Hate to Love- chapter 10 At The Palace
Disclaimer: Some characters that you recognize aren't mine, they belong to tamora pierce, those that u don't recognize, they belong to me.
A/N: This chapter is not done in Yaven's nor Mal's P.O.V. it's done at the palace, as you can derive from the title.
Mal's palace
"Mithros! Where on earth can she go? She's all alone! It's been a week since she left! Could something have happened to her?" Queen Alexi paced the floor of her bedchamber anxiously.
"I shouldn't have let Mal learn riding! It's my fault! Tortall expects us in about 2 months' time, which still gives us a bit of time to find her. Calm down, 'Lex, you're making me nervous," King Tristen of Tynem said.
"no, no, its my fault. I was the one who wanted her to learn to ride,"
"'Lex, take it this way, if you didn't convince me to let Mal learn to ride, she would be all alone out there, without even a horse to help her," he coaxed.
"but you said-"
"nevermind what I said, calm down, get some sleep. I'll be in the study if you need me. I've got some things to take care of," the King carried his queen to the bed, gave her a peck on the cheek and left the room.
Where are you, Mal? Do you know that we need you here? Your mother's going crazy over your disappearance. And so are the servants, he added after seeing a distraught servant rushing past him, wiping tears away.
Yaven's Palace
"Your Majesty" the guard greeted.
"yes? Have you found him?" questioned King Jaysen.
"No, your Majesty, we have searched the city and the nearby places and found no sign of His Highness," was his reply.
"Mithros, I should have known Yaven would not stay still, I should have known! Now he'd be too far to find. When the King and Queen of Valendra come 2 months later, who are we going to present to them as a son-in-law?" King Jaysen said, getting anxious.
"Jaysen, calm down. We still have 2 months to find Yaven. He knows that we can't afford to offend Valendra, he'll come back," Queen Daserie tried to calm the King down.
"of course we can't afford to offend Valendra! Valendra can easily defeat us if they go to war if they think that we think that the Princess is not good enough for Yaven!" the King had lost his temper by now.
"well, Yaven doesn't want to marry Princess Malrina," Daserie muttered under her breath.
"what did you say, my queen!" Jaysen was enraged.
The queen shaked her head repeatedly and said, "I think you'd better go get some rest, Jaysen, you of all people cannot afford to get sick, after all, you still have the whole country to govern and you have more work now that Yaven left."
The King nodded and with a wave of her hand, the Queen dismissed the guards and officials present in the room.
A/N: I know this chapter isn't very long, sorry. Pls review… thanx!