The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

Alicia exchanged a look with Harold before giving Harvey her full attention, "Yes. How do you know that?" She asked, trying not to let her voice give away her excitement.

Harold knew it was silly of him, but he could not help but be jealous at the amount of attention she was giving him. If only he had met Amber first and knew all this information and also made that trip to her kingdom earlier, he would be able to provide her with all this information.

Another thing that annoyed him was the way Harvey kept staring at her. Why couldn't he speak to her without looking directly at her? He was beginning to think Harvey and Amber's relationship wasn't so simple as he had put it.

Harvey was deep in his thoughts as he tried to make everything make sense. Then he remembered why the name "Alicia" had sounded familiar to him.

"I remember Amber mentioned something like that some time ago." Even the look on Harvey's face showed that he was confused about the whole thing.

"She saw a name in her mother's diary, and according to the diary, the person was from the same lineage and looked like Queen Anne." Harvey said, and Alicia's brows pulled together with curiosity as she leaned forward in her seat.

Queen Anne had seen her before? Or was it someone else that Queen Anne had seen? Even as she asked, the dream she had some time ago flashed before her eyes, and she remembered her eyes meeting those of the fighter lady who the people had referred to as their Savior in her dream before she woke up. That was when she had been unconscious for days. Did that mean it wasn't a mere dream? Was it a memory? Or did she travel to the past inside the past life again? What could all of this mean? Also, Queen Anne hadn't been executed for treason like Paulina had told her?

"Queen Anne's diary? Where can I find it?" Alicia asked hopefully. Perhaps if she read through it, she would get a better understanding of her relationship and connection with both Queen Anne and Princess Amber.

"You can't find it. The lady who was watching over Amber burnt the diary when she caught her attempting to recite some of the spells on it," Harvey said, causing Alicia's face to fall.

Madam Grace. That woman had been ruining her plans since the beginning of her time here.

"Did she tell you anything else she found in the diary?" Alicia asked hopefully.

"No. She never really talked about her mother's diary until that day. And she only asked me about it because she wanted to know if I'd ever heard of someone from the future," Harvey explained, and Alicia sighed as her brows furrowed thoughtfully.

Watching her, Harold could see that she was feeling very sad and disappointed, as she had hoped Harvey would be able to answer her questions, but it seemed like Harvey was as clueless as she was, and he was only complicating things more with the half information he had.

"If I may ask, what happened? When did you find yourself in her body?" Harvey asked curiously.

"I don't know anything about the dates, but I found myself here two days before the wedding. What date was that?" Alicia asked, turning to Harold.

Harvey's eyes narrowed when Harold mentioned the date. That had been the day he had been waiting for Princess Amber to show up at their usual spot in the village for her training, but she didn't show up.

"What happened?" Harvey asked curiously.

"I don't know. Paulina said she drowned in the village river," Alicia said, and Harvey shook his head.

"That doesn't sound right. Amber could not have gone to the river. She doesn't know how to swim, and even though I offered to teach her, she never agreed to go near the water," Harvey explained, and Alicia had another flashback to her dream.

"I think she was being chased," Alicia said, and this time both Harvey and Harold looked at her with interest.

"Why do you think so?" They asked in unison, and Alicia's brows pulled together as she tried to recall the exact details of the dream and narrate it to them.

"Who could have been chasing her, and why?" Harvey asked thoughtfully.

"Why didn't you tell me about the dreams before now?" Harold asked with displeasure, not liking the thought that he had just heard of it at the same time as Harvey.

"I didn't think it was a big deal," she said, looking at him apologetically. "I thought it was just a dream"

Harold opened his mouth to say something, but shut it when he heard Alvin approaching from the distance.

"I have to leave now to greet the guests. Return to your chamber when you're done speaking with him. I will join you when I'm done," Harold said as he rose from his seat, and then he looked at Harvey.

"The Queen is going to want to know what we talked about," Harold said, and Harvey gave him a nod.

"Don't worry. Whatever we have discussed is going to remain between us," Harvey promised.

"Did Amber... have a smell?" He asked quietly.

Harvey slowly shook his head.

"Smell? What smell?" Alicia asked curiously.

"So she has a witch's blood on her?" Harold asked but he was speaking more to himself than to Harvey.

"What does that mean?" Alicia asked in confusion, but Harold turned to give her a faint smile before excusing himself to join Alvin.

He didn't know what Harvey was going to tell the Queen when she asked, and he definitely couldn't tell Harvey what to say. But he believed that Harvey cared about Amber enough to keep his mouth shut, and that was enough for him.

"What is going on?" Harold asked once he got to where Alvin was.

"The king is having a meeting with the aristocrats and the guests that have just arrived. He wants you to join them," Alvin explained, and Harold gave him a nod.

"Keep an eye on them, and make sure she gets to her chamber safely," Harold said, and Alvin gave him a nod.

Before Harold could walk past him, Alvin spoke, "Can you tell me what is happening? Why is Princess Amber speaking with Sir Harvey?" Alvin asked, and Harold looked at him for a moment.

"Let's talk about it later. I can't keep the king waiting," Harold said before walking away, while Alvin bowed to him.

Harold knew he'd have to tell Alvin about Alicia sooner or later, because only Alvin could truly care for her if something happened to him; not that he wanted anything to happen to him, but for Alvin to better serve Alicia, he'd need to know everything in case Amber took over her body at any point in time and Alicia lost consciousness.

Harold frowned in confusion when his thoughts wandered to what Harvey had said about Alicia being from Queen Anne's lineage and about Queen Anne being a witch. He hadn't expected something like that. What did that mean?

Witchcraft was taboo not only in the Moon Kingdom but many other kingdoms as well. And if it was true that, for any reason, Alicia had any such powers, it would be a problem for her.

His steps faltered when another thought occurred. Was that why the curse didn't seem to have any effect on him when he was with Alicia? His wolf had spoken to him for the first time the first night he met her. What did that mean? Did she truly have powers that she did not know about? Was that why her blood tasted really bitter and repulsed him when he licked it the other time during their 'promise sealing'?

He had nothing personal against witches, so even if she was a witch, it didn't matter to him as he had been bewitched by her already. If anything, this meant he had to try harder now to take over the throne, as that was the only way he could protect her. If it got to the ears of the queen or Ivan that Princess Amber's mother had been executed and she had been exiled on the grounds of witchcraft, they would want to use that against her, and he couldn't let that happen.