Chapter 22

Jasmine couldn't understand Maria's intention. She was sure that the woman had just come to cause a commotion. What white lady?

Her father wouldn't have killed her mother, she knew how much he loved her. They both loved each other and when she died, he fell into depression and that was why he was urged to get married to another woman quickly.

Cara noticed that the Queen was in a foul mood after seeing the woman who had claimed to be her mother. She had been surprised when the woman had said she was Jasmine's mother as she remembered that Jasmine had told her that her mother died when she was little.

She was itching to ask Jasmine who the woman was, but couldn't and decided to offer her a cup of coffee which she quickly took. She had told Cara to dismiss the women and tell them to come the following day.

Throughout the rest of the day, Jasmine's mood worsened, especially as she set her eyes on Matt. If she had stayed with Jace, then nothing like this would happen and the children would have disappointed everyone who had been saying that they were special.

During dinner that day, Jasmine glanced at her family, a husband who didn't love her and children who didn't care about her, but then, why should they? She was just a Queen to them, not a mother. She had never been involved in any part of their lives. She had never seen them take their first steps.

"Joey, chew properly!" She cautioned one of the boys and he frowned slowly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"It's a mother! Call me mother!" She snapped.

Matt whipped his head up upon hearing her statement.

"Jas.."

"What? Aren't I their mother?"

"You must really wish to go back to the council. Boys, remember, she's your Queen."

They nodded. "Yes, Your Highness."

Jasmine clenched her fist and sighed. A lot of things had changed and even though the idea of seeing a witch or a seer didn't appeal to her, it was looking like the best idea at this time as that was the only thing she could think of in order to find out what was really happening to her marriage.

And with the appearance of Rose and her mother, she couldn't just she back. Rose had once used some sort of witchcraft on Matt before, what's to say she still couldn't?

"Jasmine!" She heard Matt yell and popped her head up.

"I've been calling you? What have you been thinking about?" Matt said, studying her face which used to be her best feature according to him, but was now what he detested most.

"I'm sorry. What?"

"Becca is coming here with her Son…"

"What!" She stood up, narrowing her eyes at him. "But you said you wanted to keep her a secret, so what's happening?"

"Her son has been kidnapped. I can't allow her to stay out there when it's not safe anymore.."

"What will you say?.." she trailed off as she thought about it.

People are definitely going to want to find out who she is. They would suspect that she is someone he is interested in and make their own findings and then they would find out a hit her.

"Oh, her foster father is the late Octo Wilde. She's here as a guest."

Octo Wilde was the beta of one of the nomad packs that had been conquered a little over a year ago. What he said made sense, still, Jasmine wasn't convinced about her staying, but She knew that he wasn't going to listen to her anyway.

She said nothing stood up from the table and walked to my room after a while. She had a long day the following morning and had to sleep early.

When Jasmine woke up the following morning, Sne sent a maid to inform the king that she wouldn't be joining him for breakfast as She had somewhere important to be.

"Are you going somewhere, Your Highness?"

She nodded. "We are going somewhere, Cara. You're going to drive me to Tree Pack."

Cara's jaw dropped. It was official now, the Queen had gone mad if not, why else would she want to go to Tree Pack, a place known for harboring witches and sorcerers and practicers of dark magic?

"Your Highness!" She gasped and glanced around to make sure that nobody had heard the Queen.

She didn't really know the details, but King Matt had forbidden the practice of magic or witchcraft in the pack and had equally forbidden anyone from their pack to step into Tree Pack. They were considered enemies of the kingdom.

"I have no choice, Cara. I have to confirm this," Jasmine grabbed Cara's wrist as she tried to persuade the girl to go with her. She would've gone by herself, but it was going to be suspicious if she left without as much as her assistant.

"But, your Highness, you can't do this!" Cara insisted and Jasmine shook her head as she explained everything to her, including Maria's revelation.

"I know I'm asking for much, Jasmine, but please, just this time, please help me out."

Cara sighed and then nodded. It wasn't like she could refuse the woman.

A few minutes later, they were on their way to Tree Pack.

The driver had found it suspicious that the queen who was always indoors had suddenly begun to go out with just her assistant. He was aware of her current moods and what she had gone through. But what unnerved him was the fact that her stepmother who had been the one that perpetrated the most evil was here to see her and she had seen her. They had even chatted over a drink.

On the way to the tree pack, Jasmine couldn't help thinking about what it was that she was going to find out, but whatever it was, she was going to rectify it.

Unknown to her, someone she didn't expect was tailing her and was going to cause a lot of damage to her.