The Throne Is Mine
Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Chapter 94

Amelia remained silent as she processed Leonard’s words. She always considered her father to be a fool but now, she saw that he was far more than that.

’How could he bring women into the castle to make my mother feel jealous but then turn around and get angry with her?’ Amelia thought.

"It was not just me. Any male guard she had around her, men in town she spoke with, or even the priest, he thought Anne must have liked one of them because she did not love him. Anne never wanted to marry your father and after you were born, you were her sole happiness so she paid attention to only you in the castle. I also think your father was jealous of that. It was foolish-"

"I don’t think foolish is the word to describe this situation. It’s preposterous that was why he hated me. I honestly wish the old bastard was alive to say this was not the reason he disliked me. Why on earth would he accuse my mother of cheating? Honestly, she should have," Amelia said due to the fact her mother had to live with women taunting her for being able to sleep with the king.

"You have no idea how jealous your father was of any and everyone around your mother. He had almost everyone he was jealous of killed but he could not harm you as that would be the last straw for Anne," said Leonard.

Amelia placed her hand on her forehead to calm down what she was thinking. "If he thought you were having an affair with my mother and was potentially my father, why didn’t he chase you away from the castle?"

Leonard thought about that in the past but then he considered that Richard was the same man who married the woman his friend was in love with. "I believe he always wanted me to be jealous of the fact that no matter what, he had Anne. Years ago, I wanted to leave because I could bare to watch her marry my friend. Your father made arrangements for me to be the one to protect him. Instead of staying for him, I promised to watch over Anne."

"And look how that turned out. She was killed and I have a feeling you always know that but I had no one on my side to push for that to be investigated. As someone who loved my mother, you failed her. I don’t care about never being born so I wished you had never met and loved my mother. Then my father would not have taken notice of her and she would not have suffered. It’s petty," Amelia had to admit. "But I am angry and you are standing before me."

"I understand. There’s also one other reason why your father disliked you, princess but it was never to be spoken of as witch doctors were exiled by the temple. While you were in your mother’s stomach, he sneaked off to check if he would have a great son to take his place as king but whatever was said pissed him off and he went to Anne telling her to get rid of the child in her stomach. I don’t know what was said to him," Leonard said before she could ask.

Leonard had not wanted to get involved with anything concerning witchcraft as something bad was certain to happen to anyone who got involved with it.

"Of course he went to a witch doctor just as he went to one recently to try to know the sex of Annabelle’s child. I suppose my mother would be the only other person to know what prophecy was given to my father. Can you do me a favor, Leonard? You kind of owe me it," Amelia decided to guilt trip him.

"I owe your mother a favor but sure. What is it?"

"Can you please find my mother’s diaries? She had given me the ones each year before she married but she hid the ones after that. I doubt they were in her tower because I have searched for them many times as a child and after she died, I searched the entire room. I hope there wasn’t the chance that someone else checked her tower after her death." Amelia knew that in the wrong hands, whatever was in her mother’s diaries could shake up the entire castle.

"I will discreetly look for them. Please ignore Cedric while he is here. It is only a matter of time before Fraser sends him away unless he plans to use his grandfather. Fraser has to start looking for people with power to back him up and the perfect person to use is his grandfather," said Leonard.

"Hmm. I hope they both die while trying to control each other. Fraser wants to be the sole person ruling and Cedric wants to control the throne. I bet it won’t be long before Cedric presents Fraser with choices for a wife. Girls from families he has connections with so the queen would be his puppet," Amelia made assumptions about the future that she was sure would come true at some point.

"The only thing I am happy about with your union to the king of the north is the fact you will be away from this brewing mess. I know that you care about the people here but please, do not concern yourself with this castle as long as we have not found ourselves in war or hit rock bottom," Leonard advised her as he wanted her to find happiness in the north.

"I don’t plan to think about certain people present in the castle but I cannot simply forget about it so easily. No matter what, I am a Blackwell royal so this kingdom will always plague my mind. I am glad you stuck around in the castle, Leonard. You hate it but I enjoy your presence and calling you uncle," she grinned as she knew he wanted to say he was not her uncle.

"I thought you were angry with me a moment ago?"

"Am I not allowed to get over it? It still upsets me but there is nothing I can do to change the past and I have to consider the fact you must have been torn up about not being able to take her away from the castle. Honestly, I am surprised you never tried to kill my father," Amelia chuckled.

Leonard forced a smile then said, "Excuse me. There is something I need to check on and I have been away for too long. Have a good day princess," he bowed then walked away from her.

Amelia stared at the back of Leonard’s body as he left with suspicion. "He most definitely tried to kill my father but how did someone as skilled as him and close to my father fail?" She wondered. Amelia would bet her tiara on Leonard being able to kill her father so this was surprising.

"Princess," Cyrus stepped into the doorway. "You are going to be late for breakfast."

"Grandmother says that royalty is never late. Everyone else just shows up too early. I learned some interesting things I will share with you later. I wish to know what you know about witch doctors," said Amelia.

"I know that regular people like you should stay away from them. It’s bad enough you sometimes pray to the Gods for things to happen here."

"First of all, the Gods never answer my prayers and now that I am marrying a demon, they certainly will not answer me. Secondly, I don’t intend to use witch doctors’ services, I want to find out information about something my father was told many years ago. However, if I am caught doing it there, the temple and people will be on my ass, so..." Amelia trialed off and smiled innocently.

"I will take care of it," Cyrus answered as he did not want Amelia anywhere near those people.

"Wonderful. I will owe you a huge favor like always so ask me for anything your heart desires at any point in time. Today, I will try to find news about slaves being freed so that I can find the woman you were searching for." Amelia could not wait to see Cyrus and this mysterious woman being reconnected.

"Thank you. Once again, you are late. You must have Gina avoiding the head maid because she can’t answer where you’ve run off to," said Cyrus.

"Then I should hurry to save her poor soul. I feel like I have hardy seen Gina these days. Later on in the day the three of us need to sit down anss enjoy our candy. I can’t believe that brute set them on fire. I could just," Amelia balled up right fist insinuating that she wanted to punch him.

She continued to say, "I will give him the silent treatment until he magically makes my candy reappear. I bet there has never been someone bold enough to ignore him. I don’t care what hell he crawled out of. I will make him experience my version."

Cyrus could not wait to see this but first he had to clarify one thing. "We don’t crawl out of the underworld. We simply walk out."

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