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There were very few things that Elinor loathed, some of them were dreadful formalities. As she stood there listening to the headmaster’s long speech as he went on with his poetic descriptions of the weather and the Academy, then their kingdom and the king after that. She just wanted to bang her head on the wall and cry in frustration.She looked down at the empty seat beside her and sighed. Louis’ seat was still empty even though Stella has returned safely to the academy. He had claimed that he had some urgent business to attend to and since then she had barely seen his face.The investigations on both attempt were on hold and it seems like her father had gotten involved when he heard about it later on.As if the sound of the explosion didn’t reach his ears as he departed from the count’s masion.Sometimes she wondered if her father trusted her or just thought that she was plain stupid.“Are you okay?” Azeph asked from her other side and she looked back at him with a smile.“I’m fine
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“You know that there’s nothing we can do for him here. If he comes back, I will have to hand him over to the commander. It was his majesty’s orders,” the headmaster said as he sat down before her in his office.“Louis won’t come back here,” Elinor said with a calm tone, “ I think he already knows what awaits him if he comes back,”“I hope so. I can’t help but think there is something wrong about this. I am trying to contact his majesty as of now, and all my routs are getting blocked,” he said“I will look into it, hopefully, this crisis is nothing but a misunderstanding on my father’s part,” she said and the headmaster sighed and nodded.Elinor stood up to leave after excusing herself and the headmaster stopped her as she was exiting the door.“Don’t do anything reckless,” he said.“I do not know whatever you are talking about, head master,” she said.“You are not permitted to leave the academy,” he ordered.“And I do not intend to leave it in the near future,” she answered before ope
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Elinor was standing in front of her door waiting, one beat went then another, then she heard the knock on the door. “Come in,” She said Azeph opened the door to her room his eyes widening when he found her waiting for him right behind the door. “You were expecting me,” He stated, “I was, you were acting weirdly distant all day so I knew that you would be following me tonight,” She said and he sighed. “I wish I could stop you, but I know better than to try to do that anymore,” He said and she gave him a rueful smile. “You know better, huh…” She answered, “You seem to speak from experience,” she teased, “Elin, this is not the time to joke around,” He scolded and she laughed. “I know. But I will never have the time to laugh if I wait for the right time,” She said with a smile and his eyes saddened understanding her meaning. “I thought that you would be worried sick about him again,” He said. “I am worried, but I know for a fact that he is still alive and well and that’s all I ne
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Elinor felt goosebumps rising up her skin as she reached for her gun aiming it toward the stranger who appeared before them.Azeph hadn’t hesitated to pull out his sword as he faced the intruder before her pitting himself in line of danger despite the fact that they barely spoke a word to each other in the last half hour.“Woah, calm down you two it’s me,” a familiar voice said and Elinor’s eyes widened as Will stepped out of the shadow before them with a grin.“Did you think that I would let you go without me?” He asked as he slowly walked toward them.Both Elinor and Azeph sighed at the same time, surprised, they looked at each other only to look away awkwardly when their gazes met.“Did something happen between you two?” Will asked and Elinor awkwardly busied herself putting the gun back into her pocket.Azeph sighed and put back his sword in place.“You could’ve gotten hurt,” he told his friend who grinned at them not seeming remorseful at all.“Sorry, I kind of forgot about that
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“Another secret passage,” she said with a plain tone, and Azeph chuckled.“I will go down first, to make sure that the route is safe,” he said and she nodded.“I can’t get my dress dirtied after all,” she said “You’re weirdly obsessed over your dress tonight, it’s very unlike you,” he commented as he jumped down.“Well, a lady must always maintain her posture and elegance. For there are times when it is the only thing that speaks for her character and origin,” Elinor said with a huff and Azeph grinned before picking her up and pulling her down toward him.She gasped in surprise only to circle her arms around his shoulders as he put her down in front of him.“Where did that sentence come from? It sounded terribly like a quote from an etiquette book,” he said as he pressed his forehead against hers.“That’s what my mother used to say back when she was teaching me etiquette,” she answered "Hmm, then I must thank the duchess for raising such a graceful and beautiful woman. You don't hav
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Elinor stared at Azeph for a while before he looked down at her with a smile.No, not a smile, a mask. A fake smile, like the one he gives when he's troubled by something."Your Highness, this is Count Amel, the person who was supposed to marry my sister before she passed away," he said,Elinor didn't need the introduction. She knew who count Amel was. What she didn't know is that he used to be Azeph's sister's fiance. "I see..." She answered,"We all thought something happened to you since you disappeared right after the funeral. My parents are extremely worried about you," Azeph said,"My apologies," the man said, "After that, I needed to remain alone for a while. My plan had been to eventually contact you one day but his majesty's orders prevented me from doing so until now. I am glad to see that you are doing well. I keep hearing about your achievements often wherever I go,"Elinor remained silent as she watched the interaction between the two men. She knew that there was too muc
