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.