Trapped In Hisstory

As Chance Howard kept thinking of the little girl and Vanessa Lanstone, he did not notice that they were already near the manor of the Lanstones.

Finally, he thought. He was finally going to see the little girl again. He will have a clue about what might happen to him in the future.

Fate came to his mind, and if it was watching him right now, would it be mad at him for trying to find the girl even though the spirit told him not to?

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"What is the prophecy, Fate? What is my prophecy?" 

Chance could tell that Fate was surprised by his question as the spirit did not speak for a long second. "If I may ask, who did you hear that from?" The spirit said in a more serious tone than the usual.

"I heard it from Teri."

Fate was confused and he turned to face Chance and approached him. "Who is this Teri you are referring to?"

"A little girl that I met recently. She told me that there was a prophecy that even you could not tell me." the Crown Prince responded and he raised his gaze to look at the spirit.

"Chance Howard, when you see that girl again,"

"Come with her to hear the prophecy?"

"No. Stay away from her."

Chance furrowed his brow as he stared at the spirit. If only its human form had a face so he could read its expression, but it does not have any, which made it hard for him to know what the spirit was thinking.

"I know why you want me to stay away from her. It is so that I will not know about the prophecy." Chance said in a serious tone as he demanded more answers from the spirit.

"The Prophecy has nothing to do with. You will soon know it anyway, even if I stop you." the spirit said. 

Chance was surprised to see that Fate had lost its calm. The tone of the spirit's voice felt familiar, but he could not point out where he had heard it from. "Then why do you try to prevent me from seeing the little girl?" he asked in confusion.

"I do not care about whether you want to hear the prophecy. Just do not get anywhere near the girl you call Teri!"

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Somehow he felt nervous about meeting Teri. But he cannot help it, he has the right to know what might happen to him.

Although the only one he could trust about his situation is Fate, since he is the Spirit who witnessed everything that happened at this time, he still cannot remove the doubt he has in his head.

Right now, if he is asked to point at the most suspicious person for him, his finger would stop at Fate. 'Why is it…why does Fate not want me to meet with that child? Just who the hell is Teri?' he thought.

It was strange that not only Alec was acting that way towards Teri, but also Fate. What did she do for them to get over the edge?

Not only the prophecy, but he also wants to ask Teri about how she knew the spirit of Fate. From what he could remember, he was the only one who came back to the past, the only one who can see Fate, is him.

Alec stared at the Crown Prince whose face had an obvious 'troubled' written all over his face. For him to be thinking so deeply about the child, he was curious but he cannot even ask him anything.

He has no right to ask his reason about why he was being desperate to meet the little girl again. Alec's first impression on the little girl was not too good, and he doubts that it will ever be. Even from a young lady, she gives the vibes of danger.

If he could kill her at that time, he would have already done so, but the Crown Prince will surely hate him. 

"What will you do if the maid is wrong?" Alec asked, breaking the silence.

"If Teri is not in Lanstone house, then we will search for her again." Chance responded, "You are not thinking of punishing her for being mistaken, are you?"

".....It depends on what Your Highness wants."

'So you were really planning to, huh?' he thought and sighed. "No, I do not wish for her to be punished. She just tried to help us."

"As Your Highness wishes."

After a while, Alec spoke again, "Is the reason for your visit only to find the child or you also have another reason?" he asked.

Chance was a bit confused with his question. What other reason would he go there other than searching for Teri? "I just want to look for Teri. I have no other reasons." 

"Her ladyship, Vanessa Lanstone, would be there."

"Of course she is, she lives there."

Alec did not respond and Chance let out a snort, "What? Are you thinking that Vanessa Lanstone is one of the reasons I am going to that manor?" he asked in disbelief.

"...is it really not?"

"Why would I even want to meet her right now?" Chance asked, and cannot believe that his own knight thinks that he wants to meet the Lady.

"I apologize for that assumption." Alec said and the Crown Prince did not say anything.

'Was it because of that dance? Our act at the celebration?' Chance thought. It had a bigger impact that he expected. It seems that his own knight even thinks that he has taken a liking to Vanessa.

But he is indeed interested about the future things that Vanessa would do to help Charles. He should get the Lady of the Lanstones on his side, he was certain that Vanessa Lanstone would be useful.

Chance froze, a bit surprised by his own words. 'Did I actually say use?' he thought. How could he think of using that lady? Even if he did not grow up with parents nor be educated, even a kid knows that using people is a wrong thing to do.

But then it is impossible for a human not to do 'wrong' things. He clenched his fists and looked outside.

'I am already stressed just by thinking about it. I miss Caliber.' he thought. If he could, he would just stay with Caliber the whole day inside his room and just rest with him.

'I wish there will come a day where there are no more problems. No more chains. No more rules that say our relationship is not allowed. I wish one day, everyone would know about our relationship and would not give a damn and just let us be. Just days of us being free together, loving with no worries.'

He let out a snort, 'Would that be even possible?'

He doubts that Fate would be that kind to let their endings be a happy ever after.

The Valorian cannot help but be curious about what his master was thinking. 'Just what is on your mind for you to have such expression?' he thought as he stared at his face full of sorrow.

"We have arrived, Your Highness." Alec said when the carriage came to a stop.

Alec went outside and held the door open for the Crown Prince. Chance stepped out of the carriage and looked around the manor of the Lanstone Family.

It was beautiful and the flowers and topiaries were well kept. It was on par with the beauty of the Lockhart Duchy.

It was not a surprise, after all Lanstone has the royal blood in them. Even after being kicked out of the royal family, King Cadell has no right to change the place for the Marquess. It was the previous king who put them in this territory and gave him the title.

They walked past the fountain and walked the pathway that leads to the main door of the manor. 'The Marquess and his family live in such a great house. But it would have been even greater if they were nor kicked out of the palace.' Chance thought.

A sudden thought came into his mind, he wondered if Marquess Calliwell still held a grudge against his own brother, the current ruler of Antares, for being the reason why he was stripped of the title. The seat he deserved was taken by his own brother, Cadell Howard. 

Even in the celebration, his uncle was all smiles, he looked too kind to be able to keep evil thoughts or rebellion.

'But even a smile could fool the whole nation.' he thought so it was possible that he was hiding his intention by acting kind.

His mind recalled the scene in the celebration once again. For Vanessa Lanstone to approach him, and admitting that she is planning something, he wondered…

Is Duke Calliwell part of Vanessa Lanstone's plan to avenge her family and rise?

Or is Vanessa Lanstone part of Duke Calliwell's plan to take revenge on the Royal Family?