Chapter 206
"My mother was someone who liked to keep to herself. She would only let certain maids into her room and spend time with me or my grandmother. Leonard was the only guard she let get near. I found out that they liked each other but once my father saw her, he snatched her away even though Leonard was his friend. As much as I love Leonard like an uncle, I am glad he is not my father," said Amelia.
In another world, if she was not royalty, she would love learning that Leonard was actually her birth father instead of Richard. It would have made her feel better that her birth father did not hate her. As a princess, she would feel out of place if she wasn’t a true Blackwell princess.
"Looking back, I think she always worried that there was something wrong with our food which was why she wouldn’t take food from some of the maids. They might have been working for my father’s mistresses or people who wanted a new Queen. She was always so careful when it came to our safety. I still cannot figure out how she just died. I don’t believe it was natural," Amelia said, still holding to her gut feeling that her mother was murdered.
"What did they say she died from?" Killian asked.
Amelia still remembered the announcement they made inside the castle. "A cold but my mother never looked sick. She was just gone the next day and at first, they wouldn’t let me see her body. My father was obsessed with my mother, wanting her to love him. I wonder if he killed her because she would not love him or if he protected someone he loved more than my mother."
Killian could only think of one person. "Wouldn’t that be your grandmother? I doubt he loves Annabelle enough to protect her even though he wanted her to carry his heir. Who else would he love aside from his mother?"
"My grandmother would not kill my mother. She had no reason to and she was just as in shock by my mother’s death as I was. I have started to question what other people think of my grandmother and I know she is not exactly kind to others but I cannot point to her as someone who killed my mother. There was no motive. She wouldn’t have killed my mother to-"
"It was just a random thought," Killian said to stop Amelia from rambling off about it. She was only starting to question what her grandmother was really like so it wasn’t time for her to consider that Margaret might have had a hand in her mother’s death.
"I know. I just can’t see her doing something like that and then remaining so close to me. She knows our relationship would never be the same if that were true. She’s the one Blackwell relative I could always turn to. My aunt Beth and I have always had a cordial relationship but I am not that close to her. Maybe I should have talked to her. She wasn’t close to my mother either but she might have a lot to tell me about my grandmother," Amelia stated because of the sour relationship Beth and Margaret had.
"The next time we meet with your relatives, you should ask around about what happened in the castle before your mother’s death but don’t make it noticeable. You can try to connect it to your mother’s books she left behind. You might not be able to find evidence to make your mother’s killer stand before the people but I will help you punish them," Killian offered as he could drag them down to the underworld.