The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

William raised a questioning eyebrow at his sister, wondering how exactly she was planning to find out what had happened without drawing suspicion to herself.

"How? Are you going to ask the queen or father? You know they won't say anything to us, and they are going to suspect us. More reason to have them send us out of this place." Williams pointed out.

"Not them," Susan shook her head before moving closer to whisper into his ear.

"Harvey. He will tell us about it," She said and moved backwards while he looked at her in confusion.

"What does he have to do with this?" He inquired, perplexed.

She wasn't supposed to tell anyone about this, but William was her twin, and this was an emergency.

"He is helping me find information."

"Helping you find information?" Williams asked, still in confusion.

"Why? Did he change his mind about marrying you? Do you want to marry him?" Williams asked, and Susan shook her head.

"This has nothing to do with any of that."

"Then what reason does he have to help you with this?" Williams asked, not understanding what was going on.

"I know he doesn't have a reason but–"

"He is not interested in marrying you. And his sister was supposed to be betrothed to Prince Harold. Didn't you notice how she was glaring at Princess Amber the entire time they were together in a room? You think that kind of person is going to help you for no reason? What if someone sent him? What if they are behind this?"

"Goodness! Why is everyone in this palace so suspicious?" She exclaimed.

First was Alvin suspicious of her. Then she was suspicious of Harvey, and then it was her and Luciana suspicious of each other. Now it was her brother's turn.

"And I really hate to say this... but what you said makes perfect sense."

Williams sighed and shook his head.

"If it makes sense, why did you involve him in this? When did you both even meet? What led to the conversation? And what did you both agree on?" Williams asked, not knowing what to do about his sister, who seemed to have a knack for attracting trouble.

"Alright, just listen, okay? Although I'm not supposed to tell you this since he asked me not to let anyone know that he is helping me," Susan said, and then she told him about their conversation, leaving out how Harvey had been waiting for her in her chamber.

"...he is attending the assembly. He said he would inform me of everything that happened there. That way, he gets first-hand information from Princess Amber and the assembly members," Susan finished, and Williams sighed wearily.

He wasn't sure if he completely trusted Harvey yet, but he was going to be on the lookout to make sure Harvey wasn't trying to cause trouble for them. His sister was fond of getting herself into trouble.

"Who else are you working with?" Williams asked her suspiciously.

She knew that if Williams heard the name, he was going to be troubled, but she went ahead to tell him since she at least needed one person to know about everything.

"I spoke with... Luciana."

"Luciana!?" Williams exclaimed in surprise.

Was she always this dumb or just pretending to be dumb? First, it was Harvey and now it was Luciana? Maybe next she would tell him she had also spoken with Alvin, the last person who was going to believe her.

"I know what you are thinking."

"Are you sure? Because if you do, you should know why Luciana is a bad idea," Williams pointed out.

"She is being honest! We can trust her," Susan assured him.

"And how did you know this? I suppose she told you to trust her, and you just agreed?" He asked, looking at her incredulously.

"Trust me, she really wants to help Princess Amber. And we need every bit of help we can find right now."

"I know we need every bit of help we can find, but it doesn't mean we are that desperate to be asking Luciana for help! Princess Amber is partly the reason why she is in that situation." He reminded her.

"How did you even meet her? Isn't she supposed to be repenting?"

"She sneaked out in search of a way to help Princess Amber. I happened to bump into her and we talked. I could tell that she was being sincere. I could feel it."

"The same way I can feel that you are going to get yourself into trouble."

"Don't worry, we won't get into trouble. For now, your focus should be on finding a way to keep us here."

He didn't look pleased at all. He was still wary about the whole thing, but she had already gotten herself involved and there was nothing he could do at this point.

"Who else?"

"Who else what?" She asked, pretending like she didn't know what he was talking about as she thought of how Williams was going to react if she told him about Alvin.

"I know that look." He said while looking at her suspiciously.

"What look?" She looked at him and tried to keep a straight face, but he could tell she was hiding something.

When his probing gaze refused to leave her, she sighed deeply and looked around before approaching him again.

"Don't yell. And don't look at me like I am crazy either."

"Fine." He promised through gritted teeth.

"Al-vin."

As soon as those words left her lips, Williams shut his eyes and tried to control his temper while she stepped back to look at her brother's face.

"Alvin?" He repeated, glaring at her. Just perfect!

"I'm beginning to think it would be a good idea to get you out of this palace." He said angrily and was about to walk away when she hurried to stand in front of him.

"I know how you feel, but think about it. Is there any other ally better than Alvin?" She asked him seriously.