The Masked prince
Chapter 270: Evelyn Is Strong

Chapter 270: Evelyn Is Strong

When Evelyn woke up, she realized that she was in a very familiar room.

She stiffened when she moved a little and felt an arm draped around her waist. Turning a little, when she saw the mask-clad face, her eyes were full of relief and her body relaxed.

She, in fact, moved more towards Regan’s warmth and put her arms around his waist.

"Awake?"

She heard his voice and hummed slightly in response.

She could feel a soft kiss on her hair as she laid her head on his chest.

Neither of them spoke after that.

In the silence, Evelyn couldn’t help but remember what happened before she went unconscious. Just then, she heard Regan say

"Evelyn...you didn’t do anything wrong."

Evelyn blinked the tears that were threatening to form in her eyes. She understood what he was saying.

"I know."

She said firmly.

"I just remembered Oliver’s death seeing all that."

It was now Regan’s turn to stiffen this time but he didn’t say anything after that. There was another round of long silence.

Both of them were lost in their thoughts.

Before Evelyn fell asleep again, she felt a kiss on her forehead and heard Regan voice.

"My Evelyn is so strong."

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The next time when Evelyn woke up, there was no one by her side. Though she was slightly disappointed, she soon comforted herself.

She knew very well that the prince must be having many things to handle right now.

Fortunately, they were not in Royal Palace.

She was in the prince’s Palace where she was staying before the prince left for the border.

Evelyn opened the door of her room and stepped outside.

"My Lady, you must be famished. Should I ask the maid to serve the dinner?"

Evelyn heard the familiar voice and swiftly turned to look at its owner.

She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

The person standing in front of her was none other than Ezra.

Ezra...was not he executed?

Was she having some sort of dream?

"My Lady..."

Ezra called out in concern when he noticed that Evelyn was not giving him any sort of response. Evelyn came out of her thoughts and looked at him without blinking.

The next moment, Ezra was engulfed in a tight hug by Evelyn.

He had a baffled expression on his face as he raised his hands but didn’t know where he should put them.

But when he heard Evelyn’s sniffs, his hands trembled and his eyes were filled with worry.

"My Lady, is everything alright?"

Evelyn didn’t answer. She merely hugged him tightly.

It was as if the last burden on her heart had vanished. She had never been able to forgive herself knowing that she left behind Ezra to die.

Ezra was alive.

Evelyn felt as if God could grant her at this moment whatever she wanted.

Yes, she had her own share of suffering. But it seemed that he was finally being merciful to her.

It was the sound of a throat being cleared that broke the stupor of Ezra who was trying to find out why his lady was crying.

His eyes went wide with shock and panic when he saw the two princes standing in front of him.

Rex had an amused expression on his face while Regan looked as if he could kill Ezra at any moment. The coldness that was emitting from his eyes made Ezra tremble fiercely.

"Your Highness..."

He wanted to explain but before he could complete it, Regan asked coldly.

"What is going on here?"

Hearing his voice, Evelyn who was lost in her emotions left Ezra. She turned around with a bright smile on her lips. Her eyes were still teary and red as she walked to Regan and held his arm while saying

"Your Highness, Ezra is alive. I thought...I thought that they..."

Evelyn couldn’t complete her sentence her throat was choked up with emotions.

Regan frowned. But the anger had left him long ago when he saw his wife’s tears. He pulled her into his embrace and wiped her tears with his other hand.

"Why are you crying?"

As he said this, his eyes went to Ezra again.

A part of him had already concluded that the reason behind Evelyn’s tears was none other than Ezra.

On the other hand, Rex who was standing silently till now seemed to understand everything suddenly and asked Evelyn.

"Did you think that Ezra was executed?"

Evelyn looked at Rex from Regan’s embrace and nodded her head.

Rex shook his head with a smile and explained

"When I had come to Royal City to save you, I had heard the news of Ezra being executed. I and Lavo saved him easily. Unfortunately...after that, I was trapped by Arthur otherwise I would have killed Raphael then and there and none of this had happened."

Raphael’s name did make Evelyn stiffen for a moment.

She would always remember Raphael as the first man whom she had killed in her life.

Regan sensing her discomfort glanced at Rex who seemed to realize his mistake but couldn’t do anything.

Hence, Regan tried to divert Evelyn’s attention.

"Let’s have dinner. You didn’t have anything since last night."

That was true.

She seemed to have slept for a long time.

All of them moved towards the dining room. Evelyn was joyous when she met Isla and Elliot as well. Elliot seemed to have some bruises on his face which concerned Evelyn but Elliot assured her that he would be fine within a few days.

On the other hand, Ezra, Elliot, and Isla were also relieved to see Evelyn safe and sound.

As they had dinner, Evelyn heard Rex and Regan talking about the arrangements going on inside the Palace.

Many nobles who were supporting Raphael in the war had been dismissed by Derrick on the charges of treason.

Also...Diana was being demoted and sent to the dungeons.

When Evelyn heard this, she couldn’t help but look at Regan.

Derrick said that Regan always despised Diana because Diana had killed Queen Regina. She wondered if her prince felt satisfied now.

Of course, it could not return Regina to her prince but at least she was getting the justice she deserved.

"Evelyn!"

Evelyn came out of her thoughts when she heard Regan calling her.

Regan smiled at her as he served more on her plate and said

"There is a banquet in the Royal Palace three days later. Do you want to attend it?"

Regan left it to Evelynn’s choice.

However, Evelyn knew that she must attend it.

How could she not! She was now a princess consort. If she didn’t attend the banquet then there might be rumors.

So she nodded her head.

"Then I will call a tailor and have him make a dress for you."

However, Evelyn shook her head when she heard this and said firmly.

"I will do that. I will make all the arrangements for the banquet. Your Highness should manage the things in the Royal Palace."

There must be many things to manage in the Royal Palace.

Since so many nobles were dismissed, the new ones would be hired as well and she was sure that Derrick would need Rex and Regan’s help.

She could not burden the prince with these chores.

Regan smiled in amusement when he heard her words. He couldn’t help but lean down to kiss her forehead as he whispered

"My wife is very sensible and caring. I should reward her after all of this ends."

Evelyn blushed hearing his whispers and ignored him after that.

But she couldn’t help but feel curious about the reward.