She's mine.

All the ministers turned to look at who dared to disturb their meeting with the king. But they saw an unfamiliar face.

A young man was standing by the door with a backpack on his shoulder and a golden headband on his head. The headband didn't carry the logo of the Lynx clan so surely, this person was not from the Lynx clan. But who is he?

The King raised his head to look at the male who had just entered the courtroom and when he saw who it was, he stood up abruptly.

The young man had jet black hair. His face was perfectly carved and his eyes, His unique emerald eyes were alluring. Those unique eyes of his were more beautiful than the king remembered.

'Are my eyes misleading me? Who is this that I see?' Unconsciously, he whispered the name "Titan?"

A smile appeared on the face of the young man and it was then that the king could not hold himself anymore. He wanted to come down from the podium and run towards his little child and hug her. But just as his emotions were about to fail him, Titan made a hand sign.

"Attend to your ministers. I'll go and look for mother."

Some of the ministers were struck dumb. According to their knowledge, the crown prince of the Lynx clan used sign language because of his inability to talk but he left a long time ago

Could it be possible that the wise crown prince is back? He just had to be the crown prince. Those unique eyes of his could not lie.

The other new ministers had no idea who it was and were still furious at him for badging in unannounced. But when they saw the expression on the king's face, they knew that this person must be someone of importance.

Titan turned to leave but someone tugged her sleeves. It was a little boy with beautiful hazel eyes who looked up at Titan.

Titan smiled and didn't waste a second to carry him up like a baby, placing him at the side of her right waist and took him along with her. She didn't need anyone to tell her who this was. It was obvious who he was. He also smiled widely when she carried him. Compared to his autocratic look, his smile was warm and welcoming.

His beautiful hazel eyes and chestnut hair were just like that of her father. His lovely dimples were just like her's. He was dressed like an authoritarian and gave off a similar vibe as she used to when she was about his age.

All the ministers stared at the both of them surprised. This was the young prince Zhang, the prince who never smiles and puts on a fierce expression whenever he comes for the minister's court meeting. Even the king was stunned. How did he know that Titan was his sister and he finally smiled?

Unlike Titan who rarely showed her face in the court, Zhang always followed his father to the courtroom. He was almost as knowledgeable as Titan and he always suggested solutions when necessary.

Titan turned to face her father and bowed before leaving with her junior brother.

It took some time for the ministers to come back to their senses. Even the king was surprised at how the two got along so fast. It was as if, they had known each other for a very long time.

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Queen Mica sat alone in the garden. She wore a cyan attire and her beautiful chestnut hair fell on her shoulder. She looked like a majestic being as she played the Jiahu flute with her eyes closed.

She seemed to be lost in her world of music and her cheeks had already turned red. Her forehead was sweaty and although she seemed to have played for a long time, her expression was solemn and she didn't look like she wanted to stop anytime soon.

Titan and Zhang stared at their mother from a distance as they listened to the melodious rhythms she formed. Titan always loved it when her mother played the flute but she was not good at it. She tried to learn it many times but nothing she did help. It seemed like the tones were just against her.

Zhang looked up at Titan and realized that she was equally lost in the melody Mica made but he was too anxious to showcase that he had finally met his sister and wanted to brag about how he met Titan before Mica did.

He walked up to her and placed his little hand on her left shoulder. Queen Mica revealed a smile with her eyes closed. She knew who those tiny hands belonged to and could not help but smile at this gesture of he's.

Queen Mica put down the flute and opened her eyes but the first face she saw was that of someone else. She looked past Zhang and her eyes widened and her smile froze.

'Am I dreaming? Titan is back?' She unhurriedly and walked slowly towards Titan as if she was going to vanish. She felt that this was a dream but she wished was true. She has missed Titan so much and seeing her now, she felt that with any slight mistake, Titan would disappear.

When she got close enough, she stretched out her right hand to Titan's face.

"It's you. Am I dreaming? Oh! If this is a dream then I don't want to wake up."

Titan shook her head to indicate that this wasn't a dream but it was real. Zhang walked up to them with a book and a refill writing tool which was one of his inventions. He handed it over to Titan to make the communication between her and the queen easier.

Unlike the king, Zhang knew that queen Mica did not understand sign language so he especially held this book and refill pen in case of the day that his role model would return.

Titan looked at him gratefully and collected it. She then wrote in the book. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO GIVE ME A HUG?

As she showed this to her mother, a faint smile appeared on her lips and that was when queen Mica lost it. She immediately wrapped Titan in her embrace and burst into tears.

It took a good while before she finally let go of Titan. "Look at you... You have grown so tall. You're even taller than I am. Your cheeks have shrunk so much. You're so thin. You haven't been eating well. You have dark eyebags. Did they treat you badly? You need to rest. No! You need to eat something look have thin you've become..." Queen Mica continued talking until Zhang came to the rescue.

"Cough... cough... Umm mother, you're overreacting, and by the way, I met her first I'm the one who would feed her today. No one is allowed to come between sister and me besides, you bore her so you've had your time with her but for the rest of next year, she would talk to only me and no one else."

He pouted with a serious expression. An expression that clearly stated, she is mine and no one can touch my sister. I'm not sharing.

Titan and queen Mica burst into laughter as they heard his childish proclamation. Queen Mica was surprised to see her son talking so much. Typically, he only spoke few words and always kept his response short but today, he surprised her with this declaration of his.

He was still pouting seeing the two ladies of the house laughing at him but when Titan bent and gave him a peck on his forehead, he beamed and held her hand tightly before giving his mother a mocking look.

"See... I told you... Sister would definitely choose me."

Queen Mica raised her hand to surrender. "You're right. Your sister would always choose you but she loves me more..."

Zhang glared at her and Titan pursed her lips. She never knew her mother could have this childish side. How amazing it was to be home again.