All Chapters of Surviving the World to Escape Him: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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CHAPTER 71 – FEAR

JULIAN After leaving Helena, I rode my horse hard to the palace. I wanted to find out what my grandmother wanted from her. I wasn’t about to let her enter the palace blindly. My grandmother was not someone we could underestimate. I would rather be safe and prepared than sorry. When I got to the palace the guards tried to stop me, I pushed him away and walked right into father’s study. He was with the minister of works. They both turned when I walked in. the minister quickly stood and bow. “Prince Regent.” I ignored him and looked straight at father. “What did you tell the Queen Dowager about her?” Father frowned. “Julian, I am in a meeting, you can’t just barge in here and say what you want. you didn’t even greet me.” I turned to the minister and threw him a glare. He smiled awkwardly. “Prince Regent, the king and I were just discussing the weap

CHAPTER 72 -DOUBT

HELENA I never said a word until we left the palace. I might have not said anything, but my mind was a mess. So, all the time when he said he was busy, the time when he left me in the middle of the night. When he would be gone for days on end. He was meeting the general’s daughter, Nadia. What a fool I had been. I wanted to be angry, lash out, but at what and for what? That lady was nice and cheerful. Has a warm welcoming smile. I met her once; she came to my shop and ordered some of my goods. Back then I had been in awe of her beauty, not only that, she was a calm soul and easy to get along with. I had even thought if I were a person who could make friends easily, she would have been the first person I would befriend. “Don’t take what she said to heart.” I could hear Julian talking beside me but none of it registered. I suddenly chuckled feeling so foolish. Why didn’t I ever question him before, what made me trust him unconditionally after everything I had been through, what made

CHAPTER 73 – NOT AGAIN

JULIAN After I spoke, I watched as the light in her eyes slowly return. I let out a sigh of relief but the next second, that spark faded as if it were never there. I watched her resolute back as he tuned and went back inside leaving me with a heavy heart. I was not hurt because of her reaction to what I did. I was hurt because I had failed to do what I had promised her. Protecting her, I had been so focused on what I was doing that I forgot what it would look like if she were to find out. How she would feel. I was too short sighted. My mind went back to the carriage.The look on her face, how she called me Your Highness, so distant as if we were strangers. How she spoke of me marrying someone else. She wasn’t just hurt or acting distant. My chest burned, tension gathered on my shoulders. Knowing Helena the way I did. She… oh dear gods not again. I stared at the locked door forgetting how to breathe for a moment. Helena was not only acting distant, she was taking herself out of the

CHAPTER 74 – THE FALL OF A GENERAL

JULIAN “After court, I will come right back. please, wait for me.” I waited for her to say something, but nothing came. She just calmed walked over to the table where her maid, Rose had just placed her breakfast. I felt defeated, I wanted to stay and explain more. Get her to take to me, but I knew staying wasn’t an option. I had to get to court and finish what I started.I walked out; general Tom was standing outside. “I am leaving the lady to you, keep her safe and if anything happens. Send for me.” I didn’t wait for him to respond or looked back. I knew if I did. I wouldn’t leave. Not with her ignoring me as if all my explanations didn’t matter.I mounted my horse and rose fast through the bustling streets of the capital toward the palace. morning breeze hit me hard turning my cheeks a little red from the cold. But I couldn’t be bothered, I had to get there, deal with the case and go back fast. When I got to the palace, the outside of the throne room was empty. Which meant only one

CHAPTER 75 – YOU BROKE MY TRUST

HELENAI didn’t go to the shop that morning. Julian had told me to wait for him and despite everything inside me screaming that I should leave, I stayed. Part of me wanted to see him. I wanted to make sure he was alright. General Tom had secretly told me that he slept outside my door last night. He pleaded for me to forgive him, to let him explain and to try and understand where he was coming from. To understand that some of the work he did couldn’t be shared. His words made me think that I had been too impulsive but then part of me refused to believe I was wrong. This time, his work involved meeting another woman behind my back. It brought trouble to my door. The Queen Dowager. Someone he knew every well I wanted nothing to do with. If he had told me, I would have been prepared, but I was blindsided. Terrified when she called me to the palace. thinking my life was over. Did he think of that when he hid the truth from me? I didn’t think he did. I sat outside under the peach tree th

