lucky man." He says. His last statement had something. Jealousy. As I got closer to him, I could see his chest rising and falling faster, and again he dropped his gaze. When we were finally inches apart, I raised his face to look at me.
Immediately I touched him, his hairs stood in end and his veins dilated, as he folded his fist. His heart pounded faster, and in his eyes I saw that he was trying to control something. Something that was threatening him even more. He was now almost trembling, which excited me even more.
"What is wrong Marcus. Am I that undesirable that you shun away from looking at me?" I ask.
Suddenly as if giving in, he grabs my waist pulling me towards him, and his eyes almost looked sleepy, there was a certain surrender in them, and it felt like he was possessed entirely by some emotion.
"Anna, the amount of strength it is taking me to control myself... You have no idea what you do to me. But now you must get to your suitor."He hissed at me, with a deeper and more authoritative voice. Then he suddenly let me go as his mind came back to him. He then dropped his gaze again, and headed for the door.
I took a deep breath as an idea creeped into my head. Whatever im about to do, will change history forever.