Aldridge walked into the cabin and his eyes widened in surprise, “Mrs Wright!” He called and rushed up to her.
Mrs Wright opened her arms and hugged Aldridge who crashed into her arms. She chuckled and wiped away her tears. It had been a few months since she last saw them and she was so happy that Aldridge was happy to see her too.
“How have you been?” Aldridge asked her.
She smiled at him and said, “Never better. How about something to eat and drink?”
Aldridge nodded his head then turned to Shawn and asked, “When did you get her to come through.”
“I sent Joan Coachman to pass the message on and had John Coachman pick her up a few days before,” Shawn answered as he s
Hudson walked up to the door of the cabin and heard screaming accompanied by Shawn’s name. He frowned but ignored it and knocked on the door.Seconds later an elderly woman opened the door with red swollen eyes. Hudson looked at her confused and asked, “Good day, I am here to see Master Shawn.”“Oh?” She said then let him in. She led him to the family room and said, “I will call him.”He nodded his head and watched as she quickly rushed out to call him. She was so happy that Shawn’s madness could be put on hold.She knocked on the door and said over Aldridge’s screams, “My Lord, a man is here to see you.”The cane stopped mid-air and he looked at the door. &ldq
An hour after Shawn left the room, he returned and when he looked at the centre of the room where he left Aldridge, only the red silk was hanging from the beam. He looked around the room then cleared his throat and went over to the spare room that would be Hudson’s place of residence until he leaves. He opened the door and saw Aldridge lying naked on his stomach with his eyes closed. Behind him, Mrs Wright was applying ointment on his wounds where she needed to. When she saw Shawn walk in, she noticed the black book in his hands and recalled that Hudson had that same book with him. Shawn gazed at her profoundly and asked, “Who gave you permission to remove Aldridge?” She glared at him and said, “You took your time
“Aldridge is no longer the seventh prince, so why does he need to rush to the castle? A place that does not even want him there?” Shawn asked the King’s messenger.The messenger did not recognise Shawn and was slightly afraid because of the look in his eyes.The man cleared his throat and began his explanation, “Prince Aldridge and all the royal siblings have been called to the castle for questioning on their whereabouts over the last three days.”Shawn stared at him as he explained this and said, “No one knew we were here until you went to the estate so what did the Majordomo say to you?”The messenger awkwardly cleared his throat and answered, “The Majordomo of the prince’s estate stated that I would find you here w
The news of Princess Blanche’s passing shocked the kingdom especially because the others who were poisoned too were still alive. The news reached Aldridge and Shawn’s ears too and now they knew that they would have to head to the castle. As they were in the carriage manned by both Joan Coachman and John Coachman. Inside the carriage, Aldridge asked as he stared at Shawn who seemed to be in a world of his own, “If you know who is behind this, why aren’t you saying anything.” Shawn looked at him and said, “Currently, it’s better that you do not know as to not raise suspicion. Trust me when I say that I have your back, nothing will happen to you.” Aldridge sighed and rubbed his temples, no matter how he looked at this, in the past he was blamed for everything and now wi
The first and second princes walked through the castle halls until they arrived at the king’s hall. The messenger announced a royal entry and the doors opened. Shawn lifted his gaze for a split second and saw the other royal siblings inside with the queen and king. He lowered his gaze again as they entered. Walking into the hall, Aldridge and Sterling wore bright and cheerful clothes while the others were all in white and black. The queen was appalled by the disrespect. Sterling also suddenly felt awkward and when he looked at Aldridge he could see that it was affecting him too. They bowed slightly as Sterling spoke, “It seems the message to inform us on our attire has yet to reach us.” His words flew over all of their h
Sebastian who heard all of this couldn’t be bothered in the least. He killed her and so what? She was nothing but a pawn in their father’s tyranny and when it was announced that she would be dying, the marriage was moved to Princess Nora who was happy about it too and this time, she was marrying the duke’s son and not him.The queen looked at Sebastian who was staring out to nowhere and said, “Sebastian, did you kill your sister?”He snapped back to reality and as he answered, “And why would I do that?”Nora turned to him and said, “What about her exposing you to father? Like she said before you and Aldridge are the same.”“Prince Aldridge,” Sterling reminded her. He made it clear once before that if they
Aldridge pushed the doors open to his office and sighed. He walked around his desk and sat down on the chair and looked at Shawn who was closing the door. Shawn slowly walked up to the desk and said as he looked around, “So that went well.” Aldridge pouted and raised his legs on the desk, “It did and I can’t believe that she was planning to get in your pants, I’m glad she is dead, who the fuck does she think she is.” Shawn raised a surprised brow and asked as he looked at him, “You curse too? That’s new.” “Oh please Samuel, do you honestly expect me to be prim and propper after being accused of murder when we know who the culprit is?” Aldridge asked. Shawn walked around the desk and sat on it in front of Aldridge. He picked his feet up and put them on his lap and too
Aldridge sat down as he heard Sterling's words then pulled out the folder in his desk drawer that he put in there earlier before placing his feet on the desk.He places the folder on his desk as he said, "I didn't hear anything about any murders, I'm sure Sir and Madam Majordomo would have told me."Shawn side-eyed him as he said, "He did tell me. I'm the one who didn't speak."Aldridge turned his head to look at Shawn and was about to say something but remembered that Sterling was with them.He sighed and said, "Alright. I want you to have a deeper look into these cases when I am done going through this folder. Compile a file of your own as well so that we have something to report to the king as well."As Aldridge was readin