Chapter 64-Tying up a loose end(2)

(SAGE P.O.V)

After my father and mother left, I remembered the letter Hannah gave to me. I got out of the bed and walked over to the desk in my room. When I picked up the letter, it had Rosie and I's names on it. I walked over to the bed and shook Rosie awake. She started to groan as she was waking up.

“What do you want?”, she asked while rubbing her eyes.

“Wake up so we can read this letter from Hannah” I said.

“Why do I sense danger?” she asked, while glaring.

I shrugged my shoulders.

She got up and pulled the covers off of her. I sat down next to her and opened the letter. We both looked at the letter together.

“Hello my dear princesses, I will be arriving at the Dukedom in a few days to get you ready for the debutante. We have some extensive lessons to go through to prepare you for your social debut. This time you won't be disguised, everyone will know you two publicly. So prepare yourselves and try not to get yourselves arrested. P.s You both would need an escort” Hannah said in the letter.

Rosie and I looked at each other. Rosie pretended to shiver a bit.

“It's the return of Hannah's evil ruler,” she said.

Before I could laugh, someone knocked on the door. I got up and walked over to answer it and saw Lucy.

“Duke Winter is calling for you two” she said.

We nodded and went to get dressed. A few minutes later, we followed Lucy to the first floor.

We walked into the room, I saw Duke Winter sitting on the couch with an amused expression.

“Duke Winter, you called for us?” I asked.

He smiled, “Yes my dear” he said.

He gestured for us to sit across from him. We walked over and took a seat.

“The seamstress will be arriving soon to get your measurements and design the dresses you two choose to wear,” he said.

He gestured to Lucy and she left the room. Duke Winter looked over at Rosemary.

“Rosemary my dear, Yeshiva can escort you for your debutante. He can just disguise himself as one of the knights” he said.

Rosie smiled and nodded.

He looked over at me, “Do you know who you want to escort you?” He asked.

“I'll have Nashi escort me” I said even though I didn't like his behavior.

A moment later, Lucy returned to the room with an older woman walking behind her.

“The seamstress is here” she said

Duke Winter gestured for us to follow Lucy. Rosie and I got up from our seat and followed behind her.

(DUKE WINTER’S P.O.V)

I had a feeling Moises wasn't going to mention the destined partner situation to Sage. But it's still too early for her to get married, I should let it flow naturally. I'll have to see how young Duke Nashi reacts to the whole situation, before I have to step in.

I got up from my seat and was about to make my way back to the office upstairs and saw my butler Jackson approaching me.

“Sir, I've contacted the Crown Prince of Kalpana, they should be arriving sometime tomorrow” he said.

I nodded my head, “Understood, now we shall get the arrangements ready for the ballroom.. We'll be expecting a lot of guests ” I said.

“Yes sir, I'll inform the staff” he said.

I continued my walk upstairs to the office. When I made it back, I walked over and took a seat and opened the rest of the letters.

I opened the letter from Duke Pordigase and smirked when I read it. It looks like the next conference will be even more interesting. I wonder how they would react for the next commotion.

I heard the door open, when I looked over I saw Jackson and my wife.

“Jackson, is Malaysia's room ready for her arrival?”, I asked.

He nodded, “Yes sir” he said.

“Good”, I said and I handed him an envelope, “Send this letter to the courts to start processing the divorce. Since it will take a month to finalize”, I said.

He walked over and took the letter. He bowed and left the office.

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I looked at the time, they should've made it to the meeting by now, I thought to myself.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

Nathan, Yeshiva and I, started to make our way to the headquarters. We left a few hours after Natalie and Masiro, because we were discussing with the knight about the battle at the western border. Nathan continued to think something about the attack was strange.

After a few hours of traveling through the forest on horseback we finally made it to the headquarters. It was a large building with people standing outside conversing. I got down from my horse and walked over to the stable that was next to the building.

“Looks like everyone has arrived, I wonder if Prince Morgan made it yet.” Nathan said.

“We'll see once we get inside” I said.

We tied the horses up and walked over to the building. As I was walking, I heard gasping and whispering. When I entered the building, everyone turned around facing my direction.

“Prince Moises?” I heard someone say.

“No fucking way, it is Prince Moises”, someone else said.

Suddenly, everyone stepped forward and bowed their heads to me.

“Prince Moises!”, they shouted.

I felt someone placed their hand on the top of my left shoulder. When I looked over, I saw Morgan smirking and looking at the people who were bowing. I looked back over at them.

“You may rise,” I said.

When they raised their heads and looked up at me.

“Are you back to take the throne?”, a middle-aged man asked.

I nodded and instantly they all kneel on one knee.

“We're ready to serve you, your highness!”, they shouted.

“Prince Marshall has pushed his coronation to next month. He will try to declare war with the Kalpana Kingdom.” Morgan said.

“Next month?” Someone asked.

“Yes but he's in for a very special surprise” Morgan said.

What surprise?, I thought to myself, him and grandfather are definitely up to something.

After everyone stood back up, Morgan, Nathan, Yeshiva and I went into the meeting room.

“He should be here in a second,” Nathan said.

I looked at him, “Who should be here?” I asked.

Nathan looked at me and smirked, “Ah, you haven't met your brother in law yet huh? He said.

A second later, a man entered the meeting room. He had the same reddish hair and green eyes as Masiro, Natalie and Rosemary.

“I see, you made it Valian”, Nathan said.

