Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 57- Obsession

(SAGE P.O.V)

After talking to the villagers for a couple of hours. When we returned to the castle it had already gotten dark. I went into the office of Duchess Mary. I was told she was going to teach me about managing an estate and how to manage the different properties that the Winter Dukedom owns. I was surprised to learn just how rich I became overnight.

“It's wonderful to have you here, my darling” Duchess Mary said,'' Since our daughter Malaysia was our only child, we were wondering who would inherit our estate. We were going to give it to your father or Morgan Since the Duke and I are old, we were happy to find out we had more grandchildren",She added.

“What about Prince Morgan's children?”, I asked.

She placed her hand on the top of my hand,”You're the oldest out of them all, that makes you the heiress to the estate” she explained.

She got up from the desk and walked over to the bookshelf and grabbed a folder. When she sat back down and opened it then she handed it to me.

“This is a form, we will put you in the family registry. Your last name will change to Winter” she explained.

I nodded my head, “Sounds better then Vanuatu”, I said, while looking at the document.

She started to laugh, “After the conference, we'll talk to your sister, we will have a debutante for the both of you” she said.

Ah, I don't think Rosie cares about being a noble. She might reject it, if she has to deal with nobles all the time, I thought to myself.

“I'll definitely let her know”, I said, and smiled. It'll definitely be interesting seeing her reaction.

“We're planning to add your father and sister to the registry as well and your mother if she wants. Exiled or not, we haven't made any moves or done anything to the royal family because our daughter is the Queen. Once Prince Marshall becomes king, he has no ties to us since he comes from a different household. So he will automatically lose the support of the Winter Dukedom.” She said,

We heard a knock on the door and Lucy the head maid walked in.

“Dinner is ready”, she said while bowing.

We went to the dining room and the guard that Duke Winter assigned for me escorted me. Since Chena remained in the village after Duke Winter asked her to help the villagers in the medical tent and because she had a rebels meeting to go to tomorrow.

Valian left the castle after saying he was going to go meet Nathan.

“Sage, after the conference I'll take you to visit your parents. Once we get your father's approval we'll start to plan your debutante and succession ceremony. We have to do it before the coronation” Duke Winter said.

I nodded my head and continued to eat my food. I heard Duke Winter clear his throat and I looked towards his direction.

“Sage, are you together with Young Duke Nashi Synovial?”Duke Winter asked.

“Yes, he even asked my father if he could marry me after the war” I replied.

“Did your father give his approval?”Duke Winter asked.

“Barely” I said, while chuckling a little.

“Hmmm, he seems like a decent man but I don't know him that well. I should meet him again. Maybe he can be your escort for the debutante or you can take one of the knights” he said.

“Okay, I'll ask Nashi to be my escort,” I said.

(NATALIE P.O.V)

After being nagged by Moises and my father for couple of hours about not telling them about Prince Marshall's sexual harassment, when I was dressed as maid. I had to stop them from almost destroying Duke Vernon's office. I ended up changing the topic to calm them down.

I shrugged my shoulders and looked over at Na'mah.

“Na'mah are you still good at reversing poison?” I asked.

She nodded, “Yes, but it depends on how long they consumed it.” She said.

“After we leave the office, work with me and I'll find out more information.” I said.

I looked at Sylvester, “Do you think you can get in contact with Hannah discreetly?”, I asked.

Sylvester nodded his head.

I was about to get ready to leave the office to talk to Na'mah some more about reversing the Queen's condition.

“Wait”, Rosemary said, getting our attention.

We all looked over at her.

“Didn't he come here looking for us when we were dressed as maids? He even asked Sage if she saw a woman with reddish hair , " she said, bringing the topic back up again.

I suddenly thought about it, “he has a maid fetish, does that mean he has an obsession for maids?”, I asked.

Moises suddenly started pacing back and forth. While Rosemary sat there thinking to herself. Duke Vernon, Nashi and Sylvester were looking at Moises with concerned looks on their faces.

“What is it?”, I asked.

“You,” he said, looking directly at me, while still pacing both and forth.

“What about me?”, I asked, feeling confused.

Moises walked over to Serbia.

“Did my brother ever tell you when he started liking maids?” Moises asked.

Serbia nodded her head, “Supposedly he fell in love with a maid at one of the royal balls a long time ago. He even had one of the maids dye her hair..” Serbia paused for a second and looked over at me.

Moises looked at me and sighed, “Natalie, you're his obsession” he said, while balling up his fist.

I immediately started to gag and felt my skin crawl.

Hearing that I could possibly be that bastard obsession, really made me want to kill him even more.

“That could explain why he hates father so much. Father was the Crown Prince and had the woman he fell in love with” Rosemary said, while sounding amused. “Sounds like you both fell for mother at the same royal ball” she added, while giggling.

I glared at her and she continued to laugh.

