Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 38- Royal Ball (2)

(SAGE P.O.V)

After Nashi told me Rosie was following behind Prince Morgan. I decided to approach Princess Kalia. Before I could walk to where she was, I was interrupted by that annoying woman.

"Don't think for a second Duke Nashi actually likes you, lowborn", She said walking up to me.

I smirked, " Well that kiss he gave me tells me otherwise", I said, touching my lips with my right hand.

"How dare you, you low class whore", she said, walking up to me.

"It seems like your behavior is very low class, Lady or shall I call you madam", I said.

"You filthy...", she stopped what she was saying and raised her hand to slap me.

I caught her hand and slightly leaned her body closer to me.

"Don't make a scene you snobby bitch", I said and dropped her hand.

She looked around and saw people staring in our direction, "Just you wait, you low class whore", she said while stomping off.

Seriously, I don't think I can go the polite route with that stupid woman.

"Wow, you're the first person I saw put Lady Melanie in her place, I turned around hearing a voice.

I bowed down, "Hello, Princess Kalia", I said as I raised up my body.

She looked up at me and smiled.

"Would you like to join me for a tea party?", she asked.

"Yes, I would love to join you", I said.

She winked her right eye,"I'll send the invitation to Duke Nashi", she said and walked off.

At first I thought it was weird, but if I could talk to her more privately then it's all worth it.

Now since that has been taking care of, let's find Duke Winter, I thought to myself.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

After watching Prince Morgan's facial expression change. He took his hand off the table and walked around the table. He placed his hands onto my shoulders.

"My brother, where's my brother?", he said, in an emotional tone.

I took his hands off my shoulders and looked up at him.

"Before I tell you where my father is, don't you have some explaining to do?", I asked.

Prince Morgan gestured for me to have a seat and he walked around the table and sat on the opposite side of me.

"So you're one of my brother's daughters?" he asked, sitting with his hands together.

"Yes, I'm Rosemary", I said.

"Is your sister here as well?", he asked.

I nodded my head.

"Why are you looking for my father?"I asked him seriously.

"My brother deserves to be king, he worked hard for years. He helped build this kingdom to what it was, after we won the great war. Prince Marshall is incompetent, he should never become king", he said, while balling up his fist.

"How can we trust you?", I asked, "I refuse to put my father in any danger. My sister and I just started our bonds with him. I won't let you people cause him anymore pain", I said, slamming my hand on the table.

I was getting pissed just thinking about how my father looked when he had to hold on to someone just to be able to walk.

Prince Morgan stood up and bowed his head.

"Please just help me get in contact with my brother", he said in a sorrowful tone.

"Fine", I said, "but not until you talk to her.", I said.

He looked at me confused, "Talk to who?", he asked.

Soon as I pointed to the ceiling, Mother dropped down from above and placed a knife onto Prince Morgan's neck.

"What the", Prince Morgan started to say, but was interrupted by my mother.

She looked at me while she held the knife to his throat.

"Rosemary, go check on your sister", she said.

I nodded my head and walked to the door.

"Wait, what is this?", Prince Morgan said, nervously.

I turned around and smirked, "Say hello to my mother", I said and walked out the room.

(SAGE P.O.V)

While sitting at the table, I looked around searching the room for Duke Winter. I saw Sylvester walking back to the table.

"Lady Sage", he called out to me, and gestured for me to come where he was. I walked towards him and watched him gesture his head in a certain direction.

"Duke Winter is sitting alone right now, I'm going to try to get him to follow me to one of the balconies", he said.

I nodded my head and Sylvester walked off towards Duke Winter.

"Are you flirting with both brothers now", I heard the irritating woman again.

I ignored her which caused her to fuss even more. I turned around and walked up closer to her and leaned towards her whispering into her ear.

"If you don't want to lose your precious life, I'll advise you not to keep trying my patience", I said while tapping her shoulders.

"You little bitch", she mumbled.

Suddenly I felt someone grab me around the waist. I looked over and saw Nashi standing behind me.

"How many times do I have to tell you to leave my girlfriend alone", he said looking at her in a pissed off expression.

"How dare you choose this lowborn peasant over me", she said, gritting her teeth.

This woman was really getting on my nerves. I reached my right arm up and pulled Nashi by the back of his head, leaning his head down and kissed him right in front of her. I bit the bottom of his lips as we pulled apart.

I heard her stomping off, and I pulled back from Nashi.

"Wow, look at you being feisty", I heard Rosie's voice.

I looked over to where she was and saw her smirking at me.

"Did you meet Prince Morgan?", I asked.

She nodded, "Mother's in there now", she said.

"Sylvester told me Duke Winter is on one of the balconies", Nashi whispered in my ear.

Rosie and I nodded our heads and followed behind Nashi.

Once we made it to the balcony, we saw an elderly man with gray brownish hair dressed in a black suit. Rosie and I walked onto the balcony and Nashi closed the door behind us and stood in front of it.

How may I help you young ladies?", he asked, turning around to look at us.

When he turned around, I saw that he had the same gray eyes as my father and I.

"I was wondering why Lord Sylvester was trying to get me to come to the balcony, he continued on saying.

We bowed our heads and greeted him how father told us too.

"Are you Moises daughters?", he asked.

We raised our heads and nodded.

