Did not realize for a moment that she took out a gun and pointed at his head, he was shocked, this must be a nightmare It is certainly a nightmare, how can Jennifer lift the gun in his face or think of something like that?
“Death,” said Jennifer with an angry tone and tears streaming down her eyes. he was watching her hand trembling clearly carrying the gun between her fingers, he felt her fear and hesitation, she still loves me This was what was whispered inside him in the depths of his heart, even if reckless and pressed the trigger of the gun, this is only a moment of anger. He was fully aware of the pain she lived and valued the price of every tear dropping from her beautiful eyes.
“Death is little, very little for you, but my foolish heart is trying to deter me and convince me that it is a lot for you,” she said, pointing to the place of her heart.
“But not this time, it’s all over, and now you’re nothing to me,” she shouted with a screaming voice, then raised her hand, which held the gun.
It was not easy for Jennifer to write that end with her hand, but everything inside her was pushing her to squeeze the trigger with all her might.
Edward was watching her silently. He could only calmly watch his end, perhaps because he realized how far his love had failed from the start. He had fought for long and now he chose to surrender only because he was still under that love.
Jennifer watched his features for the last time, maybe she will keep it in her memory forever after all, those green eyes that failed this time to reveal what they are hiding, she pressed the trigger of the gun and the bullet struck Edward’s head and gets him killed.
Everything was over, but Jennifer thought she would rest after that shot, she was lying to herself, she dropped the gun on the ground to enter into a fit of severe crying that might last forever.
Victoria took advantage of her daughter’s preoccupation, which assured her that she was in a better position to look at the palace vault, she climbed the stairs so quietly to not make any noise might be the two children asleep, she walks through the long corridor that is lit by simple candlelight, until it reached the room at the end. She opened her door quietly trying to avoid the sound of the annoying squeak, looked at her maid, who was shaking one of the girls bed quietly, Victoria pointed to her and whispered to her: “Make sure they sleep and then comes to the next room I will be waiting for you”
Victoria closed the door of the room and then went to the next room, the room was as if it never belonged to the vault, its walls decorated in azure color, which gave the room a pleasant decor, the furniture was a little, with blue sofas and a wooden table in the middle. Victoria sat waiting for the maid and only a few minutes later until she arrived, she asked her to sit on the couch opposite and then she said “After two days I will finish planning how to get to the palace in secret with the two girls then I will send one of the guards to show you the way”
The maid nodded and then said, “But, My lady, I still do not understand anything”
“It does not really matter that you understand every detail, but all you have to do is to carry out my orders for your benefit and for the benefit of all, and because of me, all your dreams will become a reality” the Maid Madeleine looked at her lady in surprise and did not understand what she meant.
the guard’s knocks at the door permission her to come in and as soon as Victoria allowed him to enter until he pushed the door and entered, the signs of tension and fear were apparent on his face.
“My lady, it’s” he silent a little to picks up his breath and then follow “lady Jennifer shot Edward”
Madeline shook as she listened to what the guard was saying and her eyes widened with great confusion, Victoria stood up and it is almost couldn’t believe it, she said to the guard: “did he die?”
The maid watched Victoria’s facial expressions that seemed to be happy “Yes,” the guard replied.
“and Jennifer? she asked, ignoring what happened to Edward.
“I came to ask you to attend because she is in a very bad mental state.” Victoria nodded coldly and then told the guard:”it’s okay, I’m coming”
Chapter 20
Location: Gliza Planet
Q ueen Victoria hit the table in front of her angrily, While she was ready to demolish the palace on the heads of all the inhabitants, she looked very angrily at the guard standing in front of her in horror “how you didn’t see that come in? How did you allow them to escape simply? “
“My lady, It came out of our control completely and we did not expect such a raid, especially since no one knows about this at all,” he said with great nervousness.
the features of the anger disappeared from her face to be replaced by signs of surprise and confusion as if something had suddenly crossed in her mind.
she looked toward the guard with cold eyes and then said as she softened her voice: “I want to see maid Madeleine immediately”
The guard trembled from her request, “ you still standing here, move on.” she shouted order him when she noticed his sudden froze.
Each muscle of his tongue was paralyzed he couldn’t answer, while he realized that there was no solution but to surrender and say what exactly happened. “In fact, the maid has disappeared with .. the two girls,” he said stuttered.
She bites on her lip angrily, her mind also refused to believe that a maid dared to challenge her, and she was quite sure that she had done something will regret it, In Queen Victoria’s dictionary, there is no place for forgiveness or mercy.
“Prepare all the guards without exception, I have declared war,” She said coldly like a deadly storm, The guard goes quick to execute orders but she stops him saying “ I want that maid in front of me alive,” she said, squeezing her teeth angrily and then added, “and in the worst case ... If you can not bring her here kill her, I do not want her alive when the sun rises tomorrow”
The guard starts shaking when he heard what this woman is capable to do.
