#THE_ROYAL_LOVE
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 99
Afternoon….
As expected, Queen mother Greta called for the meeting of all the ladies and the venue is her own quarters.
Brina was already for the little drama and she knows that she will be belittled again.
But who cares?
If the Queen mother was unbiased and really cared for the Kingdom it is when her words are valued and it is when Brina has to feel sad for not having a good impression.
As Greta is no such woman, Brina cares least about what that traitor thinks about her.
To Brina’s pleasant surprise, when she arrived, Louis and Eliina were there too.
The siblings are literally stuck to each other, not letting the third person to mingle in their conversation. However, when they see their favorite person entering the garden, their eyes are filled with warmth.
But, no one would have expected that Brina is the cause for their gentleness. It is very common for others to think that it is because of their conversation alone.
“Bro, sis in law is looking very beautiful” Eliina whispered.
“She looks beautiful and s-×y in a jumpsuit,” she added.
Louis chuckled. “She looks beautiful in every dress, Elle. And, I love her in jumpsuits” he told his sister.
However, he has other opinions in his mind. ‘She looks good with nothing on her’
But Louis would not dare to tell it in front of his little sister.
In contrast, Eliina knows what is running in her brother’s dirty mind. So, she couldn’t help but flush.
She couldn’t help but recall the scene from Louis’s suite. Her brother and sister in law’s inti-mate positions flashed in her mind, making her blus-h.
“Sis, why are you blus-hing? Don’t tell me you are becoming les-bianlike Charlotte, after seeing my babygirl” Louis joked.
As soon as Eliina heard it, she couldn’t help but open her eyes wide.
“How could you!!??” she almost shouted out loud that their grandmother who just entered the garden, coughed loudly.
But Eliina didn’t stop there and she smacked her brother, which Louis of course dodged, laughing happily.
Even Brina felt her li-ps curve up, seeing them. However, there was a sense of longing in her eyes.
Whenever she sees them, she can’t help but remember her brother Seth. Louis and Eliina are very much similar to her and her brother Seth.
It was making her miss Seth more and more. Tears formed at her eye rims but she swiftly wiped them away.
Meanwhile,
“Edward, you are Prince of the Kingdom. Maintain your manners” Greta hissed in her low tone.
This is when she misses Ethan, the filial grandson of hers. However, that traitor married a slut and left the Kingdom.
Indirectly, adding the burden on her weak and aged shoulders.
“Grandmother, what have I done? Is talking with my sister and having fun with her also troublesome? If it is like that, me and Eliina will take leave.” Louis told, standing up.
Even Eliina followed her brother’s suite, shocking Greta.
She wanted to show off that her grandson is still in her control, however, to her despair, it just backfired on her.
“It’s not like that, dear. I was telling her that it’s time for the meeting. Everyone is already here” Greta said in her soft tone.
If she extends her show off anymore than this, Olivia and her brother, Owen who are secretly asked by their grandfather will inform him that Greta is helpless with Louis.
That will cause great problems for her.
Louis smi-rked and sat down.
Meanwhile, everyone is shocked by how the Prince was towards his grandmother. Just in this small span, they have seen his warmth, love, playfulness and also anger.
However, one could not deny that he was totally charismatic in every angle.
….
Meanwhile,
Brina was silently looking at others. Her moments are so quiet and unnoticed.
Olivia is looking very happy and her eyes are glued to Louis from the beginning. She is totally smitten to him, absorbing all his fluid emotions.
Her eyes are even filled with lust.
Katherine seems calm and tired. She was not rebellious and hyper like previous times.
‘It looks like Katherine is facing some problems. It is no surprise’ Brina thought.
As Olivia’s grandfather is very desperate to make her Queen, he must be busy in dealing with Katherine and her House.
If her guess was right, he would have asked Olivia to take care of the ‘commoner’ while he will take care of the next powerful family which is Katherine’s.
That is how he works.
Brina knows how these people work.
On the other side, Princess Penelope cared least about what’s happening. She has a faint smile on her face and she is busy enjoying the evening sun.
She is one of the people here Brina doesn’t un-derstand. Penelope is not at all sad that she is losing and she is also not interested in Louis.
If she is really desperate to become Louis’s wife, it would have been a cakewalk for her to get a private time with Louis. But she never tried to even talk to him.
