"Isabelle. You always and always chose another Alpha over me," he said flatly, coldly, yet with both irises that barked like the sun raging in the night."That foolishness of yours always makes me wonder if you love me, or if all this time your sweetness has been a poisonous boomerang for me because no matter what I do, you never do what I want," he continued, facing me with an expression tinged with disappointment."Matthias. .." I muttered with a very heavy heart. "You know I love you. If I didn't, then there's no way I'd still be here when Frederick has made his love available to me. You're the only hope I have ...""Then get off the carrier now and come back to me," he ordered. He was still wielding the long, sharp sword seriously, not playing with his anger this time.I was forced out of Arthur's arms, set my bare feet on the royal grounds, and faced him. On my second step, I felt a hand grab me tightly and pull me back."Arthur?" I said in astonishment. He didn't let go of my ha
"MATTHIAS!"I screamed like a doomsday trance, but not for Alpha who had his stomach pierced by a long sword by his friend.Frederick had decided to truly become a monster. As Matthias tried to revive him, to give him a chance to return to the right path, he stabbed him in the stomach with his sword.Through and through, until blood flooded the ground we stood on."Ugh!"Matthias lost his balance, the wound was too big for his legs to support him. He fell to the ground and almost hit his head on a rock if Arthur didn't help him immediately."Matthias! No!" I screamed as loudly as I could. I moved to go to him, but Frederick blocked my way."You!" I growled. My anger brought tears to my eyes, which I didn't know were tears of sadness or anger. His hands grasped me so tightly, that I cried out in pain."You're crazy! Did you have the heart to kill your own best friend? Matthias was innocent! He wanted to give me, his beloved Omega, to you!" I snapped. With one of my idle hands, I punche
"An Alpha will sacrifice anything for his beloved Omega. I'm sure you're aware of that," he said, eyes fixed straight ahead like the point of a sword spear sure of its aim."I don't think William and Nathaniel's arrival here is a coincidence, nor do I think they will solve this easily," he said again, continuing. "So before anything bad happens, I want you to leave this place. Go, your parents will protect you.""Wh--what!? Hey! I don't want to! Frederick! Listen to me!"Unilaterally and without waiting for my consent, he lowered my body and pushed me away with all his might. My gaze on Matthias was immediately blocked by his body that advanced like a fortress on the frontline.And the sword that was already lodged in its sheath, he threw it at me. Frederick advanced alone, facing the two princes who were fully equipped with weapons of war."N o... This is not what I want ..." My legs trembled as if hit by a tornado, and my hand that held the sword trembled like the ground was shaken
"Does he not want to eat at all? What about the medicinal herbs I sent yesterday?""She spits out everything that comes into her mouth, Your Majesty. Unfortunately, Princess Isabelle refuses to swallow anything.""That's all right. Then, you may leave. I'll take care of it here.""Yes, Your Majesty."/creak/Right at the sound of the door clashing with the cold squeak of the frozen marble floor, I forced my eyelids closed. The conversation I heard earlier, I believed to be Frederick discussing my condition with Magnolia's royal doctor.After my parents failed to persuade me to eat, it seemed that today I would have to fight with Frederick again. I hope he won't be violent towards me at least."Isabelle. I know you didn't sleep. Get up and finish your breakfast. Or do I need to use violence to get you to eat? Do you intend to die in vain?"I knew it. As soon as Frederick walked into my room, he immediately hit me with his scathing words. Despite me currently being so weak that I could
"It is fitting that your marriage comes before your baby, and also for your coronation, dear," said my father, the king of Elbarrack Magnolia.Indeed, my breath stopped at that moment, when he uttered the word marriage so abruptly without a foundation. But before my heart could pump with rage, he mentioned marriage next to Matthias' name.Where I thought they were going to marry me off to Frederick, it turned out to be the other way around."What do you mean, father? What wedding are you referring to?" I asked confused, as I glanced at Matthias who was standing next to me, still supporting my body with both hands."What else? Marriage, darling. You want to marry Matthias, don't you? Then the sooner the better. Everything is already prepared. We're just waiting for your body to recover," he replied with a hand that tapped me lightly on the shoulder, then moved to my head which was the target of his stroking."I don't understand, sorry," I replied clumsily. Both my mom and dad's eyes sh
The arrival of the horse-drawn carriage was our farewell to this young crowning party."I still remember how Frederick used to ask me to cool the war between the five Princes of Theodosius Kingdom. I did not agree to it at first, but now I do not regret having done so," my father declared one last time before getting into the carriage.A wave of my hand accompanied their departure. My father's words still lingered in my mind, or rather what Frederick did for me never left my mind."Your father was right. If it hadn't been Frederick who broke up the civil war between the princes of Theodosius, we wouldn't be here." Matthias, next to me, finally spoke up after stroking my tense shoulders."Hm." I nodded my head in response. "He's also the one who sacrificed his princely throne for you so that he could legally marry me."The look on Matthias' face showed great agreement. We wouldn't have been able to do anything without Frederick's great sacrifice.Matthias was almost sentenced to death
"Your Highness. I'm sorry to interrupt your time, but Princess Starling continues to cry in her room. And she refuses to be touched by her nannies. It seems she would like to be touched by you."The servant's voice coming from behind the guest room door slapped me back to reality. It was not joy that attended my heart when I heard the name of our love child. Instead, it was exhaustion."Can't you take care of Starling for a day?" I pleaded harshly, my head throbbing with pain. "I'm so tired tonight. If I'm the only one struggling to take care of her, then what's the point of your presence in this kingdom? You'd better die before—ah."Oh no. I'd slipped up again.Once again, I let my evil mouth hurt the hearts of others, just because of my unstable state of heart."Sorry, I'm sorry," I said, correcting my evil words earlier. My head was throbbing with pain even though I had repeatedly massaged it. "Alright. Give me five minutes to wash my face. I will go to Starling's room after gettin
I don't know where else that fear came from. I should be happy that he and I are now on the same page. Matthias had forgiven me, and I had managed to admit my mistake.It was just that, as I watched our genitals almost merge, I was again haunted by an uneasy feeling.The image of Frederick's angry, sad face, disappointed that I had taken everything from him, haunted me as if I wasn't allowed to be happy."Matthias, stop." Finally, my mouth uttered the same mistake for the umpteenth time. I ruined our happy moment with my selfish nature and my weak mentality."Don't touch me. For tonight, I want to sleep alone first," I said, blocking with my hand, his waist that was already almost fused with my bottom."I said stop it!" my voice raised on its own."Ah." I only realized how cruel I sounded when I got a hurt look from Matthias in return.In the blink of an eye, our romance, which was so sweet in the air, melted into a cold snow that smelled sharp and pierced the heart. There was no equi