Valencia
But I stepped aside, so she lost her balance, tripped and fell face forward onto the floor.
A loud smack resounded through the place as she fell face down onto the cold and polished marble floor.
“Ow,” Maelyn winced as she slowly got up from the floor, her cheeks flushed. A few people snickered at her fall but quickly put on a serious expression when she glared at them.
Her aunt rushed forward to help her.
“Oh no, dear. Let me help you.” She said and offered her hand to Maelyn, whose cheeks were now flaming red with embarrassment.
Meanwhile, I only stood watching her for her next move.
My eyes flicked to the exit, but I doubted I would be able to run away without her trying to lunge at me again.
And it was good that there were eyes here because if she caught me outside these halls in the empty passageways, she would do much worse than just trying to tear my dress off.
This ruckus was starting to attract even more attention and Maelyn was furious that she was humiliated in front of the entire court.
She began to cry and tears began streaming down her face.
“This woman is humiliating me ever since I stepped inside. First she wore the silk made for royals, then she is accusing me when she is the one who keeps ogling my fiance. This is not fair.”
She sobbed in her aunt’s arms, who was patting her back soothingly.
“Relax Mae, stress is not good for you. We are here to see Prince Martin and enjoy the feast. I am sure he will ensure you are not disrespected here. I say we call him over here right now.”
The crowd nodded their heads in approval but nobody dared to disturb Martin
Maelyn looked in the direction of the King and her betrothed before muttering.
who was still talking to his father.
“No, he is with the King. I can’t distract him with something that I can take care of myself.”
She said and looked back at me.
“Get that dress off. Now!”
“Have you lost your mind? You want me to strip in front of a room full of people?” I shouted back.
“I dont care. You have insulted the heir’s betrothed and the King will not like it”
She was hellbent on getting me humiliated in front of people for some reason. Probably because she feared I would out her secret with Nicholas and wanted to bury it under this ruckus.
“I am not afraid of approaching the King and asking him myself” I said and turned around.
A shocked gasp left her lips as she saw me start walking towards King Aecidus seated on the opposite side of the table.
I was not sure what they were discussing, but I was not going to let my dignity be stripped off of me for a stupid girl and her petty mind.
I didn’t fear the King’s wrath. He could disregard me for all I care.
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Thus, I began walking towards the throne of the King, and I heard somebody shout behind me.
“What are you waiting for? The King will kill us all if he learns his discussion was interrupted due to this stupid girl. Get her back here right now?
1 looked back to see a few of them hesitate.
“Why? Not so brave to stand in front of the King despite being nobles and royal members of this court, are you?”
I said with gritted teeth, and the aunt and niece pair began to whisper something again.
“Let us get the King to solve this issue, and he will also tell you all if he thinks I am the Blessed One or not, easy right?”
I asked while looking directly at Maelyn. Her face suddenly paled, and she shrieked.
“Don’t let her get near the King. What are you guys waiting for? She is a scammer and will attack the King. We need to protect him.”
Her voice grew shrill, and she lunged at me again, but this time I didn’t duck. This time I stopped her with my arms and pushed her back.
She stumbled back and fell on her butt. So much for being the most beautiful girl in the kingdom. She was hideous on the inside and rotten to the core.
“What is going on?” A voice boomed from the far left, and everybody suddenly went still. I looked behind to see Killian had finally walked inside.
He had changed his clothes, now he was also in black, just like the rest of the courtiers. And everybody took a step back upon seeing him.
Maelyn began sobbing uncontrollably and pointed at me.
“She pushed me right now and made me fall. She has been disrespecting me for the past hour. Ask everyone.”
I gritted my teeth.
“You were trying to claw and tear my dress. And you are just an attention whore, when are you going to tell him that?”
Her aunt looked at me indignantly.
“Miss, whatever your name is, don’t use such words in the court and most certainly not for my niece.”
She looked horrified when we had used the word fucking, and she hadn’t batted an eye before.
Maybe she was being all preachy now that a prince was around to judge her.
Killian only took a step closer and stood beside me.
“Maelyn, do you have an issue with her dress?” He asked her calmly.
She nodded. “Of course, I do. How can she wear Elorin Silk when she is not anybody of importance yet? How can you just gift it to her? You state she is the Blessed One but none of us have seen her mark.”
He nodded at that thoughtfully.
“Ahh, I see”
And I only glared at him. Why was he being so calm and content instead of lashing out at her?
“As for the Elorin Silk, it was given to her by the Crone,not me,” Killian said, surprising everyone.
“The Crone?” Lady Victoria looked surprised.
Killian nodded, “I was just talking to her and she can vouch for the fact that Valencia is indeed the Blessed One. The Deity of Elorin’s blessings are with
her.”
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He then looked at Maelyn, who looked like she would cry again.
“What?”
“Yeah, she is just returning from the temple. And if you were educated enough with the customs and traditions of Elorin, you would know that it is fully
Wear to stand before the Deity.” within the Crone’s rights to give someone Elorin Silk to
Maely and Victoria just looked at each other in confusion. I didn’t know anything about this place, but it looked like they didn’t either.
His words made a few courtiers and noblemen look
“The Crone let her enter the Red Temple?” A
renewed interest.
asked.
Killian nodded, “And the Crone along with the King have coed
that
she is the Blessed One. Do you need any more proof, Maelyn, or would you like
to give me your word you will stop nagging her about this?”
He asked Maelyn in a gentle but firm voice. She looked around and realized that all eyes were now on her.
If she said no, it meant she was a troublesome person, and if she said with me in the future.
yes, it meant there were several witnesses for Killian to use if she ever tried to mess
Had I not been so angry at her for being petty and at him for which he was dealing with her bullshit.
But I didn’t want calm. I wanted to slap the shit out of her.
being late, I would have taken teh time to appreciate his smooth talk and the calm way in
Maelyn didn’t answer right away, but when she saw Killian staring at her as if waiting for an answer, she began to whisper something in her aunt’s ear again.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” I groaned, but Killian only told me with his gaze
to
stay put for a while.
The two had some discussion, and the aunt was the one to finally talk.
“We do not disrespect the Crone or the King. Rather than taking this
challenge to her claim, why dont you look at it as her curiosity?”
Lady Victoria asked, and that made a few people around us murmur in approval.
“I apologize on behalf of my niece for the distress she has caused, but you can’t blame her for being curious to see the mark. After all, we have all been waiting for the arrival of the Blessed One for ages. Her betrothed, as well as a lot of other men, were sent to look for this girl. And now that she is right in front of us but we don’t get to see the mark, isn’t it a little disappointing, Prince?”
Killian looked at the others and asked; “Do you all also want to see her mark?”
They all nodded enthusiastically, meanwhile, I only looked at him in confusion.
Now, how was he going to do that?
But it looked like he did have a way, for then he said, “That can be arranged easily,” and pulled me close to slam his lips on mine.
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