The Masked prince
Chapter 222: Locked (1)

Chapter 222: Locked (1)

Evelyn was forced to step back inside the chambers. She didn’t have any other way.

When she went back inside, Raphael was seated on the huge chair which was vacant before. Evelyn was sure that the chair was meant for King to sit and yet Raphael dared to sit on it.

King was like this.

The guards outside were not letting her step outside. She suddenly remembered how she had seen so many servants and guards on her way.

Isla was also not outside. Her heart sank inside her chest as she stared at Raphael who was looking at her with a mocking smile on his lips.

"Did you ask them to call a doctor?"

Raphael asked her in a mocking voice but Evelyn instead of answering him, asked him

"Where is my knight Isla?"

Evelyn thought that she might be selfish. As a responsible person, she should be first asked about King and ensured that he was fine that too if he was breathing.

But she was more worried about Isla. How could she not?

She didn’t know King more than Isla. Isla had become an elder sister to her. So her first priority right now was Isla who had accompanied her to keep her safe but was now nowhere to be found.

However, Raphael looked at her coldly when she didn’t answer his question.

"You better answer me obediently, Evelyn. Otherwise, you might not appreciate what I will do to you."

Evelyn was indeed scared. How could she not be! But she masked her fear with a cold expression on her face as she said

"His Highness will not leave you alive if he came to know that you have locked me here."

Raphael’s eyes shone with a cold glint when he heard her words. In one swift move, he strode to Evelyn and slapped her across her cheek.

Evelyn had not seen it coming and was shocked for a moment. Too much to think that she was a princess consort and hence Raphael won’t dare to raise his hand on her!

Her body was slightly trembling as she raised her head to look at him.

His eyes were filled with rage as she stared at her.

"Do you think that I fear your b****d husband? He can’t even do anything. By the time, he finds out anything and reaches here I will get everything I have wanted. The throne would be mine. I would be the King and after that...I will kill him."

Evelyn’s eyes widened when she heard Raphael’s plans.

Raphael stared at her coldly for one last time as he said

"You better not try to run away. This Palace is full of my people. So you won’t be able to do anything. Stay here and take care of His Majesty. Do you understand?"

Evelyn swallowed as she stared at him blankly but nodded her head immediately when he stepped towards her with a threatening expression on his face.

Raphael smiled in satisfaction and continued

"If you try to run away...then I will kill His Majesty and spread the rumor that you killed His Majesty. After all, you visited his chambers. And you should know that it would not be easy to implicate Regan in all this."

Raphael smiled when he saw fear on Evelyn’s face.

Satisfied, he finally left the chambers.

After Raphael left, it took Evelyn a long time to compose herself. She wiped her face with her hands realizing how her forehead was covered with sweat.

Her eyes then went towards the bed.

"Take care of His Majesty."

She remembered Raphael’s words. Did it mean that His Majesty was still alive?

Evelyn stood up from the ground slowly. Her cheek was throbbing because of the slap but she ignored it and walked toward the bed.

Taking a deep breath, she parted the curtains completely and walked closer to the bed.

Derrick’s face was completely white. It was hard to believe that he was still alive. Evelyn put her trembling finger in front of his nose and sighed in relief realizing that he was indeed breathing.

She stood still for a few moments before she finally gathered her courage and checked his body to see where he was injured.

Evelyn didn’t know if she was relieved or not when she realized that the blood on Derrick’s clothes was not from his body.

In fact, there was no injury on Derrick’s body. But if the blood didn’t belong to him, then it meant that it belonged to someone else and Evelyn could only imagine who that person might be!

Perhaps it might be of the Royal Guards who belonged to Derrick and were loyal to her. Raphael might have killed them.

There must be many people inside this place who must be loyal to King.

Evelyn wondered suddenly what Raphael did to them or perhaps no one in what kind of condition Derrick was lying inside his chambers.

She felt afraid whenever she came to a new conclusion.

She remembered Raphael’s words.

He wanted to remove Derrick and Regan so that he could ascend the throne. But why did he lock her here then?

Evelyn sighed as she couldn’t understand the reason.

In the end, she wiped Derrick’s body with a clean cloth.

Evelyn only wiped Derrick’s hands and legs.

She didn’t know what Raphael had done to him but Evelyn knew that the king needed immediate treatment.

She remembered Rex saying that Derrick favored Regan. If he died, then her prince will lose a major support.

She was still unaware of Raphael’s plans. She needed to find out what he wanted to do. She needed to help Regan indirectly.

He was fighting on the battlefield amongst enemies. She could at least make sure here that his father stayed alive.

Evelyn wanted to take care of Derrick so that when he would woke up he would help Regan.

Derrick was her only hope to get out of here now.

Lost in her own thoughts, Evelyn didn’t realize when she fell asleep while leaning against the bed. It was only when she felt a touch on her cheek that she opened her eyes and almost screamed seeing Raphael standing in front of her.