The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

Away from Harold's chamber, everywhere around the palace was silent despite the movement of people to their various quarters and chambers.

It seemed like everyone was walking on tiptoes in fear that if they made too much noise, Harold might locate them and come for them.

Even the maids and guards were too scared to gossip about what had happened. Especially since they were still mourning some of their friends who had died.

Neither the Queen, Ivan, nor Damon met to discuss anything as they ordinarily would have done. They were all feeling too embarrassed and disappointed to face each other, so they all returned to their chambers like dogs with tails tucked between their legs to reflect.

Damon had never felt more humiliated in his life than that day. It seemed like both Harold and his wife specialized in humiliating and embarrassing him.

The Queen, on the other hand, was feeling both angry, disappointed, frustrated and scared. She would be an idiot to dismiss Harold's threat so easily, especially since she suspected that his wife might truly be innocent.

If she was innocent, then why did Tyra say she was guilty? Did someone threaten Tyra to say otherwise? Or did Princess Amber really do it? The Queen mused, not knowing what to think. She had so many questions that were begging for answers. What was she going to do now?

Meanwhile, Ivan was in a fit of rage. He broke everything breakable in his chamber as he yelled in frustration. Not only was Harold's curse broken, but Harold was more powerful now too. If only his stupid mother had not angered the aristocrats, he could have counted on their support, but now he was at a disadvantage and it was all because she did not know her place as a stupid, senseless woman.

Williams, on the other hand, walked into their parents' chamber and was startled when his mother jumped up from where she was seated and broke into a sob as she embraced him.

"What is wrong?" Williams asked as he looked from his mother to Susan in confusion. Had she missed him that much? Wasn't she the same person who had been bent on sending them off a while ago?

Susan sighed, "Isn't it obvious? Mother was worried about you. Now that you are here, let's go," Susan said as she rose from her seat, and their mother turned to her in alarm.

She had never been so scared in her entire life, and despite all of Susan's attempts to assure her that Williams was fine, she had refused to believe any of it until she saw him with her own eyes. And now they want to leave her sight again? "Where are you going to?"

"You don't expect us to spend the night here, do you? We have to return to our chambers. We are safe and everything is going to be fine. You don't have to worry about us," Susan assured her mother confidently, glad that they had chosen to be on the right side.

She could move around the palace fearlessly now and go to bed without any worries because she was on Harold's side. After hearing about everything Harold had done today from some of the servants, she couldn't imagine how terrified she would have been right now had they not been on his side. Alvin would put in good words for her family, right? She earnestly hoped.

They all turned to the door when it opened, and their father walked in with a worried look on his face, and immediately their mother left Williams to embrace him. She felt relieved to see that both her husband and children were safe.

"Why did you untie them?" He asked in displeasure, and his wife shook her head.

"I was going to send them home earlier but Prince Harold's guard stopped us," she explained, not wanting to tell him the role Susan had played in making sure Alvin had caught them.

"You both must stay in this chamber with us until everything is over. I don't want you out of our sight. And you must not invol..."

"It's too late for all of that, father," Susan cut in before their father could finish, surprising them all.

"Prince Harold is awake now, and we are going to help him in proving that Princess Amber is innocent. I believe that she is innocent regardless of anything else you think. And I won't let you stop us." Susan said confidently, and she looked at Williams for support.

"I believe she is innocent too, father. Please do not try to stop us. We can not keep sitting on the fence because of you. If we don't do anything, the wrong person will be punished, and then we don't know who might be attacked or framed next," Williams said reasonably.

"Didn't you learn anything today? Prince Harold is perfectly capable of helping his wife. Don't you know that already?" Their father asked, not wanting them to go anywhere near Prince Harold.

"Princess Tyra already testified. Don't you trust your cousin's testimony? She is close to Prince Harold and wouldn't dare lie against his wife," their mother said, but Williams shook his head.

"Even if she did it, I think someone might have poisoned her with the Beta's nightmare. If that is what happened, don't you think she is innocent then? Just like what happened before?" Williams asked, and his mother's eyes widened in surprise while Susan looked at him in confusion. How did she not know about this? He had found the potion?

"How... did you know about the first Prince?" Their father whispered in alarm, and turned to look at their mother, who he suspected must have mentioned it to them.

"I didn't know that was the reason he asked me about it," She explained weakly.

"First Prince?" Williams asked in confusion and even his mother seemed to find what her husband had said strange and looked at him.

"We only talked about the King's brother. What... happened to the first prince?" The woman asked him curiously and that just seemed to get the attention of Williams and Susan too. What did Ivan's older brother have to do with this?