Thy Gay Prince

Chapter 15

Cade's POV

Valencia hasn't said a word in weeks. Not after Lily's death. I truly am worried if she'll ever get better. I hand her the flowers to put in Lily's hands and she kisses her forehead. I know she must miss her a lot.

I walk back to Noah who surprisingly could make it to the funeral. He took my hand into his and kissed it.

"I wonder what would've happened if she turned down the king." Noah whispers in my ear.

"The same I guess, I don't know." I whisper back.

All Valencia wanted was for none of us to get hurt. Only to find out her love is dead because of her decision. Poor Valencia, she's too good for this world to handle. They close the coffin and Valencia walks back towards us.

A single tear rolls down her face. One. She wipes it away from her face before she gets here then stands next to us. We all see Lily being buried into the ground. We all wished her goodbye.

Life went on as normal I guess. Nobody had a funeral for the king, probably because he will not be miss. Maybe it was just the fact the he was my father that I still sneak around the castle like at any moment he is going to pop out and take Noah away. Maybe it's because he's my father that I only shed one tear for him his whole death. And that wasn't even for him, it was for my mother.

What would she say to know her son had killed his father? Committed patricide? Cheer, scold? I guess I'll never find out. She wasn't going to come back into my life, even if she wanted to. You don't just leave your son with his abusive father for 19 years and expect to explode back into his life just like that. Even if he was a prince.

I wasn't supposed to be king until I married or my father died, I guess I haven't grown into the title yet. I have all the ministers running the country until I get married. Which is in 6 months, sounds so close yet so far. Noah seems to be excited though so that's always a good thing.

Noah actually got better really soon after my dad because all the nurses came in to help. They knew how to work medicine way better than I did and I was grateful for it. He's down to just a bottle of whiskey a day to keep the pain away. One day I sit on my throne with Noah by my side and we are talking.

"Noah you know what you will be after we get married?"

"A king?" He questions his answer.

"Yes, and do you know where your family will live?"

"Here?!" He seemed all excited.

"Yes." I kiss him. "We will be the kings of Dountry and rule the whole kingdom together side by side. Hand in hand."

"Hopefully not everyday all day." Noah sighs.

"Oh no, at night I get you all to myself." We both laugh.

Valencia's walks in and we both go quiet. She stands at the end of the short stairs. Then bows, I wave it off before she finishes. Her black hair in neatly brushed and her emerald eyes glowed with, sadness? I couldn't tell from where I was standing. But what I could tell was that she had bags with her. Was she leaving?

"Your highness, I hate to make such a short notice but I do have to make leave."

"Valencia you can just call me Cade." I walk down to her with a small smile.

"Well I thought it would be appropriate for your new title." She seemed bitter and it wiped the smile right off of my face.

"Well, I mean you can always stay here. We've got plenty full of space." Noah joins in the conversation.

Valencia looks down at her feet. Her face extending a face of fury. Why was she all of the sudden mad?

"Well you two will probably take all of it for all you new guests." She turns around to leave but I grab her arm.

"Valencia I don't know what has got you so bitter and mad at me, what is wrong?" I ask her.

"Well maybe I am actually mourning Lily instead of enjoying it." She threw her words at me like fireballs and they didn't miss.

I was taken aback by her words. Not mourning her? I mean I didn't know her that long so no I didn't cry like Valencia did but I mourned in different ways. So did Noah.

"Valencia trust me we are mourning but we do it in different ways so you don't see us. We want to be strong for you." I tell her.

"Well I don't need anyone to be strong for me. I am a big girl you know." She glares at me.

With that she yanks her arm from my grip and walks out. Noah tries to stop her but I hold my hand out. If she wanted us to chase her she wouldn't have left like that.

We didn't see Valencia for a long time, in fact the next time we would see her is at our wedding. Her excuse to go to that was that Lily would've wanted her to go and be with us. But it still wasn't really the same. Maybe it never will be with the betrayal and without Lily.

I don't know a lot of things like Valencia but I do know that I killed my father for people so they could live whoever they wanted without fear. So they could get their own happy ending.