Chapter 290: Standing up
When Lyra reached the place of commotion, she couldn’t help but frown. Lucas and Princess Lexi were facing each other but the expressions on their faces differed vastly. Lexi looked like she was holding back her tears from falling meanwhile, Lucas appeared furious with his brows furrowed and chest heaving. This was enough for Lyra to know that Lucas was upset. Very much at that.
"Did Prince Lucas make the princess cry?" asked one of the beastman from the crowd.
"It seems so" answered another one answering the previous beastman’s question.
Lucas’ ears twitched when he heard those whispers from the crowd. He took a deep breath trying his best to stay calm but the woman in front of him seemed like she wouldn’t let him do that.
"I was only talking to him when he suddenly got angry and started shouting" Lexi spoke between her sobs, "Prince, Lucas please forgive me if I have done something wrong"
"Oh my goddess" exclaimed a female in the crowd, "Poor her, she is even apologizing after being treated so harshly. Where are her mates? Shouldn’t they be here to console their mate?"
Before she could talk more, Lexi’s mates rushed towards the latter while pushing the crowd away.
Lyra too acted quickly as she strode toward her mate before holding his hand. She interlocked her fingers between his and gave it a gentle squeeze, "It’s alright" The situation was way too clear for her to not know. From the moment the Fox princess stepped inside the Snake tribe, Lyra had a bad feeling. The former seemed hell-bent on causing trouble one way or another. It was alright if it was small jabs but framing her mate like this was crossing the line.
Lucas felt his tensed shoulders relax as soon as he heard his mate’s reassuring words. He would not like to admit it, but the moment Lexi started to whine and the crowd gathered, Lucas felt anxious. Not because he was scared or anything but it was that he was afraid of ruining his mate’s happiness. He didn’t want her efforts to go to waste in arranging this banquet just because of some entitled princess.