Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 88-A Long Night 2

(PRINCE MORGAN'S P.O.V)

I was sitting behind the desk, when my personal aides, Baron Berrian and Viscount Palin walked into the room. Viscount Palin walked over to the desk and handed me a couple of documents. I looked up at him with a frustrated expression on my face.

“More paperwork,” I said, as I grabbed one of the documents while sighing.

When my father, King Lincoln put me in charge of the investigation dealing with the disappearances of the young common women. I thought I would finally be able to put the pressure on Count Livens and Marquess Francis, But who knew I would be buried in paperwork the moment I was officially assigned to the investigation.

After the conference was over and the palace was no longer locked down. I traveled to the town of Cassini, a small area in the western region, one of the three towns that were located near the western border. My friend Viscount Palin was the Lord of this territory. He set up a guest room and a temporary office for me in his villa, while some of my knights disguised themselves and left to monitor Marquess Francis' territory that was located in the nearby Town of Havan.

“Now that we know that western border wasn't attacked again. We just have to wait until we receive information from the other regions on whether or not they were attacked.” Baron Berrian said, as he walked up to the desk and stood in front of me.

I looked up at him.

“I heard that bastard Marshall told our father that it was a false alarm. I'm sure that son of a bitch is up to something.”I said and as I leaned back in the chair.

“What are your thoughts on the King's decision?”, Baron Berrian asked.

I scoffed.

“Can you believe my father said he wants this investigation done before the delegation arrives?” I said, as I stood up and placed that document onto the desk.

I was still appalled at the fact that my father took the situation seriously. Or was it because my grandfather mentioned it during the conference, I thought.

“We've been secretly working on this investigation for the past few months. When Duke Winter mentioned it during the conference, King Lincoln must have been taken aback.”, Viscount Palin said.

I placed my right hand onto my chin.

“My father has never been interested in the situations involving commoners because of his prejudice towards them”, I said. “Now that he left the investigation to my authority. I can finally put Marquess Francis' involvement to use. It'll give us the advantage as we deal with Count Livens treasonous ways and the people that's working with or under him”, I added, as I walked around the desk.

A second later, someone knocked on the door and Viscount Palin walked over to answer it. When the door opened one of my knights walked into the room.

“Your highness, we received information that a suspicious carriage was seen leaving Marquess Francis estate” he reported. “One of the knights said he heard multiple voices crying out” the knight said.

“We need to find out where that carriage is heading”, I said as we rushed out of the room.

I hope we manage to catch up to it, I thought.

(NATALIE'S P.O.V)

After Prince Morgan explained to me that he and his knights were following the men that Josie and I encountered. I agreed to join him after he mentioned that the carriages were seen leaving Marquess Francis estate.

When I told him about Angela, the young woman that Nathan, Valian and my father brought back to the castle. Prince Morgan became upset and walked over to the carriage that young women were sitting in. I walked over and Josie followed behind me. I noticed one of his knights was holding the man that I incapacitated across his shoulders.

“What are you going to do with him?”, I asked.

“Interrogate him of course”, Prince Morgan said.

Prince Morgan looked over at one of his knights.

“Take them to the castle and inform my grandfather. He will make sure they are taken care of until the trial”, He said.

I watched as the knight bowed and a few seconds later, some of Prince Morgan's knights left with the carriage.

Prince Morgan turned towards the remaining knights and gestured to them. A second later, they disappeared into the forest.

“Follow me, there's a hunting cabin nearby”, Prince Morgan said as he faced Josie and I.

We climbed onto the horses and traveled through the forest for thirty minutes until we reached a cabin near the river.

“This cabin belongs to my friend Viscount Palin, this hunting area is a part of his territory.”Prince Morgan said, “We're waiting here until one of my knights returns with some information on the other carriages” he added, as he got off the horse.

Josie and I got off of the horses and tied them up.

We followed Prince Morgan and his knight that carried the unconscious man into the cabin.

I've been meaning to ask this”, Josie said, “How did you know it was Natalie when you approached us?”, she asked curiously as she looked at Prince Morgan.

I was curious about that also, as this was my second time personally meeting Prince Morgan, the first time was at the royal ball.

Prince Morgan chuckled and looked over at Josie and I.

I gestured towards Josie and introduced her to Prince Morgan and watched as he introduced himself.

He looked over at me, “Let's just say, I can spot you anywhere, my dear sister in law,” he said as he chuckled again.

I had the intrusive thought to punch him, but stopped myself because we had more pressing matters.

He walked over to the table that was set in the middle of the room and took a seat in the chair. He looked back towards Josie and I. I noticed that He and Moises made the same expression when they were about to smirk.

“When I first saw you again at my daughter's royal ball. When you and my lovely niece Rosemary were in my office. It took me a few minutes to remember who you were”, He said. “Even though you were disguised as a maid every time I visited my brother's palace. You and my brother share the same aura, so it was always easy to spot you, no matter the disguise. I noticed you immediately when we were watching you fight those men.” he added.

Ah, that makes sense, I thought.

We turned our heads towards the man after hearing groaning sounds. The knight dropped the man onto the floor, causing him to groan even more.

“Looks like our special guest is about to wake up”, Prince Morgan said and gestured towards the knight.

The man started to move as he groaned. We watched as he opened his eyes.

“Sit him up”, Prince Morgan said, authoritatively.

The knight sat the man up as he faced our direction. The man instantly became frightened as he looked at us. When the man noticed Prince Morgan, he immediately started to beg for his life

“Your highness, please spare my life” the man cried out.

“Tell me everything you know about Marquess Francis and I'll spare your life” Prince Morgan said, while looking down at the man.

The man became hesitant and Prince Morgan gestured towards the knight. The knight suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed the man in his right hand. The man began to scream and his eyes became filled with tears and he cried out.

“I don't know about anything, we were only told to transport the women to the southern region.”, he cried out.

Prince Morgan held up his hand towards the knight.

The knight pulled the sword out of the man's hand.

“If you don't want to get stabbed anywhere else, it'll be wise to tell me everything.” Prince Morgan said as he stared down at the man.

The man bowed to the floor as he held onto his hand.

“Marquess Francis hired us to transport the women to a town in the Southern region. As a commoner, we were only trying to make some money”, he said.

Prince Morgan and I looked at each other as if we were thinking the same thing. What the fuck, I thought.

I watched as Prince Morgan got up from his seat.

“Where is the location and how many carriages are there?” he asked, while looking down at the man.

“I don't know how many carriages there're. But, I heard the next carriage is supposed to leave tomorrow night. We were told to travel through the night. Since commoners can only afford to use carriages. It wouldn't cause suspicion if we traveled through the forest.” the man replied. “We were told to bring the women to the town of Vinson, in the southern region.” he added, while shivering in fear.

Prince Morgan gestured towards his knight.

“Arrest Marquess Francis” Prince Morgan ordered. “Bring him to the castle and place him in the prison quarters. I don't care if you have to break every bone in his body. Don't let him escape” he said, in a very angry tone.

The knight bowed and turned towards the door and immediately left out of the cabin.

“Let's head to the castle”, Prince Morgan said, as he looked over at Josie and I.