8

“Your awake early,is it the baby?” Raul questioned worriedly,laying his hand down on the swell of Amanda’s stomach.

“ no,i  just couldn’t sleep,and everything is alright.I’m just trying to get used to this-” spreading her arms wide,Amanda twirled around in a circle.

An amused look on Rauls face,made her stop and stare at him.A faint smile lit her eyes.She was not used to Raul being happy.For as long as she could remember,Raul was always reserved.He knew better than to let his guard down,and let his emotions in,but today,he was,and that was all that Amanda needed to know that the man in front of her was capable of loving her.

“you have gone quiet on me cara,what is in that pretty little head of yours?”

“you know what i’m thinking about is my husband.The man who is fierce in all that he does,and loves his people,but why don’t you take me to bed? I need you” she whispered

“Raul laughed.Picking her up,he carried her up to their bed,where he mad passionate love to her,taking her to heaven,and beyond.

    

   “You need me Raul,you know you do!”Josephine whined,taking a step closer than Raul was comfortable with.

“I don’t need you Josephine.You may open your legs for every man that comes your way,but i’m not interested.I have a family to think about”he announced coldly,moving toward his desk in the middle of the room,trying to get a safe distance from a woman who was greedy for money,and wanted nothing to do with anybody else but her own greedy self.

A dark,cold expression on Josephines face made Raul freeze.The damn woman never took no for an answer!

“You would think of Amanda at a time like this? she is fat Raul!she and that b*****d child of hers! me and you could get rid of them.They would be out of our lives,and we would be free to be together.I would be your queen! Let me give you an heir my love,you don’t need to be with a no-body ”She shrieked,almost letting the whole palace hear what was going on.

Anger and rage took Rual.He was not liking the talk from the woman in front of him.

“you are talking about your Queen,and your own cousin.I am not going to repeat myself again.If you don’t get out of my office,i will personally throw you out myself!”

  The desert was hot.Dryness and the sun shining bright made Amanda  squint it was a few weeks since the wedding took place,and Amanda was trying to go around and know a little more about the country which she was to run.The weeks passed by,and Amanda knew much about Zahara.

The vehicle moved under the cracked Arabian desert,and Amanda’s body guards were on edge.Something was clearly wrong,but Amanda didn’t  know to talk to them in Arabic to ask what was going on.

A loud noise made Amanda freeze in her seat.Gun shots.She was used to hearing them all the  time when she was little.She heard them all the time when someone was trying to a  person.She knew that all too well.Her own father was shot several times during his business trips,and outside charities.

“Is this the way to the Palace-”she cut off,noticing that the car wasn’t driven by her bodyguards,but by her very own cousin,who from the look of it was driving at full speed down the arabian desert like a manick.

“What the hell are you doing Josephine!have you lost your damn mind?”

“Shut up Amanda!”She screamed,hitting the breaks so fast that Amanda went flying forward,her head hitting the front seat in a thud.

Fear settled deep in Amanda’s stomach.Would she get out alive? Placing her hand on her swollen belly,she prayed.As long as she lived,and breathed,she would not allow anything to happen to her unborn child.