Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 53-Another problem (2)

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

I remained in the garden with Yeshiva after telling Rosemary to get some rest. At least, until we find out exactly what part of the forest Sage escaped through. After giving it a second thought, Yeshiva and I walked back into the villa to go back to the Duke office. When we returned, Duke Vernon was sitting by the desk with his hands on head leaning over in the chair. He looked over towards the door as we walked into the room.

"I need to find out more about this peace treaty conference", I said walking to his desk.

"We need to visit Marquise Lombard, he's the current advisor over the diplomatic issues", Duke Vernon said.

I placed my hand onto his right shoulder.

"I'm pretty sure Natalie is going to break Sylvester out. We're going to have more problems on our hands", I said, feeling a little sympathetic.

"We need to find..", Duke Vernon was about to say until the door came flying open.

I looked back and saw Rosemary dragging a maid by the foot. When I saw the maid was dead because her throat was slit, it was like seeing Natalie all over again when she fought maids that were sent to her villa by my brother.

Yeshiva ran over to Rosemary and checked on her, completely ignoring the dead body that was just dragged inside the room. I'm reminded again just how ruthless that side of their bloodline is.

"What happened?", I asked, standing up to her.

She threw the maid's leg down and rubbed her hands on her pants, whipping the blood off them.

"Looks like we have a spy", she said.

Duke Vernon stood up, "A spy but from who?", he asked no one in particular as he was thinking.

"My guess is my brother", I said.

"So what now?"Rosemary asked.

I looked over at Duke Vernon, "How many new maids do you have?" I asked

He placed his right hand onto his chin while he thought to himself.

"We recently hired three maids from the Count Livens estate after they were fired. We wanted to make sure he didn't know your family was involved with the fire" he explained.

Rosemary walked and slammed her hand onto the table.

"Is that why Nashi assigned them to me?"she asked, looking upset.

Duke Vernon nodded his head, "So we could get rid of them", he said.

I gestured my head to Rosemary and Yeshiva, "Get rid of them now" I said.

They nodded and left the room.

I looked back over at Duke Vernon, "We should wait on Natalie to return to the villa. I'm sure Sylvester knows which way Sage went." I said.

Duke Vernon nodded his head and I sat back in the chair.

(NATALIE P.O.V)

It took some time finding a tunnel we could move a pregnant woman through, once we found one bigger enough for her to fit in. I told Sylvester where I parked the car outside of the commoners village and to take her to the car while I had a little chat with the queen. After Sylvester left, I went my usual route through the laundry room, and took a maids uniform. I had to remember which side of the palace the queens were on.

While walking through the hallway with cleaning supplies in my hand. I heard a familiar voice, I looked back and saw Hannah talking to multiple maids. I was hoping she didn't notice because she can get a little annoying. When she didn't look over at me, I continued to walk away in the opposite direction.

While walking, I managed to get to the second floor of the palace's right wing. I started walking through the hallway, and heard a maid fussing at someone inside one of the rooms. The door was cracked opened and I walked over to eavesdrop. I heard a loud slap and heard someone fall onto the floor.

"You little bitch" I heard a female voice.

I was about to open the door but saw the person was about to leave the room. I hurried to another room and peeked behind the door.

"Little bitch better be lucky" I saw a young female maid.

When she left, I walked to the door she came out from and opened it.

"Who are you?" I heard a young girls voice.

When I looked over at her and I felt my heart drop.

She looked like a younger version of Sage but she had blue eyes.

"Who are you? She asked again.

I walked over to her and she started to slide back while on the bed. She looked frightened.

"Did that maid just hit you?", I asked, getting pissed off.

She nodded, "She's the maid for Princess Sarah", she said.

I was getting upset, "Who the fuck.." I stopped myself.

Shit she's just a child I'll have to watch my mouth.

"Who is that?", I asked.

She looked down and had a sad expression.

"She's Prince Marshall's daughter," she said.

I balled my fist up.

"What's your name and who's your father?", I asked.

"I'm Princess Kalia, my father is Prince Morgan.", she said.

"Get up", I said sternly looking at her.

She still looked frightened as she looked up at me

"Why?", she asked, while sliding back again.

I turned around and looked back at her.

"Follow me", I said.

"Where?", she said, I could hear her getting off the bed.

"To kill a maid", I said and walked to the door.

I heard her gasp, but she still followed behind me. I told her to show me where this maid was, and we walked up to the third floor. When we got upstairs I saw the maid coming out of a room. She had long honey blonde hair and yellow eyes. She saw me and then saw Princess Kalia.

"You little bitch you're not allowed on this floor" she said looking at Princess Kalia.

She pointed one of her fingers at me, "And who are you?", she asked with an attitude.

I looked over at Princess Kalia and she was shivering. I instantly got pissed off all over again.

"Princess Kalia", I called out to her.

She looked at me and was still shivering until she saw my expression. She stop shivering and looked back at the maid.

"What would you like for me to do?", I asked her seriously.

Without hesitation, "Please kill her", she said.

That was all I needed to hear, I ran towards the maid and grabbed her by the neck. I lifted up her body and snapped her neck. I watched as her body dropped to the floor. I heard Princess Kalia gasp.

I looked back because I thought she was still afraid. When I saw her expression she looked relieved. She took a step forward towards me.

