[Isabelle's POV has ended][Author's POV starts from here]"Celine! Celine! Where are you! I order you to check on Isabelle right now!" Matthias' shout woke up the silence around the third floor of the palace.Including the doctor who was just finishing tidying up his medical room. Celine was disturbed when the prince Matthias was carrying the unconscious Isabelle in his arms. Immediately, the young doctor invited them to enter and called another nurse to carry out the examination."Your Highness, we advise you to wait outside," Celine said, preventing Matthias from entering the medical room. "We need your full concentration to carry out the examination in order to get the results as quickly as possible.""What—hey!" Matthias protested unhappily as the door to the room was unilaterally closed."Damn it!" he growled in annoyance. With both hands clenched into fists, Matthias punched a flowerpot until it shattered and caused a commotion.Along with his scarred hand, dripping fresh blood
[Author's POV]"Hey, can you guys not fight like babies? Next to this room is Celine who is trying to heal Isabelle. Your stupid shouting will only disturb her." William finally opened his voice after a long silence. It seems that he is also starting to get carried away seeing the endless bickering of the two adult princes."Shut up, William. Let me finish my business with Arthur, then I'll beat Frederick to death," retorted Matthias who was already drowning in his emotions."Ha ..." William let out a long sigh signalling exhaustion with this confusing situation. "Frederick, can you walk to Celine's room by yourself? Ask her to treat your wound before it gets infected. I have other things to do after this."Frederick nodded in understanding. He watched William move away rather than join in separating Matthias who was still about to fight with Arthur."Hey, Arthur. You'd better explain that ridiculous remark of yours to me than I'll break your neck right now," Matthias growled at the A
[Author's POV is over][Back to Isabelle's POV]"Your Highness Isabelle! You can't get off the bed yet! You're still very weak!" Doctor Celine shouted as she had just returned from her room and saw that I had almost escaped from this medical room.When I heard the commotion outside, the unconscious me immediately opened my eyes. It was as if my mind could no longer contain itself if it heard Matthias' voice. I'm pretty sure I heard Matthias' shouting voice as he argued with the other Alpha.'Moreover, I heard them keep mentioning my name. Are they fighting because of me?' I thought with my consciousness still not fully recovered."Your Highness, the princes request that you remain here until you recover," Doctor Celine said. She was swiftly pulling back my body and forcing me to lie down."But, Celine, didn't you hear that they were fighting out there?" snapped me, refusing to comply with her request. "I think I should see them with my own eyes. It seems like they're fighting because
"But ..." Doubts plagued my mind ever since I found Matthias unconscious. Frederick's hand consistently grasped me tightly and pulled me quickly away from the room."Let’s go," he pleaded once again in a very soft voice.I looked at the bed where Matthias was, then turned to Frederick who was still waiting for me faithfully. I repeatedly did so as my heart wavered over who I should prioritize at the moment."Isabelle, you want to forget Matthias, don't you?" he said. Frederick's deep, raspy voice echoed right in my ears, just enough to make me flinch at his ability to read my mind."I can help you," he continued. I felt his fingers caress the back of my hand with great affection. "I can help you forget Matthias. He's a dangerous Alpha, you'll only get hurt if you stay by his side.""A dangerous Alpha?" I muttered, repeating his words. "But ... How did you know I wanted to forget Matthias?"He didn't answer. Instead, Frederick put his arm around my shoulders and led me slowly away from
"Ugh..." The agony in my belly could not make me run away from a complaint. The more I tried to endure it, the more pain I received.At this point, I felt like the baby inside my belly was being ripped apart and taken from the outside. Frederick beside me continued to help wipe away my cold sweat with the cloth in his hand. He held on to me as if trying to strengthen me.Perhaps in his mind, this is what would have happened if I had been stubborn and refused to be taken to doctor Celine office earlier."Isabelle, I think I should bring doctor Celine here to examine you," he said. Without saying anything else to me, he left in a hurry./blam!/As the door closed, I instantly found the silence in this room so eerie. His presence had undoubtedly made me forget about Matthias. So when he left, my thoughts returned to Matthias who was like poison in my brain."Ha ..." I let out a long, tired breath. "Is it because of my baby? That I can't stop thinking about him? Is it because I'm so cowar
"Doctor Celine ... What about my baby?" The first thing I asked was not about what energy had just entered my body just now. Instead, I was more worried about what was causing the intense pain I felt in my belly earlier."Your baby is almost in danger, Your Majesty. It's all thanks to you always ignoring my words and pushing yourself continuously," she said, still standing beside me. "Your baby has a very weak heartbeat. And if it wasn't for my energy injection, he would most likely have died.""No way ..." I said softly. Right now, my chest ached after being told what I had done to my baby."When an Omega is pregnant, her energy is channelled entirely into her baby," she continued. "But in your current state, you don't even have energy for yourself. That's what makes your baby so weak. In fact at this rate, you could miscarry at any time."I couldn't reply to her words and could only stare guiltily. I looked up at the ceiling of the room with a wide-eyed stare. I couldn't imagine tha
"It seems that you and Isabelle are indeed hiding something from me, Frederick." Matthias replied. The uncomfortable gesture he made indicated his deepening suspicion of us.I, who was close beside him, felt alarmed to death. I wanted to prevent Frederick from saying anything more in front of Matthias, but what if that made him even more suspicious of us?It felt like I was trapped in a thorny bush that entangled my steps, and had nowhere to go."What are you hiding from me that you can bring Estella's name here?" he continued. Matthias had now risen from his seat, and was walking slowly towards where his friend was."Just what are you hiding from me, Frederick? Is it something so big that you dare to challenge your own friend?" he asked persistently. He didn't let Frederick out of the corner of his eye, nor did Frederick.They exchanged cold expressions as if one of them blinked, they would lose."Then you, what are you doing here?" Frederick asked back, not answering Matthias' quest
"Please don't meet me again, Matthias." After saying that, I asked Frederick to take me away from here.Once again, Matthias seemed very insistent on holding my hand and even wanted to pull me from Frederick's arms. Of course I didn't let that happen. I pushed his body roughly as I refused his request with my scarred face.I stared at him like I was disgusted by this whole charade.Matthias, how can you be this gentle with me when you never thought of me yourself? You are the one who has forgotten that night, and you are the one who has trapped me in this unwanted pregnancy.Yet now, you act as if you are the victim. And what's even sadder is myself. I still can't get over my feelings despite Matthias always playing with my heart.___________"Are you alright?" Frederick came to me with a change of clothes that he had just bought at the market.We were currently in the centre of the city, an elite inn reserved only for the Alpha nobility. Frederick was able to secure a room on the hig