Chapter 121
"Cousin," Fraser greeted Amelia by the door of the meeting room. He awaited this moment to see Amelia fail terribly. Thanks to a tip of information, he learned that none of the men were going to take Amelia’s demands seriously and provide their truce deal to Killian.
If Amelia tried to pull the same ridiculous stunt of backing out of the marriage, they would simply ignore it and have Killian take her away by any means.
It was about time that Amelia learned to keep quiet in Fraser’s opinion. He was never one to enjoy her rebellious personality. She had everything he ever wanted but was never grateful or satisfied. If he was in Amelia’s place, he would have followed every command the king gave him. Then again, Amelia was a girl with hardly any use.
"Fraser," Amelia greeted him back. She wasn’t surprised to see Fraser already in the meeting room with a smile he could not hide. "I didn’t see you at breakfast so I assumed you left the castle."
"No no. I’ve been studying about the kingdom to know everything I need to know before my coronation in a week. Ah. I always knew that I was destined for something great. You see, I was right not to view you as competition for the throne," Fraser patted her shoulder. "That reminds me. Did you happen to have a word with your stepmother?"
"Don’t touch me and she’s not my stepmother. I’ve heard that she has been creating a problem with her maids and won’t let anyone in. I have never cared for her to say goodbye or check up on her. There are other things on my mind. The child in her stomach is related to us so you can go and check up on her well-being. She won’t be able to refuse the future king," said Amelia.
’I’d rather the little brat in her stomach cease to exist,’ Fraser thought.
He was already set to become king but it would be a problem in the future if Annabelle were to have a boy and some of the people started to support that boy and tried to kill him to make the little bastard king. Fraser had quite a few people on his side who he could depend on to make sure Annabelle’s child would not see the light of day.
If he wanted his reign to last longer than his uncle’s he needed to be smart. Amelia would be going away to the north soon, Annabelle’s child would die, and there were no other relatives to be chosen to become king if something were to happen to Fraser. In his eyes, the castle would have to depend on only him once he killed Annabelle’s child.