Chapter 31: finding the pendant

Diana didn't reply, rather, she looked far away down into the garden. All she want right now is a warm embrace. Her mother would have done that for her but she also wants the same thing.
" So what are you thinking of doing?" Prince Jack asked after a long silence.
" I don't know yet" Diana reply almost immediately and prince Jack was surprised. She wonder if it's true that Diana don't know what to do yet. Actually Diana don't know what to do yet as she hasn't been able to think about anything yet. She is still traumatized and find it to accept the death of her father especially when she was accused of murder.
" Are you sure?" Prince Jack asked to be sure if the princess don't really know what to do yet and Diana frown her face at him. She hates it when people asked her if she's sure. To her, she's sure before she says anything so she don't see any reason why she should answer such question. She clamped her hands together and look away. She still treats Jack as an outsider even when they can go into relationship now.
" Everything happened so fast and I don't know how it all happened" Diana said swallowing hard as her eyes starts welling up with tears.
" My drink was spiked and I wasn't aware. I drank it all and felt dizzy. I told the king that I will be in my room and he asked me to take two royal soldiers along with me and they lead me to my room where I slump on the bed due to the dizziness. The next thing I saw was myself laying on the floor with blood in my hands and my clothes stained with blood. Still not recovering from that shock yet, I saw my father laying lifeless on the floor in his pool of blood with a knife piercing into his chest." Diana said and before she could catch her voice, hot tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She sniffs and didn't bother to clean them because it will only be a waste of time and effort.
Jack doesn't know how it feels to lose a love one and a father to be precise, but he knows something's are not meant to be said. Sometimes you just allow the person who's hurting to let their hearts out.
He place his hand on her shoulder and made her rest her head on his shoulder. He squeezed her arm gently and for the first time he see the princess weak and vulnerable with raising her guard up.
Diana broke down in his arms and let her heart out. The tears she had been holding since last night all flow out like a waterfall.
She wanted to scream out so loud and let the world hear of her pains but her heart is too heavy to do that as she found herself sinking into a dark world.
Prince Jack placed his chin on her hair and took in the scent of herbs as he closed his eyes. He don't need anyone to tell him how heavy the princess heart is now. She had planned to court her. Maybe go into a real relationship after her birthday but now he will have to wait till she recovers from her trauma and all of that.
" It's okay princess" prince jack said when he noticed she had cried enough but didn't get any reply from her. He wonder what could have gone wrong within few minutes. He raised her head up too look at her face and found her already asleep. He was a amazed at how the princess fell asleep in his arms. Trying not to wake her up, princess jack carried her gently in a bridal way and walk back into the palace. On his way to the princess room, some of the servants stopped what they were doing as they watch him carry the princess to her room.
He place her on the bed gently and Drew a blanket over her. He wipe the tear mole in her eyes away with his thumb and plant a kiss on her forehead.
He sat on the princess reading desk and ran his eyes throughout the entire room to check if he will see anything related to the throne of Alvanor. This is the first time he is entering the princess room and he either finds it elegant and strange.
He opened the drawer on her reading desk and only see some Bangles and old photos of her in it. He had heard about the royal pendant of Alvanor and really don't know how it looks like. He was expecting to see the pendant in the princess room since she is the heiress to the throne but unfortunately, to his dissappintment he didn't find anything that looks like a pendant In the princess room .
' could it mean that the princess don't know where the pendant is? ' prince Jack asked himself as he look over to the princess who was sleeping soundly in the bed.
He walked to the princess closet.
' it might be hang somewhere here' he thought to himself as he continues his search in the princess closet. He checked almost all her clothes before he went over to the shoes section to look inside them if he will see the pendant inside.
' the pendant is not here' he concluded before walking back to the princess reading desk where he sat down with beads of sweats on his forehead.
' wherever that pendant is, I must find it before someone else's gets his hand in it. I'm quite suspicious about Claudius. I'm hundred percent sure he is interested in the throne ' prince Jack thought to himself as he rub his hand on his nape. He really can't wait to place his hand on the pendant of Alvanor.
He saw the princess struggling on the bed like someone who is fighting in her sleep. He rushed to her side and pin her hands down trying to calm her down. Beads of sweats were formed on her head and her clothes were all soaked in sweats. Her emerald eyes pierced into his soul and it was as if, she was reading his previous thoughts and current thoughts.