Cowardly Warrior | Taehyung ✔

Kingdom

Someone nudges my shoulder as I'm sleeping on the bed.

"Five more minutes, mom..." I whine.

I hear my mother's grim voice. "No, Amira. This is serious."

I open my eyes and see her face is ridden with tears.

"What happened?"

She wipes her cheek. "I can't just show you. You need to come with me."

She leads me to a large room I've never been to before. It appears to be the royal infirmary

On one bed, is the King... and on the other is Chinua.

I rush to Chinua's side.

"Are they okay?" I ask, naively.

My mom shakes her head. "No. They've been poisoned."

"Poisoned?" I gasp. "By who?"

"We don't know," my father answers, the throbbing vein on his forehead becoming even more prominent. "But their poison has rendered them unconcious."

I gulp. "Will they wake up?"

"We don't know." My mother cries into my father's chest and he comforts her.

I step closer to Chinua. Her face was pale, her lips chapped, her body motionless.. Her eyelids were a strange of blue.

She really looked so close to death.

My father taps my shoulder, lightly, and I turn towards him.

"Amira, I have a really important question," He whispers.

I nod, wiping the endless tears on my cheek.

"Do you know who gave Chinua that bracelet?"

I'm confused. "Taehyung of course. He confirmed it and he is her fiance."

My father's eyes looked like they were bulging out of his head.

"Why?" I ask, worried.

"Because... the bracelet has traces of large amounts of poison. The same poison found in the King's poisoned bathwater."

"Which means..." I gasp.

"Taehyung poisoned Chinua."

I shake my head. "No way. There has to be another explanation."

My father laughs, bitterly. "Did you hear Taehyung confirm that it was his bracelet?"

I hesitate. "Uh, I don't know..."

"You're lying," my father points out. "You're hiding to protect him."

I gulp. "Father please, we just shouldn't jump to conclusions without concrete evidence-"

"Taehyung gave Chinua the bracelet. The bracelet has poison in it. That's enough for me." My father shrugs.

"Arrest Kim Taehyung for crimes against the crown!" My father yells, and the guards nod and run out of the door.

My father inches to me. "I get that you're just a little girl with silly feelings. But don't let your feelings get in the way of protection of the royal family. I can't believe you'd betray this kingdom just for some boy."

I shake my head. "It's not about that. I don't think Taehyung is capable of this. That's all."

"And what's your evidence for that?" My father questions.

I gulp. Taehyung was a forced assistant of Erden's and contributed to Gerel's death, but he was brainwashed... How do I know he's not brainwashed now? How do I know that Taehyung still isn't working for Erden's or has his own hidden agenda?