The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

"Is everything okay? Why does Father want to see us?" Susan asked as soon as they left the painting room.

"Why do you think he wants to see us? You were the one who interrupted Paulina's execution, and he saw both of us there," Williams said with a shrug.

"But that doesn't mean anything. It's not like he saw us moving them away from there anyway. He will thank me for interrupting the execution soon. Who knows? Maybe that's why he wants to see us. Princess Tyra has probably told them what happened already," Susan said with a hopeful smile, and Williams turned to her when he realized that he was yet to give her the latest update on the issue.

"I don't think so. Princess Tyra doesn't remember anything," Williams said, and immediately Susan stopped walking and looked at him in confusion. They were not going to do this again, were they?

"What?"

"Harvey told me. She doesn't remember what happened on that night."

Susan closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands before letting out a groan of frustration.

"Someone has to be lying! It doesn't make any sense that the three of them cannot remember what happened that night. Did Tyra eat the biscuits too? What if the missing kitchen maid who was with her was the same person that gave Princess Amber the biscuits? Perhaps she gave it to them both?" Susan asked thoughtfully, but Williams shook his head.

"I don't know. We need to find a way to talk to her privately and see if we can get a clue," Williams said as they both continued walking.

Could this get any worse? Susan thought with a sigh, and she soon realized the answer was yes when Williams spoke again.

"Father wants us to get our things ready," Williams said as though he had read her mind.

"Ready? As in ready to leave?" she asked, and Williams gave her a nod.

"He wants us to leave? Why?" Susan asked Williams in a panic.

"I think he is suspicious of us," Williams said thoughtfully, and Susan frowned.

Just when she thought they had taken care of this issue with their mother, now it was their father who wanted them to leave. Convincing him otherwise won't be as easy as it had been with their mother, Susan thought with a sigh.

"What can we do? Father isn't going to buy our story like mother," Susan said dejectedly.

"I know. I'm not sure if we can do anything to stop this right now."

"But we can't leave. You know that, right?"

"We can't. That is why you will have to make sure mother convinces him." Williams said, and Susan raised an eyebrow.

"Me? How?"

"She already believes that you need time to get to know Harvey. Bawl or do whatever you must to make her feel sorry for you. If mother is on our side, she can help us convince father,"

Williams said, and then he remembered the lie he and Harvey had told their father.

"And I already made him believe you are getting along with Harvey," Williams said and explained what had transpired between them a short while ago.

"Me? Get Harvey food?" She asked him in disbelief before sighing heavily.

"How long do you think we can continue to do this? One way or the other, they are going to find out what we are doing. Besides, it's not as if it's a secret that we were the ones who carried Princess Amber and Paulina. They are also inside the painting room the Queen permitted you to use." She reminded him.

"That is easy to explain. Besides, I'm going to inform the guards that they are in the painting room. There is nothing suspicious about us wanting to privately interrogate the person who hurt our cousin," Williams pointed out.

"Can't we just convince father that Princess Amber is innocent? I believe if he listens to us, he will understand why we are doing this," Susan said reasonably, but Williams shook his head.

"You make it sound as though you do not know who father is. Even if he believes us and thinks we are doing the right thing, do you think he would be willing to let us stay here to do this?" He asked her reasonably.

"This isn't a simple matter. The daughter of the leader of the warriors, who is also the queen's favourite maid, was killed. A princess was hurt, the witness is missing, and Prince Harold is not waking up. Father wouldn't want us to involve ourselves in this. Especially if it involves going against his sister, the queen, whether or not she is wrong."

Susan looked around to be sure no one was around before moving closer to her brother.

"I have been thinking about this... don't you find it strange that the queen is trying to sentence them to death by all means without investigating it properly?" Susan asked in a whisper, and Williams raised a questioning brow at her.

"Think about it carefully. The king is ill. Prince Harold is unconscious. His wife is about to be killed. Who is going to gain from all this? Who is next in line to the throne if the other males from the royal family are out?" Susan asked, and Williams' eyes widened as he looked around them in panic.

"Don't you ever say something like that out loud!" He scolded her harshly.

"I know it is risky to even think about something like that, but we need to look at everyone in general and think of the reasons why they would do something like that," Susan said reasonably.

"Do not ever mention it again to me or anyone else. You could get us all in trouble if another ear hears of it." He warned her before letting her know about the conversation he had with Harvey concerning Lance.

"You want me to convince Lance? Why me?" she asked in confusion. She didn't like that guy at all.

"Because he is interested in you. So you—"

"Wait— what?" she asked with wide eyes.