Chapter 23

King Levi

King Levi was in his study with his right-hand guard "my dear queen has gotten a bit out of control; she has told my brother things, and now he's against me? I'm going to have to keep my wife quiet, and my brother locked up for now." He said.

"As you wish, your highness, is that all?" Said the guard, not very fond of what the king had said.

"Yes, Pasqual, thank you." He said to the guard as he left.

"Courtney, you and my brother, will regret that you two went through behind my back; you want me to be the bad guy; fine, now I'm the bad guy." He said while looking out his window.

Prince Tobias

I can't believe that my brother would do that to our father, especially to his wife, who seemed to love him so much he didn't care if she got hurt or not. If his brother wanted to play with fire, he too could play his little game.

He left the room and went to see his sister-in-law; he tried to be distant, so people wouldn't see him and tell his brother. He reached the room; first, he put his ear on the door to make sure his brother wasn't there, but he quickly hid and heard his and Courtney's conversation.

"I told you to NEVER speak to anyone about this. Didn't we have a deal, dear wife of mine?" Exclaimed Tobias. "Now my own brother is against me!" he shouted at her.

"I-I-I'm sorry." Said Courtney; she sounded so frightened, of course she is. If I was in her place, I would be frightened too.

"You better not be planning anything with him because if I find out that you are, you can kiss your perfect little Kathleen goodbye." Said Levi.

"No! please don't hurt my sister; she has nothing to do with this. This is something between you and me; please leave her out of this." Said Courtney with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, honey, but I can't do that; that's the only way I could get you to listen to me." Said Levi removing his hand from her face.

"Your servant will come by soon to bring you your lunch, have a wonderful day, honey." Levi left, and Courtney burst into tears on the floor, worried for her sister and family.

When Tobias saw his brother leave, he could hear Courtney crying, he quickly went to her room and locked it since his brother won't be back till later, most likely when he was gone, and lunch wasn't for another three hours or so.

Courtney looked up to see who it was, "T-T-Tobias? What are you doing here? You shouldn't even be here?!" said Courtney.

"It's alright, Courtney. I come to help you and your sister, but we need to do it fast." He told her.

"What can we do? Levi oversees everything that's going on here." Said Courtney.

"I have a plan, but I need to know if you're in?" he asked her.

"Of course, if it will save my family, especially Kathleen, I'm all in!" exclaimed Courtney.

"I have a plan, but we should wait a couple of days before putting the plan into action; I will take Kathleen from the dungeon. It will be around midnight in a large bag to cover her completely; I will personally take her back to Glidonia and tell the rest to prepare for the battle were about to have. Knowing my brother, he will that will only lead you here alone; I'm not sure I feel comfortable leaving you here with my brother." He told her.

"I'll be okay." She said.

"No, you won't; at least he can't blackmail you anymore with your sister. It will just be you, but I know for one thing he won't hit you if you play his game too." He told her.

"What?" she asked him, confused.

"Courtney, I need you to play his game, be the perfect bride, queen, don't let him see you suffer anymore, tell him you support him and are happy with him. That way, he won't get you anymore and will stop bothering you; make him trust you and gain his confidence." He told her.

"Okay, I'll do whatever it takes to keep my sisters safe; I'll write a letter to Genevieve; can you take it for me?" she asked.

"Of course, write the letter; this plan will go into action in a few days at midnight." Said Tobias as he was preparing to leave.

He saw Courtney get out a piece of paper and start to write, he hoped this plan would work, and no one would get hurt.

Princess Fallon

After breakfast was over, Fallon was going to talk to Derek and Genevieve, but since she saw that Derek and Genevieve were taking her father to his room.

She decided to go to her room and hoped she bumped into Edaline to talk to her while Genevieve and Derek finished with her father. As she was walking back to her room, she ran into Edaline.

"Hey Fallon, are you okay?" asked Edaline; she must have seen the worried face she had on earlier at the table.

"No, I think I know who are enemies might be. I was going to tell them after breakfast, but I saw them leave with papa." She said as Edaline nodded.

"It's best to wait since papa isn't strong enough to hear the news; they should be heading back to the study room by now, though; I'll walk with you, and this way, you can tell me what you know." Said Edaline as Fallon nodded, and they headed to the study room.