Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 65-Tying up loose ends (3)

(NASHI'S P.O.V)

I sat in my room contemplating on what I should do. I'm sure Sage will allow me to escort her. But what do I do about the other fiancé? I questioned myself.

I got up from my bed and decided to go talk to Sylvester. I walked over and knocked on his room door.

“Nashi”, he said after opening the door.

I held my head down.

“Sylvester what should I do?”, I asked.

Sylvester sighed, “Come in” he said.

I walked into his room following behind him. I sat down on the couch that was across his bed.

“Honestly, you need to get your shit together”, Sylvester said.

I looked up at him, “I've never been in this position before”, I said.

“Well, it isn't up to you, it's her choice on what she wants to do.”, Sylvester said.

“How can I win against a Crown Prince?”, I asked and sighed.

“The Crown Prince is the least of your worries”, Sylvester said.

“What do you mean?”I asked, looking at him.

He glared at me, “Dude, you need to worry about staying the hell alive. What if they find out about your obsession with Sage. Have you seen her family?” Sylvester said.

“Ah”, I said.

Suddenly, we heard a knock on the door. Sylvester got up to open it. Our father was standing in the hallway.

“Looks like the next conference is in two days”, father said.

“I'll let Natalie know when she gets back from the eastern region”, Sylvester said.

Our father nodded his head and walked away from the door. Sylvester turned and faced my direction.

“If your going to be the next Duke, start fucking acting like it. Whether Sage stays with you or not.” He said.

I nodded.

“Good, try not to get yourself killed. Because they won't hesitate”, he said.

I nodded and stood up and walked to the door.

“I should get ready for the conference, I feel something is about to happen soon”, I said.

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

After my father pointed towards the villa. Count Livens turned his head and started to shout at us as soon as he turned back around facing us.

“What is the meaning of this!”, he shouted.

I watched as the guards started to run towards the villa, and people were running out. I looked over at my father, who still had a calm demeanor.

“A commission from one of your fellow noblemen”, father said.

Count Livens' eyes widened even more as if he was in disbelief.

“Who is it!”Count Livens shouted.

My father smirked, “That's confidential”, he said and turned around and started to walk towards his truck. We followed behind him as Count Livens continued to shout. Father completely ignored him and climbed into the truck.

After I climbed into the truck, I looked directly at my father.

“I'm surprised you didn't kill him”, I said.

He looked at me and slightly grinned, “That's too easy, wouldn't planting a seed of doubt be better. It makes the hunt even better when the prey doesn't know who's hunting them” he said.

“You're lucky, you weren't arrested,” Peyton said.

Father looked back at her, “Do you really think he wants people to know he hired mercenaries. Nobles like him try to hide their hands while others do their dirty work.” He said.

He started to drive off and a few minutes later, he pulled over and Cena got back into the truck. I realized she was following us through the woods.

“Were you able to get it?”, father asked Cena.

Cena nodded and handed him something.

“What's that?”, I asked, curiously.

“Compensation, how dare that bastard try to commission us to attack my own granddaughter's estate, " he said and held up Count Livens checkbook.

“Now what gift should I buy for my granddaughters debutantes?”he mumbled.

Speaking of their debutantes, I wonder what Sage is going to do about her escort, I thought to myself.

We started to make our way back to the Northern border.

(SAGE P.O.V)

We walked into a large dressing room after following behind Lucy. When we entered, we saw Duchess Mary, who was holding a few books in her hands. She looked over at us and gestured for us to come and sit next to her.

“I picked out a few catalogs with designs that you two might like”, she said.

We sat down next to her and handed Rosie and I, a catalog that had different styles of dresses.

I flipped through the pages for a few minutes until I found this gorgeous cream and gold ball dress that had a sparkle to it.

“I like this one”, I said, showing it to Duchess Mary.

She smiled, “that's a gorgeous dress, and it fits you perfectly my dear”, she said.

I looked over at Rosie who was still flipping through the pages. A second later, she held the catalog up and pointed at an off the shoulders light pink ball gown that had diamonds throughout the dress.

When we were done picking out the dresses, Lucy started to take our measurements, while the seamstress was talking to Duchess Mary. I don't know what it was, but the seamstress seems a little strange to me. She was constantly glancing at Rosie and I, or maybe I was just overthinking it.

“I should have they're dresses ready in a few days. We can do the first fittings, and if we have to make adjustments, we'll be able to get it done before the ball.”, the seamstress said, she was average height, with long wavy ginger hair and amber eyes.

Duchess Mary got up and walked over to where we were standing. She placed her hand on both of our shoulders.

“After your debutante, you two will be getting a lot of invitations from different noble households. We will see who will be a good support or a threat. Either way, we will deal with them accordingly”, she said.

We nodded our heads.

After getting our measurements taken, Rosie and I decided to visit the knights at the training grounds. When we walked over , everyone that was there greeted us.

“Let's spar” Rosie said.

We walked over to where the knights kept the wooden swords. After getting our swords, Rosie and I started sparring.

“Sage, what are you going to do about the Crown Prince proposing to you?” Rosie asked.

“I still have no intentions on marrying someone I barely know.” I said.

“What about Nashi?”, she asked.

