"I refuse to let it happen. Do whatever you should but keep in mind my scholarship students are a priority. They are under my mentorship. I believe you are intelligent enough to get it? Even if it is the child of the highest Whatever that should have the place in that classroom. I do not care! This is utterly disrespectful."
The man at the other end cringed wondering why difficult she was being. Eventhough he had expected it.
" Beware if it is reported to me that YOU or anyone even so slightly mistreated one of them you will not see the end of it. I believe your brain take too much place in you head, to even call me for something so stupid."
Hanging up without letting the man that was Arthur nephew added anything else, the queen felt angrier than ever. She was in a very good mood, from the moment she woke up, it was too good to last in this land.
Come on, he had some bravery to call her and requested for young katiandra to be send back to the lower class because she was too young for her to leave her place to one of his buddies son. There were many schools out there.
That excuse of director of Porys highschool never stop to irk her the wrong way. Massaging her temples with the tips of her fingers, Katiandra shook her head doing her best to breath very slowly, with all going around she really did not need another problem on top.
The nerves of that man was almost equal to stupidity, young Katiandra would be doing the class the class she was in. That was the spirit of that scholarship. Whatever students in the class, hers was never to be put at risk.
She understood the amount of students per class was not much. Then what would be the benefit of it being an elites school.
If a class has more students than required for it, that means someone did not do their work properly. The miaximum being ten, That she had specifically set herself per class. When they registered that new student he knew what he was doing.
By what he said, she should be letting the child of an emirate that has the right age since she was underage, do the class. He wanted to graduate from her school.
Two mind she gave to diplomatic incident. This was beyond insulting. The man had no brain to even call her to stupid thing like this. If it was not for Arthur request he would not even be there. He was just a waste of space for his father to say his son was doing something with his life.
Breathing in and out taking her time for at least one minute, she finally looked up meeting her right hand ready stare.
"I want you to go to Porys highschool this instant. Make sure Rosa prepares breakfast to young Katiandra. Deliver it to the school kitchen. Include those of her siblings and that other boy scholarship student too."
She just remembered taking in a young boy that was two years older than young katiandra to make it bearable for her. He had the abilities to be call genius but not as the young girl. Besides she knew he really wanted it, for knowing his parents to a personal level.
Registering the orders that was barked by his chef, the military man witnessed how hard her face had become contrasting radically with her morning glow, whomever unnerved her did not know what they did. By the look of it he could rightly guess.
"The message will be pass as you wished you highest"
Slightly bowing his head he straightened to have her eyes piercing his soul in a way he was already accustomed to. Knowing what she want before she had to voice it he nodded taking a burned phone in his pocket handing it to her.
Her index up she stood looking at him, this was not how she envisioned calling her partner at all.
"Good. Wait a minute."
Walking away with the phone in hand she dialed the pre-recorded number standing in front of the window her body frozen like a statue while she waited. The line ran twice before it was picked but no voice was heard not even a foe o the screen appeared. It seemed like it was facing the bed.
" Lorelei. Good morning. Sorry for waking you up at this time. I know it is still early out there, but can you look at your screen for me please?"
Still stunned for getting a call on her personal phone from the queen, the young woman took a moment to respond verifying at her request that it was really her that was calling by checking the screen properly, the moment she saw it was really a video call she pushed herself up.
Seeing the face of Katiandra unperturbed while she studied her was something that convinced her. she frowned leaning her back on her bedhead. Letting her take her time Katiandra waited enjoying the small details of her lover morning face, still half asleep, she looked like an angel trying hard to wake up.
She did until she saw recognition in her lover eyes that it was really happened.
"The coast is clear?" Puzzled lorelei asked with expectations on her voice.
"Yes love it is. I promise to call you again later but now I need you to tell me something very important. "
All ears Lorelei nodded this time really present.
"I need that contact you told me about years ago in Porys highschool. The one looking after young Katiandra. I know it has been a while"
Almost smiling, the young woman shook her head to negate what was just said.
"Oh, do not worry I have kept in touch with her, and young Katia too. She is a marvelous child who is growing to be like you. You are her hero you know. She's been doing great. Did you know that they had to move her further in her class, like really. I believe she is with the end years this school year and valedictorian will be her. She is being talking about it non stop.They all are weird about to have a 12 years old as a classmates. To top it she will be out with her two siblings too."
" Woah! You really stay in touch." In awe katiandra remarked feeling a bit ashamed she did not do the same, eventhough she had promised.
"I promise her distance will not be a problem to do that, you know." Wincing at those words the Queen made a sad face knowing her lover was good at keeping her promise while she herself stumped them on her own feet repeatedly.
