Synder-Ella - Episode 9

 

“My queen.”

The queen looked up from where she sat, two maids tended to her, one was massaging her wrist while the other was working on her back. The third just came in to deliver an information.

“Yes Doris. Speak.” She commanded.

“Ten of the ladies are here in the palace court.”

“Good.” The queen said and continued, “Tell the rest, each one of you should escort them to the rooms we have made available while we await the rest of them.”

Doris bowed and left the room.

Porsha signaled to the ladies to stop what they were doing.

“Get me my gown Lilly.” She said to one of them and faced the other, “Tina, you, go to my son’s room and lock the door firmly, he mustn’t escape, I feel he might try to run away or something like that. But first make sure that he is in the room before locking it . If any of the guards asks you anything, tell them I sent you.”

The two maids nodded and did as they were told.

Queen Porsha  stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her son was really giving her issues and she was getting tired of this, perhaps, once he finds a suitable bride just like his father hoped, he would behave. Once the ladies all get to the palace, she would see to it that Henry gets dressed and ten guards would accompany him to where he would get to see the beautiful damsels

She has often heard that beauty can do wonders to a man, hopefully when Henry sees how lucky he is with all the beautiful ladies, he would develop some senses.

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Tina climbed the stairs to the prince’s wing

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. When she got there, she met two guards each at the front of the door.

“Is he in?” She asked both guards, who nodded.

“Are you sure?” She asked again.

“Would you like to go in and see for yourself?” One of the guards asked.

“No, I’m sorry, I just need to be sure as the queen is very specific about this.” She replied.

“Has she sent you to lock the door?” The other asked Tina and she nodded. The two guards exchanged glances and heaved a sigh of relief.

“Thank God. I am not ready for a marathon race chasing a grown ass man all over the town.” One of them said and the other fixed the lock of the door before the three dispersed.

“Oh crap!” Someone said in the room as the lock was fixed, “I am locked in here man! Your mother has locked me in here.”  He said into the phone in his hand.

There was another voice in the phone that the speaker held, “sorry man, I told you to do one last favour for me, don’t worry, just try and be the prince in oneday. I will call you later.”

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Synder checked the time on her wrist and realized she had been walking for twenty minutes, she was exhausted already. Her throat was dry and she was soaked in her own sweats. The afternoon sun was already up.

The jean she wore was already dusty not to talk of her feet which were almost white as a result of the dry sand.

The bag in her hand didn’t help anything. She cursed under her breath for having to hold the stupid bag with her. She wasn’t even aware of it till minutes ago. If she had dropped the bag in the car, her trouble could have been minimized.

Read " Bleeding Petals " by the same author ( Tobi Loba )

. Now here she was carrying a stupid bag that belonged to that ungrateful girl, while she still tried to find her way back to where their town. She wasn’t even carrying her own bag. Katrina had told her before they left the house to guard the bag with her life and not to let go of it, so when she was pushed out,  Katrina must have lost sight of the bag and whatever was inside of it, else, she would have collected it from her.

Even though Katrina was the least evil of the three, once she gets frustrated, she would behave irrationally, like sending her back to their house, to get a stupid cloth.

“Arrggh!” She groaned and turned as she heard the noise of yet another  car and just as she had done to ten of the cars that had already passed, she waved her hands but like the rest, it didn’t stop.

“Stupid car! So wicked!” She shouted and squatted beside the road. She had called Zi some minutes ago and she really hoped that she would get the cloth for her. That instant, her phone vibrated and she picked, it was Zi.

“Hey Zi, where are you?” She asked.

“I got the dress and  I am on my way down, believe me, I had to cause a diversion and I stole it because they wouldn’t give me. Don’t worry, I stole dad’s car as well, I will be there in the next thirty minutes plus, just send me your co-ordinates.”

“Oh! Baby I love you so much! Please, hurry!” She said excitedly before hanging up. Zichat was a life saver. Quickly, she went on her goggle map and attached the coordinates to her through whatsapp. Then she pocketed her phone and crossed the road, all that remained was to wait for her.

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MEANWHILE....

Some distant away from where Synder was and a little bit far from the palace but in a well hidden spot, a young man in a black hoddie, in his hand was a bag, he removed the hoodie and faced a set of men, who looked like they were ready for a mission.

“Hi, I am Henry, Peter said to meet with you here.”

“Where is Peter?” One of the men asked, his face wasn’t really showing as the place was dark.

“He is handling a business for me, I am the one who needs you actually, to kidnap a princess.”

“Okay, is our payment ready?”

Henry nodded and handed them the bag. “Yea, you will receive the rest after you have the princess.”

AT THE SAME TIME....

A black van drove out of a dark alley. The passangers  of the car where four men dressed in a police uniform and in their hands were a gun each...

“You think we look like real policeman?” The driver said to the other two sitting at the front.

“We just need to be convincing enough to catch one of the princesses...” their leader replied.

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HOPE WE ARE HAVING A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING? LEMME BREAK IT DOWN, PETER IS THE ONE IN THE ROOM, NOT HENRY, HENRY IS MEETING WITH THE GROUP OF HIS OWN PRINCESSNAPPERS, LOL, WHILE THE MAIN PRINCESSNAPPERS ARE IN THE BLACK VAN...OK , SURE THIS SHOULD BE CLEARER