"Greetings!! Noble godmother Vienna, May the stars align with your favor." I bowed to her feet.
Her maid held her hands, leading her to her royal seat.
"Skip the formalities," Vienna commanded, her gesture elegant but firm.
Her face was calm, but her eyes flashed anger. She must be displeased that I didn't welcome her from the gate.
"Alvis, Have you forgotten the reason I kept you here?" Vienna responded, in a calm way but her tone showed she was highly displeased.
"No, godmother." I said, bowing down again.
"I apologize Vienna, the palace was chaotic so I had no time to greet you from the gate."
"No time? No time!! We should be in harmony, there should be no doubt from others about your identity. When my Nephew was alive, he always ran to me anytime I visited the palace. What will they think? That we are no longer on good terms? Our bonds should never waver!!!" Vienna's voice trembled, her fist thundering against the armrest.
"Calm down godmother!! I deeply apologize." I said, in a low voice pleading.
"Or is it because of the woman you brought home? You said she is your fated mate right? After your mission is done here, take her with you and leave my palace. I don't raise people that have no value to me." Vienna said, fidgeting her nails.
"Yes Vienna, I will take her away." I responded, with no smile.
"I hope no one has noticed that you are not the prince?" Vienna asked, staring at me sternly.
"Yes Vienna, No one!!"
"Once Prince Laurent is back, and you are able to get the Crown prince throne. Prince Laurent will come back to sit on the throne." She added.
"Yes godmother,"
"Where is my Beta?" I asked. Before we made the deal, she held onto my Beta as our deal sealer.
"He is my chambers, I will send him to you later."
"So my brother didn't notice that you are not Prince Laurent?" She asks with keen interest.
"No, he didn't!!"
"What about that witch? Their Queen mother Victoria, she hasn't noticed your real face?"
"No,"
"I made another tonic, always take it before you meet her. She is known as a girl with spiritual magic eyes, She sees every person in disguise. For as long as you take your tonic on time, She can never see your real form!!"
"And be careful, wolves aren't allowed in Belgian. Belgian are for the immortals not animals, if you are caught never call my name." Vienna instructed, she made a hand gesture to her maid.
The maid brought the tonic and handed it over to him.
She watched me drink every drop of the tonic.
I gave her back the cup, she broke the cup and threw it into the palace furnace.
"I heard what happened in the palace. Keep your anger in check Alvis, make sure you win the throne by all means. We can't let her win this time. I can never let Victoria put another puppet king on the throne. You must be the next king so my nephew can take over your seat." Vienna voice, laced with steel.
"The Crown prince has the ability to read memories, don't you think it will be disadvantageous to us?" I asked, while watching her expression keenly.
"With the tonic, he can't read your memories. Only the memories of my nephew Laurent he will see."
"To them, you are now Laurent." She replied with a small smile.
"Yes Vienna"
"You can leave now, remember tomorrow is the celebration of your marriage and my return to the kingdom. We have to be very careful to avoid bad omen." Vienna added, looking away from me.
"Yes, godmother." I bowed slightly and left.
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"Godmother, the girls we checked none of them carry the dragon blood. They are just normal immortal girls," Her servant Luria said.
They stood around the sleeping Seventh Prince of Belgian, he was laid on a golden coffin. It was a very cold place, white roses placed around him to preserve the body from decaying. Vienna caressing his hair, her eyes were bloodshot. She was holding back her tears as she watched him.
"Hmmm" Vienna sniffs in tears.
"We already drained their blood and threw them away." said Luria, her voice laced with fear.
"What do you think I am doing wrong? What went wrong?" Vienna's voice turned hoarse from holding back tears.
"Maybe the last dragon is a man. We always checked women and girls. Why don't we change our route?" Luria said with concern.
"The sorcerer mentioned that the last dragon's child is in Belgian. But for how many years I have been looking for her. I believe it's a girl, it can't be a boy. My dream shows me a girl turning into a dragon. I am very sure its a girl but her scent is faint." Vienna added, her voice laced with uncertainty.
"Her mother must be human." Luria responded hastily.
"But it's impossible for a human to give birth to a Dragon's child? A king dragon can't mate with a Human. Except the woman is immortal."
"History said every woman in the dragon palace died, only one lived but she was his personal maid and also a human. She wasn't killed because it was impossible for a Dragon to mate with a human. It's been ages since the dragon king died, his daughter can't be little anymore. She Must be 100 years old by now. But the power of the dragon will make her ageless. But godmother, are you sure it's not just a Myth. It's been Centuries, but no dragon has risen." said Luria with concern.
"It must be real!! It must be!! Only the dragon blood can raise Prince Laurent from the dead. Once we get the blood, Prince Laurent will marry the last dragon princess. He will be the most powerful king in History, descendants of the next generation will hear of him."
"Laurent I promise that you will be King, nobody will stop you from being the king."
Vienna turned to Luria, "Make sure the dead bodies of the girls you threw into the forest have the mark of being eaten by a wolf. I cant let the dead girls be traced back to me."
"Yes Godmother," she bowed slightly.
"Just perform your duties obediently, once prince Laurent wakes up, I will make you his Royal consort. You will be the next Queen after the dragon princess dies." Vienna instructed, placing her hands on Luria's shoulder.
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"Get me the antidote!!!" I said, staggering into my palace. The tonic I took from godmother was hurting my stomach badly, it felt like thousands of worms were running in my belly.
Jules rushed to him, giving me the antidote.
I gulped it down immediately, I couldn't wait for a second. The worms were already eating my inside.
"I couldn't believe god mother still gives you this tonic?" Jules voice laced with concern.
"She wants to control me, she doesn't trust a wolf. Can you imagine she called me an animal?" I said, with anger in my voice. I couldn't suppress my anger at being called an animal by a woman. I am helping her nephew.
"But My prince you are an animal though." Jules said, in a serious tone.
"Must you spell it out? I am a Werewolves not an animal!!"
Jules chuckled, "Thank goodness we discovered she was giving you poison. It's a tonic to control you if you ever disobeyed her orders. All the women in this Harem are witches in disguise."
"Tomorrow it's the celebration day, I believe the Emperor will announce the hunting day tomorrow."