20 Two faced.

"Regina" she heard her name and snapped out of her stupor only to see the emotionless face of the king. Ema also snapped out of her daze looking at her father with shock. Neither of the women noticed when the king stepped in.

Queen Regina was shocked for a short while before snapping out of it. Since she was totally unaware that she was voicing out all her thought, she was the least bothered about the king hearing her. She immediately switched to her pitiful act.

"Oh, my poor child I wonder where she went. I know marrying the cursed prince is hard but why run away? Outside the Palace is not so secured and there are bandit everywhere," Queen Regina cried as she spoke.

Ema could not help but feel a little irritated by her mother's display. It was not the first time she watched her mother pretend before the king but it was the first time she realized that her mother was indeed a chameleon. And unlike her clueless mother, she was scared that the king heard all she said.

She also noticed the irritation in his voice when he called her name. King George looked at the pitiful looking woman and swallowed his urge to throw her out of the Palace immediately.

A few moments ago.

King George was informed about his daughter's disappearance, so he naturally stepped out to look for her. He was sincerely worried. Not because of the wedding or the reaction of the crown prince. He was worried about what could happen to her if she ventures outside the Palace, talk more of the kingdom alone.

As he walked towards his studied he saw Ema running towards the Queen chamber, so he decided to follow. He arrived a moment after she stepped in and because Ema was in a hurry she did not close the chamber door properly.

He felt heart broken when he heard the fear in her voice as she talked about her possible marriage to the cursed prince. He stood there looking at the mother and daughter pair. He did not want to join them because he feared he would promise Ema that she would not marry the cursed prince.

He knew very well that without Ellen, Ema will definitely have to marry the cursed prince. He was about to leave when he heard Regina yelling like a mad woman. Regina looked nothing like the graceful or helpless woman he was used to seeing.

She looked like a completely different person, if he had not seen her with his eyes he would never have believed that she was such a vicious woman.

He swallowed his urge to tell her to stop pretending. He really wanted to take away her title, but he could not do that yet. The kingdom was still unstable and any little mistake can lead to an internal war. Besides, he also needed to find his daughter and make sure she was safe.

'Once everyone is settled I will definitely find a suitable punishment for you,' the king thought looking at Regina with a hateful gaze.

He thought of Ellen's words the day he informed her about the marriage.

"You amaze me your Highness, what's the point of pretending to be sad when you are obviously happy that the daughter of the dead Queen is leaving and the palace will belong to you and your children. You know you don't care so why pretend?" King George found himself asking the same question in his head.

Back then when Ellen asked this question, he thought Ellen was ungrateful, but he realized that he has been blinded and fooled by the two faced woman all this year's.

What shocked him most was the fact that Ellen was right when she said her life was not safe in the Palace.

"Put yourself together," King George force himself to say. He wanted to act like he heard nothing.

Ema breathes a sign of relief concluding that her father just came into the chamber, while Regina cleans her tears and tried to compose herself.

She was a little surprised that the king did not try to comfort her. Usually, he would pat her shoulder or even draw her into a hug, but she did not read too many meanings to it. After all, the princess was missing and the king had a lot of things to handle.

The Queen was about to say something when a knock was heard on the door. "Enter," the king command.

"Your majesty, your highness, my princess, Attendant Tim bowed to the three people in the room.

"Princess Ellen has been found" he delivered the message. The three people in the room breathe a sigh of relief. Each for a different reason.

"How is she," king George asked.

"Princess Ellen is fine, she never left the Palace she only went to her mother's gravestone," Tim informed.

The king nodded his head, " was she alone" the king asked.

"No your majesty, she was in the company of your new armor-bearer," Tim replied.

The king nodded again, he felt his heart warm thinking of how the two siblings were there for each other. This has always been what he wants for his children. The king smile subconsciously but that smile froze when he realized that he has failed his late wife.

King George never hard the time to tell Ellen about her mother as promised. He was too carried away building a stable and united family. He felt his heartache for all the time he has scolded Ellen and supported Ema or William. He has been so wrong, and he did not have the time to fix it.

Shaking his head, he walked out with attendant Tim without looking at the mother and daughter pair. He had planned to wait and make sure the kingdom was stable before finding out more about Richard, but he changed his mind.

He finally realized why Ellen did not tell him about Richard.

He trusted the Queen, and she would definitely get rid of him to ensure her son was the one to seat on his throne.

Just like that, the king made up his mind to talk to Ann the next day since he couldn't do that at the moment because of the wedding.