Fate's Prisoners

chapter 40

Luna

I watched the children run and play around with Suzan right next to me and Jane across the way. I could see her giving a cold glare to Suzan but Suzan was busy adoring the boys like she always does. It had been about two weeks since she has been here and she is growing closer and closer to Xander. I am happy she adores him so much but at the same time, there is a chance that my assumption could be wrong. I still believe there is a low chance that I am wrong but there is still a chance. The Emperor had walked in and called me to his table silently but I didn't know why. When I got to his seat, he pulled me down to his side gently by pulling my hand and making me sit. "Your majesty, what are you doing?" Jane asked looking angrily at me. " Nothing you must be concerned about," he says before he claps his hands and the food is brought in. Leon ran over to me when Xander ran to his mother and sat down but Jane spoke. "Your majesty isn't this unfair. Both Luna and Leon get to sit with you but what about Xander and I? If you treat him like this just over lunch it is obvious you will judge unfairly when it comes time to pick crown prince soon," she says jealous obviously but I wasn't going to let her get what she wants. "Prince Xander, come here please." I requested him with a gentle smile. He smiled at me before he stood up on his own but Jane held his hand tightly. "why are you calling my son over to you?" she asked. "Im doing what you wanted, now Xander if you please." Xander let his mother go before he ran up to us. I smiled before I got up and let him sit in my spot by the Emperor because Leon was on the other side. I walked back to my table and sat down before I spoke to Jane once again. "happy now?" she tisked and didn't speak again. As we ate lunch eyes were constantly on me from two different people but the same was for Suzan. It was an awkward lunch but we got through it.

I was walking with Lucas though the palace needing some thinking time of what I can do now. its been two weeks and I still have not figured out the last piece of evidence I need to prove the Xander is not Jane's or the Emperor's child but he is Suzan's. "Leon, you are stressing too much. Even if what you are thinking is true it will not change what is going on in the palace." Lucas tries to calm me down constantly. " Lucas, if you had a child, and one day you woke up to find out that your wife sold him or her how would you feel?" he didn't say anything because he understood why I was doing this. I am not just returning Suzan's son but I am also putting an end to the witch that had been using her magic around this palace for too long." I explained. "all she ever wants is power and the Emperor 's love but with you around she can't get it." "I have never wanted the power that the Emperor poses nor the title of Empress or my son to be the crown prince. All I wanted was to live peacefully since I arrived here but it has always been her that has stopped that. She has done too much to more than just me, and you expect me to just let her walk free with things that are not hers or she doesn't deserve. she took a woman's child, she lied to the Emperor for who knows how long, she threatened my child, my family, do you think I can just let this stuff go. When she is exposed, she will get exactly what she deserves. I walked ahead to calm down from my rant, Lucas didn't mean to fire me up he just didn't know why I was going through so much trouble. I was about to round a corner till I heard a very worried voice I recognized instantly. "you said she didn't know." it was Jane and she was panicking. "her husband said she was resting when he was given to Romand." Woori as well. "well then how is she here? how could she possibly end up here?" Jane says at this time Lucas caught up to me but I covered his mouth to stay hidden. "She came here with lady Luna weeks ago and hasn't left. You don't think she may know?" Woori asked. "impossible, no one for the past 9 years has figured this out how can they figure this out now? I want you to go and find Romand tonight and ask him if he had seen the woman before and how she ended up in the palace." Jane assigned the task and Woori accepted it with no hesitation before Jane left. "what am I gonna do now, if she gets found out we will die." Woori says in a worried voice before she walked off the other way to get ready to go. When it was clear I uncovered Lucas's mouth and he let out the breathe had been holding for a bit not wanting to get caught." You heard them right?" I asked for confirmation he just nodded his head. "okay, does this sound like anything like anyone else but Xander?" I asked but he shook his head. "so are you going to help me or not?" he nodded his head. "okay, I want you to follow Woori tonight and find this man. When you find him, do whatever it takes to find out what he did or get him to come back here with you." "do I have to go alone?" He was right a good question because if I just send him Woori will know she was followed. "I'll ask Alex to go with you."