Witch's Daughter And The Devil's Son

Drayce moved his hand to the neckline of her dress, intending he would remove her dress.

She held his hand immediately, "Dray, it's not night."

"Doesn't matter, My Queen," he said as he observed her flushed face with a sly smirk playing on his lips, "We have already been intimate many times for you to feel shy now. I have touched you everywhere already and you enjoyed every bit of it then why are you shy now?"

"I...." she closed her mouth as soon as she opened it. He had touched her but had not seen her. "I am comfortable in the dark."

He offered her a questioning gaze, "So you plan to never let me see you?"

"That's not what I mean..."

"Then what do you mean, My Queen," his hand playfully moved to slip aside her dress from her left shoulder but...

"Ahh..." she whined in pain as she held his hand in place.

It startled Drayce as he looked at Seren's face, full of painful expressions.

"Seren, what happened?" he asked worriedly.

With her eyes closed and clenching his hand, she replied, "It hurts." Tears rolled down her eyes the next moment. An intense pain engulfed her entire body.

It panicked Drayce. She was fine till a moment ago and suddenly..."Where...Where are you hurting?"

She let go of his hand and pressed at her heart, with her eyes shut tightly. "My heart...it hurts.. That woman...she is angry..."

Drayce carried her in his arms and took her to his bed. He put her on the bed gently but the next moment she curled into a ball with her hand pressing her heart and whining in pain.

"Orion!" Drayce called loudly.

"The door opened and the servant entered the chamber. He kept his head lowered but he heard the Queen's painful voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty?"

"Call for a Royal Physician and ask Tyra to be here immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Orion immediately left, sensing the urgency of the matter.

Lady Tyra was fortunately at the Queen's residence when she got the message from the king. She hurried towards the King's residence where Orion guided her to the King's chamber. She saw Drayce sitting at the edge of the bed holding Seren's hand who was crying in pain. Panic was written on his face but he tried to be calm for the sake of his wife.

"Your Majesty...."

"Hurry and check on her," Drayce stood up to give space to Lady Tyra but just then Seren stopped whining in pain.

Lady Tyra sat at the edge of the bed and looked at Seren who opened her eyes and looked back at her.

"Your Majesty, where is it hurting?" Lady Tyra asked.

"It's fine now," Seren replied.

She was stunned at how in just a moment that intense pain disappeared. A while ago, she was not just in pain but was terrified due to something.

Seren sat up in the bed as Lady Tyra helped her. Lady Tyra held her hand and closed her eyes to check on her. After a while, she spoke with confusion, "Everything seems fine."

"I feel fine now. But I don't know why suddenly I felt that pain."

"You talked about a woman when you were in pain," Drayce said and Seren didn't know what to say. She sure had seen that woman and this time she felt terrified of her.

"Your Majesty, please tell us everything," Lady Tyra caressed her hand, "It can be of help."

Seren looked hesitant, "I saw that green-eyed woman again but this time...she was angry...she was surrounded by blazing fire and wanted to kill everyone. Her anger, that killing instinct I could feel it all and it was so terrifying. That woman is...scary..."

Lady Tyra and Drayce heard it and looked at each other as both had no idea what was happening to Seren. But they needed to find out.

Just then Orion entered the chamber and informed, "Your Majesty, the royal Physician is here."

"Let him in," Drayce replied. He knew it was something that the royal physician could not solve but as he was called, it was fine to let him check on Seren as a normal check-up.

The royal physician bowed to the king and greeted him. He was led to the bed to check on the Queen.

"Your Majesty, what exactly happened?" the royal physician asked Drayce, "she felt the pain in her chest."

The royal physician checked her pulse and did what he should but to him, everything seems fine.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong I see but Her Majesty seems to be a little weak. I will recommend some herbs that will help her nourish her body."

Drayce nodded and the royal physician left after instructing Seren on taking a rest.

Lady Tyra looked at Seren, "Your Majesty, I heard you missed the morning meal. I will ask servants to arrange it for you."

Seren could not say no as she could not deny she was starving and after going through intense pain, all she knew was that she wanted to fill her empty stomach first as she felt weak.

Lady Tyra left while Seren looked at Drayce who came to sit by her. "Apologies for making you worried again."

"It's fine. I am glad that I was with you when it happened," he caressed her cheek gently to make her feel better, "We will find out what exactly is happening and then it will be all fine. We will find that woman as well despite wherever she exists"

Seren's expressions changed to worried ones, "That woman seems to be scary. We should stay away from her. No need to find her."

Drayce moved closer and hugged her to calm her down. 'Seems like this dream has scared her too much,' he thought and said, "It's the second time you saw her, Seren. Dreams about her cause you pain and I can't see you suffering like this. If you see her, that means there is a meaning to it and we need to find out."

Seren raised her head to look at him, "No Dray, I felt what she was feeling. It was so clear as if I was the one feeling everything. All I felt from her was rage and vengeance and she just wanted to destroy everything. She had a strong killing instinct as if she wanted to spare no one. What if we find her and she tries to harm...?"

"Nothing can harm you when I am with you, Rest assured." He hugged her back and continued to comfort her.

"Dray!" she called him while leaning her face against his chest.

"Hmm?"

"You called me Seren just now. Can you say it again?" she asked, not letting go of him.

Drayce smiled lightly and lowered his face to peck on her head, "Seren."

"Again."

"Seren."

"Once again."

"Seren."