''Wait would he even believe her? '' thinking of everything that had been happening from her mother''s death to her father''s neglecting her, Queen Regina''s unfair treatment, and her marriage to the cursed prince Ellen could no longer hold back her tears seeing how pitiful her life has turned out.


    It was okay when the prince treated her indifferently when she did not like him, but she knew that going forward his actions were going to hurt her deeply. She could not even understand her own heart, how did she end up liking him?


    "Why?" Ellen could not understand why she could not be happy. As a princess, she was supposed to be the envy of others not pitiful.


    Princess Ellen wanted to complain to someone. But she was all alone her father was far away. There was no one she could complain to, so since she could not complain she decided to cry it out.


    "What was the point of acting strongly in front of the prince?" for once princess Ellen allowed herself to be weak. Her strength did not make any difference to the prince anyway.


    He did not really care about her, so she did not see the point. The truth was said to be very unpleasant and at this point princess Ellen was forced to tell herself the unpleasant truth.


    It did not matter how strong she acted, in the end, her life and death were in the hands of the man next to her. Ellen allowed her tears to flow as she sobbed quietly.


    She felt even more pitiful since she could not afford to cry out too loudly and irritate the prince. She felt a bit scared since the prince could just decide to force himself on her and there was nothing she could do about it.


    "Why did I ever think I a have say?" Princess Ellen mocked herself.


    Prince Sébastien who saw the woman in his arms crying all of a sudden was short of words. He had never been in a position like this before.


    It was not the first time that the prince had watched someone cry before him, after all, he had been to war and saw how the slaves captured will cry begging for their lives. But this was the first he cared about the person who was crying.


    Prince Sébastien himself did not get any love and affection so he was not sure how he could help her. Seeing her cry so peacefully broke his heart. At this point, the prince was willing to do anything to stop her tears.


    His sunshine should not cry, her eyes should be bright with a smile on her lips all the time.


    "Why are you crying?" He asked... Instead of getting an answer princess Ellen cry more.


    Prince Sébastien felt frustrated so he pulled her to himself and stroke her hair gently. He wanted to say something to comfort her but he did not know what to say, so he kept his mouth shut and continue to stroke her hair gently. He noticed that the princess seems to calm down a bit as he stroked her so he continued to repeat the action until he could not hear a sound anymore.


    Prince Sébastien breath a sigh of relief seeing that the prince had fallen asleep after a long time. He laid her down on the bed as gently as possible not wanting to wake her up by chance.


    "Why were you crying sunshine?" He said as he looked at her beautiful face. If he could he would help her carry all the pain and suffering. His sunshine was only permitted to smile.


    There were still a few hours before the time for his morning ritual but the prince could no longer sleep. He was really curious about what could have made his sunshine cry so much.


    The lady he had known was very brave so seeing her cry made him feel like a failure. "I should find out what or who hurt her so much to deal with them. Prince Sébastien thought to himself.


    The prince could not have possibly guessed that the princess''s behavior had anything to do with him having a mistress. So with a determined heart, he stepped out of the chamber.


    Since he could no longer sleep he decided to wake all his men up and have them training. Training in the dark was good logic since this will sharpen their other sense. When one can not rely on their eyes they would have to use their other senses to see.


    The prince was in a gloomy mood and so he needed to do something that could make him happy. It was just sad that his men would have preferred to sleep a little more.


    When he got outside the chamber he remembered he had given Jeffrey an assignment. So prince Sébastien decided to go out himself and train alone. There was a need to strengthen his inner powers. If one day he truly got separated from the beast, prince Sébastien would need to rely on himself and his abilities.


    If his strength was lacking then he could easily fall and get killed. Moreover, he was not sure if the princess would be willing to bear him a child, so he needed to train more and increase his strength.


    The journey to the river of truth was a dangerous one and he needed to prepare for it since he did not want to force anything on his sunshine. Not that it mattered even if he wanted to. After all the curse would only be broken if she is willing to birth his child.


    With this thought in mind, prince Sébastien walked towards his training ground but stop on his trace when he heard murmuring from the other side.


    It was still too early for anyone to have woken up so the prince become curious and decided to check out what was going on.


    He walked for a few minutes before he saw the group of soldiers who were in line as though they were getting ready to leave for war.


    When prince Sébastien got closer he noticed Jeffery giving directions. "What is going on?" prince Sébastien asked.


    His voice was not very loud but since it was early in the morning all the soldiers standing in the line heard his voice. As soon as they recognized the voice they all fell silent.


    Jeffrey walked over to meet the prince and respectfully bow his head. Before explaining his reasons for calling out all the soldiers.


    "Your highness, I find something strange about the young lady that ended up in your room at the inn yesterday. Pervious when you hold a feast for us there, the owner never dares entertained anyone else. Earlier someone told the maiden''s mother about your presence at the inn. Upon investigating I am certain the person is not from the inn. Although the person who helped her into your room was a server, the person behind it is not."


    "This means that a loose mouth or possibly a traitor is among the men so I brought the server and woman to identify this person, " Jeffery explained in a calm voice.


    " is there a chance that this person is not from our men? " prince Sébastien asked. The men he treated to a feast were all sworn loyalists. Prince Sébastien was sure that none of them would dare betray him but then again, some might have escaped his eyes.


    "A small chance,  the person might have managed to mix with our men without been notice. There is also a chance that he has already escaped too," Jeffery answered.


    Princes Sébastien nodded his head, he was happy that Jeffery was not taking anything for granted. It was best to catch whoever had a loose mouth among these men and use him as a scapegoat to the rest.


    Just when prince Sébastien opened his mouth to give Jeffrey a new instruction. He heard some called out to him.


    "your highness," the lady called Eva called as she walked closer to him. Her head was bowed to the ground since she was too scared to look at him.


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