A crown of flames

Chapter 26

A few days later i have another Etiquette lesson.

Ms Dwayne tests me on dining etiquette and we move on to study another module.

At the end of the lesson she hands me back the note she'd taken from me last lesson.

"So?"I ask

She gulped "it was as i had suspected"

"Can you explain?"

"As you're aware visitors rarely enter Medrania"

I nod.

"Rarely enter medrania but never enter the royal castle , only a couple of presidents and important diplomats have even been inside , no one stays for more than one day , it's simply not a thing"

"Except me?"

"You and one other exception"

I raise my brows.

She looks at the door and after ensuring it's locked she says

"The princess had a lover , his name was Isaac "

"Where was he from?"

"Italy" She sighed

"I must warn you Elide , we have been strictly prohibited from discussing this matter , it is punishable by imprisonment for life"

"Why are you telling me?"

"Because you need to know "She says "Isaac was a 17 year old boy at the time"

"He was the son of a royal scholar who'd had an affair with an Italian man , this scholar gave the baby away to the father to raise but kept in contact with her baby , sneaking in as many visits as she could"

"One day Alana was being tutored by this scholar , she saw a photo of Isaac on the scholar's desk and immediately started asking questions , she started up a formal investigation and eventually found out the truth about the boy"

"Why would she start up an investigation over a picture?"

"Because from the moment she laid eyes on that boy , she was infatuated , obsessed , fixed on meeting him"

"That doesn't sound like her ,She fell in love over a photo?"

Miss Dwanye scoffs "It wasn't love Elide it was an unhealthy perverted obsession"

"She threatened the royal scholar ,  demanding her son be moved to the castle immediately to the boy was basically kidnapped from his own home and brought here"

I didn't quite know what to say , i didn't believe Alana would do this , but i wasn't going to not hear her out.

"He was given his own quarters in Yorthendon , across from princess Alana of course , he wasn't made aware of her efforts to bring him here , she ends up seducing him within a month"

"What about his mother?"

"She was sent away from the castle upon his arrival , and threatened with his life if she ever intervened in the princess' relationship , the scholar was sworn to secrecy , her son would be imprisoned if she were to do anything"

"And?"

"Then Isaac grew wary of the princess' possessive gestures , being in a wheelchair worsened things , she would ruin girl's lives if they looked at Isaac for a moment too long , he even walked in on her performing a love spell in his bedroom one time"

I stifle a laugh.

So not Alana.

"Isaac began to break things off with Alana , and that's when prince Alex got involved , he'd been cold with Isaac during their relationship but had supported him during the break up."