Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 12- Masiro Henrico

(ROSEMARY'S P.O.V)

I stared at Yeshiva while he continued to tap on the steering wheel.

“What isn't good?”I demanded an answer.

Sage grabbed my arm and Peyton touched my shoulder.

“What's going on?” Sage asked me.

I looked at her and then looked at Peyton.

“I heard him say something about, this isn't good” I immediately told them what I heard.

Massey looked at Yeshiva waiting for an answer, it also looked like he heard him.

“What's going on Yeshiva?” Peyton asked him

“Those cars belong to the ten elders” he stated.

I looked at the cars, they all looked very luxurious.

“Who are the ten elders?” we all asked at the same time.

Yeshiva sighed and put the truck in park. He turned around to look at us.

“They worked under your grandfather, they are the head of the ten branch families” he stated. He pointed at a red BMW. “That's my father's car” he said while taking off his seat belt.

I remember him mentioning the branch families earlier, but I didn't expect to meet them this soon, I thought to myself.

Yeshiva sighed, “Well we can't it avoid now”, he said while cutting the truck off. “Prepare yourselves” , he stated once again.

We all climbed out of the truck and headed to the front door of the mansion. Yeshiva knocked on the door and a middle-aged woman opened it.

The young woman had long waist length reddish hair and light hazel eyes, she was medium height and had a flower tattoo going down her right arm.

Yeshiva waved at the woman and she smiled, she immediately looked around behind him and noticed me.

“Oh my God, Natalie?, she said while holding her hand to her mouth in dismay.

Yeshiva tapped her shoulder and shook his head. The woman showed signs of sorrow and disbelief, she gestured for us to enter the mansion.

She led us to a big conference looking room with a long table and chairs sitting in the center of the room. She gestured to us to sit down, as she sat across from Sage and I.

“Who are these lovely girls?” She asked.

I held Sage's hand as we both tightened the grip out of nervousness. The woman saw us move closer to each other. She smiled at us and looked back at the Yeshiva.

Yeshiva remained quiet for a second and pointed toward Peyton.

(PEYTON’S P.O.V)

I nodded my head as Yeshiva pointed his hand at me. I cleared my throat, not knowing how this would go.

“Hello, I'm Peyton, I know this situation seems a little strange”, I said and looked at Sage and Rosie.

The woman still kept a smile on her face but still looked like some was interested.

I pointed my hand towards Sage and Rosie.

"I would like to introduce you to Natalie's daughters.” I said, looking at her direction at her, I could feel the tension in the room.

The woman gasped and stood up.

“Yeshiva”, she said in a soft tone.

Yeshiva looked up at her waiting for her to speak.

“Go get my father,” She said to him. He got up from his seat and walked out of the room.

The woman walked around the table to the side Sage and Rosie were. She rubbed their hair and leaned down to hug them.

"May I?", she asked.

Sage and Rosie were taken aback and looked at me. I whispered telling them to hug her back.

The woman started shedding tears.

“Who are you?” Sage asked her.

The woman lifted her body back up and wiped her tears.

“I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself”, she said, still wiping tears.

“If you two are Natalie's daughters, I'm your aunt, my name is Na'mah Henrico, your mother is my twin sister.”, she said.

Sage and Rosemary looked even more shocked to learn their mother was also a twin, even I didn't know that.

The door opened, Yeshiva walked I'm with another man walking behind him., it was Masiro. He looked taller and more muscular than he did in the pictures. His short gray, reddish hair and green eyes was really captivating.

Na'mah walked up to Yeshiva and Masiro, pointed at Sage and Rosemary.

Masiro's eyes became wide as he looked at Rosemary, his eyes became teary and he took a step forward. Na'mah put her hand against his chest stopping him.

“Father”, she said and looked at Sage.

“This woman says that they are Natalie's daughters”, she stated to him, while pointing at me.

Masiros eyes became even wider and then his face turned into angry expression. He stomped towards me, picking me up around my neck, my feet dangle above the ground. Sage and Rosemary rose out of their chairs and ran towards me. Sage grabbed Masiro's arm while Rosie placed her arms around his body.

“Let her go!”, they both shouted at him looking him in the face.

He gripped my throat even tighter I couldn't hardly breathe.

“Where's my daughter?!”, he shouted in my face.

Sage kicked him in his leg causing him to drop me on the ground. Rosemary dropped to the floor checking to see if I was okay, while I was gasping for air.

