The Cruel Prince
Author by Natalie Ernison
The atmosphere of the Zakra residence's mansion instantly became quiet, after the queen's noble mother took the young maid's heart, alive. Nathasya, who was coming down from the second floor of her room, was now so surprised. With a very weak body, she sat down to lean on the railings of the stairs.
“Eat this, then you will have more energy ..” said the noble queen while thrusting the heart of the maid using her own hand.
“Very well, Your Majesty.” Said the handsome bodyguard who simply obeyed without saying much or even protesting, he immediately devoured the bloody heart.
Uhhkkkk… the handsome bodyguard choked a little, because he had never eaten a heart taken from a human consciously before.
“Hahahahaha…. hhhh…. their majesty their queen laughed heartily, so that the sound of laughter echoed throughout the room.
“Good boy… I like obedient men.” Praise the queen of Dracula/ Darkness/ Zakra's mother, while patting the bodyguard's shoulder.
“It's an honor, the queen,” said the guard.
Nathasya who witnessed this, immediately ran to her room. There spit out everything he ate today. Not finished feeling surprised all this while in the mansion residence. Now, had to witness a very disgusting thing, and could not help but want to vomit food from inside her stomach.
“Nathasya ...” a cold aura that made the hairs on Nathasya's spine tingle, was now approaching her.
“Queen mother?” said Nathasya with a pale face.
“What's the matter with you honey?” the dracula/dark queen also touched her hand on Nathasya's cheek. Nathasya only held back her horror, remembering that this touching hand had taken the young maid's heart.
“No, mother,” she replied, shaking violently.
“Have you seen something my dear ..” said the queen dracula / Queen of the darkness.
“I'm sorry, queen mother, I didn't mean ..—” said Nathasya.
“Sehhhtt..it's okay..let's call me mama, honey ...” she hugged Nathasya lovingly.
However, Nathasya was very frightened, she began to imagine strange things. She began to think that she might easily be killed.
“Are you afraid of mama, dear?” asked the queen then looked at Nathasya's face.
“Mama, may I have one request?” said Nathasya with a sad face.
“Please my dear ..” replied the queen with a sincere smiling face, and her eyes seemed to be full of affection.
“I really miss my family mam.. I've never seen them, I'm not even allowed to have a cell phone.” Nathasya whispered with hopeful eyes.
“Okay dear, but I hope you can accept whatever reality is in front of you.”
“What do you mean by mama?”
“No dear.. tonight we will meet your family ..”
“Is that true? Aren't you joking?” said Nathasya with sparkling eyes.
“No dear ..” she hugged Nathasya tightly full of affection.
The Queen Mother also brought Nathasya to fulfill a small wish from Nathasya.
***
“Nathasya family residence”
Nathasya looks impatient to see her biological mother. She was half running excitedly.
“Slow down dear ..” said the queen of darkness.
Arriving in the yard, everything looks deserted like uninhabited.
A few moments later…
“Excuse me.. what are Miss and Madam waiting for?” asked one of the residents who lived in the area where Nathasya's biological mother lived.
“Ahh aunty, I want to ask. Where did my mother go?” asked Nathasya with a face that looks quite sad. Can't wait to meet her biological mother.
“You mean, Mrs. Naola's..?” said the mother who is currently interacting with Nathasya. But from the mother's expression, there seems to be something odd.
“That's right, that's my mother,” replied Nathasya with an impatient smile.
“Do you really not know, or is your relationship with the late Madam's not good enough??”
“What?” suddenly Nathasya was very surprised, and she almost fell limp, but the queen of darkness immediately embraced her.
“That's right... a few years, and almost two years ago to be exact. Naola's mother has died, from a heart attack maybe, because it's not clear what illness she was in.
Suddenly Nathasya staggered and paled, her defenses getting lower.
“No!!! impossible!! how is it possible ma'am…” ahhh hhh… Nathasya screamed hysterically, and seemed not to believe it.
“That's right, Miss, this is the address of the late Mrs. Naola's grave..—” The mother handed her a piece of paper showing the address of her mother's grave.
