The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 175

Chapter 175: Chapter 175

"You heartless witch!"

"Now, that’s very low of you. Must you insult me so when we are about to have dinner?" Kiara asked, staring at the reflection of her brother in the mirror. "Can’t you see you’re disturbing me getting ready? Tonight is important."

Henry stormed to Kiara’s side but he couldn’t touch her. He couldn’t when she still had her hold on their father. "You call mother getting sent out of the palace an important night?"

"Is it not important that we say goodbye? I don’t see why you’re here yelling when you should tell her to have a safe journey. Why are you wasting your breath with me? I’ve prepared a nice parting gift and since I am in such a good mood, I can put your name on it," Kiara offered.

"You are sick in the head. I don’t care what anyone says. I know you had something to do with him sending her out of the palace. His speech about me needing to be able to stand by myself gave it away. This is your doing," Henry accused Kiara.

Henry knew his sister was heartless when it came to him but he never thought she would turn on their mother. This was their mother, not a maid in the palace. Their mother wasn’t to be involved in Kiara’s games.

Kiara put her brush down and turned around to face Henry. "You are blaming the wrong person. It was all Mateo’s fault. Did you know our dear brother has big dreams? He would love to get his hands on the throne. How would he get to the throne when you are alive?"

"Mateo knows not to have those dreams-"

"He is your spare. Henry, you must think faster. Must I explain it all to you? If you paid attention to history it would not be the first time someone has plotted to kill the crown prince. Mateo’s position as your spare makes it easy for him to be the first choice. You do not believe me?" Kiara could tell from Henry’s reaction.

"Mateo approached me wanting to offer his help. I laughed because it was ridiculous. What could Mateo offer me? I knew what I could offer him. He wants to be closer to father to outshine you. Mother was present when I told him to end his dreams of becoming king. I promise it is how it happened," Kiara said, crossing her heart.

Henry knew not to trust her but it sounded believable that Mateo was dreaming so high. It would work in Mateos’ favour if he could get Kiara to support him. "I am not trusting you. You would lie to me and smile like you care for me."

"Well, it is not like you can trust Mateo either. If I were to support him, how much longer do you think you would be alive? Despite your ways of sleeping with maids, I am far closer to them than you are. It would be easy for me to slip something in your food but I won’t. You are the smarter of the two," said Kiara.

"I don’t like how Mateo is suddenly so talkative and trying to make deals with me like he is important. If he is planning to kill you, who is to say he won’t come after me? I liked Mateo more when he was silent," Kiara said, placing her hair over her shoulder as she walked.

"What are you plotting?" Henry asked, knowing Kiara wasn’t telling him this for nothing.

"Me? I am not planning anything. I am not in the race for who will become the next king. I am a princess, remember? You were so eager to remind me at the festival," said Kiara.

"You spoke of wanting to become queen," Henry said, those words stuck in his head.

Kiara laughed at how he held onto what she said. "As much as father loves me, do you truly think he would leave the kingdom he loves so much into the hands of a princess? Does it sound like something he would do? He would get one of our cousins before he allowed that."

Now that Henry thought more about it he realised that his father would not allow a princess to rule no matter how much he loved Kiara. "You said that to bother me," he realised.

"And it worked well, didn’t it? It worked so well that you had mother question it. I am disappointed that mother didn’t tell you it would never happen. Father wants a son to be his heir. Not a princess," Kiara said, feigning hurt.

Her only flaw was that she was not born a prince. It was the one thing that kept her from being considered but there was never a moment she dreamt of being born a boy.

There was something to enjoy about how a woman toyed with the men in the palace. She didn’t know how to use a weapon yet she wielded more power than the crown prince to make him an obedient little boy before her right now.

"Regardless of how much you annoy me, I love this kingdom and I want it to have a good king. Mateo has not shown how he could make a good king but anyone in the court against you would support him. Wouldn’t they be left with no choice if there wasn’t a spare?" Kiara innocently asked. "If only you had me then you wouldn’t have to worry about the throne."

Henry laughed as he couldn’t imagine Mateo having the courage to go after the crown. "You are losing your sense, Kiara. You speak as though our quiet foolish brother could ever come close to getting rid of me to get on the throne. Right now, he was placed in the army where he will stay to protect me."

"And while you stay in the palace failing to get close to anyone in father’s court, Mateo is making friends in the army. Friends who might support him to be king in place of you since you have never lifted a weapon to defend the kingdom. I have heard the soldiers chanting he is one of them. Maybe I should think it over," Kiara concluded.

Henry frowned, disliking where this was heading. He always thought that it was only Kiara who didn’t know her place but while he had been focused on Kiara, he had missed how his brother plotted against him.

Henry didn’t fully trust Kiara’s words but he believed Mateo made the offer as he had seen the two speaking before he sent his mother.

Henry walked away from Kiara, leaving her room as he had much to think about and plot. He was the only one to sit on the throne after his father.

Kiara’s laughter filled the room after Henry slammed the door behind him. "Oh brother, it is simply too easy. You forgot about your mother so fast. How long do I have to wait for them to kill each other? It is disappointing."

For all the years her brothers had counted her out, Kiara thought it was disappointing to stand on the side while they killed each other. She should be the one to stab them in the back.

"Mateo needs some motivation," she plotted.

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