Madeleine ran with all her strength holding the girl in her arms trying to get as far away as possible from that palace. She stopped and then looked at the man standing in front of her to ask him and the signs of fear and tension appear on her tired face: “What should we do now?”
“We still have a lot to go,” he answered, and he saw the way in front of him trying to estimate the remaining distance to them.
“This is bad, we have to get there quickly, it is certain that Mrs. Victoria has knows what happened, and if we do not arrive soon, her guards will undoubtedly find us”
“We have an hour before we get there,” he said, trying to regulate his breath after a long road of running. there is a small abandoned hut in that forest. We will spend our night there and go out before the sun shines tomorrow,
She shook her head approvingly then keeps walk to arrive as fast as they could.
Madeleine smiled joyously as John preached her arrival. she felt very tired, especially as the movement on Gliza was not as easy as they expected because of the force of gravity that makes them feel more weighty and the temperature fluctuates in a confusing way.
she looked towards the hut, not believe that finally, she would get a small part of rest and reassurance. John opened the door of the dark and old cottage and then lit the lanterns, the cottage, despite its simplicity, was beautiful and very suitable for Madeleine. She wished to stay away from the noise of the palace, Madeleine and John prepared dinner after making sure the two children were covered in a deep sleep, Madeleine sat beside the small fireplace as she heard the rain on the window as John suddenly asked her. “Why did not tell the guards about me and choose to help me escape?”
she looked into his eyes trying to figure out the meaning of his sudden question and then smiled back “I can not really lie and say that I am not afraid of anything and that Mrs. Victoria’s anger does not mean anything to me. I really did not think to risk such a risk and with such a mad queen.”
she answered him after her smile disappeared replaced by signs of d
espair and sadness once she thought about the whole thing seriously and realized that her fate would inevitably be more severe than death as long as she plays with Queen Victoria. he brought her back to reality when he asks her again about the reason for her sacrifice.
“The obvious reason for my sacrifice is that I am a sensitive person when I heard about Queen Victoria’s plan from the guards I was in a state of shock and asked myself why she does it? To achieve her goal and start wars again, she pressed her teeth sadly and then add “I was in a state of shock which made me look for any way to get away from being part of this job, then I came and by accident, I saw you sneak into the room when I was out. I saw you as a way to survive while I needed only those who encouraged me and helped me to escape and you appeared and then I did not hesitate because living with sin is much worse than death”
When John tried to sneak into the cellar and escape with the two children, Madeleine intercepted his way, and then he only thought that his plan had failed. But instead of stopping him, she helped him to escape with the two children, making him wonder why she was doing this dangerous act without hesitation.
“I really do not blame Mrs. Victoria for her desire to return to earth again, our lives here no matter how long it won’t last forever, I remember when I was a child I was listening to her speeches on the anniversary of our departure from the earth, she was my hero I consider her a symbol of strength and rigidity, But all these ideas evaporated when I knew her personally, “ she smiled at that anniversary and then said, I volunteered to work in the palace and the choice of that job meant forever. I realized how selfish she was, she simply lost her feelings In return the idea of returning to Land on it or rather the idea of revenge “
John was well known even though it came from the Earth that the inhabitants of the planet Gliza have the right to live on the Earth against the will of everyone, but what the inhabitants of Gliza do not know that the people of the Earth does not really know about their existence and that because the authorities hide it completely, He did not want to tell her that, he had never intended to discuss this matter since he left the earth planet.
“Have you witnessed what happened to Edward?” He asked her in a way that seemed trembling.
“What happened to Mr. Edward was a big part of my decision to flee and I did not witness or even Queen Victoria was no one to believe that Princess Jennifer will kill him herself”
John’s eyes widened in shock so that he almost did not believe what he heard, he felt blood freeze in his veins” what are you saying? You may be confused”
Madeleine noticed the change in John as soon as he heard her words, then she said “ This news spread all over the palace and I was with Queen Victoria when she knows it, I was shocked just like you”
“But why did she do it? she supposed to love him?” Said John, barely holding back his tears that foreshadow the fall, He had some hope and did not expect it to be killed by his wife.
“She is not really guilty. She was also a victim of Mrs. Victoria’s plans, she fabricated false stories and seem to have forced Mr. Edward to falsely claim that he killed his daughters”
“I can’t believe it, he did not have to trust that snake, but I will kill her. I’ll kill her with my hands,” said John, leaning his forehead on his palm with pain and fury.
Madeleine was surprised by John’s reaction, which seemed exaggerated. She did not know the connection between Edward and John.
“I realize it’s really sad, but what makes you so edgy?” Madeleine asked without realizing the folly of her question at that moment.
“Do you want a normal person to smile when he hears the death of his best friend or is this your normal behavior as the inhabitants of the planet Gliza?” John responded as he looked at her with his red eyes.
