The Royal Curse

Seventeen - The Hall of Fame

Senna Aldorban

The entire country seemed to have erupted in uproar, yet it was about something completely out of my imagination.

King Lius didn't know I was the one who interrupted the "auction". An auction where they sold people. An auction that dark faeries were somehow involved in.

King Lius knew. That meant... No. Kace didn't know. He couldn't. Because staring at him across the conference hall, his jaw locked and hands bunched into a fist, it was obvious he didn't know.

"Look, Prince Kace can handle this," Mallor tried to reassure. "He's handled worse."

"I highly doubt there's much things worse than a sex trafficking ring, Mallor," I grounded, shoving my glass into his hand. "I'll take care of King Lius."

"But Prince Kace—"

"If he has a problem, he can bring it." I needed to make sure my voice was low—there was an abundant of politicians in the conference hall to discuss what happened at the port. "I never had a problem putting Kace in his place."

"This situation is entirely different." Mallor gestured to the lords and viscounts that were conversing. "These people can ruin you. Especially since you're a woman."

Heat rose inside me as I gripped my gown. All of these insufferable people could've prevented this. Now they decided to investigate? They would find some way to blame this on me.

"You won't get locked up." Mallor shifted in his spot, aware of his own lie. "They don't even know it was you."

"You're terrible at comforting."

Right as I sharply grimaced, Kace slipped out of the conference hall, his emerald cape trailing him. Suddenly the weight of the situation came crashing down. Kace was going to tell them I did it. Kace would...

No. I did not care if he told. Honestly, I'd love to see the look on King Lius's face after I ruined Entorre for this.

My fear quickly turned into raging anger as I began talking to some random lord. Even as he spoke, there was an annoyance in his voice. The worst thing that could happen to a man was to be on the same level as a woman.

And me? I was beyond his level.

I laughed at his subtle remark and walked away from him.

Guards made their way into the large hall, each taking a post. King Lius was on his way.

*~⚜️~*
Kace Holland

Sliding my cape off, I met my own gaze in the mirror and sighed. All these documents proved that the ring was an agreed upon act instated by King Lius—as in my father agreed to this.

I stretched my neck and continued rifling through the documents. Names were listed. Thousands. Thousands. Probably more.

Princess Senna was... competent enough to have guarded herself well. Had she not, she could've died. She nearly did. My concerns didn't lie with that vixen, because deep down, I knew she would've found some way to handle herself. My concern was with those people she saw being bought and enslaved.