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Emery moved when she felt a bit ticklish behind her ear. She was about to simply brush it off but when she raised her hand a bit to hold her ear and drive away whatever was causing it to tickle, she felt someone’s hand that drove her away from sleepiness. Out of instinct, she opened her eyes in no time and saw a masked person right in front of her, with only his remarkable blue eyes could be seen. She immediately grabbed her dagger hidden beneath her pillow and did not hesitate to attack, slashing the intruder with no hesitation. However, the masked person immediately stepped back and dodged the dagger. It was just the other day that her first assassination attempt happened so she expected that the security around the palace became tighter but it seemed like she was wrong. And for another attempt to happen so early, Emery was just as surprised. However, when she immediately stood to make a lunge, she felt lightheaded all of a sudden and her vision started to blur, making her dizzy and
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Lady Ruby’s eyes widened as she lowered her head. “I dare not try to take His Majesty’s time from you, Your Highness.” Despite her reply, Emery simply smiled and said, “It is okay to tell me how you really feel. Besides, it is common for every noblewoman to dream and becoming one of His Majesty’s concubines. And even though you get my approval, the final decision still lies with His Majesty.” The lady could not fully understand the queen. If she was in her position, she would allow no concubine at all to enter the palace as it would only reduce the chance of her bearing the king’s child. However, from the words of Emery, Lady Ruby could find no hint of a lie behind them. Seeing that she seemed like the lady who was not hot-tempered and heartless like what she heard from the rumors, Lady Ruby took the courage to speak about the incident just a while back. Clasping her hands together and staring at her cup of tea that had gone cold, she took a deep breath. “It is true that I am jealou
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For a while, Emery stared at the king with her eyes wide and a crease on her forehead. After a couple of minutes, when his words finally registered in her mind, she made a nasty expression, showing a mixture of disbelief and disgust. “Did you just address me as my Queen?” She shivered as she hugged herself. “You better not say that again or I might find myself puking out my stomach.” The king simply gazed back at her, ignoring her remarks, and responded, “Even if you try to change the topic at hand, I won’t be swayed. Now, tell me, what is it that you are hiding?” Emery sighed. With the stubbornness of His Majesty, it was unlikely of her to avoid him, especially that both of them reside in the palace and even share a room. Running away from him was not just the right way to make him stop asking questions. Thus, he straightened her back and clasped her hands together ready to execute her second option of getting away. “The prime minister wants me to keep an eye on you,” she confesse
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Emery slowly regained consciousness and what immediately greeted her was the pain behind her neck where she remembered being hit by the king. Cursing the king under her breath, she opened her eyes and noticed that it was a bit dark where she was so she thought that it was still probably dawn. But after a few minutes of gathering herself, she noticed that the ceiling she was staring at that moment was not the ceiling she used to see upon waking up in the West Palace. She turned her head to the side and saw two lamps giving her a better view of the room which was almost empty. Upon realizing that she was not in the West Palace, she shot up from her bed and saw the metal bars separating her from someone whose back was turned on her. “What am I doing here?” she asked and she made sure that in every word, her annoyance was very much evident. King Lawson shifted his attention to her and stood from his seat. With his open palm, he pointed at the small table near the metal bars where the que
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For hours, neither of the ministers said a word nor stepped forward to confess to using the royal seal and ordering the general to burn down Damiane village. Their feet started to ache as time passed as they still stood since no one dared take a seat while the king finished reading a few documents. With the news of the incident in the said village spreading like wildfire all throughout the kingdom, the king had been receiving reports of complaints. It was already something he expected upon hearing what happened in that village. If he fails to address the issue as soon as he could, the possible occurrence of revolts would increase. And as he tries to settle the issue as fast as possible, he also wanted to find the culprit who started the problem. His suspect was no one but the prime minister, however, he could not just point his finger at him without acquiring a piece of solid evidence against him. After reading the latest report of how Damiane village was doing, the king shook his he
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Vasmir was getting bored in the royal court because of the deafening silence. His eyes scanned the room and the ministers were only exchanging glances yet none of them was uttering even a single word. He could only shake his head because their stubbornness was beyond one could even imagine. He wanted to scare them to have a bit of fun but before he could do that, the doors banged open. “Your Majesty!” One of the royal guards exclaimed upon stepping into the hall. The urgency was much evident in his tone of voice as well as his facial expression. This made Vasmir shoot up from his seat and faced the royal guard. “Did something happen?” he asked in a rather calm voice in order not to radiate the worry and fear that the royal guard was emitting. “The Inner Palace has been invaded by assassins. We could not just make any drastic move because the royal concubine’s safety is in danger.” Without any more words stated, Vasmir rushed out of the royal court and immediately headed to the Wes
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At the entrance to the royal concubine’s chambers, the assassins were guarding each other’s back while the person in the middle was strangling Lady Hazel with one arm while his other hand held a dagger pointing at the lady’s face. Lady Hazel was obviously terrified because that was the very first time she faced such danger ever since entering the palace. Not only was she surprised by the sudden turn of events but she was also scared of what would happen next. Even though she was grateful to the king that he came in person to save him, she felt like a burden who cannot protect herself and simply awaited to be saved. Despite her mind telling her to fight back, her body just negated her mind as it remained frozen in fear. From Emery’s perspective, it seemed like the king was proposing a deal with the assassins since he dropped his sword right in front of them. His back was all she could see but she already guessed that he was probably as mad as hell since, this time, his woman was the o
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King Lawson ordered his men to secure the vicinity, strictly reminding them that if another assassin ever steps into the palace, it would be them who should face death. Facing the remaining three alive assassins who were now captured, he told them to prepare themselves for later because he shall be interrogating them himself. The other royal soldiers immediately split up to do their task before the king turned his attention to his royal concubine. “Are you hurt?” he asked. Lady Hazel shook her head and burrowed her face onto his chest. She felt his warmth around her when the king embraced her as if saying that everything was already okay. “I’m okay, Your Majesty,” she mumbled. “Thank you for saving me.” Kissing her on the forehead, he said, “Go to the Eastern Palace for now. Have your rest and I will visit you there after I take care of everything.” He told the maidservants to accompany Lady Hazel to the Eastern Palace for a while since the Inner Palace was not safe at the moment
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