Alicia's POV Everyone arose from their bowing position. The priest then moved forward to crown Fatou. "Long life our Empress!!!"The Empress is not expected to be saluted just like the Emperor as the regal power is owned by him. I pitied Arnold for the type of person he will become now that the power is in his capability. The rest of the coronation ceremony took place in a way I could regard as boring. As much as the other Princes were trying hard to cover it up, you could still easily pinpoint that they weren't delighted by the coronation of Arnold. I caught a glimpse of Arnold wiping Fatou's face and I felt a sting of envy. My eyes sting as a tear slides down my face when I catch Arnold pecking her on her cheeks. There is nothing more heart-breaking in terms of love than seeing your mate being lovey-dovey to another person.At that moment, All pieces of hope were erased from my heart.The ceremony continued till the evening. No one could exit because Arnold didn't leave. He
Alicia's POV "Can you still remember the names of those parks?" My heart raced out of rhyme as I waited for his response. Prince thrust his lips forward like someone in a deep thought. He then murmured unsurely "Tiger Park and Greenland Park"My heart dropped, and my abhorrence for him skyrocketed. He was among the armies even at his young age to destroy the lives of innocent people. Many questions clouded my brain and I decided to ask those questions in a way to make him think that I was interested in his experience "How was your meeting with them? You mentioned that it was the first time you were facing the opponents?""You seem inquisitive," he chortled and gazed at me. "I'm sorry." I apologized "You told me to talk to you casually" I reminded in a low tone. "Yes, you can talk to me casually as long as we are outside as a commoner" he stated and smiled. Bastard. "As I was saying, I was scared even though it was a surprise attack. We attacked the Tiger park first before m
Alicia's POV The guard who had challenged Prince Cone bowed his head on the ground, and trembled in fear "Pardon me for my mannerless personality, your Highness" Cone shrugged nonchalantly, "It's not your fault. In fact, I am impressed by your alertness. You can all arise" he ordered and walked away from the entrance, while I followed him behind. One after the other, they stood up to continue their activities and a guard volunteered to escort us around.A loud grunt trapped our attention and we walked into the nearby building that looked awfully scattered. The guard escorting us rushed to open the created door but Cone stopped him from doing so. Cone unfurled the door and I was shocked to see a guard beating an old man to a stupor. He looked presumably a few breaths to death, and yet the guard continued to beat him I screamed in horror before Cone or the guard that accompanied us could react. Without warning, I jumped to shield the old man. The cane swabbed my back very hard. It
Alicia's POV "The location of the ore mine?" Cone questioned and withered his face in bafflement "Do you mind explaining better?" he requested. "From my survey of the whole Tiger and Greenland Park issue, the ore mine was presumed to be around the Parks location, but it was nowhere to be found after a thorough search. Fortunately, the Emperor suddenly found the location which was a bit far from the location of Tiger Park's settlement. He did that after he was caught up in a situation that made the citizens of Genovia deem him a murderer. Don't you think his moves are wary? An ore mine a whole lot of armies and soldiers had tried to search for but their efforts were in vain. And suddenly he founded it?"Prince Cone doesn't seem to get my point. I couldn't lay it out so correctly and correspondingly so that he wouldn't detect that I was part of the park."You mentioned the Emperor as an illegitimate son, and also, the young Alpha of Greenland Park was very skilled. It just seems suspic
Alicia's POV "Tell me what you told him Alicia?!" he reverberated after a few minutes of quietness. "You don't want to catch a glimpse of the worst of me. I could look over the consequences if you just disclose what you told him to me." he exhorts me to open up. "Are you scared, Your Majes…?" I snigger in amusement. "Alicia!!!" he roared, his entire body was quivering terribly. "Arnold!!!" I fired back and exchanged breathing to steady my voice. "Can't you just let me be? You have taken every reason for me to be alive, and you think I will beg you not to kill me?" I chuckled as irritation subjugated my body system. "You have done your worst a long time ago. It all makes sense now " I scoffed bitterly with my eyes brewing fire. "Every tiny piece of information isn't confirmed, but what is definite is that you snitched on our park and caused our downfall. You were the bastard behind my parent's massacre? Why don't you deny it? It was all your fault!!! Don't take too much time. Kil
Alicia's POV"Did the present Emperor mention where he had been all the while before coming to the palace?" I inquired and at the same time made sure that I didn't mention anything that could be traced to suspect me.Maybe I should have prepared before coming.I thought. "He told us that he had been living on the street after the death of his mother. If I could recall, he said he learned his martial skill from a local martial art tutor." Cone explains. "Emperor Arnold might truly be the son of the runaway lady which makes him an illegitimate son of your father, but he was also the Alpha of Greenland Park, and had come up with the idea of attacking Genovia with the late Alpha whom I knew as his father then. He might have used the Tiger Park to cover up the plans probably after realizing that things weren't going his way after the death of his father. He never thought it would affect them, and had decided to take revenge by finding his way into the palace" I revealed and wrapped it
Alicia's POV Princess Micah moved her head in my direction and I instantly shut my mouth "I'm sorry, your Highness" I apologized.She opened her mouth to mutter a word but I quickly fell to my knees with my hands clasped together "I don't want to go. Can you please find a way to make me escape this summoning? Please, your Highness, I beg you" I pleaded desperately. I was perturbed at the view of what would happen to me since I had shouted and walked out on Arnold earlier.It must be the reason why he called for me. "The Emperor is the one calling you. As much as I also don't want you to leave, I also don't want him to stop the little attention he spared for me which had occurred because of you. You need to go, Alicia" She persuaded me in a calm tone that got me astonished."Yes, your Highness" I answered simply and strode out of her chamber. I exhaled heavily and mustered a bit of courage. It's normal to be punished after spurting out in such a manner. I encouraged myself.My face
Alicia's POV Arnold didn't let go and I continued to jerk with hope that he would let me be. He chuckled lightly at my persistence and I stiffened in realization and stared at him. His face was already back to normal with just a light amused expression on his face. I acknowledged that the way I moved my face made it easy to stare at each other's eyes with our faces inches apart. My eyes drowned in the beauty of his eyes and I couldn't help but get carried away with my mind blocking all other thoughts. My body shivered the moment Arnold leaned in. His eyes met with mine and I couldn't help but give in to his plea when his lips touched mine. I relaxed in his touch as he caressed my waist and claimed my lips like the favorite candy he lost in the sea after concluding that he wouldn't see it again. I felt like I was the candy as he suckled gently on my lower lip. I wrapped my hand around his neck and I heard a low groan from him. He pulls me to strangle him and adjust the position of m