However, after observing Penelope for this long, Brina noticed only one useful clue.
Whenever Owen appears, Penelope’s anger skyrockets. However, she controls it with an indifferent smile on her face.
Others might not have noticed it but for someone like Brina who has been doing the same for a few years, it is not so difficult to recognize that silent anger.
Even now, Penelope is hiding her anger and frustration by distracting herself in the name of enjoying the weather.
‘What is the relation between Olivia’s brother and Penelope? Could it be that she knows how Owen is?’ Brina thought.
After adding it to her mental list, Brina looked at Rebecca and Phoebe who of course didn’t give much useful information to Brina.
As Kiara will be torn away from Olivia’s team not so long from now, Brina has to decide who is her next target.
Rebecca?
Phoebe?
Princess Penelope?
Or…
Katherine?
Brina is yet to make a decision but she is clueless.
Only after going to Alpha Academy she might get an idea of what to do.
Meanwhile, Kiara is glowing with happiness. She has ‘that’ glow on her face
“Your actions have embarras-sed your House, Lady Kiara. However, you should be grateful that the King has decided to give you a last chance. Don’t repeat your mistakes” Old ladies words, brou-ght everyone back from their thoughts.
Kiara knows that the Old lady is on Olivia’s side and she is doing it just for formality.
“I have learned my lesson, your highness. I will not embarras-s my House and will make sure not to let my jealousy and helplessness take over me” Kiara told in front of everyone.
As it was what her ‘boyfriend’ Owen asked her to tell, she will do that.
She is in head over heels in love with Owen. After he started sweet talking and being close to her, Kiara started loving him.
‘The more she gets close to him, the more she hates him after knowing the truth.’ Brina thought.
She knows how it feels.
She went throu-ghthe same after Nickolas betrayed her.
All the positive feelings she has for him bounced back in the form of hatred.
It might happen the same with Kiara who is naive and lovestruck. Who knows? She might turn into a powerful woman.
Though Kiara is not close to Owen, the damage he made to her is not small.
Her House is embarras-sed and is now facing the anger of the country’s people. She took the blame for which she didn’t commit.
She gave away her V¡rginity to a playboy like Owen, just for nothing but a betrayal.
All in sudden, Brina started feeling bad for Kiara. She couldn’t help but feel guilty as well.
Brina knows that she has an indirect hand in this. Though she didn’t do it, she would have stopped it.
‘It feels frustrating to not have power’
But, she couldn’t help. It was because she had enough pressure and many other problems to take into consideration.
It can never be fair sometimes. However, Brina decided to make up for it.
She decided to help Kiara if Kiara nee-ds it.
“You have to apologise to Lady Brina, Lady Kiara. She got into an accident because of you” Lady Olivia told loudly.
Brina who heard it didn’t know whether to laugh or get angry.
How cheap!! How despicable!!
Brina felt her palm itch. But she refrained herself from getting impulsive.
She knows that it is not the right time yet.
Meanwhile, Louis is in the same position as hers. But helpless.
If not because Brina asked him to stay out of this, he would have really shown hell to his siblings.
‘You got lucky now, Brina. However, Alpha Academy is my territory and no one can stop me from embarras-sing you to the point you can’t even show your face to others.’ Olivia smi-rked.
Her plan is simple now.
Katherine will be taken care of by her grandfather.
Brina will be done for good in Alpha Academy.
And, it will be just Princess Penelope.
Owen said he will take care of the Princess on one condition. It is to get Brina on his bed.
“I am sorry, Lady Brina. I am really sorry but I didn’t target you specifically. It is just that it happened like it. I am really sorry and I am ready to take any punishment if you are still angry” Kiara said.
She is really sorry.
Lady Brina is innocent, quiet going and ha-rd working.
It is how Kiara feels about Brina and that was going to change soon enough.
Brina didn’t say anything but just nodded her head.
‘I think we are even, Kiara. But you are the one for whom I am feeling sorry about’ she thought.
“So, we are done here. Let’s move to our main topic.” Queen mother Greta said, after seeing the interaction.
“The next phase, the main and important phase of the competition will be taking place in Alpha University. It is where your real potential will be tested” Queen mother Greta announced.
And, Louis couldn’t help but look at his girlfriend.
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The meeting soon finished and Brina returned back to her suite.