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"I was teaching them to learn their places," Elinor answered Louis simply looking at him in the eyes with a calm expression. She wasn't intimidated by his outbursts or glares, they were part of the man himself to her and she had gotten quite used to them.Louis looked at her like that and she returned his looked entering a staring match with him before realizing it. Azeph who had entered the room with them, remained silent as he watched them from afar. He knew not to get involved in their quarrels since the beginning. Louis then smirked down at her seeming amused. The trickster..."Didn't you say that you do not care for the throne? Why would you go through the trouble of making them believe the contrary?" He asked"Because I do not feel the need to reveal my personal plans to them. They are part of the nobility and if we're not careful they will be stepping on our shoulders to get what they want. Better make them learn their places while I can before they start taking liberties,"
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Elinor and Azeph silently walked out of the street where Louis’s hideout was. It was already dawn but she could barely register it in her mind. So much happened in such a short span of time that she felt like it had been days not and not one night since she entered that house.“Are you sure that you don’t want to talk to Lord Amel?” She asked Azeph after a while.“We have nothing to say to each other,” Azeph said stubbornly.Elinor watched him for a while before sighing and reaching out for his hand holding it in hers and tugging at it so that he would look at her.“You know that you want to see him, Azeph,” She told him, “You must be anxious to learn what he had been up to. What he was able to find out…” she added and his eyes went to her immediately.“Elin…. I don’t want any of this to come in between us,” he declared with a sigh.“My father is already a criminal, Azeph,” she said, “if this hasn’t put you off, nothing is going to,” Elinor told him wondering if she was going to tell
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The sun shone through the cathedral’s colored glass window as Elinor knelt before her uncle and he put the crown on her head.Before she knew it, she was reciting the pledge that she had known by heart since she was a young girl running around the castle walls with her cousins.She was no longer that young girl. Nor was she the fiancé of the future king or the daughter of the duke. She wasn’t someone’s daughter or their wife or sister. She was her own person. She was the future queen. The person who was going to stand at the top of this country and lead it into a new future.“Hail to the crown princess!” Said her uncle as he stepped back to let her stand up and turn around.Elinor looked down at the crowd to find it filled with familiar faces. Unlike the last time she stood there with Nicolas by her side, she didn’t feel remotely as alone as she felt back then.In contrary, she felt like no matter what path she took, she would never be alone because there are always going to be peopl
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“Azeph! Calm down!” Will said taking his arm and pulling him back.Azeph wanted to shake his friend’s arm away but he took a deep breath instead and closed his eyes down trying hard to compose himself.“Call the guards,” He said again this time his voice more calm and collected.Louis sighed and nodded toward Alan who left the room looking for the guards.“We’re going to need a doctor for Noah,” Azeph finally said leaning against the bed and checking on Noah who was still unconscious,“It must have been a hard blow,” He said with a worried glance toward Louis who nodded.“If you promise that you’re under control I will go call for a doctor for Noah. We need him to wake up and tell us what happened anyway since those knights clearly don’t know what’s going on,” Louis answered,“I am under control,” he told Louis who nodded and left the room quietly.Azeph looked around the room. There was no sign of struggle and Noah was on the ground near the chair he must have been using to sit by El
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Azeph leaned down in the bed pressing a kiss to Elinor’s forehead. He watched her sleep peacefully for a moment before making his way out of the room to find the guys waiting for him.“Ready?” He asked them. And they all nodded with determination.“I am counting on you,” He told them.He made his way down the stairs as they followed him. Once he was outside he mounted his horse and galloped out of there followed by Will, Louis and Alan.Noah had chosen to stay there and keep Elinor company until she woke up while Stella was still away dealing with the students at the academy.He said that he had a bad feeling since all this started and insisted on remaining by her side and Azeph agreed appointing some guards to them to make sure that they both remained safe.Lloyd went to the artisan’s workshop before them and was supposed to assert the situation by the time they got there.At the entrance of the academy, they found a car ready for them as the captain had promised and they abandoned t
