#16 Amid The Darkness

“The queen’s health is not getting any better”, the doctor said, “she was given the best treat she could ever get but it did not change anything she just seemed to get worse”.
she was dying, the sparks were worn off, which meant, the mate bond was fading away. "Come on beautiful, wake up, I can't go on like this, open your eyes", he
pleaded, holding her hand close to his chin, he bent his head down and kissed her knuckles gently.
"Come on beautiful, wake up, I can't go on like this, open your eyes", he pleaded, holding her hand close to his chin, he bent his head down and kissed her knuckles gently.

Lilly's POV.
Amid the darkness I was in, then I heard his voice once again as he placed my fingers into his, "Come on beautiful, wake up, I can’t go on like this, open your eyes", he said to me, then placed a kiss on my hand. His words brought me peace and serenity and even if it was the last time I would see him for eternity.
Seeing his handsome face one last time was not such a bad idea. “Please love, if you can hear me, give me a sign, any sign, just please", he pleaded, his voice sounded so unlike him, he sounded very vulnerable and broken, and it broke my heart. I wanted to give him a sign,
show him I was alright, that he did not have to worry anymore, I was here and he could not get rid of me so easily. I gathered up the strength and energy to move a finger on the hand he was holding, of course, this did not go unnoticed by him,
He dropped my hand back on the bed quickly and I heard the chair scrape on the tiled floor as he stood up abruptly. “Your majesty", the doors burst open as another person which I was guessing was the doctor came in, “She moved",
the king exclaimed, I could feel the happiness and excitement radiating off him and that made me feel very happy, he cares about me as a mate should. “She did?”, the doctor sounded surprised, “My lady, can you move again?”, I started to regain control of my eyes and my mouth this time.

The only part of my body that was still unresponsive was my whole arm and body which felt heavy and it seemed like my hands had been glued together with some type of heavy-duty glue.
“I am incredibly happy to say that the queen is conscious", the doctor said in a happy tone, “Thank goddess", Matteo sighed and took my hand in his once again,
“Why is she stiff?”, he asked the doctor, “but she moved earlier, she has been in a coma for days so it is expected", the doctor explained.
“Hello, beautiful”, he whispered to me with a huge grin on his face. I smiled painfully and tried to clear my dry throat, coughing like a maniac, He poured me some water and I drank it with gratitude. kissing me with so much desperation, happiness, and anger.
He was kissing me like there was no tomorrow like it was the last time he would ever kiss me again.

He knew it was too early and forward to start questioning her about what had happened to her on that unfaithful day, but he had to know who the traitor was, and the only way to know was through her, “Do you remember anything?”, he asked her as softly as he could muster.
She nodded her head slightly, how could she forget? She could never forget that sort of thing, it would forever be in her head. “Matt Matt,” Lilly said with so much pain, “I know the child is not yours, but please take care of her, promise me you would”.
“What do you mean? we would take care of the child together, don’t say that Lilly I have faith that you would surely get better.”
“Can you tell me?”, he urged her on, he was now desperate for the information. He and his wolf most of all had been itching for vengeance ever since and now he could finally find the person on whom he could take his anger and frustration out.

“All I remember is as I was about to enter the carriage Jack the butler”, “what!” Jack was behind this all along, “yes,” she said calmly, “he choked me with a handkerchief that had sleeping medicines.
Then after a while, I found myself in a cell with a clang of metal on my wrists, I cried for help but nobody heard me. He said my father Brock, was the cause of the death of his parents”. As Lilly continued this just made him have so much hatred towards Jack.
He stated, “I watched them as they burnt in the fire. From that moment I just hated royals, I swore to them as they burned that I would kill the king and his loved ones”.
As Lilly continued to recall the moments of torture and pain, “I feel cold”, breath heavily, tears started to brim her eyes as she remembered how vulnerable she had been,

“Am I cold?” Matteo replied; “What do you mean by cold?”, he asked, genuinely confused. “I cannot breathe”, she gasped out, the room started to spin in her vision and everything came out blurry,
it felt like she was in a drastic horror movie with no way out of it, she got a strong headache “haaa” she screamed then fainted. “Doctor Doctor!!” the king’s voice echoed in the then room, startling both the maids and doctor standing outside the room, engaging in a conversation,
“Please come in, the king shouted”, the doctor barged in with such urgency, panic laced in their features. “What happened to her” “I don’t know as she recalls her torture she fainted”
Doctor replied; “Why would you make her recall such terrible moments when she is still recovering? My Lord her heartbeat is getting faint.She is barely breathing”,

“Is she going to be fine?”, the king asked in a worried tone, his stress marks now visible on his forehead and around his eyes, “please leave the room, let me work”
When Matt waited in front of the room for Lilly to recover, what was going through his mind was her safety. After a few minutes, the doctor came out of the room,
“My lord” the doctor was short of breath and he could tell the king what happened, “why aren’t you saying anything doctor?” “What happened to her?”
“My lord” before he could complete his sentence, the king barged into the room, “why is Lilly silent?” I can’t hear her heartbeat doctor, “why aren’t you saying anything doctor?"