The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

When Harold got to her door, he noticed how empty the entire hallway was. There wasn't a single guard there.

He knocked on the door gently and didn't have to announce it was him before the door was pulled open and Tyra fell into his arms, embracing him tightly as she cried.

"You have no idea how relieved I am to see that you are fine. How are you feeling now?" She asked with tears in her eyes as she hugged him, while Harold stood stiffly in her embrace. He was even surprised at the great impulse he felt to shove her away. He had no idea why the hug was irritating him this much, and even his wolf didn't seem to like it.

But he tried his best to fight the urge to push her away since he wasn't sure how much impact it would have on her and now. And she was still sick.

When she noticed how silent he was, she pulled away from the embrace and looked up into his face. "Is everything okay?" She asked as Harold continued to look at her with a blank expression.

"Who hurt you?" Harold asked, and almost immediately, tears gathered in her eyes. She cried as she raised a hand to her lips.

"I'm so sorry. I really didn't want to tell them the truth. I swear to you. I didn't want to, but then I was talking to Susan. I don't know what came over me. Remembering it made me scared, so I didn't think they would hear us." Tyra cried as she tried to embrace Harold once again, but he held her away from him and stepped to the side.

"Did someone ask you to say this?" Harold asked, thinking that it didn't make any sense that Tyra was insisting that Alicia was responsible when Alicia had told him she wasn't.

As far as she was concerned, what she said was the truth.

"I would never lie to you. I swear to you, brother. She was acting crazy. I was so scared. I tried to stop her... but she pushed me away and stabbed me. She stabbed me!" Tyra cried and staggered back, placing a hand on her forehead.

She almost fell, but fortunately for her, she didn't. Because Harold didn't move an inch from where he was standing and watching her closely.

"You should get some rest," he said as he made to leave.

"You trust me, right?" She asked hopefully, and Harold looked at her for a moment.

Although Tyra was his sister, and he cared about her, Alicia...

If Alicia said she was innocent, then she was innocent and Tyra was lying to him.

What he just couldn't understand was Tyra. Why was she lying to him? But it also seemed as though she was telling the truth.

Harold said no word to her and just left the chamber, heading towards the pavilion where the others were waiting for him.

Once he walked into the pavilion, they all stood from their seats, and his gaze moved from Luciana, who was humbly dressed in a simple dress, to Harvey, and then to Susan and Williams, before it finally settled on Lance, who was unexpectedly also dressed in simple clothing, causing Harold to raise his brow while Lance avoided eye contact.

Wasn't it an irony that the fathers of each of them gathered there were members of the assembly, yet while they believed that his wife was guilty, their children were working behind the scene to prove her innocence? Okay... maybe not all their children, because he still had no idea what Lance was doing here.

Harold didn't ask them to sit. He stood there scrutinizing each one of them, and from where he stood, it seemed like they were holding their breaths, and his silence only seemed to make them even more nervous.

After what seemed like a long time, Harold finally spoke, "Does any of you think she did it?" He asked as he watched them closely, and they all looked at each other, no one was willing to speak first.

"I don't think Princess Amber is capable of doing anything like that," Susan spoke first since she was more like the head of the little group.

"I believe she is innocent too," Luciana said quietly.

Harold looked at Harvey, "What do you think?" He asked since among everyone gathered there, only Harvey knew about Alicia's secret.

Harvey held his gaze for a moment before he said, "She is innocent."

Harold gave him a nod before looking at Williams and Lance as he waited for them to speak.

Lance wasn't sure if it was wise to speak since he was still very terrified of what Harold might do to him if he heard that he had hesitated for a moment in testifying in favour of his wife.

"I don't think Princess Amber is capable of doing that. But if Princess Tyra is right, then it is possible that Princess Amber must have ingested the beta's nightmare," Williams answered honestly, and Harold arched a brow as he watched him, while the others who had never heard of the beta's nightmare, stared at him in confusion.

"The beta's nightmare? What is that?" Harvey asked with a confused frown, and they all listened as Williams told them he had confirmed the symptoms with his mother. Since everyone knew his mother's lineage were physicians, they could trust the words.

"... What I find difficult to understand is why something capable of killing an Omega would have such an effect on a human," Williams said, and Harvey exchanged a look with Harold, which Alvin noticed.

"So someone poisoned me?" Lance asked in disbelief at the thought that someone would actually try that.

"You were just unfortunate to eat it. It wasn't meant for you, remember?" Susan reminded him as she tried not to scoff at his inflated ego.

"I think someone made the biscuit with it and gave it to her on purpose. But I'm also wondering why Beth wasn't at the hunt and why she was in the palace at that time," Williams said thoughtfully, drawing their attention back to the main thing.

"So you think she did it?" Harold asked calmly, and Williams' heart skipped a beat.

Harold's calm voice seemed to be even scarier than when he appeared angry. Because then, one wasn't sure what he was thinking.

Nervously, Williams began to explain, "I am only trying to say that..."

Susan laughed nervously to break the tension and interrupted Williams.

"No, your highness. He doesn't think so. If he had, we wouldn't be sitting here right now. We are only trying to find clues to prove that she is innocent," Susan rushed to explain, and Harold looked at her with a blank expression.

He never would have imagined that the queen's niece and nephew would end up becoming his allies. Maybe Susan was the wrong person to be wary of within the palace?

"Is your father aware that you are doing this?" Harold asked, and the twins exchanged a look, not sure what answer to give.

Seeing their reluctance, he seemed to get his answer. They were doing this without his permission. Whether or not he was aware of it