Chapter 24Courtney POVâWho the hell are you? "Even I couldn't help but trembled in fear, Goerge looked really scary right now. âI⊠I.. IâŠ.â I was also curious and waiting to hear her answer. âYour Majesty, my kingâ The door of the room opened,I saw an old man entered with walking stick. I had no idea who he isâMy king, how could youâ he helped Morgan up and shoot Goerge a glare. âAnd who might you be? Who let you in?â Goerge asked âMy king, it I, your father in law â I frowned, what father in law? I glanced at Goerge and saw his expression softened, âMy king why did you hit her? â the strange old man complained and George sighed. He also moved closer to Morgan and supported her. This isn't going the way I expected, I thought Goerge would lash out at her, I thought he got himself back, it seems⊠âAnd who is she? â the same old man glared at me. âright who are you? â Goerge eyes turned hostiles towards me. âYou⊠You⊠YouâŠâ I was speechless and shocked on
Chapter 23. Courtney POV âSo how did it go? â Her highness stared at me waiting for my reply âIt seems he's not completely under her control, he was a bit irritated with her too and he also don't remember anything about meâ I elaborated and Her Highness nodded. âWhatever they used for him, he hasn't lost his whole sense after allâ Her Highness sounded proud and I smiled. âYes and Morgan was anxious, which means things aren't really going her way, we have to move fast and make him come back to himselfââAnd how do we do that? ââI have no ideaâ I shrugged âBut, for now, I will focus on trying to recall his memories about meâHer highness frownedâBut how do you do that? ââHe reacted when I hugged him, so there's hope, I just need to work hardâ Her Highness sighed,and combed her hand through her hair. âThat's a lot of work, but I will leave you to that, for today I think you should get some sleepâ I felt tired honestly after all I have been running around since morning. â
Chapter 22 Courtney POV âCome inâ The familiar cold voice ordered, I thought you wasn't gonna let me in but he did anyways. âYour Majesty, may I have a moment with you, I need⊠ââMilady â Morgan whom I don't know was inside greeted me, I nodded back to her and faced His Majesty. âI need to talk to youâ He raised his brow and gesture for me to go on, but I looked at Morgan âAloneâ I addedâleave usâ I was actually surprised he was willingly to send her out. âBut your Majesty⊠ââOut, I.. Won't.. Repeat.. Myself â He ordered word to word. I saw Morgan clutched her fist, gave me a provocative gaze and slowly reversed, she stared at me one last time, and banged the door while going out. âit seems she doesn't have a complete control over him yet, greatt I should be able⊠ââWhy are you here? â my thought was broken and I gazed at George. âYou lost some weight, it must have been hard on youâ I whispered softly as gently as I could and he frowned. âI missed you, I
Chapter 22Courtney POV âShe's just in shock, she will be fineâ The physician finished examining Her Highness âuse this anioment for your knee, it must hurtâ The physician must have noticed how I was rubbing my knee. âThank youâI smiled and took it. âIf that is all, I will leave now, you can call me if there's anythingâ The physician packed up and left. I sighed and stared at Her highness, she's also helpless, her dead son came back alive but he is not himself anymore. He's more like a stranger. I massaged my tremble, my head hurts so much, the incident that happened today took a troll on me. âWhat if he's not George? What if someone took his shape? It possible though very rare but it possible. Or was I overthinking it?â âMilady â a very familiar voice brought me out of my thoughtâReenaâ I cried out, I had no idea when she came in. She pulled me for a hug and I engulfed the warmth of her body. She patted my back and coax me âEverything will be fine Mil
Chapter 20 I ran for more than 10 minutes and couldn't find her, the palace was already in chaos, everyone was running up and down seeking shelter, I was tired and stopped to catch my breath. Mind you I'm in my wedding dress and it getting in my way. I tried to remove some layers but I couldn't, I hissed and looked around âwhere could Reena be? â I thought to myself. I frowned and noticed something in the chaotic situation. Nobody was killed, I saw no dead body and the soldiers just ignored the servants running around, they seems to be headed in same direction. I took a deep breath and out of curiosity went the way the soldiers were heading to. They seemed to be going towards His Majesty chamber, I clutched my fist and hasten my pace to see what was going to happen. They stopped in front of the chamber and surrounded it. I hid behide a pillar to observed what was happening. My heart sank and I shuddered when I saw Her Highness sitting outside the cha
Chapter 19Countney POV Sleeping in the dungeon was really uncomfortable, and I starved the whole night. I wondered how Prince Edward knew I escaped. I sighed and turned to Reena, I saw she is not better than me. âWhat if he kills us?? â I can see fear written all over her face. âI don't think so, let's just wait and see what happensâ She grumbled and leaned on the wall. I also closed my eyes to sleep, I'm really tired. I heard the loud sound of chain, I opened my eyes and saw a guard opened the dungeon âHis Majesty said to release and escort you to the hall. I stood but my leg gave out and I fell back down. âMiladyâReena hurried towards me and helped me up. I stretched my leg a bit and followed the guard to the hall. I was surprised to see a lot of people. The ladies, Her highness, a few officials and Ministers. The guard forced me down. I broke out in cold sweat as my knee hit the floor. I groaned, and glared at the guard âBastardâi cursed to