Chapter 6: interrogation

Diana POV.

The soldiers took me to my room and locked me inside. I walk to and fro in the room furiously. If anyone should step on my toes right now I can kill that idiot with my bare hands. I just feel like I'm going to explode any moment from now. How can she say such a thing in front of my father and the royal maids? It's obvious she's looking for a way to pull me down but hell I'm not going to let that happen. She won't have her way, never!

' I was expecting you to be worried about the royal maids ' Cassie said in my head and I squint my eyes.

" How about them, why should I be worried about them?" I asked sitting on my bed.

' seems like you have forgotten so soon ' Cassie smirked in my head and I became so curious about what she's talking about.

"What are you saying?" I asked getting pissed off with her smirk.

' They're gossipers! Have you forgotten?' she said and my green emerald eyes dimed. It's true, why didn't I think about that, I just hope they don't spread the lies they heard from Sarah's mouth.

I was still thinking about what to do if the maids spread the fake news around when I heard a knock and my father walked inside the room. My heart leapt out of my chest immediately I saw him enter my room.

' what's he doing here? ' I asked myself silently as I bow  my head in greetings.

He walked inside with his crown on his head and walked towards my window with his hands folded behind his back.

I just hope he's not here to talk about what Sarah said earlier in the Queen's room.

' your father is here,  what do you think? I'm off ' Cassie suddenly said and flew out of my head.  Such a silly thing. Always getting me in trouble and disappearing the next minute.

" Diana " I heard my father called with a deep husky voice jolting me out of my thoughts.

I quickly compose myself and gulp down. My father is not easy to deal with.

"Yes father" I reply with a slight bow. I didn't even get to see his expression when he walked in and not even now that he's looking outside the window with his royal regalia.

"I want you to tell me nothing but the truth" He said and I felt a chill run down my spine. What truth am I going to tell him,  accept the lies Sarah  said there? No way am going to do that.

"Alright father" I mumbled.

"Is what Sarah said in the Queen's room true or false?" He asked like a detective interrogating a suspect.

" False father" I replied calmly and waited for his reaction. He turn around to face me and look straight into my eyes and I felt his gaze pierced into my soul. I look away to avoid his sharp gaze.

" What were you doing in the wood?" He asked and I choke on my saliva.

"I went for a walk there father" I reply softly.

" Went for a walk in the wood?" He asked and I nodded without uttering a word.

" Tell me, is that why you have been rejecting all the suitors?" He asked and my eyes pops out. Did father really takes what Sarah said earlier to heart?

"No father, it's not true" I replied immediately.

" Becarefull, you're the heiress to the throne. I don't want anything that will drag our reputation into the dirt especially yours" He said more like a warning or an advice and I nodded my head.

"Yes father" I reply with just two word and he left the room.
I heave a sigh of relief as soon as he left the room and lay lazily on my bed. It's be long I trained, once my mother regains consciousness, I will go to the field and improve my fighting skills.

Somewhere in the Eastern part, a duo of a father and son sat across each other with a glass of wine in their hands. They seem very serious in their discussion as they talk and laugh  sarcastically consecutively.

"Remember the plan son. We must not fail in anyway" king Lucas said with his chubby face and pot belly.

" You can count on me father. I just have to win the princess heart and then we proceed with the plan." Jack said with a smirk on his face with his red hair curled up.

"Winning the princess heart is not a big deal. It's just that you're not playing your role well" King Lucas said as he take a sip of wine from his glass and Jack face look pale.

'what does the king mean by he's not playing his role well. The princess is just playing hard to get' Jack said In his head as he gulp his own glass of wine down and the maid refill it. He remember the other at the palace in elevor. He was in the princess garden, they were talking about politics when he suddenly kiss the princess in the lip. As a prince and one of the princess suitor, it's not a problem to be seen with the princess.

He remember vividly the princess was wearing a forest green long handless gown that reveals her fair flawless and spotless skin. He was so mesmerized In her beauty that he didn't know when he stole a kiss from her. Her lips taste of mint and berries but the taste left his tongue when he was pushed away by the princess and he hit his butt so hard on the ground.
That day was the day he was suppose to wins the princess heart but she left furiously by wiping her mouth with the back of her hand as she spat consecutively on her way out of the garden.

' seems like the princess doesn't like to be kissed unaware' jack thought in his head as he remembers everything that happened between him and the princess that faithful Evening.

" I will play my role well this time around" jack said with a deep voice and the king nod his head.

Helen Hector POV

When I woke up, it was already late at night. Everywhere seems quite and Hector sat by the bedside with his crown in his hand. There was a spark in his emerald eyes when he saw me open my eyes.

"You're awake" he said as he plant a kiss on my knuckles.

"What happened?" I asked for all I can was waiting for the princess outside with Hector by my side. The princess arrived with the soldiers and I rushed forward to hug her when Hector drag me back suddenly and ask me not to be too fast. And the princess said she was coming out for the wood, yes the wood and everything blank out.

" You lost consciousness a while ago but you're fine now. The doctor said you need to take a proper rest." Hector said squeezing my hands gently.

" Where's Diana?" I asked immediately

"In her room" Hector said shortly

"Can I see her?" I asked with agitation

"Not now, it's already late. You can see her in the morning. I will ask the maids to bring her to you" Hector said with a deep husky voice and I feel like something is not right.

"Is she alright? Is she fine?" I asked and he nodded.

I just hope my daughter is fine. What exactly did she go to the wood to do all alone by herself. I trusted Irene but she wants to put my daughter in danger by allowing her to go into the woods by herself.

" Are you alright?" Hector asked and I sigh. He must have seen through my thoughts.

" I'm okay Hector. Have you asked Irene what the princess went to do on the wood?" I asked not taking my eyes off him.

" Don't I have that under control. You just have to rest for now" Hector said and I sigh.
I trust Hector completely. Since he said everything is under control I believe it's under control.

"I'm hungry" I said and Hector pull out a tray filled with varieties of food and place on the bed.

" I asked the maids to prepare something for you incase you become hungry at night so eat up and take a rest. He said opening the dishes and I couldn't help but ask.

" Have you eaten?" I asked and he raise his head to look at me.

" Don't worry Helen, eat I'm not hungry yet" he said dishing the food for me and I hold his hand.

" Eat with me please" I said and he drew a stool and place the food on it. I sat properly on the bed and pick my cutleries and start eating. He also pick his own and starts eating too and a smile of satisfaction crept into my face.