Cherreads

Chapter 2 - Deadly Serets

A woman with dark skin, straight black hair and Hazel eyes is in labour , but she doesn't care about the process in getting her baby, she cares about the results- what gender is her baby?

"Your royal highness, please you have to push more. At this rate the baby will not come out ! " The head maid shouted with concern. The sounds of screams echo through the estate of Royal consort Mariah whom hailed from the Country America.

After three painful hours the echoes were replaced with adorable baby cries and the tension reduced. " Emily, tell me , what is my baby's gender?" Mariah said trying to catch her breath " Your Royal highness , I am sorry" head maid Emily said with tears in her eyes. " A Girl!? No , it can't be , I won't accept this . Emily, George, tell the eunuch sent by the Emperor that I have birthed a son and his name is Oliver " Mariah said with seriousness. "Your royal highness!? We can't do that , we would have to keep it up till her highness is an adult and if discovered by anyone it would result in the death of everyone in this estate. Please reconsider this " Emily cried. " Head maid Emily , you have to calm down , I am ready to die for her royal highness and I know you are too. We can pull this off , come on" Her highnesses head eunuch Jasper pleads. "Jasper it's not that I do not want to help her highness but , I want to protect her from future dangers that this secret will bring." Emily said with a sad face ." You two , you may leave " she said to the two attending maids outside the door. The maids left and Emily rushed to get a blue blanket and wrapped the princess . Then the princess is taken on a walk around the estate and all who sees will know that the royal consort has birthed a son.

The two maids walked away quickly going through the estate gates and to the forest behind it ." The child is... a girl" one said looking petrified. "Her royal highness is lying, but what are we going to do with this news? We cannot tell anyone" the other said.

"But hiding this secret will end us if discovered, I am sorry but... I have a family I don't want to die. I must report this crime to the her majesty, the Empress " The other maid said while walking away. Before she could take five steps away her head was off her shoulders and the green grass was soaked in blood. The other was horrified at the sight and tried running away but she was stopped by an arrow logged into her back. She fell to the floor having only a few seconds to see the one who had taken thier lives , and it was the royal consort Mariah 's Personal guard who had been following them from the estate. " You are both disgraceful. To think mere maids would try to end Her highnesses life" He said as he wiped his sword clean and put it back in its sheath. "We have to be much more careful from now on ".

More Chapters