AUTHOR'S POV " Don't dare sit down. You are to resume fully to your position as the water maid." Melissa said.The order came directly from Amelia. She remembered that Cisca's father stole from the king. " Let me just get my stuff." Melissa cheered, she wouldn't have enough time to gallivant with any of the princes. She did not know the chores that was waiting for her down there.  Amelia had ordered that her chores be doubled and her whip doubled if she behaved funny.  Alden waited for almost two hours without seeing a sign of Cisca. He walked to the stable, and met her absence. Where could she be? He asked himself.  " Follow me." Melissa ordered, and Cisca was led to a large empty drum. Before it were clothes for her to wash. She was surprised.  " I thought I was here to fetch water." She asked.

The next day, Amelia walked towards the maid quarters, aiming for Cisca. She was still a bit vengeful at the special treatment Stiles gave her and wanted to retaliate.  Cisca who was coming out of her room received a hot slap on her face. She held her cheek to stop it from ringing. She watched Amelia's mouth move, but she didn't hear what she said.  " Do you get that?" Amelia asked, and she nodded, whereas her ears felt like an orchestra was singing in there. Tired at the outcome of things, she returned into her room to get herself ready for the day. This was probably a bad omen of how today was going to look like and it made her hope sincerely that it didn't turn out to be that way.  " Why did she hit you?" Reagan asked in concern. " I sincerely do not know." she replied truthfully. At the end of the day, everything boils down to making sure that she would avoid Stiles more and more.

 AUTHOR'S POV " When you are ready, let me know." The man spoke and they returned to the pack.  "What did he say?" The king asked.  " He didn't agree to the bargain." It was looking like it wasn't going to work anytime soon, but Alden believed that it was.  " It's almost the second day." Alexia blurted.  " And we don't have the capacity. Five hundred thousand is quite a decent amount. Isn't it?" He asked her.  " I don't think you understand these people, they are highly unreasonable, they only want money."  " That's not if we can bargain properly " Alden maintained his stance. The King out of fear for what the people will say thought of how to raise the money .  " We will take a loan." He said, in finality, and this made Alden roll his eyes. The people working with the rogues kn

 AUTHOR'S POV Alden watched the shock cross hee face as she looked around. " What are you talking about?" She asked, feigning ignorance. " Nothing that you're not aware of." He replied, and she narrowed her eyes at him. " I don't know what you are talking about." This boy was busy pointing torches at her footsteps.  She sighed, when she saw the look on his face, " What do you want?" she asked. If he needed money, she would give him to keep him off her back and trail. " I have decided to make you a proposition." He said, and she cocked her head at the man in front of her. This boy had been a pain in her rear for a long time. " You stop any more evil perpetration, or I report you to the king." He declared. Was that it? That was very easy. She thought. Surely, he would need something more than that. All she needed was to get s

"Oh my god! Oh my god!" Nicky screamed and began to hyper ventilate when she heard the news. She locked eyes with Martin whose head was bowed when he heard it. They exchanged a look of understanding and Martin was filled with regret. His mother knew what she was saying but no one had the power to stop the inevitable. This made him more aware of the situation at hand. If he was thinking that everyone was good, then this shocked hi to the bone. He never expected that it would be so soon. He heard another wailing arise and looked at Queen Alexia. He wondered if she could kill her husband. For what reason? He wondered. For all he knew, the king was just in his treatment. A little preferential to his mother he knew that but he never supported evil no matter who it came from. Alden was banned from having any position even if everyone knew that he loved him like crazy. He watched her perform her drama and was beginning to get pissed. In no time, it became a crying competition between both