“Marriage?” Lord Blane spoke up after the prolonged silence. “You have barely been married for three months and you are considering the possibility of taking another bride?” “I love my wife but do not get me wrong. This marriage is purely a transaction. There are no feelings attached. She offered herself as a price for her people's freedom, do you expect me to dash her hope?” Styles asked the council.They shook their heads with disappointed expressions. It was unlike the emperor to make such rash decisions.“You barely know her, your Majesty. What if she is not the angel you presume her to be? What if she's a woman of questionable character?” Lord Orio asked. Styles gave a thought to the possibilities, “I don't think so. Princess Heli seemed like a very noble woman to me. She is only desperate to protect her people and retrieve the ones who were forcefully enslaved to another land. If anything, I think she is brave.” “Brace? Do you call a marriage proposal brave? Why are we not lo

The Emperor wants to take a new wife. They say she is the princess of a primitive village. They call it Yung,” Cedric informed Mona. Her mouth went agape. “The Emperor wants to take another wife? It's been barely four months since he got married. Why does he need another wife?” She asked. “I wouldn't know that but this is our opportunity. From what I have gathered, the Empress doesn't know about this yet. If we can inform her ahead of him with a little twist here and there, I am positive we can get her to work with us,” Cedric said. Mona frowned. She didn't like the idea of working with the woman who stole her man. It was better to leave her to die of the heartbreak“Do we really need her?” Mona grumbled. “Of course we do. She is the closest to the Emperor and if she is against him, it would give us easier access to him, don't you think?” Cedric asked her. Mona could not tell him that she was still bitter about the fact that Styles chose a maid over her. “I am only worried if she

“I can't believe you're making me do this again.” “Can you stop complaining? Whether you like it or not, I am doing this for the good of the people. Stop being a chicken and let us move,” Heli snapped. “Are you really doing this for the people or your selfish reasons? You could have asked the king for help. He seems like a nice man. You don't have to conjure him into marrying. You know the consequences…” The words died in his mouth when he was suddenly lifted into the air. “How dare you question my motives? Everything I do is for the good of the Yung empire and you know that! Why are you trying to paint me the villain?” Heli yelled at him.“Y'all should be thanking me. Without me, you will all be miserable slaves to the Wang Empire. I am trying to save and you stand there, scolding me? How dare you?!” He struggled in the air as her grip on his neck tightened. Her blue eyes were completely black and it terrified the hell out of him. It was easier to handle when a human was strangli

“ I think she's gaining consciousness, ” Ivory heard faintly the murmurs of the maids that attended to her.“ W-where am I?” Ivory blinked her eyes open, her eyes heavy with exhaustion. She tried to comprehend what had happened, her memory was a bit fuzzy.“ You're in the Royal infirmary, Your Highness,” one of the maids answered.“ H-how did I...” she gasped in realization. Everything before she fainted came flooding back, her eyes popped open and she quickly sprang up into a sitting position, her breath unsteady and her heart pulsating.“ Your Highness, are you alright? Should I get the doctor?” One of the maids panicked.“ Is... Has His Majesty...” her chest tightened as thoughts swirled through her head.“ I was just about walking inside to talk to you. I'm glad you're awake,” Emperor Styles’ voice made Ivory stop midway through her sentence. Her trembling was obvious and so was the anger on Emperor Styles’ face. “ I'm sorry, Your Highness but I had to tell him the truth,” the doc

*Horn blows as Princess Heli walks into the throne room*“Greetings Emperor Styles” she greeted with a slight bow. The Emperor had a skeptical look on his face while Ivory just looked spiteful….and for good reason too. She was always wary of women around her husband as she knew the long held tradition of emperors keeping a harem. Luckily for her though, Styles had shown little to no interest in keeping a harem of any form and she planned to keep it that way. “Princess Heli, I must say it is a surprise to see you here” Styles responded. Heli smirked as she looked him in the eye. “To what do I owe this honor?” He asked.“Nothing more than my interest in breaking up old norms that have kept our kingdoms isolated from each other” she said.“Hmmm, go on” he nodded as he leaned forward with piqued interest. He was still clearly fascinated by her beauty but more so by her intellect and manner of behavior. Though isolated from each other, most Empires and peoples had at some point in time he