"BROTHER, don't you think things ended up quite anti-climactic?" Aurum whispered to Argent. People around were starting to walk out of the ballroom. Each one was talking about the events that just happened.
"What, do you expect the King to send them to prison?" Argent asked, teasing her sister a bit.
"Yes, since they deserved it," Aurum indignantly answered.
"Silly girl, of course he wouldn't do that. They're still his children after all. He might not truly care for them or even love them, but the blood flowing in their veins is still part his. That still says something. Stripping the prince of his title and detaining the princess were the best punishment he could give under such circumstances."
"But still. I worked really hard to make that stupid prince admit that there was someone who gave him the idea of kidnapping Merissa. Yet the main culprit didn't get to be punished that much."