"Please teach me that", she said, with sparkles in her eyes.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

After Yeshiva and I killed the other three maids. Yeshiva grabbed me and threw over his shoulder, he ran up to the room he was in and shut the door.

"That was so sexy", he said, with a lustful look.

He picked me and pinned me against the door.

"Do you really think we have the time to have sex?", I asked and slapped his arm.

"Sorry, but I can't hold it", he said and kissed my neck.

"Ah, Sage is going to kill you", I said while giggling after my neck started to tickle.

"Well, before I die by her hands I should have at least taste you one last time" he said and pulled my shirt over my head.

He started to take off my clothes and lifted me up again. Without warning, he thrusted into me hard and I grabbed the back of his head pulling onto his curly hair.

I moaned as he began to thrust faster and grabbed ahold of my right breast. He sucked on my nipple and bit a little.

"Yeshiva slow down" I said softly gripping his right shoulder.

"No way, the only person that gets to touch you like this is only me" he said and thrusted faster.

He walked over while he was still inside me and placed onto the bed and continued to thrust into me.

After an hour passed,we laid down and he wrapped his arm around me.

"I'll be leaving to track down Sage" he said while caressing my hair.

"When are you leaving?", I asked.

"Tonight, I'll be going into the forest surrounding the palace searching for traces of her," he said, "You will attend one of the meetings with your father," he added.

I rolled over and looked up at the ceiling.

"Sage, where the hell are you?", I mumbled.

(SAGE P.O.V)

After we left from the western border, Nathan and Viscount Palin called us for a meeting. We sat in the office to discuss the recent attack. Since that Knight said this was just the beginning, I wondered what he meant.

"Any news on Duke Winter arrival", Nathan asked Viscount Palin.

"He should be arriving sometime tomorrow to look at the damages. In the meantime, we need to take care of the injured villagers." He said.

"Let's work on giving some medical treatment and some food.", Nathan said.

After the meeting, Chena, Nathan and I went to the market to gather enough food for the village near the border. When we arrived, we headed to the medical tent that Viscount Palin had set up. We helped the doctor's feed the patients and suddenly I felt someone place their hand on my head. I looked back and saw Nathan standing behind me.

"Sage" he whispered in my ear.

"Yes", I answered, looking back at him.

"Your hair, the dye is fading. We need to dye it before the villager sees your hair", he said.

I lifted up my hair that was laying across my shoulder and saw the brown color coming in. I looked up at Nathan.

"Are they going to attack me?", I asked curiously.

"It's not the attack I'm worried about", he said, "a lot of the orphans have been coming up missing. I'm worried that they're being taken by slave traders", he said.

"What?", I asked.

Nathan was about to say something until one of the guards came into the tent. He walked up to Nathan and gestured for him to follow. They walked over to the right side of the tent and talked for a moment. After talking for a few minutes, Nathan came over and gestured for me to follow him. I continued to follow back to the villa. When we entered he gestured for me to go up the stairs. When I walked up I saw Asiana holding onto the wall coming towards me. I hurried over and hugged her.

"I'm glad you're safe", she said.

"I told you to come back unharmed", I said and hugged her again.

"We have a problem, the king is searching for you. Now that Queen Malaysia introduced you as her granddaughter to the noblewomen. He's furious because now he can't harm you without the public knowing" Asiana explained.

"You mean she did that on purpose?", I asked.

Asiana nodded her head, "Now that rumors are spreading that Prince Moises has children. The nobles are curious and now they're demanding the royal family for an answer" she explained.

"What are we going to do?", I asked.

Asiana grabbed both of my arms and looked directly at me in the eyes.

"Go to your great grandparents in the western region. The king won't be able to touch you" she said.

Not even a second later, Nathan came walking up the stairs with a gentleman that had short wavy reddish hair and green eyes, he was average height and looked just like Na'mah and my mother.

Nathan reached his hand towards the man.

"Sage, This is your uncle Valian Henrico, he's here to take you to Duke Winter estate" Nathan said

The man walked up and reached his hand out.

"I met your sister already, she was with your mother," he said.

I shook his hand and he smiled.

"Wow, I have four nieces now, and it sounds like all of you are a pain in the ass," he said and smirked.

I glared at him and continued to smirk. Nathan slapped his arm.

"Hey, even if she's your niece I'll still kick your ass", he said.

Nathan and Valian started to laugh at each other.

"Shall we go Princess, we can send a message to your parents once we get to the Duke's estate", Valian said.

I nodded my head and looked at Nathan and Asiana and both nodded their heads and told me they would come and visit me. After I went to the room and grabbed some of the belongings that Nathan gave me. He told Chena to remain by my side since she is now my guard.

Valian, Chena and I left the villa and got onto the horses that Nathan had someone bring outside in front of the villa.

We entered the forest and started to ride towards the Duke Winters estate. While traveling through the forest, something caught my attention. Someone was standing next to the river and it looked like a man from the way they were built. Suddenly, he looked in my direction and I saw a man with long silver hair down his back. A second later, an older man with a bald man came walking beside him. Since they were in the distance I couldn't see their faces. We rode passed them and I heard Valian who was in front of me said loudly.

"Shit, what the fuck is Count Livens doing here?:, he said.

"Count Livens, then Who's the man next to him", I thought to myself.