"It had been the contrary with me. I'm not good at that. I am so sorry"
"The circumstances were differents my love. Never forget you are a Queen with many responsibilities. I understand that. Young Katia too. "
"Thank you for been so sweat with me. I don't deserve you." Breathing out with a sad face the older woman almost mumbled only for her to hear.
"You do. It is good to be talking to you like this. But as for what you asked me. Her name is doctor Amanda Alyn. 32, supposedly in charge of the academic ressources. She has been working there for ten years already. Even though if you asked me I will tell you she is just a name on a paper." That situation has frustrated the young professor from the beginning making her understand how blessed she was to have katiandra in her life.
"How so?" Puzzled the Queen ask wondering where this was going.
"They let her do nothing but stay in her office all day. What a waste?"
"How do you ev-- oh you said you stayed in touch with her. Are you friends or what? It feels like you are angry on a personal level."
Rolling her eyes at the flame she so coming alive in the fiery crystal green eyes Lorelei shook her head negatively.
"Chill tiger. Yes. We are kind of friends and we worked together. I mean I am in a sort of alliance with her. We have a project going on that favor artistic expression. You know about it, remember, because we talked about it. You had asked Norman to make the blog 'NYALL my Thoughts' to not be censured by your government."
Remembering what she was talking about katiandra felt for the second time, useless for the young woman for suggesting she could be entertaining anything with someone else. What kind of partner was she?
"Wait I thought it was yours!?"
Chuckling at the face the woman everyone feared was making right now Lorelei nodded then shook her shoulders.
"In a way, but she is really the mind behind it. All the time I have been off not feeling it she maintained the posts. I will sometimes post dark thoughts and she would talked me out of it and do the same for her. You know, it really is something that reunited us in the beginning. I saw her iPad with things she had wrote, saying she wished she could have a site. So we did."
It was more to give her something to do that the young woman had associated herself to it. She knew, nothing would be denied to her if it was her name put front to soften the Queen and like always it has worked.
"I love you you know that right? But love we have to cut it short now. We only have two minutes per call. And it is already it. So she is trusty?"
"She is. I love you too. Please will you breath a moment for me? I can see that you are angry and you know I don't like it when you are. You should not put yourself at risk like that. Your heart is important. For me."
"Hmmm. Thank you my love. See I'm calmer now." With a smile she uttered those words feeling like someone who just took a long line of white drug. It was really addictive how lorelei always act with her.
Then just like that the line went silent the image was gone. Touching the screen with the tip of her fingers the young professor could only mumbled an
"Okay my love" That only her and her lifeless phone could hear.
Her eyes were so heavily protesting to be opened so early, since they had just being closed at five thirty and it was now exactly five minutes that she had been awoken staring aimlessly at her phone.
She really had no time to over think about it though. So hugging her lover picture that she had picked from her nightstand .on her chest, which was not the right thing to do because it always leaves her with marks on her chest, she moved down in her pillows the softness of her sheets calming her hammering heart. With a smile she passed out.
Back in katiandra museum, Porys.
Still at her window the Queen eyes wandered over the scenery, the day was already in plain motion in Porys. They were four hours ahead. She took her time to get the feeling of euphoria that was making shockwaves in her entire body calm down. Like she was been filled with an energy she did not know she needed.
Taking one last deep breath in and out she turned to Raphaelli who was still waiting even though amazed at how calm she already was.
" Have doctor Alyn call me as soon as you reach the school." Giving him the phone back she uttered turning her back to him.
With no other word uttered she walked to her desk sat again before going straight in her stack of paperwork.
Workalcoolic was the term that could easily describe her. All that happened around was just to keep in touch with the advencement of the world. She was a builder.
Standing in the elevator that was closing the commander eyes had one last look on the untouchable woman features.
She was a dreamed image on her exterior, all doollup which he now knew to not let fool him. She was a force of the nature in all way. He had come to respect her for that and many others qualities she possessed.
Most of the men he knew that praised themselves to be achievers could not compared to her. If her husband worked at least half the way she did. The kingdom would be far more greater than it was. It was no surprise she loved another woman.
At that level, all men that could not carry up her mind could not satisfied her. Not that he believed that it only work that way. No. But it was certainly a great factors. She was the one carrying Porys to keep its pace going.
She was doing so many things he often wondered how she knew all that was necessary. She never shy away to take difficult decisions. All that was what make someone valuable.
But most humans who have accomplished nothing with their lives would call her name for who she loved.
Raphaelli at the contact of the Queen had came to believe in legacy. However someone expressed themselves to be in the society that did not harm it but who use their presence on Earth to enhance the world by their work was who mattered.
Legacy, if you do not have it, quite judging. Because while you criticise other grow others make changes. The my better the world.
The work for the creation.. to make it a better place is what should drive people minds. Everyone is equal. Human are so ambiguous. Not understanding their own life to begin with but judging.
