Maroon eyes glared into a mirror that rested on a small round table. Queen Zenika watched as “her” young prince walked around with some unknown girl in a town far from there. A small smirk curled at the corners of her mouth as she thought of what the future would hold.
She circled the table, never taking her eyes off the Kai prince. She touched his nose on the mirror as she spoke to herself. “You will be my king, Kaioshin. You’re perfect. If you’re smart, you won’t resist. Otherwise I’ll be forced to punish you.” She chuckled to herself for a moment.
“My queen,” a devilish voice said before her. “When do you want me to seize the prince for you?”
The queen didn’t look up to her loyal follower. She gave a gentle wave of her staff over the mirror, dismissing Kaioshin’s image. “Not yet, Jaki.”
“But I thought you said you wanted him as soon as…”
“Have patience, my servant. He’s still recovering from my attack on him. He needs time to let the thoughts of his departed family leave his head.”
“It’s been a long time now, though.” Jaki hovered in the air, sitting Indian style. He hated waiting for something. He didn’t like this Kaioshin in the first place; he didn’t understand what the queen saw in him. Jaki liked to fool around and play jokes, pretending he was a fool that was easily controlled. However, he knew when he was going to be pushed aside. If this Prince Kaioshin accepted his lady’s offer, then he wouldn’t even be thought of later on.
“He was close to his mother. He could still be mourning her death. It shouldn’t take long. Kaioshin is young and naïve; everyone else didn’t mean anything to him.” She walked across the large room, where her throne chair sat. She seated herself, keeping her orbed staff standing upright. “Leave me now. I want to be alone.”
Jaki bowed and walked away. He walked down a long, dark and narrow corridor in the castle to his own chambers. “I’ll get that Kaioshin. I’ll make sure he doesn’t stay around.” The little imp’s mind wondered to see the purple-faced boy helplessly hanging in painful chains before him. He would make sure the boy suffered.
Jaki gripped a glass goblet and drank the remaining liquid inside. He started laughing hysterically as he envisioned ‘Prince Kaioshin’ begging for mercy at his feet. Then the queen will realize how weak and cowardly this pathetic kai was. He was convinced that Queen Zenika could take over the Kai planet without the influence of the boy’s hidden powers. Hopefully…those powers will not be realized until it’s too late.