Sage and Masiro stood there staring at each other. Sage looked very pissed.

I finally mustered up the strength to get up while Rosie helped me.

“I can explain”, I said, trying to calm the situation down.

Masiro looked at me and turned away and grabbed a chair he took a seat and folded his arms together.

“You have five second to tell me what's going on!”, he shouted in a very demanding tone.

I cleared my throat, and began to tell him everything.

“Sir, my name is Marianna Lapland, I was a knight for the former Crown Prince Moises Vanuatu, Natalie and Prince Moises met up multiple times while she was secretly on a mission, she became pregnant and I was secretly helping them hide it from the royal family over time. One day, one of the other prince's found out about Natalie, and he framed Prince Moises for the murder of Queen Lily, when Natalie was eight months pregnant. Natalie's villa was raided by the royal guards and I fled the palace with Natalie helping her escape. We went to the safe house Moises had set up for her. She didn't want to give birth anywhere mear the palace. She ended up going in labor during our escape. Prince Moises was arrested and exiled from the kingdom and currently has been in a coma for 10 years after an assassination attempt. When Natalie went into labor, a midwife and I helped her give birth. Natalie told me to flee the kingdom with her babies, and I did. I raised them for the last 17 years keeping them hidden from the king. I kept Prince Moises updated on them over the years before he went into a coma. I recently found out that the King is after Sage and Rosemary.” I told him everything and looked at him waiting for a response.

Masiro looked at Sage and Rosie, he got up from his seat and walked up to them.

“Are you telling me, they're my granddaughters”, he asked, he sounded very emotional.

I nodded.

Masiro grabbed Sage and Rosemary engulfing them in a tight hug. He started to shed tears as he held onto them. Sage and Rosemary started to cry while hugging him back.

Yeshiva and Na’mah rubbed Masiro on the back comforting him.

He regained his composure for a second and lifted his head up facing my direction.

“Is my daughter dead?”, he asked with a sad expression.

“No, she's not,” I said looking at him.

Masiro's face lit up with a hopeful expression.

“Where is she?, I looked everywhere for her,”he asked, demanding an answer.

I bit my lip and looked over at Sage and Rosemary.

“I learned a couple of years ago from the knight that's guarding Prince Moises while he's in a coma. We learned she's been locked up in the palace dungeon for the last 17 years.” I started closing my eyes because I was afraid of looking at them.

“What!”, everyone in the room shouted.

(Sage's p.o.v)

I couldn't believe what I heard, she knew my birth mother was in a dungeon and didn't tell us anything.

I felt my temper was about to explode. Rosie grabbed my hand and shook her head.

“She had her reasons”, she whispered in my ear.

I calmed my anger down for a minute and collected my thoughts.

“She's been locked up in the palace this whole time”, I saw my grandfather balling up his fist.

I'm going to burn that fucking palace down”, he shouted and stomped out of the room.

“Elders”, I heard him shouting down the hall.

Peyton had a terrified look on her face and looked at me

“I'm sorry, I was going to tell you”, she said with a sad expression.

Rosie grabbed my hand moving closer to me, she whispered in my ear again.

“Don't forget she is the reason we're alive”, Rosie said looking at me and gesturing her head towards Peyton.

I collected myself again and stepped forward to Peyton. I put my arms around her and began to cry.

“I'm sorry for shouting”, I said to her while balling my eyes out.

Yeshiva stepped toward me and placed his hand on my shoulder.

“Hey girls”, he said while putting his hand on Rosie's shoulder.

“Things are about to get bloody,” he said.

“What do you mean?”, I asked.

“Looks like we're going to war. After all we have to rescue Natalie”, he said.

Yeshiva walked towards the door and Na'mah followed behind.

“Come,” she said. “You can meet the elders”, she continued on saying.

We started to follow behind them and Peyton's phone started to ring.

“Hello”, she answered. “What!, Are you sure?!” She shouted, sounding surprised. “Okay, send me the location”, she said.

Rosie and I turned around after hearing her shout. Yeshiva and Na’mah stopped walking and turned around as well.

She hung up the phone with a surprised look on her face, like she was trying to grasp the situation.

“What's going on?”I asked.

Her facial expressions kept changing, as she was trying to process the information, she just received.

She started stuttering.

“Your…", she paused for a second, and tears started to run down her face.

"Your father, Prince Moises just woke up from his coma.