After knowing that competitions will be taking place in Alpha Academy, Brina fell in de-ep thought.
That means, everyone will have to leave the kingdom and go to ‘no rule’ zone, just like Charlotte said.
Wouldn’t it be totally convenient for Olivia’s family to strike their target? Leaving the kingdom means no proper protection.
Even the King and Queen along with the Queen mother would be making visits often to the Academy.
And, Brina couldn’t help but worry about the safety of the King and Queen while coming?
Still in her de-ep thoughts, Brina enters her suite where Eliina, Hailey, Charlotte are already waiting for her.
Eliina came directly to her sister in law’s suite after that boring tea meeting.
It’s now time to lure Kiara!
….
“Sister in law, as we expected, that despicable Owen planted hearing devices all over Kiara’s suite. He is truly suspicious of her” Eliina said immediately.
“It seems Olivia and Owen don’t want to take risks now. It only means they are desperate now” Brina chuckled.
‘No wonder they are not taking chances now. Their grandfather should be imposing pressure on them, blackmailing them just like he did with his other grandchildren’ Brina thought.
“Let’s see how they will face us now. No matter what, we have to lure Kiara out of their reach. Now, Olivia wants someone to take her blames and it is Kiara. If we take her into our wing, Olivia will be helpless” Brina chukled.
“Yeah. It’s really a good catch we got. But how will we lure her? If we send her video now, Owen will find it out” Charlotte sighed.
“Let’s lure her out of her suite,” Eliina said.
“How? Can you do that, Elle?” Brina asked.
“Yeah, I can give it a try” Eliina said and got busy on her laptop.
Meanwhile, Hailey looked at Charlotte and couldn’t help but ask her questions which were bugging her curiosity.
“Alpha Academy. What is it and how tough is it?” she asked her. “I know very well about that Academy as it is very famous for its unique teaching and very tough entrance exam. But, never heard of what it actually is. Alpha Academy is very strict with its privacy and it’s students’ privacy, right?”
Brina, who heard the question, looked at them. Her face is void of emotions.
She is thinking about something.
“Elle, try to lure Kiara. Meanwhile, I have to take a call” she said and escaped into her bedroom to make a call to Rose, her old friend and follower.
…
“Alpha Academy? It’s damn tough” Charlotte told Hailey.
“Alpha Academy is in no rule zone. It is situated in the three hundred hectares land, surrounded by forest. Academy is very vast and very ancient as well.”
“Despite its hu-ge area, it only intake two hundred students every year. In that students, seventy percent that means one hundred and forty students are from four Kingdoms. In that students, eighty students will be from Royal, Noble and their br@nch families, while the other sixty students are from other countries.”
“The courses the academy provides will be only for one to two years. Later, the students can write entrance exams and can take other courses. However, there are very few students who took more than one course in the Academy. That tough it is” Charlotte told.
“Yep. My Elder brother Ethan took three courses there, for diplomatic skills, degree in peace and conflict studies, Habitat Policy and Practice”
“Bro Edward took four courses, so far the highest in the Kingdom. Business administration, ethical hacking, Cyber security and the toughest of all, Finance” Eliina said.
It’s un-derstandable.
As Louis was into business, he took those. As Ethan is moulded to rule the kingdom, he took courses related to it.
“Olivia did two courses. Business management and leadership”
“And, I am doing Ethical hacking. So far I completed a degree in game design, VFX Training. I am aiming to out number my brother but it seems tough now” Eliina pouted.
The more courses they take, the more tough the next entrance exam will be. Each student will be given customized entrance exams.
Hailey sighed.
Seems like it will be very tough for Brina there.
“Leave about it and tell me about what Brina has to face there.” Charlotte asked.
So far, it is what she is concerned for, right now.
“We don’t know yet, everything will be in the hands of the Governor and Governess.”
“So, Olivia has hu-ge priority there?” Hailey asked.
“Yes. The ladies in competition have not done more than one course, except Olivia. Moreover, she was elected as ‘Perfect’ and ‘Queen of the year'”
“However, there is quite a surprise here. No student knows how the other student looks or from where she or he is. Basically, the identity of the student is kept very private” Charlotte told.
“Really? How?” Hailey asked, so surprised.
