"Now that you're feeling better, let's get out of here," he said. His hands were occupied with pouring a glass of milk and some sandwiches he was making.His busyness for some reason made me realize that he was avoiding my gaze. Or better said, he didn't want to look at me.He refused to look at my battered body after being played by Matthias. I could read that from his expression. He was denying the fact that his heart hurt to see me being abused by his own best friend."Frederick," I call his name softly, luring him to look where my fingers are perched.The milk that had been in his grasp was stopped in its tracks by that. Slowly, he rolled his salt irises at me. And gave me a very forced look."You don't need to explain anything," he said, as if she could read my head. "There's no need to say anything, I want you to forget what you've been through. Now, we just need to move forward. I already have a way out to get you out of here."His gestures were of concern to me. Frederick was
"Isabelle. What about your baby?"I looked back, where Frederick was following me. In this narrow, dimly lit hallway, he could even still be worried about my pregnancy."Do we need to rest?" he asked seriously. I straightened my gaze and smiled at the way he was so considerate of me.'Can we really take a rest here? It's such a narrow hallway anyway.' I thought with an amused chuckle."I'm fine," I replied to him. "You said it, didn't you? This hallway isn't that long. So let's just quickly finish this hallway, then find a place to rest."I still couldn't believe that the day I ran away with Frederick would come. In the list of destinations that I had compiled in my mind, Matthias was still the one who came first.After he declared his preference for me over Estella, my hopes rose sky-high. But since when did the world spin so fast? I can still feel his warm grip that carried me away, saving me from the princes.And now, still, in that same hand, I felt nothing but cold. The earth was
"I knew it. You deserved to be killed before you took everything from me!"Estella was out of her mind.Her defeat in the argument with me was enough to embolden her to swing the long sword, pointing it at me. Her face was already like that of a madman, looking like she was completely devastated by what I said last time."You're dead now, Isabelle!" With both hands, she had prepared to swing her sword at me indiscriminately.Her movements were predictable, but that didn't mean I could avoid them. My stomach was still cramping from the inhumane kick she had delivered to my belly. It feels like if I move even a little, then my baby could get hurt.'But that crazy Omega is going to kill me if I don't move from here!' panicked my inner voice that could only scream inside.My eyes were already closed, and these two hands were the only shield I had to protect the baby inside my stomach. The rest? I just hoped that God would send down some of his miracles to us.A second, even five full seco
"You must serve the Alphas here as payment for buying you! Don't you realize? You are now a prostitute!" It was tiring to hear that sentence over and over again. "Yes, Ma’am. I understand. Give me five minutes to get ready," I told the innkeeper. Then she threw me an unhappy look and sneered at my unattractive body. She knows I'm pregnant, she knows my belly can't be hidden anymore. And still, she made me do this disgusting job. "Hurry up and clean that body of yours. Even the poor Alpha won't want to be served with that ugly face of yours," she ordered before walking away. The door to my room slammed roughly, causing the rickety walls of the room to shake. It's been three days since those military Alphas dropped me off here, in an inn that doubles as a brothel. That's right. That military Alpha who kidnapped me had gotten away with it. Just when I thought I was going to be tortured or taken somewhere, they threw me here instead. The owner of this inn said he had bought me at a
"I paid you dearly!" he snapped angrily. His temper flared to the point where it looked like he could strangle me with his glaring eyes."I'm an Alpha noble, got it? If I'm kidnapped, then this town will be responsible! You guys must protect me! Including you!"My expression turned sour after witnessing with my own eyes, how cowardly this Alpha in front of me was. Vven though he hadn't been hurt anything, his panic was like a girl who was about to be raped.How damn useless."Go get her and get out of here!" the Alpha snapped at the troublemaker who had entered our room. The culprit who had broken the door to the room was dressed all in black, similar to a ninja.Complete with a headdress, his tall posture loomed in the darkness. It was terrifying, but somehow I felt like I had seen him before. It was familiar to my eyes, as our gazes accidentally met.This embarrassing noise made by the Alpha noble beside me did not serve as a distraction from the impromptu rebellion we were experien
"Who exactly is this Alpha woman?" I whispered. My ears were already perked up ready to hear whatever answer he threw out.Instead, only the screeching sounds of the Alpha woman filled my auditory cavity. Until she managed to set her foot right in front of me, for the first time I felt an embrace from the Alpha woman."My daughter! My lost daughter Esther!" the Alpha woman screamed in my arms. Her hands were constantly touching my face, turning my cheeks, as if to check the authenticity of my appearance.Then her cries broke out again, and her embrace rushed to me again. The same thing happened over and over again like a pit of repetition. The only difference was one: the woman seemed so happy to find me."Your mum misses you a lot, dear," she said. She stroked my hair lovingly. Her warm touch was so foreign to my body that had only been accustomed to violence. I couldn't help but melt thanks to her gentle nature.I felt like I was meeting my mother."That's right, Isabelle." Frederic
"I'm sorry to interrupt your touching moment, Your Majesty. But as was our agreement before, You owe it to me."Frederick's voice suddenly appeared and broke our sobs. Instantly, he became the center of attention, especially me who was provoked by his declaration just now."Frederick," I called out. Despite the tears of emotion dripping down my face, I looked at his face with a cold aura. He knew I wasn't joking this time."Are you hiding something from me?" I asked him.He was still wearing the same watery-face. He was very calm for someone who was cornered."Isabelle. I told you, didn't I? Whatever happens, I'm going to save you from Matthias," he said. "For the sake of our baby, I'll do anything to save him."Time flashed through my head as if it had been cut by an imaginary pair of scissors, and stopped all timelines in their tracks. Instead of being struck by lightning, I felt like I'd been cut in half by what he'd just said to me."Wait a minute," I interrupted with blurred visi
[Isabelle's POV ends here][Switch to Frederick's POV]..."Son Frederick. You must accept the legal punishment for what you have done to our daughter."I had predicted, at least this is what I would receive after daring to hurt Isabelle earlier.The royal courtroom was only filled with me, King Elbarrack, Queen Camellia, and one judge who was handling this matter. From any kind of angle, what I had just done to Isabelle was crazy.With the help of my subordinates, I managed to find out who Isabelle's real parents were. With that, I was already regarded as a god of help for the Magnolia Kingdom. And now, I've broken their trust."On what grounds did you harm Princess Isabelle?" said the magistrate at his bench. "Are you aware of the consequences you will face if you dare to touch a member of the Magnolia kingdom?""I was fully aware," I said, without trying to defend myself. "My emotions were the only basis for me to make a mistake and hurt Princess Isabelle. I was afraid of losing he