Chloe was getting frustrated. She didn’t know if Kim had found them already. She got down on the horse and decided to walk instead. She paid a man money to watch over the horse till she comes back. The man gladly agreed.
“Where could they be?” She asked herself.
She wasn’t looking at where she was going and bumped into someone. The Prince saw it was Chloe and was going to walk away but she came infront of him to apologise. “I am sorry. I didn’t…” The moustache he used fell off and Chloe recognised him immediately. “Your highness,”
He tried to walk away but she stopped him and looked at the guy beside the lady. She moved closer and pulled the moustache away from his face and she saw that it was Lucas.
“Hey Chloe.”
“What are you all doing with disguises and who is she?” She looked at Phoebe and there was this distateful look she gave her that Phoebe understood.
“We are going to the palace. Is it true that Xenia is getting engaged to Prince Zod?”
“Um, I don’t have a say in this so I will leave it for the Queen to discuss about this.” Her heart was beating fast and she quickly thought of what to do. “I have to go and quickly deliver the message to the Queen.” She left before the Prince could stop her.
She ran to meet the man that she kept in charge of her horse. “Thank you so much.” She took the horse by the reins and was about to leave when she remembered she had something to do. “Can you do something for me?”
“What is that?” He asked and she whispered to him. “I will pay you a lot of money if you can do this.”
“I will do anything for the money.”
Chloe got on her horse and rode to the palace.
The Queen was outside waiting for Kim to come back with news but she was surprised to see Chloe instead. She walked to meet her as she was too worried to sit back and wait.
“Why are you coming back alone? Where is Kim? Is there any news about my son?”
“I have no news about them yet, your majesty.” Queen Elise was sad at her response. “I think Kim would bring us good news.”
The Queen nodded and gestured her to leave while she stood outside waiting for her son. She was pacing around the palace aimlessly until she heard the horses neighing. She saw Kim and the guards come down from their horses but there were so sign of her son. She felt disappointed.
Kim got down from his horse to deliver the message. “We searched every nook and cranny for the prince but we couldn’t find him.”
“I don’t care how many times you are going to search this kingdom, I want you and every guard in this palace to search for my son.”
“Your majesty, I understand but it is getting late and besides, we need to get ready for the meeting with the people tomorrow.” Queen Elise had forgotten all about that. Kim moved closer to her and bowed his head before her. “We will continue the search tomorrow and we won’t return until we have found him but now, you need to get some rest.”
“You promise that you will find my son,”
“I promise with my life.”
The Queen was relieved and she went into her chambers to get some rest. It has been a long day for everyone in the palace.
Chloe waited for the Queen to leave before she went to approach Kim and asked him about the news. “Well, how did it go?”
Kim shook his head. “We searched everywhere but he was no where to be found.”
She sighed. “Maybe, the person saw the wrong person.”
He shook his head again. “I asked him and he said it was the Prince.”
“So, how come the so called prince he saw hasn’t appeared?”
“What if something bad had happened to him?”
“Who would be crazy enough to harm the prince?”
“Everyone blames the royal family for the disaster going on, so it is only natural that they…”
“Let us not be negative about this. I know that we will find the prince.”
“Thanks a lot for your positivity.”
“My Pleasure!” She bowed her head and then left.
He was about to leave when one of the guards ran to meet him and whispered into his ears. Kim looked at the guard in a confused way. “Are you sure about this, Damon?”
Damon nodded. “I was there and I saw everything.”
“I will look into it but till then, make sure that no one hears of this until I have confirmed it.”
“Yes, Commander.”
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“Let me go, assholes.” Phoebe tried to pushed those men that grabbed her but they were too strong for her.
“Let her go!” The prince yelled.
One of the men came to the prince, looked at him straight in the eyes and spat on the ground. “You are the reason why we are in this mess. I am sure you don’t know what it is like to suffer in hell, we are about to make you experience what we did.” He pushed the prince and he hit his back against the wall.
“Your highness,” Lucas called. He was trying so hard to break free but the men that held them captive were too strong for him.
The men poured fuel and were about to light up the place when the prince pleaded with them. “Do not do this. I promise that if you let us go, we will undo whatever we have done.”
The older man laughed out loud. “Can you bring back our dead kids, wives and friends?” He waited for the Prince’s reply but he was quiet because he knew that wasn’t possible. “Can you bring back the days we have wasted in pain?”
“Let us go and we will change everything so that no one would have to die.”
“It is too late,” he lighted the match and dropped it on the floor. He and his men ran out of the room while the fire kept on burning.
Lucas and the prince ran to protect Phoebe but there was something going on in Phoebe’s body. Fire was a dangerous element for her and she knew it. “I need you… to move far away from me.” They were confused. They tried to get closer to her but she gestured them to stop. “Don’t come any further, please.”
“Phoebe, what is going on?”
She used her hand to cover her eyes and immediately she started crying. “Get away from me, please!”
The fire continued burning and the roofs were falling down. The prince was worried and he didn’t heed her advice and went closer to her. Immediately he touched her and she turned to face him, her eyes turned black and the prince started gasping for breath. He tried to speak but the more he did, the more it felt like she was choking the life out of him.
Lucas saw what was happening and quickly rushed to pull the prince away from her.
“Get water!!!” They heard a voice outside scream.
The water was poured into the room and the fire was extinguished.
The people rushed to save them and they were surprised to see the prince and Lucas. “Get the guards!!!” A young man shouted and some group of people left to get the guards while others tried to keep the Prince and Lucas save as they both became unconscious after inhaling too much smoke.