With her body shaking violently, Nathasya tried to stay conscious, and tears seemed unable to come out of her eyes anymore.
“Come on dear, we make sure first ..” said the queen of darkness.
***
They immediately left, with just the blink of an eye, Nathasya was already in a cemetery which was quite old and neglected.
Her legs were shaking so badly, as if she couldn't move anymore.
“The Majesty queen, Madam Nathasya.. this is the tomb of Mrs. Naola..” said one of the handsome bodyguards trusted by the queen of darkness.
A tombstone bearing the name “Naola Breeliey” and a photo of her smiling mother, plastered on top of the tombstone.
Nathasya fell helplessly, she could only cry for her mother's departure forever. She fell down in front of the tombstone. Her heart was completely broken and she didn't know what else to say, only tears represented her current sadness.
“Never mind Nathasya, humans who have died will not be able to live again.” said the mother of the queen of darkness, breaking the stiff atmosphere.
“Okay mama, but I want to meet my adoptive family,” said Nathasya while wiping her tears. At least he still has a family, Nathasya thought.
It didn't take long for them to leave again.
***
Nathasya looked at her adoptive mother's house with longing, she wanted to hug her adoptive mother and complain. It felt like I just got the lottery, the feeling of impatience mixed into one.
Knock... Knock... Knock...…
Nathasya knocked on the door with slightly trembling hands, a very passionate longing. If her family knew what had happened to her, would they care, her thought.
Cekreakk… a middle-aged woman opened the door, and Nathasya realized that this was not her mother.
“Sorry Aunty, is my parent around?” said Nathasya while gripping the strap of her sling bag.
“Sorry, this has become my home.” said the old woman.
“What? erm sorry, did you move here?” asked Nathasya again.
“Ohh right, a few years ago, the owner of this house had gone overseas.”
“Overseas? why don't I ever know.. how long have I been gone for everyone to leave me?” Nathasya's heart was soft.
“Sit down, let me tell you everything ..” said the woman, while the queen mother and the guards waited outside the fence, and disappeared in an instant.
“Are you the adopted daughter of my little sister Naomi?” said the old woman.
“Oh, she is, I am Naomi's mama's niece, and Naomi's mother is the younger sister of my biological mother.”
“Ohh, is it time for mother to tell you a fact ..” said the old woman with a sad face.
“What do you mean mother?” Nathasya looked surprised, and her heart was beating faster, she was too afraid to hear what the woman would say.
“Actually you…--”
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*Flashback to Nathasya's past*
“Is my son dead, nurse ..” said a woman who was lying limp on the patient's bed, in the delivery room to be exact.
“Yes ma'am, we're sorry we couldn't save your child.”
Arghh…” no way!” screamed the woman, she really couldn't believe that her little baby had to go away forever.
***
After a few weeks later, the woman had a big fight with her husband.
“You bastard, how could you possibly go out with a woman!”
“I told you it was my coworker ..” said a man while smoking a cigarette so casually.
“Devil! Damn bastard!” snapped the woman who was his wife.
“Bastard!!! how dare you shout at your husband..!!”
Plakkkkk bhukkk… a huge slap hit the wife's head, and also crashed into the wall.
The pained moans and the pain became even more intense, the wife was suffering so much. In addition to losing the child, now the husband is caught having an affair, but does not want to admit it.
One night it rained heavily, the husband had not returned.
…….
“Uhkk ... where is my husband, why is it always like this, I really want to have a child,” the wife of the tarperses whispered.
The poor wife was standing facing out the window of her house. Suddenly something caught her attention.
“Who is it, why is he carrying a basket ..” the woman muttered.
Suddenly someone who brought the basket left and immediately got into a black sedan, but no longer carried the basket. The woman realized that the man in the black hat had left something, precisely in front of the courtyard of her mansion.
She ran outside, and right in front of her mansion's door, there was a pretty big basket. The woman began to pay attention to what was inside the basket, and when she opened a batik cloth, it turned out...
***