Chapter 47

Princess Isla

When they finally arrived at the village, they exited their carriages, and Isla couldn't help but see that the villagers kept looking at Tobias and Courtney.

"Look, isn't that the supposed to be the queen of Thraas? What is she doing here with prince Tobias?" said one woman.

"I heard the king got arrested for mistreating her, her family, and her brother." Said another.

"Yes, it was that, but he also tried to kill our rulers to take their place. Poor family hope he gets what he deserves." Finally, said the third woman,

All Isla could do was look at Tobias, who heard everything; she wanted to tell him something, but he beat her.

"They're right, Isla; I knew you would say something, but what my brother gets is too good for him." Said Tobias.

"Tobias, Stop it; look, your brother may have done terrible things, but he's still your brother, and I know you still love him very much, as he does too, no matter what he did. And" said Isla but got interrupted by Tobias.

"No, you, Isla. I know that you're trying to help, but please don't defend him this time. This wouldn't be the first time he's done something like his to get what he wants, you don't know my family, so I'm asking you don't get in my family business." Said Tobias with annoyance in his tone mixed with anger.

Isla didn't know what to say nor do all she did was continued to walk while holding his arm; she was pretty mad at him for snapping at her when she was only trying to help. So when they entered, she let go of his hold and headed towards her sister Genevieve and her father since Derek was now talking to Tobias.

"Are you okay, Isla?" asked Genevieve; Isla didn't know how to respond; she only nodded.

When she saw that Genevieve was about to say something they heard a loud crash sound, they all turned and saw that it had started to rain.

"What's wrong, Genevieve?" asked Derek, who looked at her with concern.

"It's… It's the rain Derek; it's a terrible storm. I have a feeling that something terrible is going to happen. I don't know what time to be exact. I just feel it's going to happen; maybe it's a motherhood thing; I'm not used to being without Henry." Said Genevieve.

"Maybe so, but we better be careful," said Randolph.

"Good thinking Randolph; besides, you could be right everyone act with carefulness." Said Derek.

"Come on, let's find our seats." Said Isla.

They all went to the front to find their seats, and as they did, Isla could tell Genevieve was nervous and worried about being back again; the last time they were here was when Derek was accused of killing our father.

"All rise," said a voice. We did as tell and then saw duke Reynolds enter the room and take his seat.

"Let the criminal enter the room." Said Duke Reynolds.

And so he did, tied his hands and legs with chains, and had been looked up in the dungeons for quite some time; of course, he received no special treatment; they were criminals for crying aloud.

"king Levi you are accused of trying to murder our former king Randolph and blaming our new king, Derek. Attacking Glidonia, abusing your own wife and brother, killing Robespierre and your own father, how do you plea?" asked duke Reynolds.

Before Levi answered, he observed the entire room, gave us all a look with his dark eyes, and then looked at the duke.

"Not guilty." Said Levi, and as he did, everyone started to chatter, making the room sound like a ruckus.

"Quiet in the hall!" Said Duke Reynolds.

"Mr. Levi, we have proof that you are guilty of all these things and many more." Said Duke Reynolds.

"Well, then prove them because I clearly don't ever remember doing any of them; I love my wife. I would never lay a finger on her as my brother." Said Levi; he was going to continue but got stopped by Bailey.

"Not possible, my Duke!" he said.

"I beg your pardon?!" asked Levi; the sound he made was clear enough that he was getting upset that Bailey looked at Courtney, and she stood up and walked towards him.

Queen Courtney

"Courtney, tell them how you were treated like a queen at my palace!" said Levi, nearly yelling.

"You never truly cared about me…...why should I help you?... You said you loved me, but you didn't…. all you ever did was abuse me… you also said that if I spoke to anyone, you would hurt my sister Kathleen, who you kidnapped during our wedding ceremony; you used her to get to me!" said Courtney with tears in her eyes.

"You liar! What kind of wife are you?!" yelled Levi.

"Quiet, Mr. Levi! You will respect women when you're in my courtroom; it seems you have quite the temper? Queen Courtney, these are grave accusations. Are you sure you know what you're saying?" said the duke.

Then out of nowhere, Courtney extended her arm and lifted the sleeve of her dress to reveal some terrible scars; everyone was surprised by this, even the duke.

"Did you think what you did to me would vanish and go unpunished, Levi?! Do you believe me now, duke Reynolds?" asked Courtney, and indeed he did; you could see the look he had was not pleasant.

"That easily could have been from other things, my dear Courtney; you were quite clumsy at the palace." Said Levi.

"I can prove you did this to me, dear husband," she said as she looked in the direction where Derek, Genevieve, and the doctor were.

"Those witnesses will testify against you." Said Courtney finishing her response.

Courtney sat down with her sister as the doctor now took her place, to be questioned by Bailey.

"Doctor, when you first treated princess Courtney after the battle that Glidonia had because of the attack of Levi, how did she look like?" asked Bailey.

"Well… she was very hurt, that's for sure. In fact, she was just like her sister, young Isla; they both had severe trauma; Courtney had been cut, that's for sure, and blood was all around her arms. She was covered with bruises and had hurt her left ankle and broke the right side of her ribs; the pain she was in, I'd say she was either kicked or thrown into something hard or sharp." Said the doctor.

"And what about princess Isla?" he asked.

By this, Courtney was almost in tears again; she couldn't bear to hear what she had been through; she felt a bit guilty that her sister had to go through the same pain she did just because she didn't think as bright as her sister Genevieve.

"Princess Isla, like I said, was also in trauma, but hers were more severe than her sister; it was as if they wanted to kill her with intentions." He said.

"Can you describe it, please?" said Bailey.

"She was covered with bruises, scars, broke some ribs, had head trauma, and was stabbed twice. It's a miracle I call that she's even alive." Said the doctor.

"That's a lie." Exclaimed Levi.

"Mr. Levi, Quiet down! We take a ten-minute recess for lunch, then come back; case close." Said duke Reynolds as he claimed and left the room, Levi was taken back to his cell and everyone else went to either town or the main hall for the break.