We needed to get outside and reach a pair of horses. I was sure Theo would be able to help us.
Just before we could reach the doors. Dozens and dozens of guards came and surrounded us from all sides. Mathew looked at me worried.
"What do we do?" He asked.
I did not know. I did not know what to do that did not involve putting Mathew is severe danger.
"What is going on here?" someone asked. The guards made way for that person to come through. The king made his way through before his eyes widened at the situation. He was staring at the dagger I was holding against the lord's neck. "Lord Forkshir! What has happened?!"
"I found the prince about to elope with his guard. I could not let the princess become a laughing stock at the alter and could not see Garain suffer because of the prince's affair and tried to stop them, that is when they tried to kill me," said the lord.
This pig! How dare he manipulate it to make us seem like the bad guys.
"Your highness with all the respect, this man threatened our lives, we were only trying to make it out of here without being imprisoned or worse when this man ordered all his guards to attack," I defended us.
"So you are saying that you and the prince have no relationship going on?" The king eyed me as if saying he thought the later.
My cheeks blushed.
"Father!" Alana pushed through the gathering crowd. "Father stop this immediately. They are saying the truth."
"Alana! Silence! Stay out of this," he ordered.
"No!" She stood her ground. "If I am to be queen one day then I should at least start right. That means making sure there is justice. Lord Fokshir has been planning this for a while, he had Lady Clarissa imprisoned without your consent."
The king looked at the lord with a raised eyebrow. "Is this true?"
"Well yes your highness but I did it for you. To protect the royal family. To protect your daughter from this vixen."
"For a person that cares for the royal family so much it seems awfully weird that you would send orders that only the king and the captain of the guard could send, I've heard multiple rumors of you abusing your power and ruining lives of those who don't abide to you," Alana stated.
The king's nose flared. "All this and right under my nose? What do you have to say for yourself?"
"You will thank me one day when you realize all the good I have done for Garain!" cried the lord.
"Maybe, but today I am highly disappointed. Guards, take him away... Take all of them away," he ordered, motioning to us as well.
I tensed and looked at Mathew who looked equally as nervous.
Alana gasped. "No father! What are you doing?! They did nothing wrong."
The king scowled. "They were going to leave you at the alter my child. I could not allow this."
"And I would have been the happiest girl alive! Daddy, I don't want to marry Mathew. I never did. We both agreed to try and find away around this wedding. If you are going to arrest them then you might as well arrest me too," she said putting her wrists in front of her.
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The Protected (Book 2)
Historical Fiction[COMPLETED] Lady Clarissa of the guard has been given the very special task to accompany Prince Mathew on his journey to meet his soon to be bride. The only catch was that neither can stand each other's presence. Would they put their differences asi...
