Chapter 89: jasmine green tea

Mal finished her royal shower for tomorrow wedding; she thought about everything and what he told her at the shop. He promised he was telling the truth what if he was lying.

She dressed up and wrapped her hair to dry while all the maids left. She brought a pen, a paper and brought some body oils from the bathroom.

She pulled out the match she hid from Kieran and after dumbing the paper in a mix of oils she burned it; the paper turned yellow with burned edges.

She wrote: "hey Andrew are you busy?" she waited for a while before she got her answer.

"I'm but what's wrong? Did that shitty prince did something to you?" she laughed but decided to lie:

"-No, I want to ask you about something.

-what is it?

-can incubus have other desire than lust?

-out of jealousy yes.

-no I mean replace lust completely." He didn't answer her and she started to panic.

"-what?

-I said can…

-I didn't say I'm dumb girl! It's just; impossible, and their wrath not that serious unless…

-unless what?

-they held a grudge against you and destroying your life completely is their ultimate life goal than yes.

-you mean.

-accumulation of several years can turn lust to wrath even permanently making the incubus thirsty for more destruction to gain an impossible fulfilled desire no matter what.

-that's crazy…but, what if it happened in one night?

-something suspicious behind it and you should be careful Mal. If there is no need to get involved step back, replacing that spoiled princess to marry that jerk is enough already.

-I may not oppose the jerk thing but you are wrong with the spoiled princess.

-oh please, defending her now.

-cause she is not as everybody think she is.

-anyway, take care of yourself and don't let that old lady's hair stand next to you for less than 3 feet.

-yeah I will see about that thank you.

-anytime L." she smiled and asked the guards for some tea for her and the prince.

"-what tea do you want princess?

-jasmine green please."

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He spent his day looking for a trace of the one who poisoned the dress, he asked for any other dress and checked it before he went back to the castle.

Tired, mad, angry, mostly disappointed but it wasn't anymore the time to rest and have fun and he was sure about it when he didn't found his ring.

He pulled out the drawer that everything was on the ground he looked for the ring. He lost it.

He held his head and walked back and forth. He is doomed this time. His lies backfired at him and he knew it. He saw the letter Howin brought and open it with his legs open on the floor.

He smiled bitterly before one of the guards got in.

"-sir, the princess is asking you to join her for a cup of tea in her room.

-I will go, get out now."

He dragged himself to her room.

"-why would she ask suddenly for me to drink tea with her let alone in her room?" he thought to himself.

He knocked the door and he was immediately met with a pair of warm green eyes. As if she was behind the door waiting for him.

"-good evening.

-hi

-get in, the tea will get cold.

-what do you want?

-talk.

-are you sure?

-about work yes." He walked and sat in front of her while she poured him some jasmine green tea.

"-you don't like it?

-no just a good choice Mal.

-thank…

-for someone who want to get the truth out of me smoothly." She smiled sitting down.

"-I didn't know you like it that much.

-stop playing dump, why did you put 'radices veritatis' (means: roots of the truth) in the jasmine green which have a very strong aroma to fool your victim easily.

-so you know already.

-I smelled it now, but if you insist." He smirked and chugged the whole cup.

She grinned and said:

"-you know you were lying.

-which part?

-to…

-add more lies before I start spitting the truth like a good dog, yes. I don't need to read your mind to know what you are thinking about." He raised his eyebrow leaning back on his chair.

"-who poisoned the dress?

-the shitty asshole we are looking for.

-if I didn't have to play that damn role I would have found him long ago and I could have been somewhere else now.

-you chose to play the damn role but where do you want to go?

-any place where I don't have to hear your fucking name.

-that would be impossible, cause you are stuck to death with me now.

-I agreed to be a replacement for the wedding no more.

-as you agreed to protect me but you broke that as far as I remember; so I have the right to break my promise too.

-you won't dare…

-making you the princess and the next queen yes I did. And if you try to tell them you are the real huntress or you are not the real princess they will think you are crazy, cause in the two kingdoms you are the princess while Mal is working in the shadows as usual looking for the traitor.

-you are lying.

-believe what you want and I say what I want princess. After all, you have to forget your old life and start new.

-the others know, you think they will let you go with it.

-you think I can't erase every memory they have about you, every moment you spend, delete your existence. You know what; it will be hilarious.

-I will kill you.

-I doubt you will do anything." He started to cough holding his throat.

He poured some water to drink.

She laughed loudly and he turned to look at her.

"-I forgot the last time I had fun being chased and threatened with my family. You are doing a good job bringing back that joy again." He didn't say anything just staring at her creepy smile with his temperature getting higher with time.