The Masked Vampire King's Accidental Bride
Chapter 494: Was he really at fault?

Chapter 494: Was he really at fault?

Lucas’s heart broke.

He couldn’t bear to see his Prince like this.

The subordinate turned around from the scene of his prince begging his grandfather to bring back the princess.

It was too heart-wrenching for him.

He couldn’t take it anymore as he walked ahead to find her.

He should’ve known better. Everything looked too perfect to be true.

Why does happiness come at his Prince’s door in disguise of a cloak full of sadness to hide and overshadow the little moment of joy? He worked his life for this throne, and now that it was finally his, he lost what he cared about the most.

And all of this was happening when it wasn’t his fault entirely. They just made a plan that didn’t work out properly.

Though it was true that his Prince planned all this, marrying Brooklyn was never in the picture.

Lucas sighed as he remembered what exactly happened that night ~~~

’Lucas, I need you to fight with me,’ Sebastian said through the mind link.

Lucas, who was sitting in the front seat, turned around and looked at his prince with furrowed brows.

"Sir, what are you saying -" Lucas started, but Sebastian placed his finger on his lips secretly, making Lucas pause.

’What is going on, sir?’ Lucas asked through the mind link when he realized something was wrong.

’I want you to fight with me regarding the Princess. Make it look like you are against the idea of marrying Brooklyn. Everyone knows by now that you side with the Princess and like her a lot. So if you will also be on my side, things will become suspicious for Brooklyn. We need her to believe that we are in this game for real,’ Sebastian said through the mind link.

’But didn’t we already agree with the plan? It’s just a fake scenario we are doing to get the votes. There is nothing wrong with scamming the scammers. Why should we overdo it? And how can I fight with you? You and I have no match,’ Lucas said.

’Fight me verbally, Lucas. I know we all agree with the fake scenario but we need to keep up our game till we get the votes. Do you think this is easy for me? I even hate the idea of talking to someone like her who is making use of this opportunity in this way.

If you want me to win this throne, you will have to do it. The plan is simple. Let Brooklyn believe I am going to marry her and have her father deposit those votes. Once the voting is done, nothing can be undone. I will reject her proposal after that. Till then we need to make sure Brooklyn doesn’t suspect anything,’ Sebastian said, and Lucas bit his lips nervously.

As soon as Lucas stepped out of the car, he recited the lines in his mind that he would say to the prince and took a deep breath.

"Sir, what are you thinking about increasing your votes?" Lucas asked, and that’s exactly how that conversation had started.

"Marry Brooklyn?" Lucas exclaimed before he cleared his throat when it felt like he was overreacting a bit.

"What’s so shocking about this, Lucas? My marriage with the princess was a marriage of convenience. It will be useless to me once I get the crown," Sebastian said.

"But, I thought you cared for her, sir," Lucas asked, his emotions taking a turmoil as he felt the skit in his bones.

"And I never faked it. I still care about her. But no matter how hard we try, she can never be compatible with me. She is a human, Lucas. Brooklyn is the perfect girl for me," Sebastian said, and Lucas nearly growled at him.

’You are overdoing it, sir! How could you say something as heartless as this for our princess?’ Lucas said through the mind link.

’Just talk along with it, Lucas. It’s breaking my heart too. However, I only noticed in the car that Brooklyn had placed a microphone on me and she was probably hearing everything we were talking about. Do you really think I can say something like that for the love of my life? She is my wife, Lucas. It’s much harder for me. I won’t be shocked if someone is watching us from some distance either. Just act it out so that I can go to my princess,’

Sebastian said through the mind link, massaging his forehead to make it look like he was frustrated with the situation.

’If Princess heard any of this, she would be so heartbroken,’ Lucas sighed.

’My heart will lose whatever softness I have the moment she will get hurt. So pray and try your best to not have her find anything about this,’ Sebastian said through the mind link.

’But what about marriage? You will have to pretend so much. She is bound to have her heart broken,’ Lucas said, and Sebastian sighed.

’I will make up for it. No one will tell her about the marriage part and I will tell Brooklyn that I am waiting for the throne because of my grandpa who likes my princess. She won’t say anything afterward.

I know the dancing part would be tough, but I will make up for it by marrying her after the crown. She is my wife and the only woman I will ever let close to me. She owns me, Lucas. And I am not ashamed of saying it aloud anymore. I fucking love her,’ His prince had said with a soft sigh, making Lucas leave the place because he wanted to celebrate the happiness.

Present ~~~~

That night, his prince had said all those words dejectedly to save his throne and get the best for the princess.

The throne wasn’t just his dream anymore. He wanted to make their princess his queen, the queen of everyone. He wanted the best for her, the best care, the best love, the best clothes, respect, the throne, the crown, everything! She was deserving of the title.

In the morning also, Lucas clearly remembered that he was standing on the other side of the greenhouse when Brooklyn had made her way to the prince.

She had asked the prince if he told the Princess about their marriage, and his Prince had denied it using Grandpa as the excuse until he heard that her father made the vote.

That’s when they shed their facade.

Prince Sebastian had said that this was all a faux plan to get the votes. At that time, Brooklyn had threatened the prince that she would tell their princess everything.

The evil woman recorded all those words that the Prince had said that night about the princess. She said that she would play the recording in public and break their princess’s heart by this public humiliation.

Their prince was scared of that happening the most.

The thought of the princess hearing that night’s recording had made him panic and he had told Brooklyn that he wouldn’t marry her, or sleep with her, or kiss her, but she could ask for anything apart from that. He had hoped for her to ask for something materialistic, that’s how she was anyway.

But who would’ve thought that the cunning woman would hug the prince out of nowhere? Only he knew how much disgust his prince went through in that single moment.

Lucas could see it all.

However, it was all worth it if they wanted to save their princess from any kind of heartbreak.

If it had been anyone else, Prince Sebastian would’ve already killed them for threatening him, but she was Scarlett’s sister-in-law’s friend, and he didn’t want to increase any complexity for his family and have them blame him or his princess for anything.

"This hug isn’t enough. I heard you haven’t shown your face to your wife yet. She still doesn’t know what you look like. I want to see your face," Brooklyn had said, and at that moment, Lucas knew that it took every ounce of patience in his prince to not snap her neck.

He had seen his prince’s nails elongating and the guy nearly had a panic attack thinking Prince Sebastian would pain the roses red with Brooklyn’s blood today.

’I can’t do this, Lucas. How dare she mention my wife and compare herself to her? I can’t do it. I will just kill her and retrieve the recording that she has of us talking -’ Sebastian started, but it was Lucas who had interrupted him.

’Sir, don’t spoil it. Please. This is the last thing you need to bear. We have come this far. You will get crowned in one hour. The princess hasn’t found out about anything yet, so let’s not take any chances and end this for once for and all. Please bear with it, sir. If you feel guilty and bad, explain everything to the princess after the crowning. I am sure she will understand if you make her,’

Lucas had encouraged his Prince to stay still and let Brooklyn do whatever she wanted, all for the sake of that recording.

But who would’ve thought? Who would’ve thought that the recording they did all of this for, was meaningless because their princess had already heard everything? That the damage they were trying so hard to protect was already done?

Lucas wiped his tears, looking back at his prince, who was looking around helplessly and calling for their princess.

He blamed himself. It was their idea. They were the ones who had brought this idea to light in the first place and told their Prince that it would work.

They ruined it all for their prince.

"I am sorry, sir," Lucas leaned his body on the tree as he sobbed behind it to hide himself from others.

It was all him. He forced his prince to let Brooklyn do it. Maybe if the princess hadn’t seen that - Lucas slid down the tree, ruffling his hair in frustration and