royal blood

49 | more suspects arise.

one princess. one girl that grew up watching as her parents and siblings ignored her and chose to make her feel as invisible as possible.

one baron, who was known as the tyrant. one man who chose to hide himself from the public and believe that the world needed peace, without getting in between conflicts.

one scandalous actress. one woman who fell in love with the crown prince and became pregnant with his child, and who dreamnt of living a happy life with him.

one simple carriage driver, who seemed to prove himself innocent, even if he was a strange hooded figure. a stalker, hired by the father of the crown prince's lover, who always happend to be there at the strangest times.

one young nobleman that fell in a deep insanity. the youngest son of the baron, that was manipulated by someone else to kill an innocent journalist.

one maid. a woman that was by the crown prince's side his whole life, watching at his high and lows. she took care of him day and night, spending her days with him and beginning a terrifying experience due to his fantasies.

yet another baron, the oldest one. one man who seemed to know everything about the crown prince's dark side, but who seemed to play around and go unnoticed.

one young prince. one man that could win the most, one that could become the next king of hlorrendin. he fell in love with the young maid, a lovely gentleman, who seemed not to know the truth behind the crown prince's past.

one actress that met the prince at a casino. one woman who found out about the journalist's real murderer and went insane, trying to kiss the culprit. one beautiful woman who remembers the prince as a gentleman.

and lastly, one bastard child. one princess that was given brotherly love by the one crown prince, one that defended her brother from everything he was accused of. one woman who started the whole investigation for her brother.

who was the one that took the life of the crown prince ?

or, was it an actual suicide ?

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" sister, we need to talk immediately. i want you to be extremely honest with me, as this is an important topic. " wendy sat down in front of yeri, who still seemed to be angry with her sister. it had been two days since they last talked, since their last fight regarding the possible suspect. " i went to baron jungwoo today. we talked and, he gave me a clue about the killer. "

yeri looked up to her sister. a sudden shock was displayed on her face, as wendy thought it was the surprise of her being almost caught by her own sister. wendy let out a sigh, as she played with the sleeve of her shirt. she was scared to tell yeri, to ask her if she was actually the killer, if she was actually the mastermind behind everything. behind every game, behind every terrifying moment.

" i do not know how to word this, yeri. " a tear escaped wendy's eyes, as yeri got up from her seat. she sat next to her sister, patting wendy's back slowly. she continued to look at wendy, who let out a sigh. " he gave me a clue. a clue that the killer felt hurt and pushed away by doyoung, and i could not think of anyone else .. but you. "

silence fell in the room. yeri removed her hand from wendy's back, as she enterd a state of shock. wendy looked at yeri, as the two sisters looked into eachother's eyes. yeri shaked her head, as she continued to do so. wendy burst into tears, feeling bad for what she told yeri. yeri, who also seemed to start crying, took a deep breath, deciding to talk.

" i do not know how you came to such conclusion, but i actually do feel something — i feel hurt. " yeri said, wiping off the tears that rolled down her cheeks. " this is why i never talked to you or to brother back when i was younger. you always misunderstood my emotions, you always made them up to be something else. why do you .. why do you do this to me ? " she asked, as wendy looked down.

" i am sorry, yeri, but that is the truth. you have always felt pushed away and hurt by doyoung. you would .. " wendy looked away, as she could hear footsteps coming towards them. seulgi stood infront of the doorway, bowing towards the two women. she seemed confused by what was happening, " why did doyoung appear in your nightmare ? why did he try to murder you ? "

" why are you assuming such things ! " yeri got up, as her face turned red. she suddently became angry with her sister, as seulgi walked past them. the tension now took over the previous sadness and regret in the room, with yeri wanting to fight with wendy. " do you think i would murder my own brother ? do you think such thing of everyone that is not you ? "

wendy knew what yeri tried to say. it was her jumping to conclusion that sicheng could be the one who could have killed doyoung, it was her accusing her own sister of being the murderer. it was her, princess wendy of hlorrendin, that went insane, trying to figure out who had done it.

" i am sorry. doyoung was very dear to me, his death made me .. made me a different person. i think that something took over me, and made me believe things that would sound crazy. " wendy shaked her head, as she looked up from the ground. she saw doyoung, who was once again standing in the corner, watching with an evil smile on his face. " he is standing infront of me now. "

" a manifestation, you might call me. " doyoung said, as he walked away from the shadow. he placed his finger on seulgi's neck, as wendy could see her get goosebumps. " i was scared that you might forget about me, that you might actually move on. that was my biggest fear. " he moved on to wendy, wrapping his hands around her neck. wendy shaked her head, as she could see yeri, who's eyes were frozen.

everything around wendy froze. the one thing she could feel was the warmth of doyoung's hands, the ones that were still wrapped around her neck. wendy could feel another tear escape her eye, as doyoung looked at her. the evil smile, the evil smile that she had never seen her brother have, it haunt her.

" wendy, oh, wendy .. who could have killed me ? " doyoung asked, as wendy could feel how he removed his hands. " could it have been yeri, my sister ? baron sicheng, my friend ? sooyoung, my one and only lover ? could it be nakamoto yuta, the hooded figure ? could it baron taeil, one of my other friends ? perhaps, was it seulgi, my maid ? what about jungwoo, who brutally murdered lee taeyong ? or jaehyun, the beautiful prince ? or, was it you ? "

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" dear prince doyoung,

ah, it is going to be weird. you told me you will be open to hearing my stupid thoughts, and this is exactly why i am writing to you now.

when i last came to ceham, i happend to meet a certain someone. it was your lovely maid, miss. kang seulgi. she was such a wonderful woman, and i honestly feel jealous that you get to have her.

if i were able to do it, then i would ask her on a date. something about her, something i can not point out, it makes me feel different. i can not tell you why, but she seems like such a precious human being.

would you let me date her ? would you let me hide it from my parents and yours ? it seems like such a stupid request, it almost seems like a joke.

or, was it a joke ?

with much love,
prince jaehyun. "

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