Rumors of the confrontation between Hena and the daughter of the minister of war had been spread.
Once Hena had arrived in the palace, there was never a day where the palace had been quiet. Even the vampire prince had changed in the eyes of his most trusted companions.
"The vampire prince seemed to fancy his rumored future wife," a palace maid once said.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, but I think this will become and interesting feat!"
"Why?"
"It seemed that the rumored future wife of the vampire prince is interested in his most trusted knight!"
"What kind of love triangle is that?"
"Love triangle, no, no! It doesn't end in just that?"
"What? There's more?"
"Of course! The royal knight has been rumored to have never been interested with any royal vampires before! It seems that he likes the prince better!"
"Really?!"
"Not only that, the minister of defense's daughter is interested to become the vampire prince's wife as well! That was the reason why she came to teach the prince's future wife a lesson, but instead, she got humiliated!"
"The Minister of Defense's daughter was humiliated by a mere half vampire? That's impossible!"
The palace maid lowered her voice as she tried to gather everyone, "It was a sight to behold but the vampire prince's future wife is someone we can't really look down on."
"Rumors say that she's a refugee from the North kingdom!"
"A refugee? She must have been really strong! It seems that the situation of the North Kingdom has drastically plummeted down with the king and queen's death and the disappearance of the princess!"
The palace maid who seemed to have all the juicy details about the palace gossips lowered her voice even more as if in a whisper, "The thing is…" she trailed off, building up the atmosphere she has created. "Rumors say that the vampire prince's future wife is the princess of the North Kingdom!"
"What?!"
The palace maids' jaws dropped as they heard the latest palace matters.If they had to think of it, it wasn't supposed to be a shocking thing for them. All of them knew the history between the East and North Kingdom. It wasn't supposed to be something that would throw them off guard.
"That's…. Why would the prince even have a human partner and consider her as his wife?"
"Is it because a palace maid like you is dreaming to become the vampire prince's wife instead?"
The group of palace maids became astonished when they heard a familiar voice asking them such a brooding question.
"Claire!"
"Did you just call me by my name?" asked the raven-haired beauty. She gazed at the palace maids whose lips started to pale.
"Ma'am," the palace maids stood in a line as they bowed their heads in response. "It is a grave sin for a lowly palace maid like me to dream of getting married to the prince!"
"Good thing that you know it too well, dear." Claire responded with a cold gaze. "Do you really think that it's the time for you to be gossiping around the chambers instead of working?"
"N-no! We are very sorry."
The hallway was now silent. The palace maids' lips were now tightly shut, waiting for Claire to speak a few more words.
"What are you guys waiting? Scram."
The palace maids immediately dispersed, running around to each opposite side of the hallway to escape. As expected, no one can hide the extreme presence of the vampire prince's future wife. In no time, the royals will immediately know her existence.
Claire sighed in relief. Through this, the official introduction of Hena towards the constituents of the East Kingdom has been delayed. Depending on how Prince Luka responds to the rumor, that will decide their next steps as well.
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Princess Hena reconsidered about her wanting to start consummating their marriage since she heard from the palace maid that a human and a vampire's act might take her several tries.The rumors about her and Mark is not a good thing for their relationship. Although she was not quite sure of her feelings, the determination of wanting to become the official wife of the prince has eroded.
Royal vampires seemed to have been looking down on her, she had to climb up to the ladder and teach those women a lesson. She was not someone who they can just look down on. The desire to become the prince's official wife and produce an heir to the kingdom had finally.
Claire had already told her of the situation and the next appropriate steps she could take to do.
A minimum of ten tries, before she would actually conceive a baby. She knew she had to rise in power soon so that she'd be able to visit the North Kingdom and save them from the South.
She let her feet guide herself towards the prince's chambers. It seemed that even if it was already late at night, she was still busy doing palace matters.
"No one is allowed to enter the prince's chambers," the palace knight said with a stern gaze.
"What did you say?"
"I told you, milady. No one is allowed to enter the prince's chambers."
"But I am his future wife and partner, I am the princess of the North Kingdom. I am not like anyone else."
"You may be the princess of the North Kingdom, but here, you're nothing. And even if you're the prince's wife, you're still nothing without an heir to the kingdom."
Hena cleared her throat and asked, "I'm nothing without an heir to the Kingdom?"
Isn't that what she's trying to do, for real?
"I don't want to be rude, Lady Hena but I'm just following His Royal Highness' orders."
"His Royal Highness' orders?"
Prince Luka said that?
Hena's heart sank. She didn't know the reason why it has suddenly become like this. She remembered how the two of them shared a kiss. It felt warm and fuzzy, almost as if telling her his non-existent feelings before. She had been married to Prince Mil who had only cared about himself and his position. When she finally felt like warming up again, he suddenly took a turn. Why did his treatment at her suddenly turned cold?
The door suddenly burst open. The prince's butler went out with a warm gaze. "What is the commotion all about?"
The knight cleared his throat and said, "As the prince ordered, I declined Lady Hena to enter the prince's chambers."
The butler turned to Hena with a mysterious smile, "Lady Hena is allowed to enter the prince's chambers tonight, the prince had expected her visit."
Hena was about smile in joy, but she remembered that she came to visit him on a whim.
"Come with me, Lady Hena."
With a perplexed gaze, Hena entered the prince's chambers and followed the butler's footsteps.