Sold to the Cold-Hearted King

“Are you sure of what you told us or you cooked this up” one of the men asked.

“Am not lying, that’s the truth about Princess Tessa.” Varaganisa lied.

“Are you sure?” the same man asked.

“Very sure” he replied and whistled to get his horse’s attention.

The three men went back to the castle.

“I don’t think that man is telling the truth,” one of the men said.

“Have been thinking the same thing I think he’s up to something”

“Don’t worry I will find out, and find out about the whole story” the youngest one among them replied.

“If you need our help, don’t hesitate to tell us.” One of the men replied.

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The three sisters were all together including honour and Fiona. All seated in a circle ready to play the game”Rock and Roll”

“Your majesty, would you like to have some fruits?”Fiona asked.

“I don’t have interest,”Tessa replied coldly.

“What’s wrong my princess?”Fiona panicked.

“It’s father,”Tessa said, sniffing back her tears.

“That old man can die for all I care.”Royalty uttered with no concern.

“What’s wrong with father?”Princess Promise asked in a panicked state.

“I think he’s hiding something from us, he’s not doing this willingly,” Tessa uttered worriedly.

“Doing what?”Promise asked worriedly.

“This slavery, he’s not happy within himself, he’s not doing it on it’s own free will”Tessa cried.

“Your majesty, please don’t cry” Fiona pleaded with tears on her cheeks.

“So you mean, father isn’t doing this willingly?”promise asked.

“Yes promise, he’s like, he’s, he’s,,, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know how to say it, or put it.”Tessa cried heavily.

“Do you think he’s doing this because of his past?”Royalty suggested.

“Or someone is blackmailing him,”Promise added.

“Wow, these sisters are so intelligent,”Fiona thought.

“Did you just say someone is blackmailing him?”Tessa and Royalty asked and promise to nod her head.

“But who is blackmailing? Who is superior to the King himself?”Royalty wondered.

“Could it be King Soopers or King varaganisa” Honour suggested.

The sisters gasps loudly,

“Bravo! Honour.” Fiona said, hugging her.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“But father isn’t that close to King Soopers but King varaganisa”Promise said still wondering

“Father and the kings are childhood friends, but mother said King varaganisa isn’t a good king, and father isn’t like this before.” Tessa explained.

“This is serious,”Fiona uttered.

“So you mean our main target is King varaganisa” Royalty asked.

“Not that Royalty, we just need to keep a close eye on the two.”Tessa replied

And continued,

“So now that we have a clue, what we have to do is to find out who is blackmailing the father between the two.”Tessa said and signed deeply.

“But how?” Honour asked….

“Don’t worry, that’s why you have a brave and intelligent sister, I set a spy to each castle.”Tessa grinned.

“Where did you get them from?”Royalty exclaimed.

“From the guards, so I picked two of my favorite guards and set them over,” Tessa explained.

“How did you pay them?” promise asked curiously.

Tessa paused her reply, trying to calculate how many times she sent them some bags of coins.

“I can’t calculate, but have been sending them coins for the past one year,”Tessa replied.

“My princess, how are you getting that heavy money?” Royalty exclaimed.

“Mrs Evelyn,” Tessa replied.

“Mrs Evelyn???”the rest exclaimed in shock.

“No more questions, I can’t reveal everything now,”Tessa replied, adjusting her attire.

“Let’s play the game” , Honour pouted.

Tessa picked up the small rock and rolled it, it rolled and rolled finally it stopped in front of royalty.

‘Tessa cleared her throat’

“Let me ask my question”

“Tessa, please ask a simple question,”Royalty pleaded.

“Yeah, I will, well my question is Do you have feelings for King Ryui?”she asked.

“But I asked a simple question,”Royalty pouted.

“Just answer the question, Yes or No”Promise asked with a glare.

“I do have feelings for King Ryui, even after what he did. If he apologized for his mistake, I would forgive him.”Royalty replied.

“Hmmm, love is crazy,”the promise giggled.

“What if he brings a marriage proposal to you, will you accept?”Fiona asked.

Royalty blushed immediately she was asked

“I will accept it ” Royalty blushed covering her face…

“Hahahaha, hahahaha, hahahaha” Tessa laughed crazily.

“Princess Royalty is in love” Promise screamed.

“Hahaha hahaha Idiots,” Tessa chuckled.

“It’s your turn Tessa” Royalty.

“Your majesty, your attention is needed in the throne room” an announcer announced

” Could that be father?”Promise asked.

“I don’t know, I need to go,” Tessa said, standing up on her feet.

“We are coming along”Fiona said and stood up. Same as the rest.

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“Get me the scrolls, ” King Ryui asked his personal guard Scott .

Lost in thoughts”I just need to apologise to the princesses, especially the one my heart yearns for.

“Your highness here is a new scroll” Scott said, dropping the scroll.

“Scott”he called and continued “how can I apologise to someone I offend, more like someone I have feelings for.” King Ryui asked.

“I don’t know how to do that, your highness,” he replied truthfully.

“You can leave, I will take care of that myself” King Ryui said.

And pick up his golden feather pen, tip it in the ink and embark on the journey of apologies.

*************

Tessa walked further inside the throne room.

“There’s a message, but your guards refused to read it out,”King Justin said.

Tessa turned back giving the guard an angry glares

“Why didn’t you read the letter to my father.” Tessa growls loudly.

“Am sorry your majesty, but the letter states that it is specially for you.” The guard replied with his head bowed.

“Read the letter out loud” she ordered.

“It states here that,

someone is asking her majesty hand in marriage” the guard read out.

“What??” Tessa exclaimed…

“From who? Which Kingdom?” Tessa yelled.

“It’s not stated here, your majesty but it states that the fellow will visit over morrow.

TBC….