“What?!” Whitney, who met secretly with Leana’s underling, was shocked when the door to their meeting room was suddenly closed with a loud bang.
They were even more surprised to see Trish and Kaven in the room.
“Both of you are caught red-handed,” Trish said, walking from the dark to the lighter part.
“You?” Whitney clenched her dress tightly and stepped back. She racked her brain, thinking of reasons to get out of the problem.
Meanwhile, Leana’s underling drew the sword from his waist and quickly dashed to attack Trish.
Trish moved faster. He shifted and held the man’s wrist. The next second, he threw the man’s body until it hit the wall.
“Stop, you are no match for me,” he said when the man got up and wanted to attack him again.
“If you don’t want to be in huge trouble, you better calm down,” Kaven said, then smiled sweetly. He walked over and
It was quiet. The room became silent as neither Trish nor Duke Aldherad spoke.“You’ve wasted my time,” said Duke Adhelard after a long silence.He wanted to leave, but Trish stopped him by saying something he didn’t expect.“Then, I have no choice but to publicly reveal your plans and crimes.” Trish turned and stared at Lucas’ father’s back.“About you cooperating with King Arawn to take revenge on King Rion, about your desire to rule through Hanry’s and Anwen’s marriage, about your youngest daughter’s assassination attempt on Queen Odette, about your sister not sending the attempted assassination report that I gave to the Ministry of Justice, about your youngest daughter spreading the news about the king going mad, and about your youngest daughter ordering people to poison Kaven Carolus so that Hanry could win the duel and become a king. I will reveal everything,” Trish said c
Time was ticking, and the sun was almost over her head.Whitney, with her maids and guards, left the palace and headed for the carriage. Her sudden departure made many questions, and she kept making fake excuses about her mother being sick.Anna, her loyal maid who came with her, was surprised to hear this because Concubine Hera was fine when they left the Arawn Kingdom.“Okay, Anwen, I’ll go first. Please take care of yourself,” Whitney said, and Anwen nodded slowly.“Yes, Auntie. Be careful on your way, and I hope grandma gets well soon. I’ll be waiting for you to come here again.”Whitney smiled. She then said goodbye to Adaline and the people who escorted her to the front of the palace.She glanced at Trish who was also there for a moment before she finally turned and headed towards the carriage waiting for her.When the Arawn princess’s carriage came out of the gate, Trish felt relieved b
Anwen looked at Trish in annoyance. Two seconds later, she stood up.“Then, I will break it off myself. I will tell the royal councils that Hanry cheated,” she said, wanting to leave. However, Trish immediately grabbed her hand.“You could make two families become enemies,” Trish said.“So you’re saying I should just shut up? Trish, you know what that family did to my brother.” Anwen was irritated by Trish’s decision.“I told you to leave this to me.” Trish stared deep into the girl’s eyes. “Trust me,” he continued firmly.For a moment, they looked at each other. Three seconds later, Anwen sat back down and tried to calm herself.“Then, what’s your plan? You have to tell me,” Anwen insisted.“The person who smeared Kaven’s blade was Leana’s underling.”“What? She again?” Anwen was speechless.
Nadin and Anwen exchanged their clothes. Anwen borrowed Nadin’s maid uniform and coat to sneak out of the pavilion. She put on her coat, then jumped from the window and walked towards the palace.The clothes really helped a lot. Nadin would often go back and forth from the pavilion and palace to convey messages or carry orders from Anwen, so neither the guards nor the knights suspected anything when they saw her walking toward the castle.All Anwen had to do was to make sure they didn’t see her face.Now this palace almost felt like a prison to her. It was very different when her brother was there. She could do all things freely without worrying about anything.Anwen’s main goal was to meet Trish and warn the man about what the Adhelard Family might do to him.Since Trish irritated her, they couldn’t talk much.Anwen came to her brother’s study first because Trish usually stayed there to take care of some work r
When Trish entered the house, five masked men greeted him in the living room. He saw his father and mother tied up and sitting on the floor.Four of the five people stood behind his parents, servants, and guards who were also tied up. Meanwhile, the other person sat on the couch.Trish didn’t know who the four people were, but he knew the person sitting on the couch.Even though half of his face was covered by a mask, Trish could recognize the man. He was Ryan, the leader of the Adhelard Knights.“Welcome back, Commander of Panthera Royal Knights, Trish Marlen,” said Ryan calmly. “Did you bring the things we asked for?” he added.“No, I don’t.” Trish stared at his opponent with a stoic face.“Now Adhelard family is very weak, isn’t it? Besides playing dirty in the duel, you guys want to gang up on me. You even dare to take my parents' hostage. Are you that scared of me that you all
After a commotion that lasted about ten minutes, the living room of the Marlen Residence was quiet again, even more so than before.Blood and corpses filled the room floor. Broken furniture was scattered everywhere. The sight was really horrendous to anyone who saw it.When the wind blew, the smell of blood pooled on the floor could be smelled, although it was faint.Tap, tap, tap…The sound of Ryan’s footsteps echoed through the silence of the room. He walked towards Trish who was lying in a pool of his own blood.“You’re amazing, Knight Trish,” Ryan said as he stood over Trish. For five seconds, he was silent while staring at Trish’s face, who closed his eyes tightly before he looked at the four corpses of the assassins Pavel Adhelard had paid to help him.Ryan knew that there would be casualties in fighting Trish. Instead of sacrificing the Adhelard Knights, he would rather sacrifice them.After
Trish quickly turned around, and he was stunned to see the figure behind him.“Lu-Lucas?” He stiffened in his place for a few seconds. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing right now. A man with navy hair and eyes and a face that was very familiar to him.“You… are you really Lucas?” Trish asked without blinking. Instead of answering his question, Lucas repeated the question he had just asked.“What are you doing here?” Lucas had a displeased look on his face, while Trish was still looking at the man with blank eyes. He needed time to truly believe that the person in front of him was Lucas.“I-I… what do you think it is? Of course, because I’m already dead,” he answered after a while. But the next second, he was shocked because Lucas suddenly grabbed his collar.“I told you not to leave the king! Bastard!” Lucas exclaimed angrily.Trish stared intently at
Under the rain of snow, Anwen knelt in front of Trish’s parents’ graves. She had been there long enough. Her tears occasionally fell when remembering the things they had done together.Anwen already considered the couple as her own parents. Being with them made her feel that she had parents again, but now she had to feel the pain of loss.It was true that not everyone had the opportunity to feel the love of both parents, and she was one of those who did not have that opportunity.When the incident happened, Anwen didn’t see the two of them who were behind the couch along with two servants and two guards.She was too panicked and only focused on Trish. She regretted not being able to save the couple.Kaven, standing beside Anwen, bent down and gently held the girl’s shoulder.“Let’s go. If the commander is awake, someone has