“When did he find out you were pregnant?”My father asked.

I started to think and Moises walked over to me.

“I remembered having assassin's disguised as maids and butlers kept coming to my villa. I was about a month pregnant at the time. After that, Moises and I were constantly fighting against assassins until the time he got framed for murder” I said.

They started questioning me about the time I was in the dungeon. That bastard would never come into the cell, but he would stare at me with a lustful look sometimes.

“Maybe we should send someone undercover, so we can get those sick bastards arrested,” Duke Vernon said.

Suddenly, we heard yelling and we all ran out of the office. We saw the two maids running towards us.

“What's going on?” Duke Vernon asked.

“Princess Sarah is throwing stuff around the room”, the maid said as she was panting.

I looked over at Rosemary and Cena, “You two come join me, I wonder if she knows just how much of a scumbag her father is”, I said.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

We walked over to the room, and heard the sound of grass breaking. Mother opened the door, and was about to walk in. She was almost hit with a vase, but she quickly moved out of the way.

“Who the hell are you people?! Do you know you kidnap a princess?!”Princess Sarah yelled.

“Yeah, I'm the one who took you out of the palace,” mother said, while folding her arms.

“How dare you! Wait, until my father finds me. He's going to execute you all!” she shouted, while glaring at us.

“If you don't stop yelling, your father will find pieces of you”, Cena said, while plugging her ears because of the loud screaming.

Mother and I looked at Cena and then at Princess Sarah who stopped yelling.

“What do you people want?”, she asked, with an attitude.

“The death of your father” Mother said, without hesitation.

I looked at her, she wasn't any better than Cena, I mumbled to myself.

I walked up to Princess Sarah because someone had to talk rationally if we wanted to get information out of her.

“Hello, I'm Rosemary, the daughter of Prince Moises, that makes you my cousin.” I said trying to look friendly.

“Wasn't your father exiled? Princess Sarah said, while rolling her eyes ``Then you are his bastard child right” she said with a smirk on her face.

I sighed.

I grabbed her by the hair and dragged her until i walked on the other side of the room and opened the window.

“I knew you couldn't hold it” Mother and Cena said at the same time while smirking.

Mother gestured for me to bring her by the bed. She kept kicking as I dragged her. When I set her up against the bed. Mother bent down in front of her.

“I'll give you a second to process what's happening”, mother said in a calm tone.

“My father will find me,” Princess Sarah said.

“Child, I doubt it if your father even knows you're missing right now,” mother said.

Princess Sarah's eyes widened.

“Now tell us what your father has been up to”, mother demanded.

Princess Sarah shook her head. Cena pulled up a pocket knife and handed it to my mother.

My mother cut a piece of Princess Sarah's hair and held it in her face.

“How about I send your father a piece of your hair one piece at a time” mother said.

Instantly Princess Sarah started to shiver and nodded her head.

“My father is supposed to marry a princess from the neighborhood kingdom of Kalpana,.” She said

“Then why is the kingdom of Kalpana attacking this kingdom so much?” Mother asked.

“The deal was to exchange a princess for a peace treaty and the King promised the oldest princess as the deal. The kingdom of Kalpana, demands the king's part of the deal or they will keep attacking, until the deal is either fulfilled or the kingdom has to surrender” she explained.

All of a sudden, I heard footsteps behind me. I looked in the direction of the door and saw my father and grandfather and they looked pissed.

“Looks like we are going to war with both kingdoms”, they said at the same time.

“We're leaving in the morning, we need to visit my grandfather” father said.

We all left out of the room and followed behind my father and grandfather. Mother closed the door to the room Princess Sarah was in.

Grandfather and the rest of them went downstairs. While Mother and I followed my father to the Duke's office and he told him we were going to leave the villa tomorrow and head to the western region. I left the office while they were still discussing the conference.

After I was walking to my room, I heard a loud crashing sound coming from one of the rooms. A moment later, it was quiet. I opened the door and my mouth dropped. I looked around the room as I stood by the door. I saw Nashi laying on the floor asleep with broken liquor bottles on the floor.

“What the fuck is this” I mumbled.

Suddenly, I felt someone come behind me. I turned around and saw Sylvester standing behind me and he sighed.

“Shit, looks like you found out,” Sylvester said.

I grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him close to me looking directly in his face.

“Why the fuck does Nashi have painting portraits of Sage everywhere” I said, glaring at Sylvester.

Sylvester held his head back and sighed again.

“Nashi is obsessed with Sage. It became worse once he realized she didn't really need him or his protection anymore” Sylvester said.

For fuck sake, how weak.

“I won't tell anyone as long as he stays away from Sage” I said.

Sylvester sighed. “I can't promise that,” he said.

I let go of his shirt and started to walk away. I glanced back in his direction.

“If you want your brother to remain alive. Tell him to get his shit together” I said and walked to my room.