Chapter 71-Visit
(DUKE WINTER'S P.O.V)
After leaving the prison quarters, I returned to the office on the first floor. I continued to think about the assassin claiming the request didn't have a clear description of the target, I wondered whether or not it was intentional. If it was someone who attended the conference. They wouldn't give themselves away in case it was mentioned in the conference.
The prime suspect would most likely be in the aristocratic faction, someone who follows Prince Marshall, I thought to myself.
I sighed and contemplated on whether or not to take a short rest before meeting with Prince Antonio. Jackson had informed me that the Crown Prince would arrive later on today. WIth the conference being tomorrow, I made sure to send Malaysia a letter, informing her of the recent attack.
While I was deep in thought the door suddenly opened and my butler Jackson walked in. He walked over and handed me some envelopes.
When I saw that Hannah had sent a letter, I opened it and started to read it. She mentioned that Malaysia will be arriving at the castle after the conference. I grabbed the next envelope and saw it was from the Haverhill Dukedom.
"The tea party has been canceled due to a sudden storm in the Southern region and will be rescheduled later on this week" I said reading the letter out loud. "Go inform Moises and Sage about the changes", I added.
Jackson nodded and left the office.
I leaned back in my seat while thinking to myself again. I looked ahead when I heard the door suddenly open. My wife came in and walked over to the desk and sat across from me.
"My dear, I don't think Sage should attend the tea party. After hearing that, someone paid assassins to come after her. I don't think it's appropriate for her to attend, when she hasn't fully debuted in the social society yet. I think we should wait until after the debutante to let her attend different gatherings", she said.
"The tea party has already been canceled due to the bad weather in the Southern region, my dear" I said, as I placed my hand on top of her hand and handed her the letter with the other hand.
She looked a little bit relieved after hearing that it was canceled.
"I already sent Jackson to inform Moises and Sage on the changes. Now we can just focus on Prince Antonio's visit for today", I said.
She nodded, but I could tell something else was bothering her.
"What is bothering you my dear?", I asked.
She sighed, "I'm worried about Malaysia" she said.
"My dear, Malaysia will be arriving after the conference tomorrow. Doctor William and Natalie will check her out and help reverse the poison she's been taking." I said.
I raised her hand up and kissed it. After hearing Lincoln was poisoning our daughter. Mary was furious and I had to talk her out of going directly to the palace.
"What is your wish dear, I shall make it come true", I said.
"I want that bastard to know how it feels to be poisoned," she said.
(NATALIE'S P.O.V)
We were finally able to break Rosemary's fever and stabilize her body temperature. After Doctor William declared that she was no longer in the critical period anymore, everyone else decided to go to their rooms for a short rest.
I managed to get a little bit of sleep before getting out of bed. I walked over to the bathroom and cut on the shower and stood under water. A few seconds later, Moises entered the shower and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"You should rest some more", I said, as he began to wash my body.
"I've slept enough, we have a lot to do today", he replied.
He turned me around in his direction and kissed me on the lips.
"Let me hold you for a bit", he said.
He kissed my neck and grabbed a hold of my left breast.
"My future Queen, what would you like for me to do?"he asked, as he kissed and sucked on my neck.
"Anything you want my king", I said.
Suddenly, he lifted me up and thrusted into me as he wrapped my legs around his body.
"Wait", I said as I moaned.
He continued to thrust harder while ignoring my plea.
Twenty minutes later, he carried me back into the room and placed me onto the bed. He leaned down and kissed me on the lips again.
"Get some more rest, I'll go check on the girls", he said, "Sage will be leaving soon to head to the southern region.", he added, as he got up from the bed.
Unexpectedly, someone knocked on the door, Moises and I got dressed before walking over to the door. When Moises opened the door, butler Jackson was standing in the hallway.
He bowed his head.
"Your highness, the Duke, wanted to inform you that the tea party was canceled due to a storm in the Southern region.", he said. "Also, Prince Antonio will be arriving shortly", he said.
Moises nodded his head and had a wicked smirk on his face.
After Jackson left, I turned towards Moises.
"What are you planning?", I asked.
"Keep Sage occupied so she doesn't run into the bastard", he said.
I sighed, "You can't stop what is destined, Moises", I said.
He continued to smirk.
"I can't stop it, but I can slow it down", he said, "I should head to the office.", he added.
Seriously, I wonder how he's going to act once they're finally married, I thought to myself.
I watched Moises as he walked into the dressing room and changed into some more appropriate attire for his meeting with Prince Antonio. He walked over and gave me another kiss before leaving the room.
(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)
Before heading to the office, I decided to stop by the room Rosemary was in. When I entered the room, I saw Sage and Yeshiva were asleep. Yeshiva was laying on the floor, while Sage was laying on the bed next to Rosemary.
I walked over and kissed both of them on their forehead. I slightly nudged Sage, causing her to wake up. She looked up at me and I smiled while caressing her hair.
"It is time to get ready for the tea party?"she asked while rubbing one of her eyes.
"No sweetie, the tea party was canceled due to bad weather.", I said.
She nodded, she raised up and looked over towards Rosemary.
"I'm glad her fever is finally gone, now she just needs to wake up.", she said.
"She will wake up soon, in the meantime let's focus on what we need to do", I said.
Sage nodded again and got up from the bed and started to walk towards the bathroom.
