His Witch Queen

The words were like any other pleading made to her face. It was hard to ignore but Alice found no other reason to actually rebel. At the end of the day, since he was bringing her somewhere while invading everyone's eyes, she had to make adjustments. 

At the end, Alice took a deep breath to not let herself be affected by this. "Alright..but how am supposed to climb it now?" 

"Keep your leg to..this part and then hold my shoulder." he told her honestly, which made Alice understand easily. She put her one leg on the small paddle and the other on his shoulders. While keeping her one knee on the top first, she had let her other leg on the other side before looking at him.

When she was done, a sigh escaped from her lips, before she felt Cyrus looking at her above his shoulder. "W-we can go now." 

"Are you sure that you are fine there?" he asked again, to which she gave a slight nod. "I'm fine. Let's get where you are taking me.." 

On getting the confirmation from her side, it finally made Cyrus keep the ropes tightly before he kicked the horse from the down with his leg. As instructed, the horse had already started to run in the direction where he wanted. 

At this point, Alice had to immediately wrapped her hands around Cyrus since his horse was ridding too fast. To ensure that she doesn't fall off, Alice had reluctantly wrapped her hand around his waist, which made a faint smile curl on his slip. 

But without pointing it out, Cyrus sat straight to guide their horse. On its way, Alice realized that they were going through the other route which she hasn't seen till yet. Moreover, till now, she has never come out of their castle. 

Since it was very dark in the sky, the entire town wasn't awake. What they found were the empty roads, with no hustle bustle of the market areas. The shops were all closed, mostly everyone sleeping in their respective beds. But it made the lines on Alice's lips turn straight when she realized that they were going to some other place. 

"Cyrus... I think you can give me any hint about where are we going.." 

"I don't think so. We will reach there soon." he answered, which made Alice pll herself back to rotate her head and see the pathways through which they crossed. 

First of all, they had come from the back of the castle. They didn't have to cross the regular crossword way made for them, rather it was through the other path unknown to them. But it surely landed them in the middle of the market or the town. 

However, Alice could conclude that they weren't going to stay in the town either since Cyrus drove at the fastest speed, which made her realize that instant that they are going slightly away from the market too. 

Soon, they had already crossed the town and entered into the other mountain area. She was dumbfounded about where he was taking but in the middle, Alice had vividly guessed to some extent. 

All that was left was to see if her guess was correct or not. 

And after the ride of a few more moments, Cyrus had stopped their horse at the palace, which was somewhere close to what she had imagined. "Here..." 

"Get down." he told her bluntly, which somewhat made her eyes widened but she kept the intact calm in herself and stepped down from the horse's back. 

As Alice's eyes traced to see things ahead of her, she found that they were nowhere else but at the top of the mountains. It was not only beautiful but took her heart away as well. "Is this the same mountain which is visible from the castle too." 

"Yes, it is the same one." he told her honestly, when Cyrus got down from his horse. He walked to the other side to tie the rope of those there before walking back to stand beside Alice,who was admiring the beautiful view. 

In Front of their eyes, from where they stood, they can see the entire town. Infact, above them, they saw that there was the castle where they reside. Everyone was purley evident, which brought an unspeakable spark in her eyes. 

"I-It..is beautiful from here." Alice muttered under her breath, when another chuckle left out. "I wasn't expecting you to bring me here, in this night either. Who would have guessed that this is the place you brought, invading all the eyes?"

"But I haven't brought you here, only to make you admire everything." Cyrus's words trailed into her ears, making another frown curve on her forehead.

She was all dumb from his wordings, where it made no sense in her mind. 

Turning around, she looked at the calmly standing Crowned prince, whose hands were behind his body..

Till now, his eyes had curved into a crystal moon which were rarely see. "What do you mean to say?" 

"I brought you here to talk to you about many things." Cyrus's honest reply raised her brows, "What are those things? May I know?" 

With the passage of the time they spent out there, Cyrus had lowered his head. There was a trace of the unhappiness that lingered but then, he had raised his head to find her still looking at him with curiosity. 

"I want to talk about us. About you, As the Princess of the Suzania Kingdom and also, about me, As the Crowned prince." he had laid the topic in a few words, which finally gave Alice a sense of relief. 'So he has brought me up here to talk?' 

Somewhere, she found it hard to resist asking about the reason for bringing her here. Indeed, it won't be simple since the talks can be done back in the castle too. He won't attempt to bring her here, except of having ulterior motives behind his words. 

However, Alice never found the guts to even ask him about the same. Rather, her straight stare to focus on him to let him explain his things, which he did. "Since we have been married under different circumstances, I thought that we should come clear."

"You never had the intend to marry in the place of your sister. It must be a trick played,and it vey vibrantly seen too. Although, you had tried your best to hide it beneath your actions, yet you failed. So, I had already expected that you and your cousin aren't on good terms. Or I shall say, your cousin hates your father." Cyrus laid down what he had concluded,without missing the beats. 

It raged her heart, but Alice didn't blink her eyes even once. Since he was coming so clean, should she give him insight too? There was no trace of unhappiness neither hesitation for now.

Taking a deep breath to not let herself be fallen deep, she finally passed him a nod. "You are right. My father....King Vilas of the Suzania Empire, and the SecondMan Daniel, are always in the cold war since my grandfather passed the title to my father rather than theSecond man." 

"My father is the elder one and it was bound to come over his head. But more than that, the quality was what decides the next ruler and it was my father,who outshined my uncle." Alice told Cyrus without tearing her gaze. 

Since they have landed in this position, Alice also expects the same respect from him. And somewhere, she had seen it coming from his side too. 

Meanwhile, Cyrus lowered his head to pass her a nod in understanding everything. "So the dispute isn't the new one but years long."

"Correct. Second man Daniel is the enemy residing under our own shelter and..we can't do anything. Our hands are tied." Even Alice won't be shocked by the fact that Second man Daniel played another trick. 

He was tempted with the seat of the Crown. He has been blinr to the lust of the woman and the power....which made him neglect thousands of the flags too. 

"So Second man Daniel is a dangerous man..this makes me understand why he allowed to let his daughter marry a vampire, when she backed out at the last moment. I guess,it was all planned to let you fall into this trap. Am I right?" Cyrus can't help but ask.

In return, Alice was hesitant. She had neither replied to give since she was all about their plans too. It was the trick planned upon her, but out of her sight, as she never saw it coming in her way ever. 

"If I knew....I don't think this would have arose. I never wanted to marry you, Prince Cyrus." 

"But you did, and now, you are my wife so.... we have to be on the same page otherwise, we can't live together to see another day." 

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