"I received a letter from my grandson telling me his daughters would be attending the event and to please watch over them", Duke Winter said.

He walked up and placed his hand on each of our shoulders.

"Thank you for surviving this long without your father being there", he said.

Rosie and I glanced at each other and smiled a bit.

"Tell your father his family is welcomed to come live in my estate if he wants too", he said and walked towards the door.

"Try not to get the king's attention while the party is still going on, we have another two hours until it's over", he said, while opening the door.

He walked back inside and Nashi came out to the balcony.

"Should we finish enjoying the party, now that we met everyone we needed to talk too?"Rosie asked.

"Yes, let's have some fun", I said.

We walked back to our table and Nashi invited me for another dance.

I hope mother isn't scaring Prince Morgan too much, I thought to myself.

(NATALIE P.O.V)

I stood behind Prince Morgan and placed my knife next to his throat.

"I heard the conversation you had with my daughter", I said.

He didn't flinch at all, and raised up both of his hands.

"You must be my brother's wife, I didn't get the chance to meet you, after all he hid you pretty well", he said.

"He didn't hide me, I just refuse to deal with the royal family", I said.

I put the knife down to my side and Prince Morgan slowly walked forward and sat down across from me. I took a seat to hear what he had to say.

"Wait, you look familiar", he said, staring directly at me.

"Why are you looking for Moises?", I asked.

"You're that maid!", he shouted, while looking appalled and pointing his finger at me, "the one that passed by me when I went to visit my brother's palace." he added.

"Shut up and answer the question", I said, getting annoyed.

He cleared his voice while regaining his composure.

"Because I want my brother to become the king, he deserves it.", he said.

I looked at him still not believing a word he said.

"What's in it for you, why don't you become the king instead?", I asked.

Prince Morgan sighed, "I have no interest in the throne, my brother was the one planning to change this shithole of a kingdom", he said.

"Moises is still recovering, but he's strong enough to fight if need be", I said.

Prince Morgan sat forward while holding his hands together.

"We've been in a constant war with the neighboring kingdom, their king is trying to combine the two kingdoms and make it an empire", he said.

"Is that why your planning a rebellion?", I asked.

"Prince Marshall isn't fit to be king, I have been gathering information for the last few years. I found out the day of Prince Marshall's coronation is when the other kingdom will attack the palace.", he said.

I leaned back and crossed my right leg over the other.

"Why should I put Moises in danger for this weak kingdom's agenda", I said starting to get pissed off.

"I'll give you all the evidence proving his innocence", he said, while standing up.

He walked over to his desk and opened one of the drawers and walked over to me. He handed a file, and I opened it up to look through it.

I saw a photo of a middle aged woman with long strawberry blonde hair and brown eyes. She had a light brown skin tone.

"Who is this?", I asked.

"She was my father's mistress, her name Is Macy. I believe she's also the one who murdered Queen Lily", he said.

I looked up at him, "Why would she frame Moises?", I asked.

"My father is a hypocrite, he constantly talks down on illegitimate children, when he himself has an illegitimate son.", he said.

My eyes widen, "You mean..", I paused for a second.

"She wanted to become the Queen, and make her son the crown prince", he said.

"I heard Prince Marshall was planning to poison your mother, but not fatal just enough to comatose her," I said.

Prince Morgan's facial expression changed from sorrowful to pissed off.

"That son of a bitch", he mumbled.

I looked closely at the picture, "Wait this woman, whose household does she come from, she looks familiar and favors someone I've seen recently", I said.

"She's Count Livens' sister", he said.

I stood up and held the picture in my hand.

"What, what's wrong?", he asked, looking concerned.

I looked up at him, "Count Livens is the one who gave Prince Marshall the poison", I said, "Does Prince Marshall not know she's the one who killed his mother?, I asked.

Prince Morgan's eyes widened, and we both were quiet for a few minutes. Suddenly we heard the trumpets going off.

"Look, the ball is almost over, hurry up and grab your daughters and leave", he said.

I walked to the door and turned around.

"Come to the Synovial's villa next to the Northern border", I said, while walking out.

(SAGE P.O.V)

After the trumpets blew, I noticed many people were getting ready to leave. Nashi and I went to go get Rosie and Sylvester so we could leave as well.

While walking through the door outside of the palace, one of the guards handed Nashi his keys. We walked to the car and Nashi and Sylvester helped us back into the car.

"Ready to head home girls", Sylvester said.

"I'm so exhausted, talking to nobles is so tiring", Rosie said, while sighing.

After Nashi pulled off, we waited for the guards to open the gate. We heard a tap on the window and saw my mother standing outside by the car. Sylvester opened the door to the back seat and moved over to let her in.

"Good job girls", she said, "Let's head back", she continued.

Once the gate was fully opened we exited off the palace grounds and headed towards the northern border.

"It's going to take a couple hours to get home, you girls should rest", Nashi said.

"I'm fine", I said.

"I'm going to take a nap", Rosie said.

An hour passed, since we were traveling and I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I turned over and saw Rosie and Sylvester had fallen asleep. Suddenly I saw Mother tapping Nashi's shoulders.

"Sage, Nashi", my mother called out to us.

Nashi nodded his head and looked into the rear view mirror, I turned my head looking towards the back window.

"Shit we're being followed", mother said.