Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 69- List (2)

(SAGE P.O.V)

After returning to our room, Rosie flopped down on the bed. I went to take a shower and stood under the water for a few more minutes. I was thinking just how fast my life had changed. Just a few months ago, I was graduating from school, and now I'm one of the richest noblewomen in this kingdom. I cut off the water and stepped out of the shower, while wrapping my towel around me. I walked into the dressing room, and changed into some pajamas.

I walked out of the dressing room, and saw that Rosie had fallen asleep. Since I wasn't tired, I walked over to the desk and sat down in the chair. I thought for a moment on whether or not I should write a letter to Nashi.

During the time I was writing, I suddenly felt something and looked around the room. I got up from the chair and walked over to the bed.

“Rosie wake up”, I said, as I started to shake her.

She groaned for a bit and I felt it once again.

“Rosie, do you sense anything?”, I asked.

Rosie opened her eyes and looked towards the window that was on the right side of the room.

“Someone is outside the window,” she said, while getting out of the bed

A second later, the person came bursting through the window, breaking the glass with their feet and landed on the floor. The man looked directly at us.

“Hmm, there's two of you, which one of you is the future Duchess?”, the man asked while pointing a knife at us.

Without a second thought, Rosie and I rushed over to the man, catching him off guard. He swung his knife towards Rosie, cutting her on the top of her left arm. He backed down and he grabbed ahold of his arms.

We flipped him onto the floor, causing him to make groaning noises. Rosie kicked the man in his groin and grabbed the knife.

“Shit, that was close”, Rosie said, after stabbing the man in the chest.

Suddenly, we heard the other two windows bursting open as the glass fell onto the floor. We saw two more men and one of them looked down at the floor.

“You bitches, you killed my brother”, he shouted.

Without hesitation, Rosie and I rushed towards the other men. The man who yelled ran towards Rosie while the other man ran towards me. Rosie slashed across his throat as soon as he got closer, causing him to fall down instantly. Before the other man could grab ahold of me. I dodged and grabbed a hold of him behind and placed my right arm around his neck. I fell backwards to the floor and pinned his body, wrapping my legs around his body. The man tried to fight me off and I tightened my body around his body.

“Let go of me you bitch”, the man said, as I tightened my grip around his neck, causing him to gasp for air.

All of a sudden, someone knocked on the door.

“Young Duchess, is everything okay, I heard a loud noise coming from your room”, I heard Haley, my personal maid.

“Open the door Haley!”, I yelled out.

The man continued to fight, the door opened and Haley came in.

“Oh my God, young duchess", she said, looking at us and started shouting for the guards.

A moment later, some of the guards came into the room and grabbed the man. Another guard reached down and helped me off the floor.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

Natalie and I ran out of the room as soon as I heard the girls killed some intruders. I heard footsteps behind me but I was to focus on the girls. We rushed up the stairs, and ran through the hallways on the second floor. I saw the guards and maids standing in front of the room. They moved out of the way when they saw us approaching.

When I entered the room, I saw Rosemary rubbing on Sage's back. We ran up to them and grabbed them both in my arms.

“Wait dad, mom, my back hurts!' ', Sage shouted as I hugged her tightly.

“What's wrong with your back?”I asked, I pulled back and looked at Sage with a worried expression.

“She slammed her body to the floor while pinning that man down”, Rosemary said.

I looked over at Rosemary and saw blood coming down her left arm. I pulled her close and looked directly at her arm.

“You need to get this treated”, I said.

Rosemary pointed and I turned my head in the direction.

When I looked over, I saw two men lying dead on the floor.

“Good job girls”, Masiro said, as he walked over to Sage and Rosemary.

“Prince Moises, this one is still alive, he is unconscious”, I heard someone say.

I looked over and saw one of the guards standing over another man.

Masiro walked over and picked the man up and threw him onto his shoulder.

“Now then, let's get some answers”, he said.

I looked at Natalie, “Stay with the girls”, I said.

She nodded and Masiro,Yeshiva, Nathan, Valian and I left the room.

I walked in front of them and told them to follow me to the castle prison cell. After walking down the stairs, we walked towards the outside of the castle and continued for a couple of minutes until we reached the prison quarters.

Once we were inside, Masiro dropped the man onto the floor causing him to wake up and groan.

“That didn't take much to wake him up”, Masiro said.

The man started gasping and looking around.

“Those two bitches”, he said while groaning.

I bent down and grabbed his shirt pulling him towards me.

“You have five seconds to answer me”, I said.

The man continued to gasp for air.

“Who sent you after my daughter?”,I asked.

“I don't know, someone sent us a request, even if you kill me, more will come after her”, he said.

I looked up at Masiro, “Let's keep him in here, someone will come looking for him”,I said.

Masiro nodded and looked over at Valian.

“Since he claims he doesn't know, make him know”, he said.

Valian smirked and looked over at Nathan.

“How about we have some fun”, he said.

