Chapter 56
Amelia entered the courtyard alongside Killian and Cyrus. She was welcomed by the sight of Blackwell guards laying on the ground either unconscious, groaning in pain, or dead while others stood with their weapons thrown on the ground as they had given up.
Killian’s men filled the castle and they were rounding up anyone they spotted to gather in the courtyard.
"Get your filthy hands off of me," Annabelle’s voice was heard as a northerner pulled her by her hand into the courtyard. "I am pregnant. Release me you animal."
’She’s bold to be throwing insults when they have the upper hand. Then again, she thinks my father is alive to save her,’ Amelia thought. She would enjoy breaking the unfortunate news to Annabelle to watch all hope leave her eyes.
"Who are you?" Killian cast an uninterested look at Annabelle. "You speak as if you have some sort of authority."
Annabelle looked at the man standing with his hands behind his back. From the portrait Richard had shown her long ago, she knew this was the king of the north. ’Why couldn’t Richard have been this good-looking? It would have made giving him my body easier,’ she thought while inspecting every inch of Killian.
"Speak or I shall have your tongue cut out for you to remain silent forever. Who the hell are you? A secret sister?" Killian turned to Amelia. He only knew Richard to have one child and he hardly knew anything about her.
"Hell no," Amelia immediately replied but then bit her lips as the response wasn’t right for a princess. "She is not my sister. Annabelle is my father’s mistress and she is pregnant. Allegedly."
’Why is Amelia standing next to Killian Bune?’ Annabelle thought. ’Did she betray her kingdom and help him enter the castle? Where is Richard? I don’t feel comfortable.’’