His shrill voice attracted many people's attention, especially both the kings. They both turned around to avert their eyes in the newly formed couple's direction, only to find the abnormal horror-filled in their eyes.
The first person, who felt a hundred arrows touching his heart was King Vilas, who actually took a few steps in disbelief written on his face. "H..How is this possible?"
On the other hand, Prince Cyrus finally lifted her entire view which was now fully recovered from her face. The person, who he married was not Flora, with whom he had exchanged the rings...
Yet, it was Princess ALICE!
Cyrus could feel his world turning upside down when his gaze never tired from Alice's face, who has changed places with her sister. She looked stunning and there was no doubt in that, but..her presence totally blew his mind.
"W-what...are you doing at your sister's place?" Cyrus can't help but butter in the most shock that he got.
"To save my Kingdom." was all that Alice muttered with her eyes themselves filled with the tinge of sadness.
They were covered with tears, or to be specific, she was scared as hell!
Right from this position, Cyrus found himself frozen at this point. Not only him but, her father and brother who had now the full view of her face could feel their head almost swinging from the news.
The sight shocked them, to the extent where they just stood in their places without even saying anything. It was too vibrant to see Alice in place of Flora, and to learn that it was their ALICE WHO GOT MARRIED!
It was hard to learn, or more or less, not able to accept.
The first one who snapped out of this daze shock was King Vilas himself, as he stared at Alice, who was also looking at her confused brother and father with her vivid eyes. "Father..this.."
"Where is Flora, Alice?"
The strict voice of her father made Alice gulp the slaves present in her mouth. She could feel the chills down her spine already, to the level where it was hard to even recall when she was this scared from her king.
Lacking a response from her side and not hesitating, King Vilas has to ask again with a slightly raised voice, "WHERE IS FLORA?"
"S...sh..she ran away..."
Alice finally mumbled as her head went down with guilt. She knew she had committed the biggest mistake of her life. Something no one even ever imagined in their wildest dream, neither did she. But this all happened because, she was determined to see her father rise and not let anything happen either to her Kingdom,l.
Her Kingdom was her pride, and if anything were to happen to it, she would not see any harm nearby it.
As expected, King Vilas's fury took his mind. His forehead lines opened when his hands were converted into a fist. "She ran away....hmm? So..what are you doing at her place, ALICE?!"
"I-I can't explain.." Alice didn't want them bursting at her, at least for now. Despite knowing that they won't be able or forgive her for this, Alice understood that they need to be dealt with softness. "If I hadn't done this...father..you know what was at stake!"
"AT STAKE? Alice!" Prince Dominic stepped ahead to come close to his sister as if he couldn't even believe his eyes if he had seen his sister in that bridal gown. "Do you have any idea what the alliance met?! Who the hell told you to come in a bridal dress yourself?!"
"But brother..if I didn't do that, our dear Kingdom..would have been.." she can't even bring herself to utter those words.
Vampires would have surely used this against them to take over their entire empire. This would be the last thing she would like to witness until she is alive.
And if this disaster can be saved by her marrying this monster by sacrificing her life, she is willing to do so.
Alice raised her eyes to look at her brother who was speechless. His being at the loss of words only depicted one thing: He is hurt.
Hurt by the fact that she took such a drastic step without revealing this to anyone else, not even to the one with whom she considers to be her closest ally, her own blood-related brother.
"Brother.."
As Alice tried to take the initiative to hold his hand, to soften his heart once Dominic took steps back. He was furious, or even frustrated and annoyed that everything happened just in front of his eyes and he failed to stop it... he failed to stop his sister's life from turning into a disaster.
But this wasn't when they played the game as well.
King Vilas took the step forward to come close to her. Just having the peak of his face, gave Alice a mini heart attack.
Yet she managed to stand on her legs to hold herself back. "Father.."
"You did wrong Alice..." he told her and her gaze instantly went down on the floor. She knew she had done extremely wrong, and it was guilt-ridden on her face.
"I..I.."'
"But I, King Vilas, do not consider this to be anything! This marriage is not valid. Come With Me, Alice!!" With this saying, he held Alice's arms from the other side when he was ready to take her out of the room with him.
He had no time of letting her stay in this area anymore, especially as the bride of the vampire Prince.
But before they could have left and taken a step forward, Alice felt her other hand being tugged. Her wrist was held by someone.
Turning around, Alice saw Prince Cyrus, looking at them with his curved eyebrows and slight amusement present in those brows still eyes.
Just the small state and his touch gave Alice goosebumps on her skin, as she could feel the deadliest aura of his, in a teasing manner.
But his next words are the most shocking ones she ever hears, as the land beneath her had slipped away.
"Where are you taking her, King Vilas? Now, she's my bride, as well as the My Queen. And I will not let you take away my wife from me so easily..."
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