CHAPTER 76 – WHY THE REGENT STILL LIVES

QUEEN DOWAGER“Nanny Wang.” She stepped forward and bowed. “I am here, Your Majesty.” With the lid of the cup, I slowly moved the tea leaves away before taking a sip. “Remind me why I left the regent live, when others were taken care of?” with his recent actions, Julian was making me wonder why I let him live in the first place when I took care of all the other useless princes this kingdom had.“He was obedient, filial, never questioned you and followed the rules. He was the only one who had potential to be a good king.” I hummed, all of that had changed in a short period of time. “Remind me again why I sent him to the village back then.” It was the damned village that changed him. meeting that orphan girl.“He was not sleeping, Your Majesty, he suffered from nightmares about the fire. You thought sending him to the village was going to calm him and put his mind at ease.” I pushed him to go when he refused. I pushed him right into that girl’s hands and she didn’t miss the opportunity

CHAPTER 77 – NOW OR NEVER

MARK“Are you sure the person you got is going to do it?” I shot her a cold glare. “If you are so capable, why don’t you do it yourself?” she shrunk back smiling nervously. “That is not what I meant, Prince Mark.” She reached for my hand; I pulled it away avoiding her touch. The smile on her face froze. She chuckled nervously. “I meant nothing by it, I got worried because it has been days and nothing happened. I just want to know If we need a new plan.” She was talking as if what we wanted to do was easy. “If it were that easy, you would have done it yourself. You wouldn’t have come to me for help.” I flipped my fan and fanned myself. I was worried too, worried that Nanny Wang changed her mind. Worried that she told that old witch everything we were planning. If she did that, I would be the one who would lose, I was the one who approached her. “I have to go to the palace.” I stood and left. I couldn’t keep putting father off. If things didn’t work out with my grandmother, I at leas

CHAPTER 78 – SLEEP YOUR MAJESTY

NANNY WANG I was thinking of stopping the whole thing. The Queen Dowager took care of me, rewarded me well for my work. I wanted to forget about poisoning him. Talk her out of killing the second prince. The poor child was pitiful enough as it is. But she had to go and be more ruthless. She wanted to go after the regent. I couldn’t do to. The regent’s projects got my uncle and aunt hired. They have food on the table now because of him, their son would be able to pay for his studies and sit for the exam. The regent did that for them. He didn’t turn them away because they were old. He asked what skill they had and gave them work. How could I poison him? my uncle meant a lot to me but because I was working for her and worried about what the Queen Dowager would do to them if I were to find out about them. I cut ties with them and never visited again. But I kept an eye on them. Send money to their neighbours to help them when they needed it. Now she wanted to get rid of that person. No.

CHAPTER 79 – CRUELLER THAN ANYONE

JULIAN Helena and I were having breakfast together. Things between us had been good, or as good as they could be after losing someone’s trust. I had started telling her everything, hoping that complete honesty would prove to her that I had nothing left to hide. She didn’t want that. She told me she wasn’t trying to control my life. She simply wanted me to tell her whenever something concerned her or could affect her in the future. I didn’t understand the difference, but I agreed. She has also stopped letting me sleep at her place. She said it was inappropriate because we weren’t married. So, I asked her to marry me. she said no. her reason hurt more than the rejection itself.She didn’t want to marry me because she was afraid, I wanted to marry her only because I was afraid of losing her. What she didn’t understand was that I had always been afraid of losing her. I hadn’t delayed marrying her because I didn’t love her. I had delayed it because I wanted to remove every obstacle stand

CHAPTER 80 – NOW GO JOIN HER

MARKWhen the study door closed, only the two of us remained. Father looked at me for a while without saying a word. “Are you happy now?” I lifted my head to look at him. His face was cold, no warmth in his eyes. It was like I was staring at a bottomless abyss. The look made me shiver. I had never seen that look from him.“Father, I don’t understand.” Father slowly rose from his seat, walked to the cabinet behind his desk. Moved a vase and the cabinet moved revealing a hidden door. “Follow me.” I felt uneasy but followed anyway. The door closed behind us. The room was dark, I couldn’t see anything after the door closed.Father on the other hand, moved around with ease and moments later candles were lit. I took in the room and my insides grew cold. The room had all kinds on weapons covering wall to wall neatly arranged. In the centre of the room was a small bed and a table next to it. I wondered wha

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