They were at the Palace Gate. The Guard let them in after they saw Reina.
They were led to The Throne room where the whole family was.
Queen Zenith was seated at the right hand side of the King when she saw a familiar face from afar. It was Reina, She walked to them and enveloped her in a hug.
"Mother!." Reina exclaimed.
"My Princess." Mother smiled.
"Prince Lorcan, what a pleasant surprise." She smiled at him. King Albert heard some noises and decided to check what was on.
"Princess." He called out and Reina turned around.
"Father." She hugged him. After minutes of talking, they went inside to have more talk.
"You never said you would come visit." King Albert spoke to Lorcan.
"That isn't why we are here Your Majesty." He said to The King.
"What then brings you to My Palace?." He asked and The Princes and Queen were eager to know.
Lorcan turned to Reina who nodded at him telling him to go on. "There is a war currently at the palace, so I came to seek refuge Your Majesty."
The Kings eyes widened in shock not believing what he just heard.
"I've known you to be a great warrior. Why don't you go do your duty as a Prince of Samai Kingdom. You should never run away from it."
"I'm keeping the promise I made to you on the wedding ceremony Your Majesty." He bowed.
Xenia walked in and she was taken into her room leaving Lorcan with the King, Queen and Princes.
"What do you mean?." Queen Zenith asked.
"The safety of Your Princess, Your majesty."
"You're welcomed to stay for the night. If you stayed here more longer they might come here to start a war. I'm sorry but I can't put my kingdom in danger."
"Well Understood." He bowed, a maid walked in and led him to his room.
"What's going on Father? Does it mean he can't fight for the kingdom instead he came to seek refuge?." Prince Rowan rose from his seat.
"Reina's safety is more important. He did the right thing." Queen Zenith said.
"I kept quiet only cause you asked me to. He should just leave cause I don't like him." Rowan said angrily.
"I think Reina would stay here with us till the war is over."
"I agree Mother." Prince Lionel nodded.
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"We'll be leaving now." Lorcan said to the King.
"Go well." The queen looked with pity as if he was badly hurt. Just then Reina walked in.
"Where's My Husband?."she looked around.
"He..he just left." Prince Rowan replied.
She turned around to leave when The Queen stopped her.
"Where are you going to Reina?."
"I'm going to meet my husband mother." She wondered what kind of question she just asked her. Wasn't she supposed to leave with him?.
"You can't go Reina. You'll have to stay here till the war is over. We can't offered to see you get hurt." The queen explained.
"Oh now you care about me?, You didn't think of my well being when you fixed my marriage with a man everyone saw as a beast? All you ever cared about is your kingdom and now you want me to stay here? Really father?." She looked angrily at him.
"Reina I.." The king was cut off.
"Please Father. I will be going with my husband, I'll stay with him and even if he gets hurt, I wouldn't mind getting hurt too. I can't be in a place where no one cares about my feelings." She walked out of the Throne room.
"Come back here Reina!" Prince Rowan yelled.
"Let her be." Queen Zenith placed her hand on his shoulder.
Reina ran out of the palace, she spotted Lorcan from afar getting on his horse and the men too. When he saw her he came down and walked to her. She stood still in shock watching as he walked to her.
"What are you doing here?." Lorcan asked her.
"You really wanted to leave me with them?." She creased her brow.
"Your safety is my priority Reina,You'll be safe here." He held both her hands.
"No, I want to come with you." She wrapped her arms around his waist.
Lorcan took seconds before he replied. "Okay but promise me that no matter what happens you'll never get scared and you'll be strong." He cupped her face and she nodded almost immediately.
He helped her got on the horse and they rode for an hour before reaching a busy market.
They went to a clothe store and bought some outfits, They changed into them putting all their royal robes and jewelries into a bag. They looked like a total commoner and no one would ever know that they were royalty.
Lorcan wore some fake beard, he looked completely different.
"Where are we going?." She whispered to him.
"Lucas Place." They walked to his house.
"One minutes your highness." Lucas went into the house and after few minutes they heard quarrels.
Lorcan turned to look at Reina and she did same.
Lucas came out of the house with a woman. It turns out that she happens to be his wife.
"Greetings Your Highness, Greetings My Lady." She bowed.
"This is My Wife and she'd be here to take care of you till Everything is fine. Please you may come in." Lucas said to Reina.
"I won't be staying with you but I'll come back for you. Just take care of yourself and please don't cry, I'll be fine." He cupped her face and planted a kiss on her head then he left with Lucas and the other men.
"He'll be fine My Lady." The woman spoke softly. Reina turned to her side to look at her and she noticed she was pregnant.
"You're pregnant." She smiled but tears were still on her face.
The woman nodded. "You shouldn't stand for too long, we should go inside." She helped her inside and sat her on the bed.
"How do you cope here alone?." Reina asked.
"I'm not alone, I've got a son and my unborn." She rubbed her stomach.
"A son?." Reina asked looking around.
"He's asleep."
"Oh, sorry for the inconvenience." She looked around the house and noticed it was too small for the three of them. The bed were just two and she wondered how long she will have to stay here.