The Royal Mark-Chapter 273: Will Be Born Again

"What have you done?!" Drake slumped on the floor as he watched their mother try to cover the stab wound on her neck while struggling to breathe.

"I will fetch a healer," Stefan quickly uttered before disappearing together with Neia in his arms.

The next thing that unfolded shocked them more...

Queen Yvonne swiftly positioned her dagger in front of her abdomen and stabbed her stomach without any second thought.

"NO!!!"

Both Chris and Andrius screamed thinking that she was their last hope to cure Laureen and Neia and therefore she must not die.

"I will be born again, and I will take Neia and when that time comes, she will be mine! We are bound together and I will not stop until I get my daughter back. None of you will be able to stop me for I will be stronger than before!"

The witch queen then twisted the dagger that was currently piercing her stomach, causing it to spill more of her blood. She instantly fainted and dropped to the ground together with Irina who was barely alive.

Andrius and Drake hastily ran to their mother while Chris, Baahu, and Dasher checked Yvonne if she was still alive.

Yejin, who was shocked by everything that happened finally came to her senses and gently pushed the two brothers away from their mother. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Let me try to heal her. My healing is not that great but it could help until the healer arrives."

Yejin took a small bottle from her pocket and asked Andrius and Drake, "Can I give this to her? It’s a healing potion that I made, it would support my healing spell."

Andrius nodded and said, "Please go ahead."

Yejin quickly poured the healing potion into Irina’s mouth but she spitted it together with blood.

"She’s drowning in her own blood," Yejin commented.

But even so, Yejin still tried to cast her healing spell.

Irina grabbed her hand tightly and said, "Save your strength," before turning to her boys.

"I love you, all of you. Even you Drake, please forgive me. I was blinded by jealousy and greed." She then took a small notebook from her pocket and added, "Give this to Milda. It’s bound to our blood. She will know what to do. Please take care–"

"Mother? Mother!" Drake wailed loudly when Irina didn’t respond anymore. Her hands dropped to the ground and was no longer breathing.

"I’m sorry Mother I was not able to save you," Andrius whispered as he clenched his fists. His heart was more than broken. Not only that he fail to protect his mother but he also failed to capture the only person that could save the love of his life, Laureen.

"The healer is here!" Stefan shouted upon arriving with a water mage.

The mage quickly hovered her hands over their former queen in an attempt to heal her but it was too late. There’s nothing else to heal if the body has no more life.

The mage stood up with a lowered head and dropped shoulders and said, "I am deeply sorry Your Highnesses. But I can no longer heal your mother, she has left us."

Andrius’ legs finally gave out and he dropped to the floor together with Drake. Both men sobbed hard like children not minding the people around them.

Both brothers were full of rage for their mother didn’t have enough time to repent because her life was taken abruptly.

Andrius stood up and picked up his sword beside him, ready to avenge his mother’s death.

Chris quickly stopped the Prince of Zemaria and grasped Andrius’ shoulder, "She’s gone too. You can repeatedly kill her lifeless body but that won’t bring your mother back."

Andrius looked at Chris at a loss. He wanted to scream and beat someone but he couldn’t. Chris understood what he was going through, perhaps heavier than what he felt after learning that his father was gone.

These two men witnessed how their mother was killed in front of them and were not able to do anything at how fast everything unfolded. All he could do was offer his shoulders so they could cry their hearts out and lessen the pain.

And just like a child, Andrius took Chris’s offer and hugged him tight as he cried hard, grieving. Drake did the same, he carried Irina’s body and put it on his lap before embracing the woman who gave birth to him one last time.

Chris’ emotions were all over the place and he unconsciously unblocked Elsa from their bond very briefly before blocking her again.

Elsa was eating breakfast with Milda, Lexi, Rylie, Kaizer, and Aunt Elena when she suddenly felt Chris’ intense sadness. She quickly glanced at Lexi who was already looking at her.

Lexi looked at Milda, and slightly shook her head, silently signaling to Elsa that she wanted to say something that Milda must not know. Elsa nodded in return.

"Oh! I forgot to sign the document before that the messenger will take this morning. Lexi, accompany me to the library now," Elsa exclaimed and the two women quickly stood up to head to the said location.

When they were far enough from Aunt Elena Elsa grabbed Lexi to the next room they passed and locked the door to confront her.

"What is happening in Saldivar? Did Baahu tell you something? I felt Chris for a moment before he blocked me again." Elsa asked.

"Luna, Queen Yvonne is dead and so is Queen Irina," Lexi announced.

"What? What do you mean including Irina?" Elsa questioned in confusion.

"They found her in the witch queen’s castle and the witch queen stabbed her to death. Just a few seconds after it, the witch queen killed herself too. Princess Neia was safely taken by King Stefan. However, even though the witch queen is already dead, Princess Neia is still in the same state. She is not with herself. That’s all Baahu told me," Lexi explained.

"Oh my God! So how could we heal her and Laureen now?" Elsa asked, exasperated. She doesn’t know if she will be happy that the Witch queen is already dead or not. Her passing did not solve their problem but just gave them another one to solve and broke many hearts, especially her uncles and aunt.

Upon remembering her aunt, she exclaimed, "Shoot! How are we going to tell Milda?"