Chapter 2

Just as the king and queen had finished eating and Luna was put to bed by her maid. Miles barged into the castle sweating, he looked as if though he was frightened. When he saw the king, he immediately rushed to him.

"What happened? what's going on?" The king asked in his impatient voice because he could sense something amiss in the air, miles was one of his strongest commander and he was chosen for that post because nothing entirely could faze him, so what happened? why was he all sweaty, nervous, frightened as if being chased by a ghost.

"I... I'm sorry my king, I deserve to be punished, please punish me, I didn't do my job well" Miles exclaimed In trepidation as he bowed his head.

"What happened? I hope it's not what I'm thinking?" He asked as he rose from the throne, anger stirring inside of him as he raged at the commander.

"X...Xander... Xander is... no more" Just as he said that, two servants brought in something that looked like casket, it was a new one and the king ordered them to drop it before him. Queen Alice had walked in through the door because of all the noise that was going on, she was unable to sleep. Her eyes went to the ground and on seeing a casket, she was frightened.

She walked closer to her husband with eyes questioning as to who was inside, when the casket was opened. She screamed out loud as she scrambled away towards it, her son... her son... her son was dead. "No... no, you can't do this to me! why? what the hell did we do to you?" She asked no one in particular as tears started flowing from her eyes like river. Her hands went to caress her son's face, "Why is it you Xander? why does it have to be you, my sweetie why is it you?" she asked as she kept crying in utter despair, Xander was barely three years old and he was a lovable person, she had to wonder who would to such length to kill the prince, the one and only prince of Sleasea. The future king...

"And where is Camille? bring her here right this instance?" The king yelled at the guards and they quickly went to get the little girl who had sneaked into her room. Camille was brought to the king.

"How did this happen? what happened here?" The king asked her.

"A...ctually it's my idea to go to the forest papa, I thought we could catch a rabbit that I've seen before, because it was cute I couldn't resist the urge to bring it home, so as I went forward to catch the rabbit. I heard Xander screaming from behind, I quickly turned to him wanting to help him but... but... I couldn't do so because this man in a red robe had sliced his throat with his dagger, he had made sure to stab Xander numerous times so there wouldn't be recovery. He... he wanted to go after me but I was quick to run away and thankfully uncle miles already found me, he told me to run away while he'll fight with the man. He ended up getting hurt, papa please don't be angry at uncle Miles..."

"Shut up! I'm angry at both of you, how dare you sneak out of the castle after all what your mother had told you, how dare you take your little brother with you without informing anyone, if at all you wanted any rabbit, couldn't you have told me, there are many in the market now look what your disobedience had caused, your brother won't come back... he won't come back!" He said all in one breath, he was beyond livid.

"To make sure this doesn't happen again, I'll teach you a lesson you can't forget!" He made it clear to her, Camille was already scared, never had she seen her father like this. He was always gentle, calm and supportive so why did he turn out to be like this, why was her father slowly being the devil.

"Guards! Guards! Lock them both in separate dungeons" He finished as he pinched the middle of his forehead with his hand, "No papa please don't do this to me, papa please! I promise I'll listen next time, I'll never go out again, papa please I don't want to go there ... mama help me beg papa" Shouted Camille with her voice as she turned towards her mother who now turned deaf, normally her mother would do anything to save them but today's case was so different, she didn't deserve to be saved at all... Only if she had known she wouldn't have gone.after that tempting rabbit, everything was all her fault and what if that rabbit was set by the red robe man to catch them. Now she had fallen for the tricks and her brother had to pay the price, why didn't the man pick her and leave Xander instead.

Camille and miles were taking to the dungeon and to separate rooms like the king had ordered. After Camille was locked up in the dark room, she kept quiet and she sobbed gently. Why would her father bring her here out of all places, this dungeon was known to have little insects that could kill a human, her father had brought her hear out of anger does it mean that he wanted her dead? she couldn't help but question herself, she looked around as she brought her small knees closer to herself and wrapped her arms around her body. she leaned closer to the wall and buried her head in her knee hoping her father would have a change of heart and would set her free from here.

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The Queen furrowed her brows as her hand went to open Xander's little hand, she saw that his fist had been clenched all this while and she was skeptical about it. Opening his fist, she saw a paper there with a writing. When she read it, she covered her mouth in horror as she stood up to meet her husband to show him what was written.

Alice knew that that King max had something to do with her son's death, she knew it all along but remained quite thinking it was all a coincidence that he didn't do anything but now everything was immense in front of her.

"Did you like the little gift I sent to you, four days later I promise a bigger gift to which you can't even handle, it's cause so many disaster to you and before you know it, you won't be a king anymore, you'll be my slave, my personal servant.... How's my darling Alice, hope you are treating her well, if possible I can make her my concubine, I heard that she's very pretty and also good in bed, I'll like to fuck her endlessly and oh, I can't wait to do that in your presence, watching your wife moaning because I'm licking, sucking and fucking her is the best gift I'll give you and that's if I'm done dealing with you... Bye Magnus love...

The king clenched his fist as he tore the paper away, he couldn't believe that Maximilian could go far as to killing his son, overthrowing him and he wasn't satisfied yet, he wanted his wife so he could do all bad things to her... No way was that going to happen, if at all he wasn't the king anymore, there was one thing he would never give up and that was his wife and his children, they were his life.