Hey everyone, I'm back with a new chapter. I think this will be the second to last chapter, there might be a small chance that there are three more chapters but I don't think it's likely. I'm wrapping everything up right now so, I think only two more chapters and an epilogue, maybe.

Hope you enjoy !

Rather scandalous news has reached us from within the Palace, it is unclear if any of it is true but it is likely to be as there are pictures released as well. The pictures are from feed from the CCTV inside the King's office and show us varrying things.

The first series of pictures show us the King and his son's fiancé in a rather intimate embrace. Lady Kriss is seen laying her head on his chest while sitting on his lap. The timestamp on the picture shows us this was taken within three weeks of the Prince proposing to her.

The next series show us embraces between the two that go far beyond that, even showing us that they've had sexual intercourse. However this is not the most surprising news that has reached us. Along with the photos, we have been given a stack of documents. Some show that there is no reason for war with New Asia, as we have been led to believe. We have been able to contact the New Asian palace and they have confirmed that after all these years, even the King thinks it's weird that he's at war with Illéa as he has no ill intentions towards our nation. There are multiple reasons to believe this statement, the most important one is the good relationship former Selection participant America Singer seems to have with it's King. She has been seen getting picked up by his private jet to spend a week in their nation.

Among the documents were also test results of three years ago which show that Kriss Ambers went to the doctor's office with several severe symptoms which were tested. These tests came back to show the doctor that she was pregnant. What happened to the child or who the father is, is unclear. However, there are also more recent documents which show that around the original date for the royal wedding, Kriss was pregnant as well and with the photo's we have, we can be sure to say that the baby wasn't Prince Maxon's. Along with those documents, we have proof that the royal doctor has terminated the pregnancy and even then it was not the end for the two.

There has been no official report about this news however, inside sources have told us that the Queen has been spotted going inside the crisis management office of no other than Lady America Singer. She was there no longer than half an hour but came out looking relieved. Also notable is that she went in without guard but left with a Royal guard which leads us to believe a Royal member was inside the office already.

I put down the tablet and looked up to the TV that was playing in front of me. Maxon was already upstairs in the master bedroom while I decided to stay in the living room for a while. That had been two hours ago and it was nearing three in the morning. I still couldn't turn off the TV nor look away from news sites as the news spread like a wildfire. Even media outlets abroad were distributing the news and were promising their readers more news soon.

I'd been so engorged in the news on the TV that I hadn't noticed Maxon coming down. "Mother called just now, father is going berserker in the Palace. I think we should head there now."

"Not yet, I need to wait for a mail from Gon. Apparently he's found even more news in the CCTV feed that we should look into, he already deleted the feed of your punishments. He believes that we will be able to insist on him stepping down with it."

"You- America, look at the TV."

The headline that was featured on the screen was enough to silence us both. At three in the morning, Queen Amberly was giving a press conference for all the world to see and something told me that her husband had not been notified.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the press, I welcome you here in the palace today to tell you my side of the story, a story that has been leaked to you."

On the background, you could hear the King yelling at whoever to turn off the cameras and to get his wife off the podium. He would not be witness to this outrage but aparently no one reacted and the feed stayed on. Not even the King's orders were listened to at this moment.

"Everything you've been told, every picture and every document is true. My husband has been sleeping with his son's fiancé for about the entirety of their engagement. I don't know how it started but I've been made aware of it by Lee Gon, the King of New Asia. I didn't even know he was my informant until he called me about two minutes before I appeared on screen. On top of what you've already been told, evidence has been found in our security system that shows Clarkson has been embezzeling money from our own Illéans and has been sending innocent people to prison without a proper trial. All this leads me to believe he is not a proper king and I have multiple countries to back me up in this. Therefor, I will divorce Clarkson and he will step down as King. Moreover, he will appear in front of the Internation Council to attone for his sins."

"What about Kriss?"

"Kriss will be sent back to her family with no retribution for her 'services'. On the contrary, her family is expected to pay back the money they got during her time here in the Selection. Also she will be punished for her sins."

"Will your son be the one to take over then?"

"Of course, who else?"

"Where is he now? Why isn't he here?"

"Maxon was never planning on marrying Kriss so he approached America Singer to help him get out of the engagement. Together they've been digging into her past with my approval. During this time, they've grown closer again and are yet again dating. This time without the cameras and the big fuss. I am pleased to anounce that I will soon be able to come in front of you again to share good news with you. As to where he is now, he is with America as they keep out of this mess. I don't want my son to be caught up in this, he's made a mistake by asking Kriss to marry him but he's now paying for it with America who is not very happy with his decision. They are staying somewhere under the watchful eye of several guards-"

I shot up and looked ouside, "There are guards?"

"She told me there weren't any to spare. We would only get an escort tomorrow morning, when things had settled down slightly." I sat back down, next to where he had gotten a seat. Immediately, he put an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close to him, "For the remainder of tonight, we are alone here. Mom told me that she would call me about an hour beforehand of someone coming to get us. In her words, it would give us enough time to get decent."

"Just what is she-"

I'm not going to tell you what happened, I'm sure you already know and it was necessary for her to call us an hour beforehand to get decent however, even that was not enough time as we could not keep our hands to ourselves.