The Masked prince
Chapter 68: Evelyn Was Taken Away

Chapter 68: Evelyn Was Taken Away

"Pick her up and drag her out of this castle."

Evelyn felt slightly scared when she heard this and she asked

"Is there something wrong?"

But no one answered her. The two men in uniform stepped towards her but before they could approach her the maid who was still alive covered Evelyn and said firmly

"You can’t take away My Lady. You should be aware of His Highness Prince Regan’s wrath. I can assure you that he won’t be happy when he will find out about your doings."

The man in front, for a moment, have fear flickering in his eyes when he heard the maids’ eyes. The rumour regarding the prince’s anger were not any less...especially his pet eating a alive human being

However, a moment later, the man composed himself and glared at the maid angrily while saying

"It is His Majesty’s order. His Highness is nothing in front of His Majesty."

Saying this, the guard moved towards the maid with his sword to shut her mouth completely.

How could Evelyn let this happen! She immediately pushed the maid away from her and looked at the man who was now glaring at her angrily.

"You are here to take me, right? I will go with you but don’t harm others."

She said calmly regardless of how scared she was inside her heart.

"My Lady..."

The maid tried to stop her by saying something but Evelyn didn’t listen to her at all.

Just like that, she was picked by the two guards and dragged out of her room. When she was outside the room, she saw the two guards lying on the floor unconscious.

Evelyn’s eyes went blurry when she saw the blood coming out of their cuts. She looked at the maid who was following behind her with a worried expression on her face and said

"Call Dan to treat them."

The maid nodded her head but she was still following Evelyn hoping that she would find someone and would save Evelyn.

However, her eyes went wide when she realized that across the corridor there were more men in the same uniform as them.

There were so many that the entire corridor seemed to be filled by them.

No wonder they were able to reach the room so easily.

Her face went pale. Not only she but Evelyn was equally scared.

She wondered why so many men came to take her and ...why would the king order them to bring her to Royal Palace?

Whatever it was...Evelyn had an intuition that it was nothing good.

Her heart sank down to bottom when while walking across the corridor she saw a few guards lying unconscious on the floor. They were injured and blood was flowing out of their wounds.

This...what was going on?

Even if she wanted to stay calm, Evelyn couldn’t stay so. Her body was slightly trembling and she could feel tear blur her eyes as she walked forward while looking at their bodies.

Outside the castle, the two guards were holding her dragged her towards a box. Evelyn looked at them in confusion and the next moment, she was pushed inside the box.

Her eyes went wide as she saw them closing the door of the box.

As she saw the last streak of light going away from her eyes, a pair of red eyes flashed across her mind and she couldn’t help but wonder.

Will the prince come to look for her?

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After the box was closed, there was nothing but darkness that surrounded Evelyn. She was not scared of the darkness but she felt her shoulder aching whenever the box was suddenly lifted and put down somewhere.

She was sure that now she must be having bruise on her other body parts because of how her body kept colliding with the box walls here and there.

It didn’t help any less that it was made if iron. She didn’t how long had passed. But she could feel the hotness of the iron during the day and then coolness of the iron during the night.

Sometimes, she would feel suffocated and out of breath. She tried to bang on the walls indicating that she needed some air. But no one opened the box.

She was unaware how long it was after but because of the lack of air, food and water she finally passed out.

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On the Border

Because of Lavo, Rex and Regan were able to reach border in three days.

The borders were quite far away from the City of Mazic. If not for Lavo, it would have taken them at least five days if they had not taken any rest in between.

However, when they reached the border, Rex was surprised to see that everything on the border looked completely fine.

The soldiers were sitting outside their tents laughing and playing games.

It was one of the commanders who noticed the two princes and was slightly shocked to see them there.

After he overcame the shock, he was instantly on his feet and shouted

"Your Highness"

The soldiers who were practicing while fighting with each other or playing games stopped when they heard the shout and followed the commander’s gaze.

Their eyes were filled with joy instantly as they ran towards the two princes and surrounded them.

"Your Highness, how are you?"

"Your Highness is suddenly here. Is everything alright?"

Various respectful, humour and concern filled voices were heard instantly.

One has to know that Regan had come to the border at the age of twelve. Now at the age of twenty two, he had spent around ten years on the same borders.

And Rex who never wanted to leave his brother alone came to the border to accompany him. Both the brothers had stayed by each other sides always.

The old soldiers worried for them like a father. The young respected them like their heroes.

All in all, almost all of them could die for the two princes. To them, it were these two princes who represented the whole Empire.

Because it had always been them who led them and took care of their needs amidst the harsh conditions on the borders.