My king, now try and eat then get some sleep, everything will be fine queen Idia rea.s.sured the king.My queen Idia, ...Idia..how? how did the sacrifice materialize? which of my Queen"s had a change of heart? ...my G.o.d! how did you convince them? its Amanze right???
My king tomorrow everything will be made clear and all the evil calamities befalling the kingdom will come to an end, but I have to go to my chambers to rest you know I have been out all day preparing everything....
Eh! yes! yes go and rest my beloved wife I promise to eat my food and then catch so sleep, I will see you in the morning my wife.
Idia left, actually a lot was weighing on her mind, she loved her husband that was a giving, for that love she was willing to do something radical, tears welled up in her eyes but she fought them back not now please, I can"t afford to breakdown now, with all her powers she can actually do nothing for her King so she will be the ultimate sacrifice, since she can"t give him a child then she will make the children of the others wife be able to come and stay in their fathers palace.....the pain she was feeling was threatening to break her heart, she clutched at her heart and bent over as heart rending sobs left her lips.
Yes Queen Idia has decided to offer herself as the sacrifice to appease the G.o.ds, she met all the criteria as discussed with the Seer, the Seer was taken aback and tried his best to find out why queen Idia would want to do something like that to herself, what kind of love is this? those that even benefited from the royal marriage were not willing? but you.....Yes! she replied. Her only question was will the kingdom return to his majesty the king of Benin without opposition? and the Seer a.s.sured her that even more power will be added to his reign.
Then prepare to carryout the sacrifice as stipulated by the G.o.ds and our ancestors I will be the willing sacrifice therefore I will be here tomorrow with the king replied queen Idia and she stood up and left the seer"s place.
Queen Idia had so many beads but three out of them were very special to her, she doesn"t play with these three beads, no matter the occasion she will always, always use this beads, one was like a ring it was worn on the fingers, its her spatial ring with a single bead its beautiful, the second was an arm bead and the third was a wrist bead they all had special magical powers, they had helped her and people who had wholeheartedly accepted her over the years to prospers the king was no different except that at the time of them having stillbirth babies he had not allowed queen Idia close to him again and that was when his enemies saw a chance to strike him.
Recall the arm bead was the one brought to China by Prince Martin Obaseki the father of Ayanna when he came to see Ayannas mother Elenna back then Ayanna was five years of age the bead has since been growing with her we will also find out how she got the other beads.
That night queen Idia cried so much for all the things she couldn"t have but her mind was made up she was going to make all the high chiefs, regret their action against the throne, for even after her death she will continue to watch over her husband and Benin.
First light of day she was up, the sacrifice was to take place in a few hours that day for they have a host of other things to prepare before that time, she hurried and made breakfast and prepared a hot bath for the king then she went to wake him, the king grabbed her for he was already awake from a bad dream, my king what are you up to? she shrieked.
Idia come I had a terrible dream, it was a nightmare but seeing you here now I want to believe its just a dream but it scared me really while speaking he was touching her all over, my king nothing is wrong with me go and bath, as you can see its just a dream.
You are my wife right? the king asked.
Ah! yes now my king, why do even bother to ask, replied queen Idia.
Then join in bed its been long I felt my beautiful wife come let me have your soothing milk the king cajoled.
My king, queen Idia cried in shock did you forget the sacrifice is in a few hours and your hot bath will grow cold you know she stuttered.
It"s been long we can still finish and meet up all this time you are using in making excuses come already and the queen joined the king in bed where he commenced another round of staring at her, you know you are beautiful Idia, he touched her face as she stared up at him her breath stuck in her chest for she could feel the burning desire in his eyes and hands for her, under the oil lamp light the king showed his wife how much he loved and missed her.
Gently he pulled her top off her head, and her pointed breast stared at him, making her to seat on his lap he suckled at the nipples very gently one then the other, then just as she grabbed his head to help him feed on the breast of her choice in a demanding way and arching her back backwards as if she wanted all of the breast in his mouth a moan escaped her mouth which prompted the king to go finishing with his fingers, the other hand which was previously grabbing onto her b.u.m shifted and went inside her and she cried out, the king was already hard and she was so wet and waiting so he just turned her to lie on her back still looking at her he gently glided into her and it felt like he finally came home as he rocked his wife to the tune as old as time.