I really don't like his behavior, but the situation was understandable.

I noticed Rosie started looking behind me. I turned round and saw Duke Winter coming in our direction. We started to walk towards him and met him halfway.

“Sage my dear, we will be attending another conference in two days”, he said and looked over at Rosie. “Rosemary my dear, will you like to join us?", he asked.

Rosie nodded without hesitation. Duke Winter smiled and placed his right hand on Rosie's left shoulder.

“Your grandmother Malaysia would like to see you, she has something to talk about with you” Duke Winter said.

“Okay”, Rosie said.

“Come now my dear, dinner is also ready. Your father should be returning soon, he said.

We walked over and returned the wooden swords into their holding places. We walked back and followed behind Duke Winter.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

We continued to talk about the situation with Count Livens and his sister.

“Are you sure your father won't kill Count Livens before he could gather information?”, I asked, knowing that the man's temper is just as bad as Natalie's.

Valian shrugged, “As long as he doesn't do or say anything stupid. Unfortunately, knowing my father, he won't kill him, he'll slowly play with this life.”, Valian said.

“What do you mean?”, I asked.

Valian sighed, “My father has a habit of slowly driving his target crazy. He will have the squad members constantly attack the Count, making it seem like somebody is after him. He'll make Count Livens slowly lose his mind, causing him to make a mistake somewhere” Valian explained.

Morgan and I looked at eachother.

“Maybe we should let Nathan meet Count Livens, we can find more information about Prince Christian and his location," Morgan said.

Morgan got up after looking at the time.

“I should head back to the palace, I'm sure they're planning another conference”, he said.

After Morgan left the headquarters, Nathan, Yeshiva, Valian and I continued our conversation.

“So do we know if Macy Livens is alive or not?”, I asked Valian.

Valian shrugged, “I heard she completely disappeared, like she's probably hiding somewhere or currently walking around in disguise. Count Livens is also looking for her, after she had Prince Christian, she left in the middle of the night and never returned.”, Valian said.

“Shit, so we don't know anything about her whereabouts or if she's alive or not”, I said, while folding my arms.

I looked at Yeshiva noticing he was deep in thought.

“Yeshiva”, I called out to him.

He looked up at me.

“What's on your mind?”, I asked.

“Something that Natalie said, she mentioned something must have happened between Queen Lily and Macy Livens. She said she could have fled the palace for her safety or something. I was thinking, what if Count Livens was forcing her to become Queen. Just like he's trying to make his nephew king. I think he's the one that wants the throne or to control whoever is on the throne.” Yeshiva said.

“That sounds reasonable, if we can manage to turn Count Livens and Prince Marshall against each other. Or we can just expose Count Livens” I said.

Valian stood up, “How about we forge a letter and send it to Prince Marshall. We can tell him that Prince Moises wasn't the one who killed his mother and the person who did is someone very close to him”, he said.

I nodded, “Let's do that, and we'll see what happens", I said.

Valian nodded his head.

I looked over at Yeshiva and Nathan, “We should head back to the castle” I said.

They nodded and we all started to leave the room.

Something crossed my mind, if she is alive where would she be hiding, I thought to myself.

Suddenly one of the rebel member came into the meeting room.

“Sir Nathan”, he said.

Nathan gestured for him to come closer.

“What have you found?”Nathan asked.

“Count Livens nephew is in the eastern rebel group.”, he said.

“What?”, We all shouted.

“He's a member, I don't think he is interested in the throne. He's disguising himself, it seem like he's hiding from Count Livens”, he said.

Nathan and I looked at each other.

“So Count Livens is the one who wants the throne, we need to find Macy Livens and see what the hell is going on.”, I said.

“Yeshiva you are one of the Henrico Clan bests tracker, do you think you can find traces of her?”, I asked.

Yeshiva nodded, “Just tell me where to start”, he said.

I heard the rebel member clear his throat, “Check the commoners Village”, he said.

I placed my hand on my chin, “it's possible she could be hiding in one of the Commoners village.” I said.

“Wait”, the rebel member said. He looked over at me.

“If she finds out you are back, she may come out of hiding to find you”, he said.

I nodded, “Spread the word that my exile has been rescinded and I'm back inside of the kingdom”, I said.

He nodded and went out of the room and suddenly turned his head when Yeshiva started to speak.

“Did she have any habits when she was in the palace?”Yeshiva asked.

“Not that I know… “, I paused and stood up as soon as I remembered.

“She loved making dresses,” I said.

Nathan, Yeshiva and I suddenly looked at eachother.

“Maybe she's hiding herself and disguising as a seamstress," Nathan said.

“We need to head back to the castle now, and see if my grandfather has hired a seamstress yet.” I said.

We got up and started to walk towards the door and suddenly I felt someone approaching us. Since the sun was setting a bit, I could see the person walking towards us. He was a tall man, he had a hood on his head covering up his hair. He continued to walk towards us.

“Are you Prince Moises?”, he asked, looking up at me. His voice wasn't as deep but he had an accent.

“I am”, I said, looking down at him.

He took the hood off and had long blonde hair and dark gold eyes. He looked directly at me.

“I'm Christian Vanuatu,” he said.