Most would say when discovering her true that " Since it is her...", what? She could be forgiven
WHY? Because of all she had done for the world. It was okay. They could make do. He had seen that with superstars who came out.
But what about those who does not have the chance to better the world yet, those that are still younger?
They will still be kill for showing their preference? Certainly.
He had seen most being beheaded, yes. The king did not forgive that "sin" As he called it. He had do sometimes showing it on national TV.
" It is a plague not accepted by our land. They are pests that should be eradicate. Not good for the world we live in. Not fit, unable of good actions. The manifestation of the devil."
The king mantra and his father before him. In face of all those words, Raphaelli could attested that this land was administered by a strong woman who has more heart than her husband, the king, who, would never possess in many of his reincarnation or even through all of them one part of it.
For a simple reason, Raphaelli thought sniffing. He always get
emotional when thinking about all of this, and was ot about to cry while walking in the lobby of the museum with all his men looking at him like he was some sort of god.
Nodding at some he focused on his thoughts.about reincarnation, good and bad, he was firmly believing in the positivity of the religion. The one of the heart.
He knew there were people that was chosen to be God representative on this Earth.
Some have been given titles other none. But by all means they were simple people. Created at the image and resemblance of God, Allah or Buddha.
Their seeds and fruits talked about love and multiple it infinitely. All they does is good. That created only good. Even when impressive they pushed the crow to better itself, not to kill or hate.
The fear they inspire is to make anyone around them say
"I will be my best doing the best, to be worthy of this world and their presence. To be like this person. That inspire me."
They create and give life.
The soldier was not naive though, he also knew the same, there also was some that were made to represent the devil image. To serve him and spread the wave of hatred in the world. All they could bring in the world was deceit and anger through fear.
Thoughts were stumbling in his brain making it a mess for any one that could stand inside there. One time remembered he had cried, him, a soldier, thinking that once he was one of those people that wished the death of others he knew nothing about.
"If You do not like wat I do, you should die." Really was the motto spread in Porys land.
To be in contact with people like the Queen, professor Kamali, and doctor Killian, he has learned was now married to Malone, the ambassy PA. Was life changing.
All of them were good people, so good sometimes it shame those who pride themselves to be better. All of that because of scriptures that was so wrongly interpreted many were hurt by humans that just relayed what their hateful preacher would teach them.
Religion has been and still is a terrible arm use to keep the world separate.
Being a soldier he knew to win a battle the first thing is to nourish something that will not allow people to unite their strength.
To reign you have to separate. Race, sexes, preferences. Religions even when all is base on one truth. Religion, mainly, those interpreting it for theirs benefits are by many way behind.
So Raphaelli had put himself through the quest of the truth. Finding nowhere what was said loudly.
All of this reminded him of that t
scripture.
In Luke 7 verses 36 to 50, about the woman that asked to be blessed by Jesus while he was at one the pharisee house. The man was angry she was in his house touching the Messiah feet.
But he was told by Jesus that the woman because she feel she did not belong loved much, while to whom little is forgiven, the same love little.
Those who called themselves pharisees or god chosen one are not always that. They believe they would be save when they refused to accomplish the only thing that counts, Love.
Raphaelli has learned, the accomplishment of the law, in almost all those religions, Whatever the beliefs is really to LOVE. To show the creation love. That is what all the great masters of the spiritual world always preaches to love.
Raphaelli who had started to read the scriptures could only wondered, as he was exiting the ether museum, if God did not mocked those that read it religiously calling themselves sanctified.
You spread hatred, and you call yourself sanctified. Are you really?
What he could testify was the fact that the king was not even near it. Which for all he knew invalidated all he could say on the matter.
He had started to pray just like that, wondering what was the point. He could now do a lot of things, all was at his disposal with all the money her had.
But the example that he had everyday of the way the Queen lived was an unconscious censor. Many around her were, living their lives like all that counted was money and what it could give you. Now he knew there was more to it.
He had never understood Morgan and Sloan simple way of living, when they could live largely with all the money and it possessions Morgan has. Sloan was the one talking him out of those fantasies of his most of the time, certainly because he was acustumed with his brother ways of living.
A soon as he closes his car door, he took his phone out of his pocket after destroying the one the Queen just used shaking his head it was a good thing they had made the time four minutes.
Dialing the kitchen of the palace numbe he relaxed in his comfortable seat. Most of the time he had to take food from the old woman there to bring it to the museum.
"Morning Mama Rosa how are you doing today?"
The rest of the conversation was all details about all that should be done.
Ten minutes later, thanks to his special pass allowing him to speed around the town, he was in the palace kitchen with mama Rosa, the woman was quick.
