The Plan

Somewhere in the Borders of Kleevland and Lakewiston, some men were gathered in a room. Ever since Darren was announced, Crown Prince it had caused an uproar in their little gathering. Now the Young King of Lakewiston was furious and impatient, he had encountered Darren once, it was not an encounter to remember, it ended in him losing a bet but he was not King at that time so he could not do much but now that he was, he wanted to settle some scores with him. He had never been to the secret meetings before but today he came and so did the purple cloaked man.

"I don't see why you risk coming here your Majesty," the cloaked man said

"Well, I would not need to if you fulfilled your part of the deal, Darren became Crown Prince..." But before he could finish the purple cloak man said

"Yes, but not King"

"Yes, yet" the King retorted indifferently. The King of Lakewiston Julian Stalls was a crude, ambitious man, a rebellious soul from day one. For the throne, he killed his four brothers by joining forces with the enemies of Lakewiston and he dethroned his father forcibly. He didn't kill the man not that he didn't want to but he couldn't, Lakewiston will never agree to him being King, not that he cared but it was just for formalities sake, rumors say that he has kept his father hidden in the dungeon of his Castle, treating him like a slave, for his two sisters, no one dared to talk about them for what he did to them was an abomination and this lead to the death of his mother who could not stand what her son did to her daughters his sisters and she had a fatal heart attack and passed away.

"Calm down your Majesty, I promise good news in a few days," the purple cloaked man said

"I am leaving now, I will wait for the news" An with that Julian left with his guards and companions

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Adriele was wandering around the Castle looking for Killian to give him the new batch of drugs she finished making, he had to take them before nightfall.

Ever since Darren took her to the cabin in the woods, she had been going there any chance had, especially after the Crowning of the next King and finding out about Killian's illness, she felt bad for him, so she put extra effort and tried new experiments to see if it could work and cure him.

She wandered until she stood near the study, knocked on the other, and then she heard a voice saying "Come in"

It was Killian's voice.

She got in, saw him reading some scrolls, sat down, and tried to start a conversation with him, they talked about his illness, why she knew how to use herbs to help people.

She looked at him amazed, he was so much easier to talk to than Darren, how on earth were they siblings? she wondered.

After a while, Killian dropped the scrolls and took the container from her, and went out to take it with the help of a little snack.

Adriele stared at the study feeling bored, Harley, Clarisse, and Dennis had gone out with Merlia, what was she supposed to pass time doing?

Read, she thought, so she went to the shelf and took a book. She came back and sat down and was planning to read, at least that was before a map caught her eyes. She dropped the book and went to pick up the map to get a closer look at it. It looked like a war map and someone had already started planning but she saw some faults in the plan and she tried to adjust them, not directly on the map but a paper.

When Killian got back, he found her sketching something, she looked so serious and was so immersed in it that she didn't know he came in. He didn't stop her though, he just went closer to see what she was serious about and when he did, he was amazed by what he saw. She was literally laying out a plan, and hers seems to be better than ours, but she was still a bit rusty so if you don't look clearly you won't get the idea of the plan.

After thinking for a while Adriele looked up to stretch her arm and neck when she saw a shadow and turned quickly in response only to find that it was just Killian.

"Breath," He said and she did, she had subconsciously held her breath when she saw the shadow, thinking of the worst.

"When did you come in your Highness?" she asked

"Not long ago, I saw you engrossed with that and didn't to disturb you," He said with a smile

"I won't consider it as disturbance your Highness," She said feeling embarrassed

"So, how do you plan to execute, this plan and what makes it better than mine," Killian said as he took the paper she had been sketching on, in his hands

"I never thought mine was better than yours cause I was just trying to adjust some things where I saw necessary. You have a great plan, Your Majesty"

"Hmmm, so can you show me?"

"Of course," She said as she started to point to the map and her sketch.

"According to the map, the security here is dominant because they believe the enemy will come from that direction"

"Yes, cause that's the only way to enter unnoticed"

"Well is there a rule that says you have to come unnoticed? I think you should go in, in a normal but unexpected way.

The forces will be focused at the outskirts waiting for your arrival but you will be in their Kingdom already."

"That sounds good and all but Lakewiston is known to have one of the best security inside the Kingdom. And if the forces at the outskirts don't see us, someone will be sent to report to the Palace"

"Yes, and that is where the special Kings force comes in"

"The King's Guard?" he creased his brows

"Yeah, them"

"But..."

"I know they are supposed to be a secret so they can't go into war like the others but they can fight from the background....." Adriele continued to speak and she explained her plan to him and he also corrected her when she made a mistake, finally, they had come up with a full-proof plan.