Chapter 113- Debutante (5)
(NATALIE'S P.O.V)
I was sitting beside Duchess Mary, when I noticed Moises walking towards me. He suddenly reached his hand out towards me as he approached me.
“May I have this dance, my love” he said.
I placed my hand into his hand, shortly afterwards Moises led me to the dance floor, where multiple people were currently dancing.
Moises lifted my right hand and kissed it.
“Now that the main disturbance is gone, we can enjoy ourselves.”, Moises said.
A few minutes ago, I watched Prince Marshall and his daughter Princess Sarah walk out of the ballroom with some noblemen following behind them. I enjoyed the terrified look on his face when he realized my identity. It was very satisfying.
Moises and I danced for a while until the music came to an end. We exited the dance floor, and were walking towards our section again when I noticed Moises had a focused expression on his face. I turned my head and followed his line of sight and realized he was looking at King Lincoln.
“You should go talk to your father,” I said.
I felt Moises grip my hand a bit, “I will”,“Just not right now” he replied.
How stubborn, I thought. They both seem to have that in common.
I started to glance around the ballroom, “Where exactly is Christian?” I asked.
“My mother wanted him to be placed closer to my father” Moises suddenly said.
“She took it quite well when we introduced him to her”, I said.
“It must be a mother's nature”, Moises suddenly said, “She embraced him as if he was one of her son's” he added.
Moises continued to escort me up the stairs.
“By the way”, he suddenly said, “That dress is similar to the one where we first met.” He added.
Hmph, took time for you to notice, I mumbled.
“Has anyone seen Sage?” I heard Duke Winter say.
I quickly turned around and glanced around the ballroom.
“She's not in here” Moises and I said at the same time.
Suddenly, I noticed Lady Victoria walking towards the area where Nathan and Peyton were going to be patrolling.
“Maybe she went to find Peyton”, Moises said.
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(ROSEMARY'S P.O.V)
After Nathan and I left the balcony, I noticed Peyton standing beside the door. She turned towards Nathan and made some type of gesture to him.
“Rosemary”, Nathan called out to me.
I turned my head towards him and heard him say, “I'll be leaving after the ball. There is something I need to take care of” he said.
“What is it?”, I asked, curiously.
“Something only I can handle at the moment” he said, with a serious expression.
Right, I thought. That was always his answer whenever he wanted to avoid more questions.
“Fine, I'm going to go find Sage now,” I said as I was about to walk away from them.
Suddenly, I heard a sound and turned my head in the direction of the sound and noticed Yeshiva and Cena running towards us. They passed us by and ran onto the balcony.
“Yeshiva, Cena” I heard Peyton and Nathan say.
“Someone is following Sage,” Yeshiva said.
“What?, Who?” I said.
I followed behind them and watched as Yeshiva and Cena jumped off of the balcony into the garden below. A second later, Nathan jumped off of the balcony.
“Rosemary, go get your mother,” Peyton said.
I nodded and turned in the opposite direction and rushed over to the ballroom.
(SAGE'S P.O.V)
I was stunned for a few minutes as Prince Antonio's royal knight held the sword to the man's neck.
How did he appear so fast, I thought as I stared at him. No, where exactly did he come from, I thought to myself.
It took a few more seconds until I regained my composure. I stood up and walked up to the man, who was shivering a bit.
“An exchange, you say” I said as I approached them. “What exactly are we exchanging?” I asked, curiously.
The man who introduced himself as Baron Blackburn, tried to speak but the sword was against his neck. I looked up at the royal knight who introduced himself as Lord Joshua.
“Lord Joshua, I'll allow him to speak” I said.
I watched as he nodded and lowered the sword.
“Thank you, Duchess, for sparing me,” the man said. “I can sell you information, I know a lot of the nobles' dirty little secrets” he continued on saying.
“Those dirty little secrets, how about sharing it with me” I heard Prince Antonio's voice.
I looked over to his direction and saw him walking towards us with Lady Victoria, who was holding a white coat.
Suddenly, I heard more footsteps approaching and turned in their direction and saw Yeshiva and Cena, approaching us as well.
“Well, aren't you well protected, Duchess?” The man said.
“That she is” I heard my mother's voice. Who was walking behind the direction of the royal knight.
I noticed my father and Duke Winter were walking alongside her.
“Shit, this was a terrible mistake” I heard the man mumble.
Suddenly, I heard the trumpets start to blow.
“The ball will be over in ten minutes. Take him to the prison quarters” Duke Winter said.
“Wait!” The man shouted but everyone ignored him, a second later, Lord Joshua started to drag the man away.
“Come on, dear, we have to thank the guests for coming,” Duke Winter said.
I nodded and everyone turned around and started to walk towards the ballroom. For a split second, I felt an intense gaze as I felt the presence of someone else. I lifted my head up and noticed a person that was standing on one of the balconies. I noticed as they suddenly walked away.
“Princess”, I heard Prince Antonio say as I felt my right hand being held.
As we were walking into the ballroom again, Prince Antonio and I were suddenly standing in front of Nashi and Lady Chloé, as they were about to leave out of the ballroom.
“Princess Sage”, Lady Chloe said, and gestured towards Nashi. “I wanted to introduce you two before we left. This is my fiancé, Duke Nashi Synovial”, Lady Chloé said, while smiling.
“It's nice to meet you, Duke Synovial” I said, “I'm Duchess Sage Winter”. I greeted him and looked directly into his face. I watched as he smiled but his eyes weren't when he looked over at Lady Chloe.
“Oh, right, Princess”, Lady Chloe suddenly said, “Since you were announced as the Crown Princess of Kalpana, does that mean the treaty between the kingdom's has been agreed upon.” Lady Chloe suddenly asked.
Before I could speak, Prince Antonio suddenly lifted up my right hand and kissed it.
“This had nothing to do with the treaty. We just happened to learn that we're destined partners. Although, only us fellow aura users are able to know that”, he replied.
I watched the frown form on Nashi's face as Prince Antonio led me away.
(PRINCE MORGAN'S P.O.V)
After the final trumpets blew to let the guests know that the ball was officially over. I watched as my grandfather and Princess Sage thanked everyone for coming.
When the guests started to leave the ballroom. My father and I stood up from our seats. I watched as my mother started to walk our way.
“Morgan”, I heard my father say.
“Yes, father”, I responded.
“Take your mother out of here”, he suddenly said.
I was confused as to why he suddenly said that.
“Father..” I was about to say but my father held up his hand.
“Just do it”, he said, in a demanding tone.
I nodded my head and started to walk towards my mother and Sylvia.
It took about twenty minutes until the ballroom became completely emptied.
“Mother, I'll escort you to your guest room now”, I said.
My mother turned towards me, “What about Lincoln? Will he and Moises be able to discuss their problems rationally without us” my mother said.
“I think so, mother,” I replied.
When I escorted my mother and Sylvia down the stairs. I noticed Moises was looking at our father's direction as we walked past him. Five minutes later, we walked across the ballroom towards the stairs that led to entrance and exit. My mother and Sylvia walked out of the ballroom first. When I was about to exit, I suddenly heard Moises shout after hearing a loud sound.
“Father!” I heard Moises shout.
When I turned around I noticed my father had fallen onto the floor.
I rushed down the stairs as Moises and Christian dropped down to the floor where our father had fallen.
“Morgan, go get Doctor Williams and Na'mah right now!” Moises shouted.