On a Journey To Find Love. [Zarry]

Chapter 12

"Your Majesty, the people are still asking for the princess's wedding day. We need to give them a date soon before they cause a rebellion." One of the generals spoke.

Lucian looked around the table. All the others in the meeting seemed to agree.

"They will have a date once I give a date," Lucian said calmly.

He could see disappointed looks around the table, but he didn't care. This was a matter of his son's happiness, and if it needed to take time, so be it.

"You are dismissed." He said standing up from his seat and then leaving.

How he hated those meetings lately. All they talked about was his son's wedding day.

As he strode through the hall, he came across Lincoln. "Your Majesty. Prince Harry left the castle." He informed.

Lucian nodded, a bit confused. He knew this wasn't the first time Harry snuck out of the castle, but he had never done it during the daytime before. He wondered if something happened.

"Princess Regina accompanied him," Lincoln added.

"Alright. Does Anne know?"

"I am not sure. Maybe her guards told her already."

"Tell me when he comes back," Lucian ordered.

Lincoln nodded and left.

Lucian went to his chamber where he expected to find Anne. Ylva was helping her get dressed when he entered the room.

"Your Majesty." Ylva bowed before getting back to helping Anne.

His wife turned to him. "Your son left." She stated simply. This time she sounded less accusing.

Lucian always felt the need to correct her. It was their son, not just his, but he knew what she meant. He was the one who spoiled him.

"And you are angry again." He said.

Anne shook her head. "No, I am not. I have been thinking." She dismissed Ylva before sitting down on a chair.

Lucian went to sit next to her, sensing that she was about to tell him something unusual.

Anne sighed heavily before she spoke. "I feel that my fear of losing him has made me into the kind of mother I don't want to be. I am giving him the same fate that I had and I am making him unhappy."

"You are not making him unhappy and you are a wonderful mother." Lucian ȧssured her.

Anne shook her head, her eyes getting a little teary. "I feel that I have to choose between his happiness and his safety and it's so difficult. I don't know what to do. That's probably why he likes you more. I don't want him to dislike me, so I think I have to let him decide what to do with his life. If he wants to go out, then..." She shook her head, a tear falling down her cheek.

Lucian knew motherhood had been difficult for Anne. She hated that their son had to have the same fate as she had. If someone knew what it felt like to live isolated, then it was Anne. therefore she had hoped to give their son a different life. But it was easier said than done.