Chapter 31Standing from my Throne, I take a deep breath to steady my nerves before addressing the room. I have practiced this all morning with my Grandparents, I know I must be the one to start the proceedings first with an introduction.“Good morning Cabinet Members and those of the Nobility.” I begin, feeling all eyes focus on me.“I am Princess Allisara Nimair, heir to the Nimairene Throne, and I have called this meeting today to discuss the creation and abolishing of laws.” My voice is clear and strong, carrying around the semi-circle room and bouncing against the walls. I can hear the slight whispers as some open their binders, shock written on their face. It is rare for laws to be abolished, or so my Grandmama told me. I can see why many would be shocked.“I know this is so sudden with my return only happening twelve days before, but you all watched the news. I am the rightful heir and now I am undoing all the damaged that Juden Trilavantas caused while I was in hiding for my o

Chapter 33“Do you need help?” Someone whispers, making me want to find the mute button.“No. You’ll be surprised to know how much of a normal thing this is for us.” A deep voice replies equally as quiet as the first whisper. Something wraps around my body, scooping me close to someone warm and the scent of pine wraps around me.“Sky.” I mumble out with a yawn, opening my eyes to see Sky looking down at me.“Hey sleeping beauty. We’re home.” He greets, giving me his easy going smile. Home. For so long I thought I would have to keep stealing, conning and lying until I saved up enough to buy my own place. That I would build a place of my own deep in the country wilderness far away from Zalaris, the Capitol city that I lived my whole life in. That I would have a restaurant some time in the future and make a life of my own. But here I am, in the arms of someone I am sure I am falling in love with, being carried up the steps of the Royal Palace.“I can walk.” I yawn out, hoping Sky doesn’t

Chapter 35Sitting on the balcony in my hidden tower, I enjoy the view from up here as I work on my laptop. Five days have passed since the Cabinet meeting and Arian has been collecting confessions from those that were in cahoots with Juden with the help of his men. True to my word, their innocent family members were released from prison with only specific assets seized. With each new confession, the Royal Coffers grew and with this, I have been setting a plan into motion of revitalizing the Slums. The first thing I want to do is fix the roads.“I thought I would find you up here.” Sky’s voice calls out from the door way. Looking up from my screen, I smile at him as he comes to sit beside me on the cold concrete, a plate of sandwiches in one hand and a bottle of apple juice in the other.“Ellisia told me to bring you food if I could find you.” He hands me the plate of food, taking my laptop much to my protest, but my stomach growls reminding me that I haven’t eaten anything since brea

Chapter 37“Allisara!” I shout, catching her before she can hit the ground. Her eyes are closed, hand clenching the plate that had her Hors d'oeuvres on. Her breathing is shallow, her chest barely able to take a breath.“Shut all the doors, no one leaves!” Eathan shouts as I slowly lay her onto her back. Guards rush to do what he says as I focus on Allisara. She is pale, too pale, and I realize someone managed to poison her.“Secure the kitchen and all the food. Someone find me a poison test and the vials of antidotes!” I call out, watching as Allisara stops breathing. Panicked, I begin C.P.R. praying that my chest compressions are helping to keep her alive. A Maid rushes towards me with Everette and Lillian behind her, the two elderly shaking with fear and rage. The Maid carefully works to draw her blood before she test it, the machine beeping as it analyzes the poison that she ingested. Thankfully it doesn’t take too long when the machine beeps loudly to a different tune and the lig

Chapter 39“How many people are we sending to prison out of the two-hundred and four people?” Taking the file from Arian, I sigh as I think about the many people being kept in the Dungeons and holding cells of the City Prison. It has been two weeks since the failed attempted assassination on me at the Ball my Grandparents hosted and in those two weeks Arian and his Shadow Guards managed to find information on more Traitors. This time, these people were part of the working class and many had been employed by the Nobles that supported Juden. This brought the total number of Traitors from one-hundred and fifty-seven to the current total. The only good news to all of this mess is the fact that there will be many jobs available throughout the Kingdom.“A good one-hundred and twelve men and women will be sent to different prisons giving the severity of their crimes. After that, the rest with less sever charges will be sent to the outer Province to live out their lives under Military control