GRAND CASINO*

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She smiled widely.

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TERRAVERDE, 6PM*

Rebekah's jet landed just now, and her handmaidens and guards are already assembled at the port to collect her.

They took her bag, and she removed her Loubotin heels to relieve her legs

The shoes were replaced with fluffy flops which she wore to the car, and the drive to the palace started.

She nearly cried in the plane.

To think she'd be missing the games tonight at Forte, and she'd be missing the pool party too. Pity.

She'd be lucky if she doesn't get disowned.

Living as a princess hasn't been easy as Lizzy said.

She can't even say she's lucky since she has to beg or sneak out before she'd be able to spent time with her friends.

It's choky to have guards and maids around you when you don't even want them.

She hates it, but maybe she wouldn't hate it this much if her mother didn't die.

Yeah. Her mother, the first queen is dead, and his Majesty changed completely since then.

He's planning to marry a new wife soon who'd be the new queen, and gawd knows she hates that woman madly.

She sighed out when the car drove into the vainglorious grandiose palace in the heart of the island.

It's so beautiful, surrounded by rainbow atmospheric design and a white waterfall.

A trojan horse is in front of the gigantic palace, symbolizing the elegance of the crown.

Her bags were taken in, and she was guarded in again.

The maids, chauffers, butlers and chefs all have their heads bowed as she made her entry.

She was led to the royal dining hall where her royal father was already seated, but he's not alone.

He's with the new queen-to-be, her name is Elsa, and she's smiling that fake smile again.

It doesn't take a genius to know it's fake, she doesn't like her.

"Welcome home, sweetie" she shone her teeth as Rebekah sat.

Rebekah didn't respond, she only picked a glass of water to drink from.

"Care to explain the news flying around about my only princess being a member of a frat club?" The king said crisply.

"It's nothing" Rebekah replied, dropping the cup of water.

"Nothing? You are my crown princess Rebekah, meaning you're ruling this island after I die, what do you want the people to think, what do you want your mother to think up there!" The king yelled angrily.

"Don't talk about mother! You have no right to talk about her when you don't even attend her remembrance ceremonies every year! You got yourself a new queen so just marry her and leave me alone! She has a son already, doesn't she? Adopt her son and make him your crown prince, I'm done here!" Rebekah stood, rushing out of the hall.

Elsa smiled secretly.

"Rebekah!!!" The king yelled again, but she didn't look back till she was out.

"Take it easy with her, your majesty" Elsa held his forearm, and he sighed.

"She's just a child, she'd come around" she smiled.

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GRAND CASINO*

Rook came here immediately his flight landed.

It's currently past 7 at night, and the casino is busy as it should.

He changed bandages for his bleeding arm close to ten times already, but the black blood kept coming, the poison is spreading.

Hazzan met him by the rooms door, and his eyes widened when he saw the bleeding arm.

"Son! What the hell!" He gasped.

"Where's my adoptive father, Master X?" Rook muttered powerlessly.

Hazzan held him, leading him in.

He took him to Master X's office, and they met the man sitting like a carved statue on his desk.

"Please... please boss, save my son! I think he's dying!" Hazzan pleaded.

Master X raised the sleeve of Rook's shirt to reveal the cut, and his eyes narrowed.

"You got cut by Roonie's sword?" He said, recognizing it immediately.

"Yes" Chadwick gasped, and Master X smiled delightfully.

"Please... please save him" Hazzan pleaded again.

"The cut is not deep, so he won't die. He'll just be in insane agony and pains for days. He'll almost bleed out his guts, but he'll be fine" Master X said.

"But the pains will be too much, please help...boss. He's your adopted son!" Hazzan desperately begged.

Master X remained neutral.

"There should be an antidote" Hazzan said.

"There is" Master X smiled.

Rook looked up.

"His early morning urine, make him drink" Master X said.

"What!"

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