The man Valian walked over to me and reached his hand out.

“It's still surprising to find out, I'm in-laws with a royal” he said and we shook hands.

“Nice to meet you too”, I said.

I heard a loud clap sound and we all looked over in the direction and saw Morgan had sat down by the table.

“Now then, shall we start the meeting”, he said.

We walked over and took a seat.

“Valian, what have you learned so far?” Morgan asked, looking in his direction.

“Count Livens, is trying to recruit Nathan and the rebel groups to get them on his side without Prince Marshall knowing. And I found out something very interesting” he said.

“What is it?”Morgan, Nathan and I asked at the same time.

“It's about Prince Christian's mother Macy Livens,” Valian said.

“What about her?” Morgan and I asked at the same time.

Valian looked over at Morgan and I.

“Prince Moises and Prince Morgan, Did you know that Macy Livens was the former fiance of Lance Vanuatu” he asked.

What the fuck, Lance Vanuatu is my father's brother who died in a hunting accident.

“Wait, but she was my father's mistress”, I said.

“She also was supposed to be the Queen, if Crown Prince Lance didn't die” he said.

Morgan and I looked at each other, “That could be the reason she murdered Queen Lily, even though my father married her for political reasons. my mother was probably next” I said.

“Another interesting thing is, Queen Lily was the one who commissioned our Henrico Clan to murder you, which is how you met my sister. She wanted her son Prince Marshall to be the next king” Valian said.

“What the fuck”, Morgan mumbled.

Ah, that explains why she was at the ball that night and broke into my room a few days later, I thought to myself. Sage and Rosemary were conceived that night, I should visit her grave and thank her.

“Once Prince Marshall becomes king, the treaty between the Vanuatu kingdom and the former Winter kingdom expires, once my father isn't King anymore” I said looking at Valian.

Morgan laid back in his chair and folded his arms.

“Our father only became King, because our mother had already ascended to the throne of the Winter Kingdom, before the two kingdoms united”, Morgan said.

I nodded my head in agreement.

“So to get a clear understanding, Count Livens framed me for Queen Lily's murder because I was the first obstacle to their plans. Queen Lily sent a mercenary to murder me because she wanted her son to be the next king. And now Count Livens is trying to make his nephew the King by getting Marshall killed.” I said.

Morgan nodded.

“Sounds like we should go with Natalie's plan to turn them against each other.” Yeshiva said.

“Well, we'll see how the meeting goes between Masiro and Count Livens,” I said.

“Hold up, my father is meeting Count Livens today?”, Valian asked.

I nodded.

Valian put his hand on his chin as he was thinking to himself.

“We can use this, I'm pretty sure my father has people infiltrating Count Livens' estate. They'll be able to gather the information we need to turn them against each other” he said.

(NATALIE P.O.V)

After leaving the Northern border, we traveled for a couple of hours until we made it to the eastern region. Before meeting Count Livens, my father met up with Jemas, another clan member that he brought with him.

“Jemas”, my father said as Jemas climbed into the back seat of the truck with Cena and Peyton.

“Chief, everything is set. We have three people disguised as guards and one disguised as a maid.” Jemas said.

“Any useful information?”, my father asked.

Jemas nodded, “Looks like Count Livens is more shady than we thought.” He said.

“What do you mean?”Father asked.

“He commissioned us to attack the Winter Dukedom after the coronation”, he said.

“What?”, we all said at the same time.

“Son of a bitch”, I said.

I looked over and saw my father smirking.

“Father, what the hell are you planning?”, I asked.

Without saying anything, father started to drive off. I continued to look at him as he was driving.

“Father”, I said, still looking at him.

“Let's head to the meeting”, he said in the calmest tone.

Ah shit, he's pissed, I thought to myself.

We rode until we arrived in front of Count Livens' villa. After getting out, father gestured for Jemas and Cena to climb over the wall. He pressed the intercom and a few seconds later, Count Livens and a few of his guards came walking to the gate.

“Ah, it's nice to have you here Mr. Henrico”, Count Livens said.

“Lìkewise”, father said.

After the gate opened, we followed Count Livens into the villa. We walked until we made it into an office on the first floor.

He gestured for us to take a seat.

“I see you brought some of your clan members with you”, Count Livens said.

“Yes, these two are my squad leaders”, father said.

Count Livens looked at us and I can tell he's misogynistic. He cleared his throat and looked back at my father.

“I sent a commission, because I would like for you to join us in the upcoming war” he said.

“three million”, father said.

“I've already sent a million in the commission”, he said.

“Well the commission just went up”, father said.

Count Livens balled up his fist, and my father continued to look at him in a calm manner.

“Fine, I'll give you the other two million, and the location you need to come to”, Count Livens said.

Count liven gestured to one of his guards. He brought him a checkbook and Count livens wrote on it. After a few seconds he handed it to my father.

Father nodded and they shook hands, “Pleasure doing business with you”, Count Livens said.

Count Livens got up and walked over to the door. We followed them out of the office. I glanced and saw Cena and Jemas, Cena made a gesture to my father. After walking back to the front door, we exited out of the villa. When we walked out of the gate, father turned around and looked towards Count Livens.

“Hey Count”, father said.

“Yes, Mr. Henrico”, Count Livens said, as he turned around facing us.

My father smirked, “I hope this villa is more fireproof then the last one” father said.

Count Livens' eyes widened and father pointed towards the villa that had smoke coming from it.

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