Hi! Sorry, I couldn't update yesterday. I was out almost all day, so there wasn't too much time. But I did have enough time today, so here's Chapter 5.

Maxon's P.O.V.

A bunch of guards heard me yelling and rushed into the room.

"Your Majesties, are you alright?" One of them asked.

"We'll be fine, but please escort me and Princess Kriss to my office. Also, could one of you bring my parents there as well?"

We arrived at my office where my parents were waiting. My father looked rather annoyed, while my mother looked concerned.

"Maxon, dear, why do you need us here?" My mother asked.

"Yes, Maxon, why? We have better things to do." My father was getting impatient.

"I'm sure you do, but you won't believe what I heard coming out of Kriss' mouth while she was on the phone. I was going to visit Kriss, but as soon as I reached her office, I heard her saying some unpleasant things."

"That's why we're here?! Just because you heard your wife gossiping a little?!"

"No, Father. The things I heard involved getting rid of the royal family. Care to explain, Kriss?"

Kriss was extremely flustered by this point, "No! You must have heard me wrong! Maybe you heard someone else's conversation!"

My mother stepped in, "Kriss, this isn't like you. If what Maxon says isn't true, then why do you look so nervous?"

"Umm…..I'm sorry…I don't know…" Kriss was at a loss for words.

"Maxon, how am I supposed to know if you really are telling the truth?" Ugh. My father would always support anyone, but me.

"Father just trust me. Check the phone she was using to see who she was talking to. I'm not lying." Couldn't he ever believe me?

"Maxon, I'll send some people to check, but if you're lying…" My mother put a hand on his knee.

"Come, Clarkson. There's no point in threatening your son. We'll send some people, but like you said before, we're busy." They left together, leaving Kriss alone with me.

She burst into tears, "Maxon…"

"Oh, save it. This all has been an act, hasn't it? I heard what you said. Who are you really? I can't believe. Do you really love me? I guess not. Maybe I really should have married America." She ran out of my office. I didn't care where she went. I decided to take a walk in the gardens.

I starting thinking about what I said. Maybe Kriss was the wrong choice. Why didn't I listen to America? I should have given her a chance. Weeks after my engagement to Kriss, Aspen Leger tried to explain what happened that day. The day where I let my America go. But I was a fool and I didn't listen to him.

America was probably somewhere, not thinking about me. It has been three years after all. She might even be with another man. God, I'm an idiot.

America's P.O.V.

I sure had my hands full today. I promised Marlee that I would take care Kile, but something came up in work for Kenna and I was also watching Astra. I also had to clean out the attic. If only someone was here to help, but my mom, May, and Gerad were all out doing whatever they do.

I put Kile down for a nap and proceeded to clean the attic. Astra tagged along, playing with all the random things. I was going through a box of picture albums, when one picture caught my attention.

It was a picture of Maxon and me. I thought I got rid of those. I guess I still had this one left.

"Auntie Ames, isn't that the prince?" Astra came over and pointed at the picture.

"Yeah."

"What's he doing with you?"

"Well, you know how the prince is married to Princess Kriss?"

"Uh-huh."

"There's this thing called the Selection where 35 different girls got picked so that Prince Maxon could find his wife."

"How come you didn't win? Everyone loves Auntie Ames!"

Oh, Astra, "Not everyone loves me, Astra."

"Really?" She looked shocked.

"Really. Now come on. This attic isn't going to clean itself." Astra went back to playing, but I stared a little longer at the picture. I had gotten over Maxon, but I had to wonder. What if he never found out about Aspen and me? Would we have gotten married then?

I had to stop thinking about things like this. There was nothing between Maxon and me now.

I put the picture back in the picture album and sighed. I still had a whole lot of work left to do and thinking about Maxon wouldn't help.

Maxon's P.O.V.

I would have liked to stay in the gardens for the rest of the day, but I still had work to do. I went to my office where a pile of paperwork awaited me. I was going through the pile, when someone knocked my door.

"Come in." I'm hoping it's not Kriss. To my relief, it was the people my father sent to check Kriss' phone.

"Your Majesty." They all bowed.

One of them started speaking, "Your Majesty, as you know, your father sent us to check Princess Kriss' phone to see who she was conversing with."

"Yes, I know. Did you find anything out?"

"We found out that Princess Kriss was talking to the Northern rebel leader. Also, we have reason to believe that Princess Kriss is a rebel herself."

The Northern rebel leader? The Northern rebels had been getting more violent, but I don't understand why. I knew August, but he wouldn't just become so violent. Would he? Unless…

"Do you happen to know the Northern rebel leader's name?"

"Yes, his name is Frank."

Frank? What happened to August?

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"I think we need to have a meeting about this. Men, please go to the meeting room down the hall. My parents and I will be there shortly."

I can't believe any of what is happening today. How can one person go from being the person who loves you so much to a person who wants you dead?

What do you guys think? Please review because I would like knowing people's opinions on this story. Chapter 6 will be out soon. Bye!