My eyes blaze through the paper. How dare they!
"If they got their hand on the Phoenix poison, then they definitely have been planning this for pretty long."
How did I not notice???!!! Then I realize I haven't been doing my regular spying on their meetings ever since King became my guard. I crush the paper with my hand. King puts his hand on mine.
"Calm down. If you want, we could storm the palace and get the throne back."
I sigh, "That won't work. This is well planned. We are both red eyes and I'm a woman. If the public found out I was the former King, then they would definitely protest and prefer Dylan be the King."
A voice comes from behind, "I'm pretty sure Dylan was behind this plan."
It was Ryan and Justin. I get into a fighting stance. They'd probably side with Dylan.
"H-hold on, we're not here to fight."
Justin puts his hand behind his head, "Well, you see we don't really think we should support Dylan, so we came to help."
I stay in my stance until Trisha walks in between me and them. She puts her arms up as if to protect them.
"They will help, don't worry, they won't backstab. Ryan and Justin were the ones who kept me informed about what's happening."
I loosen, "Why would you side with us instead of Dylan?"
Ryan's face darkens.
"We knew that Dylan was the smart type who doesn't talk as much, but now we know that he is pure evil."
Justin continues, "He killed and dissected the last phoenix on Earth just for his selfishness to create the poison."
"He could care less what happened to us and the rest of the knights. He even killed all your maids and servants for serving you. If any family complained, they were sentenced to join them in hell."
Trisha's head lowers, "I thought he was actually a good guy…"
"Anyways, there's nothing we can do right now," I say, "I'll give up on the throne. There's no reason for me to go back to it anyways."
Rustle, rustle.
"Who's there?"
We all get into a fighting position around Veronica and Trisha who can't fight. Someone steps out of the shadows. A blue armored man… Dylan! I glare at him. He smirks. A crowd of assassins surround us.
"I'll need to get rid of anyone related to Astraea and the last heritage, right?"