CHAPTER 3 - The Revenge

ANASTACIA

I walked slowly to the King’s and Queen’s bedroom. It was the biggest room all over the palace situated on the top floor. It occupied the whole fourth floor. Tonight, they will feel my wrath, without them even thinking that I am their enemy. In their eyes, I am their daughter. With that, I could easily get into their room, without anyone hinting that I have the motive to murder their beloved king and queen.

I knocked on the door as I reach my target room. It was the King who opened the door. His smile broadened when he saw me on their room’s doorstep. 

“My princess, come inside. It is a surprise that you come tonight to visit us. Tell me, is there something urgent that you need to tell us?” the King said with worry while holding my hands gently and looking at me with fondness.

“Oh, wait, Father, let me close the door first. I have a very confidential thing to tell you,” I said smiling not looking at his eyes yet. It is not yet time to use my eyes to kill him. I closed the door and even locked it.

“Now tell us, my daughter, what is that confidential thing that you would like to tell us?” It was the Queen this time who asked. She was sitting at the edge of the bed while looking at me. I dared not look into her eyes too as it might prematurely ignite the anger within me and kill her outright.

“Oh, you need to look at me directly into my eyes, Father and Mother, and focus your attention as I do not want to repeat whatever I am going to tell you,” I told them with a broad grin as if I was merely joking. They abided anyway and that was their greatest mistake.

They both looked at me with smiles on their faces, but suddenly their smiles faded when they saw my eyes turning red and then in just a split seconds, they started to choke and fell on the floor, both lifeless.

I walked out of the room with triumph in my heart. I just had my revenge. They both deserved to die for mercilessly killing the two persons I only got in my life- my parents.

A smile crept on my lips. Tomorrow, the North Kingdom will have its new Queen. A queen that nobody knew exactly who she is and what she is. She would be called, Queen Anastacia! The fierce queen in an ivory mask.

II

And so the new Queen of the North was crowned after the burial of the deceased King and Queen, who were found dead inside their room. No one knew how they died.

Princess Unara would automatically inherit the throne as the only heir to the throne, whether she has a king or none. Thus, instantly, I became the new Queen of the North Kingdom.

"I, Princess Unara, with sorrow in my heart for my parents' death, have no choice but to accept this Queen's crown, even when I am still in mourning. I promise everyone that I would consider this crown, not as a power to enslave my people but to serve them," I said as part of my speech after I was crowned as the new Queen of the North by the Grand Vicar. 

I heard nothing from the people around me after my speech. They were all silent while their eyes were glaring at me with questions or maybe wonder in them. I could not blame them if they were wondering why their new queen's face was covered with an Ivory Mask of a wolf's design.

In a flash, I became the Queen of the North, and I thought everything would become so easy for me. I was wrong.

Just five days after my coronation as the new Queen, I felt something different. It was a different kind of thirst. Thirst for something, I could not understand. It was a certain kind of heat coming from my inside. I panicked. I don't have a mate yet and don't want to mate with anyone. This was something that made me restless all night. 

Sleep was shying away from me. I could not sleep even when I already closed my eyes. I felt my whole body perspiring despite the cold temperature inside my room. I wanted to see something, something that would give me sexual satisfaction.

I rang my bell and my personal maid, I mean the previous personal maid of Princess Unara came immediately.

She bowed her head and asked, "My Queen, at your service. May I know please, what you need?" Her tone was low and she dared not look into my face, which as usual was covered with my wolf's ivory mask.

I cleared my throat and looked at her bowed head. How will I tell her my predicament at this moment? How will I convey to her what I need? I thought wearily.

"Ahmm, I need to satisfy something within me... I  mean, I feel like I am in heat," there, I was able to say it, but a bit feeling awkward and embarrassed.

She nodded readily. "I know what you need my Queen. I will call your personal butler. He knows what to do, just like before," she then said softly while still with a bowed head. I furrowed when I heard what she said. Would it be the butler, who would satisfy the heat that I am feeling now? Oh, no. Did Princess Unara allow her butler to lay a hand on her body, before? Oh, goodness gracious, this is ridiculous.

Before I could say further words, my personal maid already excused herself and all I could do was to affirm. 

I waited for a few minutes before I heard knocks on my door again. It was my personal butler, and to my surprise, he has companions.

They all bowed at me while I was looking at them furrowing, and wondering.

"Your Highness, they will perform and give you the satisfaction that you need. They are mates," he said in a polite manner. I furrowed more but said nothing. It was like I was waiting to solve a puzzle about Princess Unara's way of satisfying her sexual desires or lusts.

I let the young couple enter my room. 

"My Queen, would we perform in here or inside the bathroom?" it was the young man, who suddenly asked.

Again, I furrowed not knowing how to answer his question. Why would they perform inside the bathroom? They will dance inside the bathroom?  How weird. 

I cleared my throat and then motioned for them to stay and start their performance.

They both nodded and bowed their heads.

 "As you said so, my Queen," they said almost at the same time.

They then looked at each other and then kissed lightly until slowly they became more aggressive and then they kissed torridly, to my complete surprise. I was in awe while looking at them and in that instant, I felt more heat surge all over my body. Excitement rushed through my senses while watching them kissing, much more when the man already started to undress the woman.