294 Good thing (1/2)

Alex's face immediately darkened. His eyes narrowed as he held Abi's hand even tighter, as if he would never let go of her if they tried to take her away.

”What are you saying?” he asked, glaring at Zeke.

”Shall I remind you about what I said last night? She failed to do her job, Alex,” Zeke stressed. His voice was as authoritative as ever, as expected of a Crown Prince. ”Now I have to punish her because it seems to me that she's not taking her job very seriously.”

Zeke glanced at Abi with a menacing look. If Zeke hadn't warned her last night, she would've been trembling by now and she might even be clinging onto Alex because of how serious and terrifying Zeke looked like that moment. This man was at it again - putting on his out of this world and unquestionable acting skills. He was just too much into it that he still managed to send shivers down her spine despite her knowing what he was up to.

”Now come over,” he said, looking at her and Abi flinched. She stared at him and then she tried to pull her hand off Alex's grip to follow this prince to take her punishment.

But Alex didn't let go.

”Zeke, aren't you way too into this? You really think this little fragile maid could do her job and follow me? Give her a chance, this is just her first offence.”

”Alex, I don't understand why you are defending this measly human but… you already know, right? That I will never take back my word no matter how small it is. If I let her go this time, she will take my word to be insignificant and worthless. I will become a laughingstock. Besides, I am sure you very well know that I…” he paused and leaned in on him. ”…don't ever forgive anything or anyone, just like you. Don't worry, this is only a punishment. It's not like I have sentenced her to death. She won't die... I hope.”

As those words left Zeke's lips, Abi managed to pull her hands off Alex and she stepped towards the guards with a straight back, as if she was a martyr being sacrificed for a cause. She was going to have to play the role that Zeke assigned to her and play it well, just like how he played his role to perfection.

Zeke looked at her and he was impressed by her performance. Good, they needed to make this as realistic as possible for it to have the best effect. They needed to push Alex to the max.

It seemed that their only choice right now was to bring Alex's memories back to the surface to find out the answers to these mysteries because Zeke believed that Alex might have known all along that all this would happen when he decided to let himself get stabbed.