SCARLET’S POV “When exactly did it get to this, when did I become this way? Now it has gotten to human sacrifices to save just one life? Yes, I know the life is that of my husband’s but is it worth sacrificing the lives of those that I have no control over?” I lamented in anger. Lara moved closer to me and placed her hands on my shoulders. “It is okay, dear, if it is willed, then it will be over someday and you will surely have a cause to be glad,” Lara said in consolation. “Lara... Lara” I wept. “It is alright, my queen, I know you only mean well. We all know that you meant well” Lara said. “All I want to do is to protect my people. I swore to protect them and not to give up their heads without even looking back” I sobbed. “You have to be easy on yourself now, dear, getting emotional is not good for you at this time,” Rich said. “Oh... Rich, did I do the right thing? I am not supposed to kill anyone to save my Chamlee right? I am their queen and should be biased towards preserving their lives” I asked. “You did the right thing, our noble queen, and we are just so proud of you” Rich replied. “See, I have a solution. The Chamlee will soon leave me, of course I know that won’t take long. I will not die with him, not immediately. I will wait until a give birth to my baby and after that, I will name him after my Fernanda, his father. And then I will go and join my Fernanda wherever he is. I will go be with him” I narrated happily. Yes, why didn’t I think of this solution from the start? It is the best. In such way, no one gets hurt. At least Pixolands will still be left with an heir and I know Rich and Lara will take very good care of my child. They will take care of Lalic too. I have been so scared of losing my Chamlee that I have been eager of doing crazy things. And who says I can only be with my Chamlee while he is alive? We can also be together in death. We would be even happier in death with no worries. Over there, there will be no wars or worries. There there will be no fear of ever losing him again. Now I can't wait to have this child out of my stomach. After that, my Fernanda will never be separated from me again. “You will do no such thing, luna” Landon’s voice jolted me out of my wishful thoughts. “Landon” I sobbed and walked over to him and placed my head on his chest. “Landon, I am not going to make any sacrifices anymore. I will not sacrifice my unborn child, even you heard me say so just now. And I am not going to sacrifice any of my people either. I will go to my Fernanda after our child is born...” “And I say you will do no such thing. Whoever told you that the Chamlee will die soon?” he flared. “They can't heal him, Landon. The witches, all they ask for are sacrifices. Blood sacrifices and I will do no such thing. I will harm no one” I assured him. I know it. This is all he ever wanted, now he should be happy that I am doing his will. He was right after all, and I was only been blind. What do I take myself for? I am only but a human and have no control over life or death. If my Chamlee would be taken away from me, then I should gladly wait for the right time to go join him and not try to keep him in this evil world a little longer. “Your Chamlee will be fine, you only have to listen to...” he started to speak. I know what he wants to say, but I will not allow him. I am not ready to listen to him, I never will be. “Stop it, Landon, you have no right to say my son’s name. I never want to hear you mention him” I yelled. “You have to calm down first, my queen” Rich came over to me. “See, Rich, I am not desperate to heal the Chamlee at all cost, so he should as well just give up with his crazy idea. I am not going to sacrifice anyone let alone my Lalic” I declared. “I think we have to have this discussion now, my queen, come have your seat. You have to be calm while we all put our heads together and discuss this” Rich suggested. Maybe I will listen to him and have my seat, but there is no way I am going to agree with whatever Landon would say. This is a complete waste of time and I think it is high time I fully confined Landon to the military camp, he has no place in the palace anymore. RICH’S POV “I think we have to have this discussion now, my queen, come have your seat. You have to be calm while we all put our heads together and discuss this” I said calmly. She stopped resisting and I took her over to sit on the bed while Lara sat beside her. At first, I had thought Landon was been foolish for mentioning Lalic in regards to the Chamlee’s sickness. But when he persisted, I had no other choice but to go to him and request his explanation. His logic turned out to make so much sense to me.Lalic might just be the only solution to this, and we can achieve that without endangering his life in the least. The only problem is to get Scarlet to listen to us, and I think we just achieved that. “In whatever you say, Landon, don’t get me angry enough that I cannot control myself. I am going to rip you apart and I will never feel bad about it” Scarlet said. Her words were not mere threats, they were assurance of exactly what she will do if she sense even in the least that Landon has overstepped his boundary. Landon should know better than anyone to annoy the queen at this moment. “My queen,” Landon called and coughed. “Speak, Landon” Scarlet replied. She did not try to patronize him in the least. “My queen, thank you for agreeing to me...” Landon began but was cut short by Scarlet. “You are already getting on my nerves, straight to the point now” she ordered firmly. Landon heaved. “Since this issue began, my queen, I tried all that I could to look for a solution. I already informed you of what my solution is the last time, my queen. Call on Nana. She helped us with the rogues, I don’t think this would be any difficult for her. We’ve wasted enough time already. The Chamlee is still breathing, it is not late to call on Nana” Landon replied. I inhaled deeply. My heart was already hanging in my mouth the whole time. Landon is truly a very wise man and a lucky one at that. If he had dared to mention Lalic’s name at this time, I doubt Scarlet would have given him any time for explanations. After listening to what Landon said, Scarlet smiled faintly and said. “Thanks, Landon. I thought I could handle this myself. But I will not call on Nana this time” We all looked at her in shock. Now I have a great task which I must not ignore. I have to secretly look for a psychiatric doctor for our queen. It will be a great difficulty to get her to accept to be treated, but I will cross that bridge when I get there, I know I will. She looked at us with a broad smile and then added. “I will not call on Nana this time because I will personally be going to her” Hearing this, we all heaved in relief. “Rich will accompany me on this journey, we leave right away. Landon, you are to oversee the affairs of the land while we are away. Hopefully, we should be back before dusk tomorrow. Lara, don’t keep your eyes away from my Chamlee, not even for a minute” Scarlet gave the order.