The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

Susan was at the epicentre of everything at this point. If she left the palace with her mother and brother, what was going to happen to Princess Amber? She had been able to convince Alvin to do something. She had also allied separately with her brother, Luciana, and Harvey. So how could she just disappear now?

She was going to have to find a way to remain here and delay the trial. She couldn"t leave no matter what, until either Prince Harold or Princess Tyra regained consciousness and were able to come to Princess Amber"s aid.

As she moved around in search of Williams, she walked past the hallway that led to Princess Tyra"s chamber, she stopped and took a few steps backwards to look in the direction of Tyra"s chamber.

A slight frown appeared on her face as she realized that the guard who had been positioned at the door to guard her room was missing.

With everything going on in the palace now, she was suspicious of everything. The first thought that occurred to her was, "What if someone had done something to Princess Tyra?"

With that in mind, she moved closer to the door and frowned when she heard a male voice speaking inside. Although she couldn"t exactly make out what the person was saying, she walked over to the door and pressed her ear to the door.

What if the person speaking inside the chamber was responsible for everything and had gotten rid of the guard so he could finish off Princess Tyra so that she wouldn"t be able to tell them what had truly happened? Susan reasoned.

Hands on the knob and her heart beating fast, she slowly opened the door, wanting to see the person inside, and at once, Damian, who was seated beside Tyra"s bed, stood up immediately and turned around to look at her.

Susan let out the breath she had been holding when she recognized Damian.

"Oh! It was you. For a moment, I thought it was someone else who had come to hurt her," Susan said with a relieved sigh before looking at Tyra, who was still sleeping peacefully on the bed. But it was obvious she was sick.

"What are you doing here? You both will be in trouble if the Queen finds out about your relationship with her," Susan said after the relief had worn off.

"I wanted to see how she was doing since I couldn"t ask anyone," Damian said with a concerned frown as he looked back at the bed where she was sleeping.

Seeing this, Susan"s heart broke for him. The poor man couldn"t even stay beside the lady he loved when she was unconscious, Susan thought with a sigh.

"What about the guard?" Susan asked when she remembered that the guard wasn"t at the door.

Damian admitted, "I sent him away so I could be alone with her," and he looked away, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"Oh!" She exclaimed softly, feeling like she was intruding on their privacy when they didn"t even have enough time to spend together like this.

"How is she doing?" She asked, going to stand beside Tyra"s bedside.

"She is still unconscious," Damian said as he also looked down at Tyra"s pale face, and Susan nodded.

"I"m relieved you are here with her. I hope we can find the person behind this soon," Susan said, and Damian looked at her in confusion.

"The person behind this?"

Susan tried to understand what his tone and the look on his face meant. It seemed to her that he already believed that Princess Amber was behind this. Since he was working directly with the queen, wasn"t he supposed to at least suspect the queen? But then again, Queen Arya didn"t have any reason to hurt her weak daughter.

"Certainly you don"t believe that Princess Amber could have hurt her, do you?" Susan asked curiously, wanting to know what Damian thought from his perspective. Even though he was the queen"s guard. He should also know that Princess Amber was friends with Tyra.

Damian stared at her for a moment before he answered, "I don"t know what to believe since the maid said she witnessed everything."

"A maid that suddenly disappeared into thin air?" Susan asked reasonably. Why couldn"t they use their brains to think?

There was no need to involve him in anything or tell him that she was suspicious of the Queen and Ivan since she wasn"t sure yet if Damian was more loyal to the queen or his relationship with Tyra.

"If you learn of anything, you must let me know, okay?" Susan asked, and he gave her a nod.

"I should leave you now to spend more time with her. If she wakes up while you are with her, please send for me immediately," Susan said, and Damian gave her a nod once again before she headed for the door.

"Lady Susan?" Damian called, stopping her, and Susan turned to him with questioning eyes.

"Please don"t forget to keep my relationship with the Princess a secret," Damian said, and Susan smiled at him.

"You have nothing to worry about," she assured him before walking away to find Williams.

She didn"t have to walk for too long before she saw Williams at their usual spot in the courtyard, deep in thought, "Williams!" She called, and he raised his head to look at her.

"Have you gotten any news yet?" Williams asked when she got to where he was and sat down beside him.

"Mother says we should pack our bags."

"What?" Wiliams asked, surprised when he heard what Susan had just said.

"She wants us to leave?" He asked, and Susan gave him a nod.

"Yes. And she is serious about it."

"We can"t do that. We have to do something. We don"t even have any means of knowing what the outcome of today"s meeting is going to be," Williams said with a worried frown as he rose from his seat.

He feared that they were going to find out about it too late since no guards or maids were allowed into the assembly hall until the trial was over.

"Don"t worry about that. We will know." Susan assured him.