You're Courting Death

Half an hour before Hayden return to the castle.

Knock! Knock!

Yuina opens up the door. She thought it might be Hayden and she readily wants to scold him.

But once she opens it, she immediately swallowed back all her curse inside her mind before it slips out from her mouth.

"P...Prince." She smiles at him.

"Princess Yuina. Is it not good timing for me to come here?" He asks.

"N..no. Come in." She said and ask all her servant to get out of her room. Ending their shift early.

After all the servant goes out, she looks at him with questioning face.

"Is there something that you wanna talk with me, Prince Hans?"

He took out a medium size box layered with a velvet touch. "Happy birthday, Princess." He opens the box and there's a bracelet with a red color diamond.

"Oh, …it's beautiful. Thank you." She cupped her mouth with her hand and touch the bracelet.

Hold her soft hand, he says "Let me put it on your hand. It's a matching color with your hair."

Yuina blushed and she slips her hair strand to behind her ear. While he put the bracelet on her wrist.

"You should sleep now. You gonna have a long day for tomorrow." He smiles at her. He likes her since they were kids. She always had admiration eyes looking straight at him.

Her clumsy and childish action make him laugh. They had a very happy moment when they still a child.

"Good night, Prince Hans."

"Good night, Princess Yuina."

Once Prince Hans was out of her room, she jumping happily while looking at the bracelet.

"Aww…such a sweet Prince." She keeps staring at the bracelet for a few minutes before she snaps her finger.

"Ah! I need to see Papa." She went to her dress room and take out her night cover cloak.

Open the door, she looks at both of her room sides. There's no trace of Hayden.

"Where is he? He never leaves my side." She murmurs before she decides to go to her father room on her own.

She walks to her father's room. To make sure she did not escort back to her room by the guard, she covers her head using the hood.

"Hmm..why there's not many soldier guard up the hall?" She also notices something is wrong tonight.

Not wanting to overthink it, she hurriedly went to her father's room.

Her father room is still lit up with the light and the door room had a bit gap. She wants to knock it first, but then she heard Prince Hans voice inside her father room.

"Your majesty, this is unacceptable. Princess Yuina cannot marry a man like him!"

"What are you flaring up for? Are you actually after my crown?!"

"Your majesty, your kingdom is near a doom. If you want to marry off her with someone, then find someone who capable to rule the kingdom."

"Humph! Don't think that I don't know, you are after my crown! I had informant telling me that you're studying about this kingdom tales. Are you expecting my daughter to be your puppet and ruins all other kingdoms?!"

"You really are a stubborn man. If you're not my uncle, I already cut you long ago. Since you are still stubborn, I guess I had no choice either. If I can't have her, let her vanish from this earth. No one can have her! I can rule this kingdom even without the kingdom boring tales." He slowly approaching him and draw out his sword.

"What are you doing? Guard!!" He screams to call the guard on the door.

"Guard? You have no guard here. All my men are in this castle. Ready to take over your kingdom." He smiles at him and raises his sword high.

"No! Nooooo!!!"

Yuina eyes' turn wider.

Spurt!!

Thud!

"Hmph! Such an annoying old man." He wipes his sword with a clean cloth.

Yuina tears roll down her cheek. She gasps and wants to turn around but then she bumps with the Prince adviser, Lord Albert. He had a fierce look on his face.

"Please..don't kill me." She stuttered and before she knows it, Lord Albert yank her arm and throw her inside the King's room.

Bam!

"Prince Hans. We have one eye witness." Lord Albert said after throwing Yuina on the hard floor.

She was thrown near to her father's body. Seeing her father lay on the floor lifeless. She sobbing harder and went to her father's dead body.

"Papa! Papa! Wake up! Papa!" She tries to shake her father's body.

"He already dead." Prince Hans said with a cold tone.

She immediately turns to him. His eyes were so cold. This is not the Hans she knew. His face has lost the tender smile he always put on his face before.

"Why are you doing this?! He treats you so nice! He's your uncle!" Yuina let out a cried.

"Hmm. Tie her. We need to kill her and let it look like an assassination." Prince Hans did not bother to explain anything to her.

"No…No!!!" She struggling while she's been tied up. In front of the king's room, there's a garden terrace and an open space. She was brought there with a bunch of soldiers that she doesn't know. No one was trying to help her.

Having circled by a group of the soldier, Prince Hans standing not far from the garden. He looks so cold.

"Why? You were just fine a seconds ago?" She's whimpering.

"Kill her." Lord Albert give instruction to his men.

…

Hayden arrives at her room and found out that Yuina was gone.

"Where's that grumpy cat go?" He bristled with a low voice and strode to his majesty room.

'She must be there! I hope she's there.'

While he was walking, suddenly he saw a group of men escorting someone to the garden terrace. He hides himself in between the huge pillar.

Sneakily, he goes to the rooftop and eavesdropping.

Upon hearing Princess Yuina's whimpering, his heart feels like it's been struck by lightning.

"Kill her." One word, one word was enough to make him enraged.

With his sword, he jumps from the rooftop and swings his blade to the men who dare to hurt the Princess.

Bam!!

Three of the men who circling Yuina was thrown to the side. Lifeless.

Raise his head up, he looked up at the man who gives the instruction before. His eyes turn darker as the midnight sky. He grits his jaw upon seeing a man standing there with no expression at all.

"Where's the King?" Hayden asks bluntly.

"Dead." Prince Hans walks from behind Lord Albert and shows his smiling face.

Looking back at the princess who already slumps on the ground helplessly with tears wetting her beautiful face. He knows, Hans, telling the truth.

"You're courting your death."