Chapter 16

AUTHOR’S POV

Elixir’s face paled. The Blue Garden was far from the main palace and closer to the border instead. No one was ever meant to go there unless they had the Alpha King’s permission and with enough security. It was too close to the border for comfort.

The Alpha King had thought about scrapping off the entire garden because it's beauty always drew strangers in, strangers who didn't know that if any attack ever happened, the garden would be the next place to be hit.

“Why didn't you go yourself?” Elixir yelled. “Better a maid dead than the Princess of another realm dead.”

Eira shrank bank deeper, her foot taking two steps backwards. “I tried…I tried to tell her but she wouldn't listen to me. I offered to get the flowers for her but she said she didn't trust me. And would love to go for a stroll instead. So she went with her maid and the prince’s guard.”

Elixir sighed, “One guard will not be enough to protect her. Leave.” Within a twinkle of an eye, Eira had disappeared back