"This is not good trust me. The last time the queen asked food to be delivered at school was in her son undergrads law school. Not really for him to eat no. It was to show them she was around lurking like an eagle. Next thing the director knew he was out. In this case ..."
Taking the foods from the chef, Raphaelli took in the informations without a words. The medium size container had all inside to keep those children feed all day for at least a whole week.
The most important was what held the food. As the old woman pointed her index on the royal mark on all of them .
"Royal properties. Royal students. I just pray the children will not catch big heads with the game"
"Nah. For what I know small Katiandra has her shit in touch. She also do in her oldest siblings who count on her to knock some sense if they divert."
"Ah, ah. Another kind of Kamali. Those children are really something out of this world.. Ahem, go now this have to be delivered very quickly. It will soon be lunch time."
Ushering him out he did as she said while the old woman kept laughing remembering that time she had seen that young katiandra with the Queen at the hospital. She had completely tried her luck by running in her arms like their knew each others.
That young lady really meant something for the queen that is why Mama Rosa knew whichever reasons that car was bringing foods for meant war. It was a warning.
The children will be happy, but the staff will understand they are walking on eggshells. A game of mouse and cat where invariably there is no way out for the mouse but death.
Mama Rosa remembered that, the young girl who had thrown herself on the Queen almost four years ago. Said it was her idol. They shared the same name and IQ. She had requests for the queen to put her a huge screen tv the kitchen so that whe could see her when she was showing off to Porys. She really love the woman like her daughter, which mean she knew her very well .
Shaking her head the old woman eyes wandered around the kitchen making sure her helps have cleared it all letting it spotless. Finally she met Glenn, who has been working lately in the kitchen avoiding all others part of he house at all cost.
The young woman nodded her head apparently thinking like her.
" I am sure someone head will fall with this."
Leaning forward on the counter the old woman nodded at it sighing, she wondered how some people could not learn to stay at their place. Always seeking more light, when they already have enough of it. She knew it was that nephew of the king again.
"That is for sure dear. That is for sure. We serve a great woman, she has a big heart for those she put under her protection."
Taken aback by the endearment term, the young women who was used to be called names around the Palace, doubled checked on the old woman wondering if she had not called her that by error, but was met with the old woman compassionate gaze.
Those words made the younger maid yearned for someone to protect her like that. Someone who would will always be there for here.
To shield her on all. But reality was different, she had no one. Sighing she put her hands in her uniform front pockets, her eyes now lost out through the large window, admiring the beautiful sight of the nature.
Seeing that mama Rosa kept silent. In fact, the Queen had requested for her to treat the young maid with as much attention as she could. The old woman understood that request, it was not Glenn fault she was victimized because of her beauty. All the others envied her but did not know what she was suffering behind closed doors.
Mama Rosa knew, so did the Queen. What was the point in hating her for something that was not her choice to begin with. Walking near her the old woman stood at her right placing a hand on her left shoulder before squeezing it warmly.
" Do not think that you are alone. Never. I, if you repeat this to someone I will denied it all."
Looking her way questioningly Glenn was met this time with a dense gaze.
"Why do you think that it had been a while you were not call out of here? Because you asked it to me? If you are here it is because someone demanded for you to exist in this Palace no where else but here. He had asked for you many times. Then gave up. Do not venture out of here dear. This side is reserved to women, here you are safe. Okay."
"She..." eyes widened in shock the young maid wanted to asked the obvious question but her voice gave up cracking.
"Yes dear. So drop that sad face of yours and find some beauty around you to live for. Hmmm?."
Nodding her head feeling better but like someone who had sniffed some heavy drugs Glenn leaned on the countertop amazed someone had gone out of their way to make something good for her. She really had misjudged the Queen.
Now it made sense how she was never called out of the kitchen ever, she had the last two years that passed not having to look behind her back, or to hear someone telling her she was called by the king. Every night had been a moment to bless the Lord for being able to be in peace with her body and mind. She felt less dirty, more like a human being.
She knew it was Mama Rosa daughter who had replaced her with everything around the Palace with the difference that she had the Queen people to help her in all she had to do. Even the king knew how much that child was important for her. But she did not chanced it. No.
The two agents that was assigned to Prince Lincoln wife. Keep an eyes on the young girl too. They were to never leave her side, the moment they did someone else replace them. It was the Queen gift for his son marriage that happened a year ago.
No one understood but the one concern. Like that the king could not try anything on her or Mama Rosa daughter. She had learned too Arthur had a male to do all he needed.
A tear rolled down her face, she could feel her throat becoming soar at the woman kindness. Patting her back Mama Rosa stood near her for a moment then decided to leave her alone.
Taking one basket on the other side of the room she walked out leaving the young woman cope with her fate. Not all was dark in this life, good people still exist.