The Surprise!(mature)

|Princess Zoey’s Point Of View|

A few weeks passed after my birthday celebrations, and everyone was preparing for my coronation. I was in a good mood the whole day, but some rumours made me feel nostalgic and moody. So while in my bath, I splash around the water in frustration.

I hear footsteps after a while, and Micah walks inside.

"So? What did you find out?" I ask.

"It turns out the rumours aren't just rumours. Viscountess Tessa has given birth to a child downtown before death, and the father is a peasant. Other details are unknown to us." he reports to me.

"Oh my goodness." I cry out. "What did her parents say?"

"They were unaware of the pregnancy."

"That means... she left the kingdom a few months back when she got pregnant. She gave birth to her child secretly. Then came back and..." I ponder.

"Yeah... Her highness assumes she kept it a secret because the father is a peasant."

I stand up in my bathtub, "Micah, we must find out where her baby is! That's the least we can do