"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
"Arthur?" I couldn't believe it. The Alpha who I thought would bring disaster in the early hours of the morning, turned out to be an old friend who I thought had disappeared somewhere."Are you for real Arthur?" I said again, my voice floating in the air following the turmoil of my disbelief, at the reflection of someone's bias in the moonlight."You'r e... Still alive?" I said incredulously. Then, I realized one thing I had missed just now.He didn't come alone. In his arms, there was the tiny figure of a baby in a little dress wrapped around her smooth body. My baby, Starling, is in his arms.My little brain was still having trouble digesting the fact that Arthur was visiting me with Starling in his arms."Your baby is very lovely, she didn't whine when I tried to hold her," Arthur said with a smile, his voice still the same as it was in my memory, the last time we met half a year ago."But I wonder why the nannies have trouble calming her down?" he asked. "Because it only takes one
"Why don't I meet him tomorrow?" he asked without hesitation. And just like that, he stood up from her seat, faced me, and pulled my hand away from him."We'll meet the Alpha who's been keeping you up at night," he continued with a confident grin that I didn't understand. "We talked things over with him. And of course, he's the one who understands you best. More than anyone else in the world."I don't understand.My brain was too slow to digest his plan, which made no sense to me."You? Can you find out where Frederick is right now?" I asked incredulously. "You know, I'm tired myself from my failure to locate him. Matthias is too, he's put everything he's got into it.""Ordinary people wouldn't be able to figure out where he is," he replied with an amused chuckle, making me tilt my head even more in astonishment. "I was able to bring him here because I've been living with him."My mouth opened wide in surprise but lost all sound. "You? Living with him? Where? I mean, how could you? Di
[Isabelle's POV stops here][Now is Frederick's POV]....- Two days before the visit to Magnolia Castle- Remote area, edge of Theodosius' capital- 07.00 AM."Wake up, sleepyhead. Someone has been waiting for your painting since a month ago. How can you let it gather dust here? Gosh, it's really hard to take care of a prince. I should have just let you starve by the river."It's not that I didn't hear, it's just that my hearing was blocked by the hard pillow that was the only support for my head when I fell asleep.The poor hut that people called a rubbish dump was, for me, the most delicious escape ever. Since leaving the kingdom of Theodosius, I decided to become a lone traveler.This is where I live. Accompanied only by an old man who took pity on me, knowing that I lost everything for one Omega."I'm sorry, but I'm not selling this painting," I said, raising my voice so that the potential buyers waiting outside my hut could hear me. "Please choose a painting other than the one h
"I do love her, but I'm determined to forget her," I replied harshly. He was still standing there, next to Isabelle's painting. But I didn't care anymore.I picked up my backpack and carried it on my back. I ignored the Crying Mother painting. It's more interesting for me to get out of here before my resolve dissolves.I don't want to hear any more about Isabelle, because I know she's my weak spot."She can't forget you."Just as the toe of my grungy shoe touched the boundary line between my room and the front yard, an unexpected sentence burned through my emotions."What?" I replied, widening completely at his words. I stopped right in line with where he was standing, and from this side, I could see an expression that seemed to be tinged with anxiety.Arthur threw a face full of cold sweat, at me beside him. "Do you know what? She's not even married to Matthias. I don't want to ruin your sacrifice for her, but I can tell that what you expect from her life is completely different.""W
"Eek!""Aaaaaaaa!"My energy turned into a statue instantly, as I was confronted by an unusual apparition that startled me right as I touched the cold floor of this magnificent palace."Eek!"It was no longer the warm welcome, the emotion, or the hatred after leaving the Magnolia kingdom with dirty hands, and then returning at the drop of a hat. The servants who escorted me inside didn't have enough room to even think about my arrival.This was because everyone was panicked by the commotion in one room that was pink, sweet, and full of toys and dolls. But not as bright as the color of the room, the commotion in the nursery immediately hurt my ears.'So, is this what Arthur said yesterday? The conditions are more dire than I thought.' My mind was suddenly short of breath."Where did Isabelle go?" asked me who couldn't stand the poor baby's crying and screaming anymore, it was obvious that she missed her mother. Why wasn't Isabelle holding her?"Didn't I tell you? She can't even breastf
[End of Frederick's POV][Isabelle's POV starts here]..."Ugh. My head."Since when did everything feel so spinning?There was a soft pillow supporting my head, but the discomfort was the first thing I realized when I opened my eyes."Starling ..." My baby's name was the first thing that came out of my mouth as I began to regain consciousness. My memory only races to the sound of her crying, her whimpering, and the panic throughout the palace that failed to calm her tantrum."Frederick." Then all at once, my eyes opened wide as the name slipped out instantly from between my lips.'That's right. Frederick. He was the one who had brought me to this room last night. That's right! How could I forget him!' I grumbled to myself.Without giving a second thought to my throbbing headache, I pushed the blanket off my body and set off. My legs were suddenly difficult to work with, and I almost fell over as I forced myself to stand up because of it."Isabelle?"Halfway through my hobbled walk, I