Chapter 45

A Few days later

King Derek

Derek was having a meeting with the other boards of Glidonia, such as the judge from the court, council member Bailey who had been by Randolph's side since the beginning, and other kings from nearby kingdoms.

"I say we should end him once and for all!" said Duke Reynolds.

"With all due respect, judge, the only one who can determine that is king Derek, and I don't think he's capable of that; it's simply too much?" said Bailey.

Who was the only one that seemed to think like Derek; Of course, knowing Randolph all his life, he was basically the only person he trusted.

Because Duke Reynolds had a tough time believing him and Genevieve when it came to finding out the truth about Levi, he thought they were the liars until Courtney and Randolph helped him realize that Levi wasn't who he thought he was.

And now he really thinks that Levi is terrible and must be killed; he thinks that's how he'll earn people's trust and forgiveness, but that's where he's wrong, he can pretend like nothing happened, but everyone will always see him as the judge who put his emotion before his job.

"But he hurt everyone inside the castle, even his own brother?" said King Brayan.

"And I did say that he would be killed if he was to step foot in Glidonia." Said Duke Reynolds.

"Or arrested." Added Bailey, Derek thought for a moment before he said anything.

"How long have we been going with this?" asked Derek; as Bailey turned towards the window, they immediately started the meeting after breakfast and took a small break for lunch; after that, there was no more break; looking at the sun, it was close to sunset.

"It's been hours." Said Bailey.

"that's quite enough for today; we'll continue this tomorrow." Said Derek as he stood up and exited the room, not wanting to hear what they had to say.

He was so tired; as he opened the door to the room he and Genevieve shared, he saw her sitting on the rocking chair, rocking Henry.

"Hi, Derek," said Genevieve as she smiled at her husband, and he went over to her and kissed her cheek softly and Henry's forehead.

"How was your day, dear?" asked Genevieve.

"Stressful we had a meeting since the crack of dawn, and they still couldn't decide about what to do about Levi." Said Derek.

"Here, honey," said Genevieve as she handed Henry to Derek; he took Henry in his arms before asking.

"Why? Do you need to do something?" asked Derek, as Genevieve laughed.

"No, I handed you, Henry, so you can relax; my father told me that when he had a stressful day, the only thing that would relax him was carrying us." Said Genevieve.

"Well… now that you mention it, it does help a lot." Said Derek as he was rocking Henry in his arms,

"Well, a baby does help release stress; since it's an innocent human being, it releases stress." Said Genevieve.

"I don't know what to do, Genevieve; I feel so trapped for one thing; he deserves to be punished for what he did. But for another reason I... I just can't sentence him to death; I've never sentenced anyone to death; I…I just can't do it." Said Derek, as Genevieve kissed him softly and hugged him.

"I know it's hard, dear, but you need to do what you think is best, and no matter what you do, I'll always be on your side." Said Genevieve as he put Henry in his crib and headed to bed with Genevieve, and quickly fell asleep.

Princess Isla

It had been at least a week since I was close to death; luckily, the doctor could treat me fast, and I recovered in a matter of time, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

Flashback

"Isla…please, you need to fight. Don't give up that easily; you are the strongest person I know," said Tobias.

I heard him saying that, and it broke my heart to pieces, especially when he started apologizing.

"I am so very sorry; please come back to me, Isla." That had done it; I had to say something. I started to open my eyes and saw him crying, I tried my best to speak, but I couldn't talk until I watched him devastated.

When I decided to try again, I put my hand on the top of his hair and started moving my hand up and down, then he looked up, and this time I could speak.

"Never say that again; this isn't your fault Tobias. This was a choice your brother made; you had nothing to do with it, and maybe you didn't know, but you didn't support him when you found out. You came and helped us fight against him; sure, people got hurt, but… it doesn't matter as long as there was justice in between, so never apologize again; it wasn't your fault." Said Isla.

After that, Tobias only nodded, kissed my forehead, and said, "Go to sleep; you need to rest."

After a week, we were more together than ever; we took walks and read books, but I had to try my best since I had gotten stitches; I couldn't really move a lot because if I did, they would have ripped and all I knew about it was that they hurt like hell.

"Are you ready to go, Isla?" asked Tobias; we were going to take a quick walk before breakfast since Hadley had already gone to the library to do some reading; I nodded then quickly went with him; we decided to go to the garden.

"Don't you usually dance?" asked Tobias.

"Yes, but I can't dance now," said Isla.

"that's where I'll prove you wrong come here." Said Tobias as he took Isla by her hand and slightly lifted her up till her feet were on his toes; he then slowly started to waltz her around the garden of her mother.

Then he stared at her soft blue eyes as she stared at his; he then moved the small pieces of her hair out of her face. He leaned close to her; they were so close that their lips were only an inch apart.

Tobias looked at Isla, waiting for her to approve; when she nodded, he took a chance and gently pressed his lips to hers.