Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

Royal Palace Avalo

It has already been a few days since Craig seized the throne. At first, he expected his brother to come for him as soon as possible but day after day, there was no trace of his brother coming after him.

He ensured to make the security around him very tight. Deep in his heart, he was scared but he trusted a certain man to help him with more army to deal with his brother.

"Your majesty, a man is at the gate. He said to tell you, Dark is here," a guard informed. When Craig heard this his heartbeat quickened. This is the man who was willing to help him.

"Let him in," Craig answered. He was looking forward to meeting the man.

A few minutes later the man called Dark walked into the throne room.

"Your majesty, I  here to collect it," Dark said. There was no smile on his face as he spoke.

"Give me more time, I do not have it yet," Craig answered. Although he did not want to accept this he was a little bit scared of the man.

"What do you mean, I help you with your father, in return you have to give her to me. How do you not give it? Do I look like a fool to you?" Dark said. His voice was calm and smooth but one did not need more than two eyes to know he was angry.

"I know that but my brother is very Smart. I could not even lay my hand on her. By the time I had the power in my hands she was gone," Craig patiently explained. He did n

"So you do take me for a fool. Your brother was not even in the kingdom when you made your move. It is impossible for him to have known ahead," Dark stated.

"Of course not, I have sent men to look for her. She is not yet with my brother. She never really liked him. Who knows she might have used the incident to escape from my brother,"  Craig tried to smooth Dark's anger.

"Right, but unless you have her, do not expect me to keep my other promise," Dark said, and without waiting for Craig to answer he left. When Craig saw this he panicked. He was hoping for the help of this man to seat on the throne and defeat his brother.

He could not afford to offend him, He knew that even with five thousand men if his brother comes for him, he will be defeated. So he immediately called a few guards over. "How is the search for the princess?" Craig asked in a cold voice.

"We are not sure yet, if you ask me, your majesty, it seems she planned to escape when her husband was away," one guard said.

"That is nonsense, my brother's men are very loyal. The Princess could not have fooled them. Send some spy into Bozoa, she might have gone back home. Also, look for lady Catherine she was working for the Princess, she might have an idea," Craig said.

"Lady Catherine is not in Avalo, we have gone to her family's house two days back to ask her help but when we got there she was not around. The attendant we meet, informed us, that the lady of the house had gone on a journey," a guard explained.

"What journey? Find out, it might help in our search for the princess,"  Craig said. He was very anxious. The more his brother was quiet the more he felt scared.

"We did your majesty but lady Catherine did not tell him," the guard answered.

"He may be lying. Go get him and bring him here. I am sure he will not dare to lie to his king's face," Craig said.

"Yes, your Majesty," the guard said and walked away. Lady Vare was standing at the door and she heard him asking to find the princess.

"Why are you in search of your brother's wife," she asked with displeasure. Since he climbed the throne the two were set to get married in a few days.

"It has nothing to do with you," Craig answered in an indifferent tone. Lady Vare was sad to hear this. She did not know of his agreement with the man called Dark so she concluded he might have been smitten with the princess beauty.

She was so angry and Jealous but she could not say anything. In her heart, she will do everything to make sure he could not find the Princess. Just as she was about to walk away Craig called her.

"If you were the princess where would you run to?" Craig asked. He has been trying to figure out where the princess could have gone but he was not so sure. He felt that lady Vera will be able to help.

"What?" Lady Vera's face fell. She did not want him to find her. "Why? Did you also take a fancy of her too?" Lady Vera asked.

"No," Craig frowns his brows. It did not matter if she was beautiful he was not stupid enough to want to convert his brother's woman.

"So why are you looking for her?" Lady Vare said.

Although Craig did not want to be honest with her, he still felt the need to tell her. "Someone else wants her, he can secure my seat on the throne," Craig Answered.

"Oh, lady Vare nodded her head. she was very pleased to hear that he did not take a fancy of that princess.

" so tell me, if you were in her shoe where would you go?" Craig asked.

"I will go to a place you least expect. I will not go home since whoever wants to find me will check there first but what if your brother was the one that took her?" Lady Vera asked.

Craig looked at her. There was a possibility that she was indeed already in the hands of his brother. This will make it difficult to take her. "I should have taken her first," He thought to himself.

"I think you should check with your brother first. The last time he left for a battle he left sir Jeffrey behind. What if he did so now?" Lady Vera said.

"You are right, I did not carefully think things through," Craig replied. He immediately sent for a few guards that worked in his brother's quarters. He had locked them up in the dungeon since he discovered that the princess was missing.

"Did my brother leave Jeffrey behind when he went to war?" He asked as soon as they were brought before him.

"We do not know," one servant answered.

"I will have you all killed if you do not tell me," Craig, threatened when he saw that they wanted to act stubborn.

"I. " One of the servants was scared of dying and decided to say what he knew but the moment he opened his mouth he choked. At first, it felt like he choked on his saliva but then he suddenly cough a mouth full of blood. Before anyone could think of how to help him,  was dead.

When all the servants saw this they were scared. They looked at each other and broke into a cold sweat. "The oath" was the only thing on their mind.

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