Kingly Desire (BWWM) (on hiatus)

Warrior

(After reading please tell me which trigger warning I should use because I'm pretty sure something I've written here deserves one!)

Mina had held Akia to sleep that night too. Telling Akia not to cry and that things weren't so bad.

Akia had woken up and had taken a bath, washing, shaving and braiding her hair too.
The day was meant to be relaxing, meant to beautify her and make her happy when she looked into the mirror and saw her skin glowing.

Akia didn't feel beautiful not with her hair braided, her teeth and tongue scrubbed until just the sparking whiteness and pink remained. She didn't feel beautiful after oils were massaged into her skin and wraps of plantain leaves placed over them.

She felt trapped, imprisoned and worse of all alone.

It only made it worse when the maids had told her the king had ordered this treatment just for her as they had brushed her bare feet.

"A king's woman should be treated as such." Brenda said as she applied the red stained ink from some flower whose fragrance Akia vaguely recalled on her lips.

"I couldn't imagine being in your position, I wouldn't ever stop smiling if I was to be wed to the king." Hazel said.

After that Akia didn't want to be touched by them, the mere feeling of their arms reminded her of the nights the king had entered her forcefully.

When Akia got back to her room and saw her breakfast had already been placed in front of her. She didn't hesitate this time to run into her closet and pick up the potion from the floor.

She poured 5 drops onto of her soup and lifted the bowl up to her lips and downed the soup.

Once she finished she dropped the bowl on the tray and went back to her closet to put the potion back into her dress.

She tucked it in into the waist band silk before straightening it out.

She turns getting ready to get out of the place when an unsettling feeling pierced through her whole body. She lets out a gasp of air before a sharp pain erupted from her stomach. Her knees weakened and she fell to the floor. She bites her lips struggling to muffle her own screams of agony. her maids were standing right out side the door, any sudden sound would cause them to run in.

She feels sweat dripping down from her face, some drops falling into her pouted mouth.
She clenched her jaw and held on to a coating hanger against the wall to stand her self up.

She walks slowly and carefully towards the bed holding her stomach as she walked.

She closes her eyes as much more pain is emitted from her stomach to her chest.

"The king has requested your presence in the throne room." Ophelia said to deaf ears. Akia refuses to even turn to look at her as she spoke.

"Lady Kenya, the king has requested your presence in the throne room." Brenda said from besides her.

"I'm not feeling well." Akia said but her words fell on deaf ears.
"We should visit the doctor after then." Ophelia said.

"I'm really not feeling well, p-please tell him I'll come later." Akia said biting tears back. The pain in her stomach hasn't stopped or waived even for a second.

"Lady Kenya, your father embarrassed himself yesterday in Front of the king. Our king is very forgiving so he let him get away with it but perhaps those feelings might change when you don't come forward to apologize." Ophelia said narrowing her eyes and looking at the girl's back.