Chapter 9
The long awaited chapter..
Alexandria
"Alexandria! You have let me down time and again! To think that a princess with such huge responsibilities like you would risk your life, your safety, your father's kingdom to have a "harmless" walk in the city! This is unbecoming of you!" My mother's voice echoed resoundingly in the court room. The entire court was throwing disapproving glares at me; my father was solemnly sitting on his throne, looking away, away from his daughter he wished he never had. I felt hollow inside, like my soul was never there. I lost my will to resist; I would succumb to my mother's wishes. Yet just as I was about to kneel before her to beg for forgiveness and repent for my "horrific" sins, hot sharp pain seared up from my ankle and I could not move my legs.
"Are you just going to remain standing there Alexandria? Have you no shame at all?"
I looked around to see who was talking only to see the court room slowly dissolving away. Before I knew it, I was standing in front of a well, a deep dark and cold well. I turned behind to find myself staring into sinister grey eyes. A chill wind swept past my feet as Lord Cruz began to make his way towards me.
"Move!" I ordered my feet, but the pain was excruciating. I let out a scream, my last attempt to save myself before he shoved me into the bottomless abyss. I fell and fell and fell and fell...
"Ouch!" I yelled as I hit the ground only to find it soft and warm. I jolted up from my nightmare to the familiar smell of chicken soup and fresh flowers. I was surrounded in pitch darkness. The first thought that came to my mind was that I was back in my own room. Perhaps I never ran away.
" Freda?"
There was no response.
" Freda!" This time more urgently and impatiently. To my fears, there was no response. I lay back onto the bed and waited for somebody to attend to me, yet there was none. " FREDA...!"
Lucien
"Who's bright idea was it to get a tour guide ?!" I hollered at Gustav.
It was unbelievable, the first day in the kingdom and here I was, stuck with a supposedly "wanted" criminal of some sort. What Doug had told me earlier had made me extremely interested in "Alex". It made me wonder what she could have done to incur the wrath of the king so much so that there would be a handsome reward for her capture. If I were to hand her in to the king, my identity would no doubt be known. My dear father would die of an instant stroke if he found out that his heir were to introduce himself to one of our kingdom's most important and respected ally as a common businessman. Yet I would love to see mother's reaction. That would definetly drive her insane. (Maybe that would keep her mind off my marriage for once.)
"But sire, wasn't it you who have consented in the beginning, in fact you seemed rather delighted that Alex was here."Gustav retorted righteously and Monty nodded in agreement silently at the back.
" I remember! It was Monty who bumped into Alex in the first place. So Monty, you shall help me make a decision. Should we hand her in to Doug or should we keep her for a while..OR, should we set her free, Or should we wait till she recovers to set her free, Or should we just leave now and pretend that we never met her.." I rambled on and on and saw a look of exasperation creeping up onto Monty's face.
" If I may have a say sire, I'll go with the last choice!" Gustav shouted breaking my train of thoughts.
I was about to consider and weigh the pros and cons again when a shout came for Alex's room. It pierced through the silence of the inn and we jumped for a moment.
Finally, Monty asked " Who's Freda?"
A/N: Back after a long break! please review if u feel inclined to and thanks for reading:)