Nathan smirked as well.

Masiro, Yeshiva and I left the prison quarters and made our way back to the castle. I saw my grandfather walking towards us.

“I'm getting another room ready for the girls. How dare someone send assassins to my castle”, he said as he gripped the top of his cane.

Suddenly, we heard a loud commotion and saw some of the maids and butlers pacing back and forth. One of the butlers noticed us and came running towards us looking frantic.

“My lord,”, he said.

“What happened?”, we asked at the same time.

“Princess Rosemary is unconscious”, he said.

My heart dropped and I started running towards the stairs once again.

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

After Moises and the rest of the guys left, the guards grabbed the other men's bodies and took them out of the room. I remained in the room and continued to check on Sage and Rosemary's Injuries. Rosemary had a long cut on her left arm and Sage had a small bruise forming on lower back. I could tell she quickly hit the floor, when she pinned one of the intruders down.

“Looks like my training paid off, and you two complained the whole night" I said, looking at them.

They looked at me unamused.

“We definitely need to find out who paid these assassins to come after Sage”, I said looking at Peyton.

“What the hell, someone is sending assassins after me now”, Sage said, in a frustrated tone.

“First bounty hunters now assassins, being a noble is exhausting”, Rosemary said and started to walk towards the bed.

I looked back at Sage and then heard a loud thud sound.

“Rosie”, Sage said as we both looked in the direction and saw Rosemary had passed out on the floor.

We ran over and dropped to the floor to check on her.

“Rosemary, honey”, I said, putting her head onto my lap. She was turning pale.

“Rosie”, Sage called out to her.

I looked at Peyton who had dropped on the floor next to me.

“Natalie, check her cut again”, she said.

I immediately looked at her cut again.

“Mom, her body is getting hot”, Sage said.

“Shit, the knife was laced with poison on it”, I said.

“Poison”, Sage and Peyton shouted.

“Call the physician”, I said and lifted Rosemary's body up.

“Haley, get some towels ready, we need to keep her body cool”, I said.

Haley nodded and ran towards the bathroom.

“Peyton go get my sister, we need to find out what type of poison it is and neutralize it now ”, I said.

Peyton ran out of the room.

I laid Rosemary on the bed and took another look at the cut on her arm.

“I hope this isn't a fatal poison, I'll burn this kingdom down”, I said.

I looked over at Sage, “We will need some herbs,”, I was interrupted by the many footsteps approaching us. When I looked over, I saw Moises, My father, and Yeshiva.

“What happened?”Moises asked.

They rushed over to the bed and Yeshiva grabbed Rosemary's right hand, while Moises kneeled down next to the bed.

“The knife had poison on it”, I said.

“Fuck”, Moises and Yeshiva shouted.

A second later, Na'mah and Cena came running into the room. I gestured to Na'mah and she came over and looked at the cut. I placed my hand on Rosemary's forehead.

“She's burning up”, I said.

I looked at Cena, “Run some bath lukewarm water in the bathtub, we need to cool her body down”, I said.

“I'll go grab some herbs, I'll check the garden”, Na'mah said and rushed out of the room.

Cena ran towards the bathroom, and moments later, Duke Winter came into the room with one of the castle doctor's. Doctor William, walked over and checked Rosemary's cut and her body temperature. He placed a needle up against the cut and the tip of it turned black.

“It's definitely poison, we just need to figure out if it's fatal or not,” Doctor William said and started to draw some of her blood.

“My sister is going to the garden to gather some herbs, she is good at reversing any type of poisons.”, I said.

“Great, we'll see what kind of herbs we will need, once I test her blood”, the doctor responded.

Rosemary turned even more pale. The doctor continued to draw some of Rosemary's blood.

“I'll be right back, I need to check her blood”, he said.

We nodded and he left the room.

“In the meantime, let’s try keep her body cool, until Na'mah gather some herbs.”, I said.

I looked over at Sage, “I need you to help me make a herbal paste for her wound”, I said.

Sage nodded her head.

I noticed Yeshiva rubbing Rosemary's hand with an anxious look on his face.

“She's going to be fine”, I said looking up at Yeshiva, who was looking emotional.

“Yes, she will be fine”, Moises said, caressing Rosemary's hair.

I heard footsteps and looked over, Cena was walking back into the room.

“The bath is ready”, Cena said.

I gestured to Moises to lift Rosemary up and take her to the bathroom.

Suddenly, the doctor came rushing back into the room.

“We need to hurry, the poison is fatal. Because it was a small dose, we have a chance to save her.”, he said.

“Shit!”, I heard everyone saying.

My heart dropped, “What do we need?”Sage and I asked at the same time.

Our heads turned when we saw Na'mah running into the room with a large sack full with a variety of herbs.

I looked back at the doctor, “How long do we have until it becomes fatal to her?”, I asked, looking directly at Doctor William.

He looked at me with a serious expression.

“We have 24 hours until she becomes critical, it's a race against time”, he said.