Chapter 50: Queen Or Concubine?

Alice already went away from the chamber's wall where she walked back to her chamber. Her hands were clenched together as she was purely hesitant about what the Prince said about the Alliance. 

'What has he told father which made him instantly agree despite revolting so much?' she can't help but wonder as well. But her serious concern wasn't this. 

The chief aim of hers was to handle the fury of her brother and her father. Moreover, how can Flora flee away from her own wedding? "I haven't even seen the second man and Mrs. Ira after the wedding..." 

Alice's eyes drew to the ground when her brain analyzed the present situation in front of her. All the events are revolving like any reel that took place in her life, her own wedding in place of her cousin. 

"Alice." 

A distant voice from behind made Alice turn around to find King Vilas, Prince Dominic as well as her maid, who was standing behind both of them. "F-father... you talked with them.."

"And I know that you have heard everything. You were standing out," he told her bluntly, making Alice but her own tongue. 

"I..I..didn't mean to.." Alice's face lowered when she tried to dig her nails in her own flesh. When King Vilas came across her frightened state, did he look behind himself to see Mary "Lock the door. Don't let anyone come inside." 

"As per the King's order." Mary bowed slightly before she closed the huge wooden door of her chamber. The thud sound entered into their ears, making Alice gulp the saliva present in her throat. 

"This will go as we wanted. Saving the lives of our people is what we should look forward to, father." Alice tried to sound serious despite the turmoil that went into her brain. But the King Vilas's strict face had sullen up. The mask of his fury was now replaced with the evident worry in his eyes. "Alice...you don't have any idea what you have taken over your head.."

"I..it's just an alliance, Father. As the Emperor of the Suzania Kingdom, you should think about its welfare. People of our kingdom will be able or export fabric-"

"What about your well-being there?" This time, Prince Dominic interrupted her in the middle, and the Princess swallowed all the words back in her mouth. There was absolute silence present around them except for the chirping of the bird from outside. 

Alice's face had started to turn a bit red when she put the extra pressure over her hand. It was making her heart skip a beat when she recalled the cold prince's words again, 'I will make your sister's life a living hell…'

How can she not realize that he was no less than any other monster, who was walking the sound of a vampire? 

Lack of response made Prince Dominic growl, "See? You yourself know that you won't be happy there. Yet you are thinking about the people of your kingdom? What about you, my dear sister?"

"I..I...will manage myself. Don't worry about that." Alice answered while keeping her eyelids on the ground itself. "Moreover, I...know how to fight with those demons." 

"Yeah! Just like you were found in the basement of the castle!" a scoff left from Prince Dominic's lips when he ruffled his hand through his hair. Moving his eyes in his father's direction, he answered back, "This is your doing, to actually let her go. You agreed to that Prince Cyrus's words!" 

To this, King Vilas's lips were pursed into a straight line. His hands were converted into a fist that was ready to be thrown on any nearby wall, but he controlled his urge to do so. "That Prince..is way more clever than we all can imagine.." 

Hearing this, not only the siblings lifted their heads to stare at their father. It was hard to defy that he was acting a bit strangely, making both of their brows be lifted from its place, "W-What do you mean to say?" Prince Dominic asked with doubt. 

On the other hand, King Vilas moved ahead when he stepped closer to Alice. Coming face to face, he didn't even blink his eyelids for a minute as if he was straightly looking through her inner soul. 

"You should know that your husband blackmailed me with his words." 

Alice was shocked to the core. Her wide eyes were the evidence of the same as she shook her head over this, "This can be the truth! He- blackmailed you? He has that amount of guts?"

In return, King Vilas shook his head before he took a deep breath to close his eyes. Alice and Dominic host each other at a glance before they are again looking at King Vilas with a stagnant focus. 

For the next few moments, King Vilas didn't open his mouth. He was absorbed in his thoughts, making both of them really eager to learn. Somewhat, it scared them. What can Prince Cyrus say to make King Vilas this nervous? 

*FLASHBACK*

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Back in the court chamber, Prince Cyrus stepped ahead, as well, King Vilas stood on his toes. He was looking straight at the prince who dared to marry his daughter, despite all the hustles. 

But this wasn't the only case, he was claiming her actually as his bride? This was the lewdest talk he heard! 

However, Prince Cyrus's next step was something unexpected. He hugged King Vilas tightly as if he was trying to merge their bodies. Yet, unknown to anyone else, Prince Cyrus came near King's ears before he whispered in the slightly amusing tone. 

"King Vilas, think twice. If I don't take your daughter as my bride, my father will ultimately force you to give up your empire and everything of yours will be under us. In the end, I can still make her my bride, or concubine." 

"So, either way, why don't you directly give your daughter and keep your empire safe? She will be the Royal Queen, the first headed queen, rather than a  mere concubine status...doesn't suit her. The choice is yours to make." 

With his statement of his, Cyrus pulled away from his embrace with the wide smile that lingered on his face, which even reached until his eyes. Not only that, it won't be wrong to say that Cyrus's attitude was all sugar-coated. 

"I hope that King Vilas will take the decision, after taking all the possibilities into account." As he said, he looked again at the council head. 

In contrast to his smiling face, King Vilas had to make the right choice right now. Either option was leading him to lose his daughter, the daughter whom he had pampered all through his life. 

She wasn't any weakling but giving up..and sent her in the state of the monsters, never fitted in the back of his mind. 'But if I don't give up…this crown prince will take her as the concubine..' 

And this was the worst of all.

At last, he looked again at the council head, with the dark aura of his dimming his eyes as he said, "I agree to this..let's do it this way…" 

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

King Vilas' eyes went down to see the ground but then, no words came out of his mouth, Either way, Alice and Dominic felt the shock absorbing them. Both of them gave each other a glance before their attention was shifted back to their father. 

"You mean to say..."

"He asked me to make a choice. And in the other choice, I was losing you, Alice. If you really wanted to keep the lives of your Kingdom, I believe, I'm no one to interfere in that." Alice can't believe her own ears. 

Did Prince Cyrus really say that will take her as his concubine? He had that amount of strength? She never believed it to be true either. How can a hollow monster like him, actually not snatch the empire from her father's hand? 

She was doubtful, so were King Cyrus and Prince Dominic. 

Prince Dominic stepped forward when kept his hand over his father's shoulders, with the evident guilt that crept on his face, "I..I"m sorry for my outburst, my highness.."

Tapping back on his hand, King Vilas nodded his head, "You were concerned about Alice, just like me. But if we think it from our mind, this is the only way to guard her. None can mate with her and she will still be the queen of their Kingdom..."

"A queen is indeed better than a concubine, she would have the powers of all the Kingdom..and it will be to our advantage." 

Alice can't help but agree with his words. She wasn't expecting him to actually understand her way of thinking as well. It was expected by her that he will actually sideline her. 

A faint smile covered her lips when she told, "I'm grateful that you..thought about this, King Vilas."

"But Alice, tell me, where is Flora right now?"

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