The signs of shock appeared on Madeleine’s face, and she scorned her behavior coldly, as John stared at her he suddenly rose from the chair and headed for one of the rooms. A few minutes later John came out carrying a pistol and bullets and then proceeded to put bullets in the pistol in a hurry.
“take care of the two girls until I come back,” he said, and he opening the door of the hut, but she rushed to stand in front of his face before leaving.
“What do you say? If you go, you will never come back. That crazy idea that is going on in your head will kill you,” she said, angrily staring at him. She stood firmly and forcefully but inside her collapsed and her mind assured her that she would fail to deter him from his decision.
“That’s none of your business, get out of my way,” he said as he put his hand on the handle of the door, she felt that she would lose control of the situation and that she would bear the consequences alone, but not before she tried everything she had.
she pushed his hand, which stretched towards the handle, and then cried out in his face, saying,” it’s really none of my business, I do not care about all this and I’ll leave before you and I’m really happy to let you know that your actions are very stray “
He was frozen in his place, staring at her in shock. He did not really expect to scream in his face like this, but she really did. Where was his mind when he thought of leaving the two children with her alone?
she looked at his sad brown eyes and noticed that the storm had calmed down, she said to him, after she had controlled the tone of her sharp voice: “Think carefully, would Mr. Edward accept what you were going to do? Would he like to gamble with everything?”
John remembered the conversation with his friend as he listens to Madeleine’s words but his heart was very painful. he realizes that it is really a lost deal that will not return what was stolen and will not change the predestination.
He stepped back and then sat on the chair staring at the emptiness, feels as if he is powerless or is tied in strong iron chains, Madeleine felt like crying watches John calmly and listening to his troubled breath. she felt the same when she saw Jennifer’s grief over her two children, but she could not say the truth, but rather chose to be silent.
“I kept telling him it was a false love but he continued to resist,” said John with a broken voice.
Madeleine put her hand on John’s shoulder and then she said: “Believe me, it was a true love”
“Do you really think that? Do you see butterflies flying in his sky? You must be kidding” John said.
“Yes, I see the love between them and it wasn’t false,” Madeleine said confidently.
“she killed him by herself, do you realize that fact?” He pressed his teeth in anger.
“I know perfectly well, but you also have to realize that Jennifer suffered so much and that her mother was behind all this,” Madeleine said emotionally, then add, “and do you think she is feeling better now after what happened, it’s even worse “
John continued to stare at her eyes for a short time and then said mockery and a miserable smile on his face: “He was really stupid”
“He was a faithful lover,” Madeline said.
“Maybe you will die in the name of love too,” said John, entering his fingers between the wisps of his short brown hair nervously.
“believe me Sir, John, your friend didn’t die in vain, he trusts you to complete the mission and he chose very wisely,” Madeleine said, trying to remind him of the basic purpose and stop this sterile debate, which is very confident that he is just doubling his pain.
“first stop calling me Sir, I hate that title, he really disgusts me.” John quickly completed his sentence until he held the cup in front of him on the table and threw it toward the wall to break into small pieces of glass.
“he didn’t choose well, he made a mistake, he made a dangerous mistake, I can not go on, I can’t do what he wants me to do” he shouted after he got up, he stared at her with a frown and an angry look as if he wished to destroy her.
Madeleine’s heart was about to stop because of the sudden reversal of his temper at that moment, like a berserk bull.
“I trust you, you can not give in and s
tay idle. You’re not a coward,” Madeleine said with a steady, strong voice but she feared of his reaction.”
“yes, I am a coward, enough to treat me as a baby, leave me alone,” he shouted at her, then turned and closed the door firmly.
Madeleine sighs helplessly and is unable to act because she has plunged herself into a disaster that will surely lead her to death. Victoria will never have mercy on her.
Chapter 21
M adeleine woke up and head to the toilet, the moment she saw the door of one of the open rooms. It is the room that John spent his night on, he must have gone out. she walked inside the room with hesitant steps. It was a small and simple room but arranged with a wooden bed and a medium sized wardrobe at the corner, she approached the office to check it, organized papers and pens of various colors, she drew her attention to the picture frames, sat on the chair in front of the desk and then took a picture. It was a picture of three children who appeared to be at the age of eight or so. They were standing in front of a beautiful and elegant house that was never seen on the planet Gliza and had a big innocent smile, two boys and one girl, who they are? She takes another picture. she looked hard to confirm the features of the two young men, but did not look too much, she knew who they are. Edward was putting his arm on John’s shoulder and a cheerful smile on their faces. Beside them stood a girl with beautiful and attractive features who could not identify her.
“You seem very curious, “said John, standing in front of the entrance to the room.
he scared her until the frame of the picture slipped from her hands to fall on the office and then said “ You scared me”
He raised his eyebrows sarcastically and then said:” people scare if they know that they are making a mistake or who may Snooping over the privacy of others”
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