The Queen Wicked Deeds

The latest device the VinDev laboratories had been developing was a piece of technology that hadn't seen the light of the day yet. It was a top-secret invention and after testing its effects, they reached the conclusion that they won't make it public. It was so terrific.

Only the council of shareholders knew about its existence, all of the workers related to the manufacturing and even the magicians that tested the device had their memories erased. No one knew about its existence only the council.​​

That is why, it came as a surprise that such a thing had been stolen, and not a trace of the culprit was seen. It must be someone with extreme skill to do that, even more, someone who knew the exact time and place to make the heist.

"What should we do, Vin? Should we call the others?"

Kira was worried and was pacing around the room as her 'fake' husband was trying to repair the machine to call Princess Anne again. She knew the consequences of letting such a device out there in the world. It would be disastrous.

"No," Vin said after hitting the machine for the nth time. It hadn't worked and he had grown desperate. "We can't involve more people for the time being. There is a possibility that a traitor is among us…"

Kira gasped, "how is that…?" she couldn't think of anyone from the council that could do that.

"Or…" Vin narrowed his eyes.

"Or?"

"That person was deceived and used," Vin fisted his hand and sent another hit to the machine successfully breaking it. "Dammit!"

All of his life was guided by a principle, never betray or deceive his friends and comrades. Loyalty at every cost.

However, this time someone had tested that principle and had tried to make him believe that some of his close people betrayed him. He wasn't someone to be deceived that easily but he couldn't talk for the others. They were more naive than they believe, especially that idiot Wizard Druon… or maybe not.

"What should we do then, dear?"

"Let's call for the black troops," Vin said and Kira gasped.

"They are… are you sure?"

"There is no other way, they had trained for this," he said as he pressed a number in his MINI. "Even if the device had to be made public, we can't let innocent people be harmed because of it."

The black troops were not ordinary soldiers, nor they were the usual kind of knights that worked with swords and held a moral code. They were a secret army under the orders of three persons, and only those three can give them orders, the Princess, Vin, and the King of Lith. No one else.

And only to them, this secret group with black masks and black coats responded.

"We should investigate on our side, there is no way that the one who was that powerful to break every defense of my barrier enchantment should not be known," Vin was not that worried about the device. He had confidence in the Princess and the black troop to get it back.

Even more, if they reached to point of destructing it, he just could make it over again. Also, the instructions on how to use it were only in his head and the Princess, it was not that easy to put it in operation. So they still have time before the one who stole it figured out how to use it.

However, the real deal was that the thief was powerful enough to pass without being detected. If he could do it once, there could be a next time.

"Let's go flash the signal too."

"But… that will alert everyone."

"We must tell the other council members too and if we do this, then they know that this is an emergency, we must act now."

Vin offered his hand as always to his beautiful wife and they both got up the stairs to the roof. There they will show the signal in the form of a lantern reflecting a little crown to the night sky.

"This should do for now," Vin said with a sigh, "At least right now, we know they are alerted."

"How much should we wait, my dear?" Kira said with a sigh.

Vin smiled and giggled a bit. "My sweetheart," he took her hands and kissed the back with amazing tenderness. "This will be a long night."

Kira was enchanted again by his soft words and gentle eyes, then she nodded, not minding her burning face. She hoped that the fake marriage would never end.

****

Meanwhile, on the dancefloor of the Spring Dance, the many young boys and girls in couples were having a happy moment. After the first waltz and the elegant moves they were taught in their countries and the school intensive training weekends.

"Kya!!!"

"They are so handsome!"

"I love it!"

The girls jumped to the front of the stage when a group of boys with amazing voices and great moves took them by surprise.

"How can those girls be so crazy about those…"

"Yeah, those…"

"What are they?"

"A group of singers, right?"

The boys were sulking in the back with their cups of juice and some pastries in their hands. They had worked hard that week to ask those ungrateful girls to be their partners, but just when the group of boys with their flashy attires and big smiles appeared, they were deleted from the scene.

"Should we do something to get back their attention?"

"Like what?"

"Maybe we can dance and sing too…"

"…"

"…"

The boys looked at each other with secret camaraderie. None of them had the dance moves of those ones on the platform and they didn't really care.

"Nahh!"

"Let's go play games in the back."

However, before they could move to the back and before their free evening could arrive, a sudden and murderous group of eyes reached them.

"You… your Highness," they bowed to the young man with red hair leading another two.

They were fuming with anger. "Where are you going when your partners are being hypnotized by those… those…"

Ilian didn't know what to call them. There was no word other than entertainers with pretty faces. They even got Rose to follow them.

"We shall do something to take them back to us!"

James was also fuming with fury and if not for Ilian and Prince Martin's help, he would have unsheathed his sword and propose a combat against those four beautiful boys in flashy clothes.

The other boys didn't know what to respond. The three loving boys didn't grasp the real situation. The four boys over there were not the enemy and they were not the ones who they shall fear, but it was the girls.

If they dared do something against those… they didn't know how to call them, maybe singers, if they dared to do something to them, the ones to start a fight will be the crazy jumping little women over there.

Even more, Moira was among them with eyes full of… admiration?

She was only standing over there looking at the feet of those young boys. She seemed to be admiring their moves and their dances.

"Your highness, shouldn't we let them enjoy a good spectacle for a while?"

"Yes, your Highness, it will be for only a brief moment, you don't have…"

"Shut up!"

Ilian was about to explode when one of those boys winked at his beautiful fiancée, the lovely Rose. He had waited for so long to see that beautiful girl in her lovely dress ready to take his hand and parade the whole school announcing their relationship… and also that he hadn't run away from her.

It was a huge merit.

"Let's go," he said to the boys behind him and soon an arrow arrived at the magic amplifier instrument of the band.

Silence.

The four beautiful boys looked at the arrival of the boys in their handsome suits but with angry faces. The girls also looked at them with raised brows and crossing arms.

"What is going on?" Leonora, one of the choir club representative's asked and moved forward with her group of friends. "Why is the music stopping?"

*Cough*

Ilian cleared his throat and looked at the girls and then at the four beautiful boys.

"This show is over."

He declared with all the pose of a King. It could be seen how that powerful aura was made for the next ruler of Lith.

"And why is that, your Highness?"

"Because we…" he didn't know what to say, but then he didn't need to as someone had taken a step forward.

"Moira!"

The brazen girl had stood on the platform and kneeled to see the four boys' shoes. She was even reaching to touch them when the familiar voice stopped her hand. 

She looked down and saw the angry face of James.

'Where were you?' she signaled, 'I had been waiting for you…' she said and launched her body to her fiancée.