Yi San's Mother

I don't know how we ended up in bed the next morning. I stood up and looked at her for some minutes. She is everything in Beautiful... From her head to her toes. I smiled sheepishly unknowingly. 

I don't want to wake her up so I stand up and dress up. I was about to leave when she held my hand. 

"Will you just leave a lady like that, I thought you were a royal man", she said silently. 

"I... I will come back... I am not leaving like that, I just want to wake you up", I lied. 

She smiled, she knew I was lying but she understood. She has more courage than I am. 

She holds my hand calmly, I have already fallen in love with her. I laid back on the bed and she laid on my chest. 

*Seo Hwa POV** 

Since the day he stepped into my village, I have found him amusing which I thought was hate, he didn't hurt me in the fight arena and he helped me to kill the beast. But these are just excuses, If you are destined to be together with someone, you will be no matter the situation. 

"do you have a wife waiting for you at the palace", I asked out of the blue. 

"no, the havoc we are going to inside the palace could not made me find love, or maybe there is no one special to me there", he explained. 

"what about me", I asked again. 

"you get my attention every time you speak to me I listen too and I want to share your pain, I want to share your happiness. I want to make you happy, I don't want you to be in pain", he replied staring at my face. 

"After everything I made you pass through?", I asked him again. 

"I made you pass through hell at a young age, I made you lose your family unknowingly", he said sadly. 

"Don't feel like that, I was just looking for who to blame, I need to find someone to blame, and it's easy to blame it on you but now that I see you I want to take it out on you", I said calmly. 

"you can still blame me, don't put all the blame on yourself, let me share it with you", he pleaded as he kept looking into my eyes. 

"Thank you for understanding me, I have been alone for so long", I said drawing close to him.

"You can lean on me now, you can cry in front of me too", he said holding my cheeks. 

I burst into tears suddenly, remembering my parent I miss them so much, how I wish they could be here beside me so I can tell them their pain and hug them again. 

I hope I don't lose Yi San too because all the people are love end up leaving me. 

He keeps rubbing my head as he leads my head on his chest, I cry till I sleep off. 

**The King POV** 

I missed my son every day and j regret sending him off like that but I can't let them kill him. My Queen talks bad about him with every chance she gets. 

"you had a son with a lowborn and a commoner and yet you want to sit him on the throne", she attacked me always. 

**The King's Past 

Yi San's mother is a reader that everyone loves, her fame got to the palace then so my mother invited her on her birthday to read in everyone's presence, and that is when I saw her. 

She shone so bright that everyone in the room Stood up as she entered like she was a Queen, she had the queen Allure on her. I couldn't get my eyes off her since then, her voice got the attention of everyone and the silence in the room was great as everyone listened to her sweet voice as she read every line in the book, after I asked my mother to invite her because I have fearful nightmares at that times even until now so I need her sweet voice in my ears and to help put me to sleep. 

"Your Highness, the reader is here", my servant announced. I was a crown prince at the time.

"let her in and tell all the servants to return to their quarters, only my bodyguard should remain", I ordered them. 

"OK, your highness", she answered as I heard footsteps withdrawing. 

She entered the room as elegant as ever and bowed down to greet me. 

"Good evening your Highness, I am at your service or the night", she said to me. I could not look away still, everything about her caught me off guard. 

"OK, you can start now", I managed to speak. 

She sat across from me as I stood up to lay down on my bed and started the book. 

I started feeling sleepy before she could finish the first chapter of the book. Now I know it's not the book I need for her but her sweet voice. 

I fell asleep before I knew it, and the sound of the birds woke me up the next morning. I have never slept so soundly in my life. I stretched my body as I stooped up to take my bath. 

I was about to call my guards when I found someone sleeping on the floor. 

"the reader", I thought. 

I moved close to her and saw her eyes closed, she was still keeping. 

"she fell asleep in the crown prince's room, what a brave girl", I muttered. 

She is very beautiful, with her golden hair, her plum lips, and her round face, I only read about angels, I didn't know they existed here on Earth. She is an angel roaming among us. 

I could hear some footsteps getting close to the door. I quickly opened the door and met them at the door. 

"why are you closing the door behind you, Your Highness? Your servant needs to clean your room", my bodyguard asked. 

"No, they should come back around noon to clean it, I am in the middle of something So I don't want them to meddle with the way I arranged my file and books", I lied. 

"We can clean only the floor", one of the servants said. 

"No I arranged them on the floor", I lied again 

My bodyguard is smart so he understands the situation. 

"come back when the crown prince wants", he ordered them. 

"I will have my birth now", I said as I headed towards my bathhouse. And they all follow me

"I didn't see the reader leaving yesterday, did you enjoy your night Your Highness", he whispered in my ear jokingly. 

I smiled and pushed him off playfully. 

I was thinking about her through my bath, her lips as she reads, her voice. Am I already in love with her? I asked myself. 

Before I could return from my morning greetings to the King and Queen quarters and my morning meetings, she left a note on my desk. 

"I am very sorry Your Highness, my insolence can only be punished by death", she wrote 

Her writings are very straight, neat, and well-arranged. I find are more interesting. 

I sent my servant to fetch her every evening but she gave one excuse or the other. I miss her more now, I can't sleep soundly again, and my nightmare returns until I meet her at my younger sister's quarter. 

"what are you doing here", I asked angrily. 

"I wanted her service for my friends this evening at the gathering, is anything wrong?", she asked. 

I kept looking at her angrily ignoring my sister's excuse. 

"I am very sorry your Highness, I have been busy with previous engagements I have accepted, and I wouldn't want to disappoint my customers", she explained as she bowed down. 

"Even when a crown prince wants your service", I said angrily again. She looked at me with confusion. 

"If it's because of how I slept off, I will receive my punishment", she said. 

"so I will be asking my servants to call you if I want to punish you", I asked furiously. 

"What is going on here, brother? ", my sister asked. She has been staring at us with surprise. 

I couldn't even explain why I was angry with her, Is it only because she ignored my call Or something else? 

"I will take my leave now", she said as she stood up to leave. 

I grab her hand and draw her very close to me. 

"I am not done with you", I said looking into her eyes. 

And that was how our story began, I forced myself into her life and got her pregnant on our first night together, We are not married. My father rejected her as a queen but she gave birth to our son and died that night. I made her abandon her dream for me and I couldn't protect her. That's why I will do everything to protect him from all harm. 

The minister of war barged into my quarters like a dog. 

"Your Majesty," he called out as he barged into the room. 

"what is this insolence that you can't even knock", I asked angrily. 

"the crown prince is dead your Majesty, he is dead", he said with tears. 

I held my chest as it sank instantly. I fell and fainted.