Rise of the Malactric Heir

After spending some time outside, the princess returned to her room, freshened up, and completed her morning routine. It was nearly 8 a.m. when she left the castle.

About half an hour after she left, Alix woke up and stretched off.

"Good morning," he said as he awoke and noticed the princess was not in her room, assuming she was doing something, so he went to his room to freshen up, and when he finished, Alix went downstairs and sat in the living room, and at the very same time Niya and Zavis entered.

"Good morning, everybody," Alix said.

"Good morning," they said as they sat down.

"You two look worried, is it about what happened last night?" he asked then the others came down one by one and threw themselves on the couches.

"What's the morning news?" Kyris asked.

"Good morning kids, I see you are all up," the queen said as she entered the living room along with the king.

"Good morning," they replied.

"Is Adora not up yet?" the king asked as one of the castle guards came in and bowed his head.

"Good morning, your highnesses, the princess left a little while ago; she told me to tell you guys so you don't worry," the guard said, and the king smiled.

"Good morning, thank you for informing us," he said then he left.

"I wonder where she could have gone," Sarah said as Nina took out her phone to call Adora and she answered.

"Morning," Adora said.

'Good morning, Adora, where are you?' she inquired.

"I went out for breakfast, I will be back in a few minutes," she responded.

"OK, we will wait," Nina said before hanging up.

"Where has she gone?" Alix questioned.

"She went out for breakfast, must have been with a friend," Nina replied, smiling, as Alix scoffed.

"Hmm, must have been with someone who saw her face, perhaps Zack, you kids come along and join us for breakfast," the king said.

"Sure," Alix responded as he got up and at the same time Adora arrived outside.

"Guys," Niya called out and they all looked at the worried expression on her face.

"Go ahead, tell them Niya, we're just worried because we don't want anything bad to happen to that girl," Zavis said.

"I understand, but what's the problem?" Alix inquired.

"I was up this morning, I just went to the kitchen to get something, but as I was heading back to my room, I saw Adora leave in her nightgown and Mask, it was around 5 am, that was a little while before she left to go have breakfast, she met with someone suspicious, I even heard her yelling for the first time but I couldn't tell what the conversation was about or who it was," she responded, and Alix sighed.

"Who do you think it could have been Kyris?" Eliza asked.

"Are you certain, Niya?" Yan inquired.

"Yeah, I am pretty sure," she replied.

"She is right," Adora said, and they all turned to see her standing by the living room's entrance.

"Good morning, guys," she said.

"Good morning," they replied.

"I am sorry Adora, I just got worried," Niya explained as the girl approached her, sat beside her, and sighed.

"You don't have to apologize, just relax," she said, and Niya smiled slightly.

"Who was it Adora?" Kyris asked.

"It was Vellon," she responded and he sighed.

"What did he want? He could have hurt you," Kyris said.

"I thought so too, so I hurt him first, but, he had no intention of hurting me, he came for a simple stupid conversation that got me on edge, he also warned me about the spy," she replied, and they all sat down again.

"Why would he care and even tell us about it when the spy is working for them?" Aerav asked.

"That doesn't really matter because he is right and if I don't handle this matter now it will get out of hand, no matter what his objective was, he was right, we will be the ones paying the price if I just let this spy go after endangering our lives just because the person was close to us," Adora said.

"She is correct," Alix said.

"It's only getting started, isn't it?" Kyllan questioned.

"Who is the bloody spy?" Nina asked.

"Someone close to us, Nina summon Olivia, Isa, and Cameron here, and I'm telling you guys straight to your faces, I don't care how much you care for this person, but that spy is going to die in front of your faces because the person did it true nothing but pure free will," she responded, and Kyris sighed.

"Do you intend to kill the spy with your own hands?" Sarah asked.

"Yes, I do, this is my responsibility; I won't let emotions get in the way this time," she replied coldly, and Sarah grabbed Ayden's arm and he smiled.

"You seem more tense than usual," Alix observed, and Adora smiled.

"Did he say anything else to you?" Alix inquired.

"Stop interrogating me, nothing else matters," she replied.

"So he did say something else," Alix said and Kyris smiled.

"He was just being sentimental toward me," she explained, and his brows furrowed.

"That bastard was doing it on purpose," Yan made clear.

"He wasn't, he was being honest," she responded. "I know Vellon best here, and I know he wasn't doing that on purpose or to get to me."

"He is starting to confuse me as to whether he is really good or bad," Zavis said and Adora sighed.

"Someone can be bad but very honest, more sincere than others," Alix said, and the queen smiled.

"He is right, you guys have to figure out what Vellon really wants, whether he is a friend or a foe because are listening to what Adora just said, there is a big possibility some of you are wrong about him and some of you are right, it has to be one hundred percent or one hundred percent right," the queen replied and the king agreed.