“My king, princess Zara, has gone missing,” Jerald announced. I looked at him like he had gone nuts. How can that annoying princess go missing? Did she run away?“What do you mean Jerald, how could the princess go missing? Jerald immediately fell to his knees.“My king, I'm sorry, I assigned our most elite warriors to guard the princess at all times, but they were killed. I think some of our guards betrayed us and let the enemy into the palace.”I asked you to protect her, how could you let this happen?” I roared.“You all are useless. just pray I find the princess, or else, I won't spare any of you,” I yelled, walking away. ...Jerald could tell that Carl was angry, and when he was angry, he was extremely dangerous. So he trailed after him slowly. he knew Carl was going to unleash hell on them for failing to protect the princess.King Arthur was gobsmacked after what he just heard. he had indeed sent men to abduct the princess, but they were not real assassins.Although he made pl

In Everton, things didn't cool down, rather it got worse. "Your majesty, I fail to understand how the princess could get abducted in a palace that is heavily guarded and defended by well-trained and dangerous guards." "Yes your majesty, I find it strange, that they could easily infiltrate the palace. Although they had the support of those traitors, who betrayed Everton, it can't be that easy." "How is it possible that they escaped Everton? Someone of high status must have helped them, not just the guards. There must be a traitor among us. "Yes I agree, who do you think is capable of breaking into the palace." We have the best defense in all the seven nations, and from this incident, everyone is beginning to doubt that. "You must do something, King Carl, we must get the princess at all cost, or else Everton will become the laughing stock of all the other nations. Carl sat down, silently watching his council as they kept blabbing. "My king, you should say something, not just your

ZARA'S POV I paced around the room, thinking about what Giselle told me. I was getting married, but to whom. It can't be Carl, after all, I was abducted. who could it be? Is it prince Kieran? Uhhhh! I ruffled my hair in frustration. Maybe I should have just let prince Kieran explain himself instead of beating him up. What do I do now, how do I escape if he intends to marry me? Think Zara, think. There was no way I could fight my way out of this because I would be outnumbered. Carl, you idiot, annoying fool. What is taking you so long to come rescue me? If you don't come now I won't spare you. Why should I even wait for him to come save me, I should save myself. I ran toward the door, twisting the doorknob, and thankfully it was open. Two guards were standing outside the chamber, and immediately turn to look at me. "Your highness," they greeted with a bow. "Take me to see prince Kieran," I ordered. "Your highness, prince Kieran does not want to see you. I knew he was still

ZARA'S POV "Carl, can you tell me what's going on. why do you look so calm? why does it look like you knew I was here already?" Tell me what's going on. Carl stared at me for a while, as if not knowing what to say. "Your abduction was planned by me, it was me who asked Kieran to abduct you." What! did he just say he was the one who ordered my abduction? I stared at him, gobsmacked. Why would he even do that, what was his reason? "Explain why you abducted me, why would you even do a thing like that?" I was eager to hear an explanation, but Carl, on the other hand, stayed quiet staring at me. ... Prince Kieran glanced at Carl and could tell he was nervous. If someone told him that a woman would make Carl nervous, he would never have believed it. Princess Zara, just who was this woman? Carl has finally met his match, Kieran thought. He immediately dismissed his guards, even though they were reluctant, and wanted to watch the whole thing, they still had to obey their prince's or

ZARA'S POV After the wedding, a banquet was held to celebrate my wedding to Carl, and also the alliance between Everton, and Azrael. "Princess," Lia yelled, running toward me. She threw herself on me, hugging me tight, that I almost couldn't breathe. "Lia I can't breathe," I choked out. "Sorry, princess. I was just so excited to see you. do you know how worried I was? we all thought you were abducted for real. Oh, Princess, I'm so happy," Lia let out, with tears in her eyes. "I'm here now Lia," I said, explaining everything that had happened. My parents and queen Catherine also came to hug me. They were so happy that I was back in Everton. While aunt Anna, on the other hand, was a different case. "Zara, so tell me what happened between you and Carl. Did you leave because you wanted to be alone and seduce the king?" Aunt Anna blabbered. "Aunt it's not what you think, Carl was not even with me, remember. He was in Everton, while I was in Nival," I reasoned. "But he still went