I turned my head, when I heard groaning and noticed Rosemary was starting to move her body. I got up and hurried over to the door. I called out for one of the maids or butlers. A few seconds later, butler Jackson came walking towards the room.
"Get the doctor," I said.
Jackson nodded and turned around and hurried down the stairs.
"What's going on?"I heard Natalie's voice behind me.
When I turned around and saw Natalie and Masiro walking from the opposite side of the hall heading in my direction.
"Rosemary keeps groaning", I said.
Natalie immediately started to run into the room. Masiro and I entered behind her. When we walked over to the bed Rosemary was still groaning.
A few seconds later, Doctor William came into the room, with grandfather following behind. Doctor William walked over and checked on Rosemary.
"She should be waking up soon, she'll probably have a headache when she wakes up", he said, "Soon as she wakes up, give her some porridge and more herbal tea", he added.
Natalie and I nodded.
"Come now, Prince Antonio should be arriving soon.", my grandfather said.
"Shouldn't we let Serbia join the meeting, what if she is the one they're looking for?", I asked.
"I'll send a maid to call for her ", he said.
I nodded my head and followed behind him. We walked until we made it to the office on the first floor.
After making it downstairs to the first floor, my grandfather and I were informed that Prince Antonio had just arrived.
When my grandfather wasn't paying attention, I gestured to butler Jackson. He walked over and I leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"Tell the maids to keep Sage occupied for the time being", I said.
Butler Jackson chuckled as he walked away.
I followed behind my grandfather and we walked out of the castle to welcome Prince Antonio.
While waiting in front of the castle, I noticed two men walking towards us. One had long silver hair while the other had short silver hair.
The man with the long silver hair reached his hand out as he got closer.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Prince Moises, I'm Prince Antonio Kalpana.", he said.
So this bastard is my daughter's destined partner huh, I thought to myself.
Prince Antonio gestured to the man next to him.
"This is Grand Duke Benjamin Alastair, he's also my advisor", he said.
"Nice to meet you, Prince Antonio, Duke Alastair", I said as we shook hands.
We walked inside of the castle and made our way to the office on the first floor. Once we were insideod the office, we all took a seat. Prince Antonio and Duke Alastair sat across from my grandfather and I.
"I requested this meeting, because I wanted to formally propose a marriage request to Princess Sage," Antonio stated.
Son of bitch didn't waste any time, I thought to myself.
I cleared my throat, "before you ask for my daughter's hand in marriage, shouldn't we discuss the constant attack on the western border", I said.
"Ah, yes about the attacks on the western border, just to be clear Prince Moises. For the past year, our kingdoms have been going back and forth attacking each other. After King Lincoln proposed a peace treaty through marriage at the last annual conference. When he failed to deliver on his end, we've been sending warnings to King Lincoln", he said.
"Do you know how many people died because of your little warnings", I said, while folding my arms.
I was caught off guard when Prince Antonio stood and bowed his head.
"Ì apologize for our actions and the many lives lost in the recent battles", he said, "Had I known that my future Queen was in the western region, I would've never attacked the western border", he said.
He looked up at me and had a serious expression on his face.
I sighed, and looked over at grandfather.
"I heard your Kingdom plans to attack after Prince Marshall's coronation", my grandfather said.
Prince Antonio nodded his head, "Prince Marshall is a fool. If he becomes King, the Vanuatu kingdom is destined to fall", he said.
Grandfather started to chuckle a bit and smirked.
"How about you aid us in our rebellion", grandfather said.
Prince Antonio and Duke Alastair's eyes widened for a second. They both nodded their heads and agreed to join us.
Grandfather stood up, "Lunch should be ready, let's head to the dining room" he said.
I looked over at the time and wondered if Nathan, Masiro, and Valian made it to the central region.
(NATHAN'S P.O.V)
We rested for a few hours, Valian, Masiro and I left the castle. We were heading to the Central region to check out the local tavern that the assassin mentioned.
"How far is the town of Onan from the castle?"Valian asked.
"Not far, by car it'll take about three hours", I replied.
We traveled for three hours until we arrived in the town of Onan. Twenty minutes later, we parked in front of Ellis Tavern, and noticed a few other vehicles were parked outside as well. We exited the truck and made our way into the bar.
When we entered, I noticed the people inside started to turn their heads in our direction.
"Whoa, isn't that Chief Henrico", someone said.
"No way, isn't that Nathan", I heard someone say.
"Well aren't you two popular", Valian said.
We walked over to the bar and saw a middle-aged man standing behind the bar.
"How may I help you gentlemen?" He asked.
"Are you the owner of this tavern?"Masiro asked.
The man nodded his head.
"Are you gentlemen looking for a job request?" He asked.
We nodded our heads and the man gestured for us to follow him. We walked over to a small office that sat on the left side of the tavern.
As soon as we entered the office, Masiro grabbed and lifted the man up by his shirt, causing the man to look a little confused.
"You have five seconds to answer my question", Masiro said.
The man nodded.
"Who's the nobleman that made the request to kill the future Duchess of the Winter Dukedom?"Masiro asked.
The man looked shocked but suddenly regained his composure after Valian started to count.
"It was a palace advisor, who made the request.", the man said.
"Do you have a name?" I asked.
"Viscount James Collins, Prince Marshall advisor, he lives in the central region", he said.