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After that Azeph left the security team’s central building and made his way back toward the residence. By now, Louis must be done spreading out word of Elinor’s poisoning and the Academy must be greatly disrupted and shaken.The perfect opportunity to look for the culprit. As soon as he got there he found Noah and Alan waiting for his return.“Did you find something out?” Noah asked him and Azeph shook his head.“I want you to head down there and help Will look through the records for anything that might catch your attention.” He told Noah and he nodded.“Of course! Stella is waiting for Louis to come back so that she can start her investigation,” He added.“Stella is the best when it comes to gathering information. But we have someone much better than her. I sent him to look into things too,” He said,“Why don’t you go help Stella with her investigation. You might find something useful. Ask Daisy to discretely help you too, you and Stella will stand out if you ask too many questions,
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Azeph stepped out of the residence that was reserved for Elinor and made his way toward the one place he needed to make sure of first before anything else. The record room.The security within the Royal academy’s grounds was well maintained by a group of thorough and competent security experts who were trained at the capital. They were as good as royal knights when it came to their combat ability and some of them even used to be knights at the royal guard but decided to leave for this job because it held less stress and political issues.Azeph knew some of those knights but the person he knew the most was their commander. The man who was leading security system at the academy was no one other than Azeph’s instructor, the man who thought him everything from how to hold a sword to how to become a swordsman.“Are you going to see Captain Hugh?” Will asked and Azeph nodded silently.Captain Hugh was a strong man. Just plain strong and the perfect image of a leader ready to go into a battl
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Elinor slowly opened her eyes to the sunlight. She slowly moved her body wincing when she realized that her sore muscles and organs were not ready for her to move yet.But the excruciating pain that felt as if she was being ripped apart fro the inside out wasn’t there anymore. She was going to be okay. She was going to live.“You’re awake…” Said someone from her bedside and she turned her head around to find herself looking at her with concern in his eyes.“Louis….” She whispered her voice croaked and her words coming out heavy on her tongue.“Are you feeling any better?” He asked“Much better,” she answered with a soft smile and he nodded looking deep in thoughts.“Did something happen? Where’s Azeph?” She asked immediately noting the lack of presence of the one person she wanted to see the most.“He’s still outside looking into your case. He went out as soon as he made sure that the antidote was working last night. He had been investigating since then and now he’s looking into thing
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Pain… So much pain. It hurt everywhere. It hurt to breath, it hurt to move, it hurt to even be alive.How long did she have to wait for the pain to stop? How long will this go on. Why was her body hurting so much that she felt like she was being ripped apart from inside out.A liquid built up in her throat and she fought hard to ignore it. But her body’s natural reaction was much stronger than her willpower. When she coughed, she could feel the liquid being projected out of her mouth. Probably another gulp of blood seeping from inside her. But the excruciating pain the resulted on her cough was so blinding and painful that she thought that she was going to die.But her body wasn’t this graceful or merciful to her. The pain still has to continue because her body still choose to fight against the poison. Even though she was so tired that she was starting to wish for death.She heard voices around her and felt someone press something soft against her mouth.“She’s in pain, she needs more
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"So in the end it happened,..." The headmaster said with a sigh as he watched the doctor leave the room.Future who was by his side made his way toward the side cabinet and pulled out a bottle of whiskey pouring himself a cup and offering one to both Louis and the headmaster.Louis refused, and the headmaster gratefully agreed taking the cup and downing it in one gulp. The poor man was so stressed and worried that he was taking soliste in alcohol."She was going to tell them everything today..." Louis said and Future looked at them quizikally."Everything about what?"He asked as he walked toward them his cup in his hand."She was going to leave the Acedemy in the end of the year," Louis said."Why?" Future asked, "It took the headmaster so much effort to convince his majesty to let her come back." "The situation with the neightboring countries is already unstable thanks to the recent events. They think that our monarchy is falling appart. She needs to be there and set an example to m
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The doctor looked at Azeph and shook his head hopelessly. Azeph felt as if his world collapsed with that single motion and he felt himself take one step forward then wobble for a moment before pulling himself together and walking toward him and standing in front of him."How's her condition?" He asked quietly."Not very good I am afraid. Her body is under so much strain. It seems to have been a very strong poison." The doctor said darkly, "Her organs are barely holding on as it is. And I can't chance to give her any calming medicine because I'm afraid that they would react with the poison and make her state worse. If only you knew the nature of her poison..." The doctor finished and Azeph sighed and stepped back.Louis who was silently standing behind him stepped forward."I'm afraid that we still don't know the nature of the poison. We will need an investigation to figure that out." Louis lied easily.Meanwhile, Azeph fought not to clench his hands into fists. He knew that divulging