“The uniform is like that. We will be given a full face mask, nothing will be visible. Not our face, not our body. Only our hands could be seen and we will have our badge fixed to our uniform to identify us” Charlotte explained.
“It’s interesting but weird,” Hailey laughed awkwardly.
She didn’t know what else to say.
“It isn’t weird. The main purpose here is to eliminate the discrimination. If the students identity is not known, they will be treated equally and there are chances two students of the Royal family of different Kingdom’s can become friends, thereby, after returning from the Academy, if there is any rivalry between Kingdoms, it can be solved.” Eliina told.
“It is to protect the students’ extraordinary identity and also to create a friendly environment among the students of different kingdoms. This made wonders after the students find the real identity of their friends” Charlotte chuckled.
“For instance, my big mother (Louis’s mother) met my father in the same way. For that two years, they haven’t revealed who they are but fell in love because of their similar personalities. Once they found out….” Eliina stopped, smiling broadly.
“They were shocked. King was happy that there is no nee-d to go against his father to marry the woman he loves. And, the former Queen was in shock because it is their next King. It was hilarious” Charlotte told Hailey.
“Now, I got it. But, Brina is still in disadvantage right?” Hailey asked, now, de-eply worried about her friend.
“Unfortunately, yes. It is because Olivia is famous there. Some miracle has to happen for Brina to outshine Olivia. Otherwise, it will be tough to continue in first position” Charlotte pursues her li-ps.
“Sis Char, I think Olivia’s family is the reason it happened. Not even once have the competitions got shifted to Alpha Academy. As it is Olivia’s territory and Brina and Katherine are totally strangers there, Olivia would have definitely asked her House to do it. Cunning woman!” Eliina huffed.
Meanwhile, Brina came out of her room.
Totally oblivious of what her three friends were talking about, she silently sat down.
However, she could see that everyone is angry.
“Brina, are you worried about Alpha Academy? Because, I am dead worried for you” Hailey said, holding her tears.
Alpha Academy looked very scary.
It has ne-ck to ne-ck competition, indefinite discrimination and partiality.
“I am. It’s really giving me shivers” Brina agreed and Charlotte’s face paled up.
“Don’t worry. We will try our best to help you” Charlotte said, hu-gging Brina.
Brina leaned her head leaned on Charlotte’s shoulder. “Thank you, Char. But I am still worried. Whom should we next target? I don’t even know what’s waiting for me there” she sighed.
Eliina pouted, her eyes sad.
That’s true.
Alpha Academy is dangerous.
She almost got sold by her vicious grandmother.
Influence and power matters a lot in Alpha Academy and Olivia has it very well.
“Brina, can we target Princess Penelope? She is a princess right? She will definitely hold some power there” Hailey suggested.
“I am thinking the same. So far I observed a few things which could help us with Princess Sophene. So, I asked one of my friends to help me dig some information about Penelope” Brina told them.
“It’s a relief. But, Brina, make sure you don’t do anything reckless in Academy. We will be watched every second, so, whatever you want to do with help of others, you must do it while we stay here, got it?” Charlotte asked.
“Yep. Got it. That means I have five days…wow!! So much of the time” Brina sarcastically laughed.
“Sis in law, done!”
“I have sent a text to Kiara by faking my identity, so that it looks like Owen sent her the message. I asked her to come to North Garden, which is basically un-der my control. I have also made sure no one will be able to spy us in that garden.” Eliina told.
“Well done, Elle. Did she see it?” Brina asked, totally thankful to Eliina.
If not for Eliina’s help, Brina should have asked her ‘outsider’ friends to help her and it would have created some unnecessary troubles for her.
“Yeah, she just saw and yay!! she is now heading to the garden” Eliina said, clapping her hands.
“Hmm, do one thing. After she goes to the garden and arrives at the place you told, hack her phone, send the video and as soon as she finishes seeing it, erase all the memory in her phone.” Brina told Eliina.
“Yes, boss” Eliina said, funnily.
….
Meanwhile, Kiara who just got the message from ‘Owen’, her soon to be fiancé, she is over the moon.
‘He can’t even stay without me’ she thought and chuckled.
Changing her dress, she ran to the garden without informing anyone.
She is totally excited.
But little she knows her dreams are going to burn to ashes and the new version, the better version, of her is going to arise after the reality strikes her heart.
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