11| The old man is not old at all (2)

Azura spent a little while talking to the people untill she was forced to go back. Not wanting to go in the carriage azura looked at her father. He gave her a pointed look and she signed and climbed into the carriage.

She wanted to go scout out the city by using the excuse of meeting the people before the ball but she knew that would be to much to ask from her father.

After they arrived at the palace, Azura told her perants she wpuld be out in a moment she kust wanted to change clothes. Her parents and brother went to the garden , the weather was nice so her mother asked the maids to prepare the table outside.

Azura went to her room and changed into a shorter dress, she knew her boundaries of what to wear.

The dress was a pastal blue color with dark blue stones and ribbons decorating the dress , it reached a few inches above her knee and was of the shoulder. She let Tilda do her hair by only tying a little bit at the top with a blue ribbon and put on black heels.

Looking satisfied she went out her room with Anox on her shoulders and her maids and guards accompany her.

While walking through the garden Azura saw a maid runing from the direction she was going worh a basket in her hands , Azura looked around and stopped in her tracks once she smelled the all to familiar sent and stared at the small flowers at the side of the pond.

Pink,white and blue Lily-of-the-valley's grew all over the garden. This was a poisonous flower , so the hell would plant them here ??

She remembered how she got sick form smelling this flower , she got dizzy and started vomiting. So she went to read about them and found alot of information about it,so she trained her body to be immune to it, so she was fine but the others weren't, who ever planted them here knew what they were doing .

She suspected that there where really moles in the palace now.

"Who the hell planted these flowers !" She screamed out , her family and Felix who was not far away heard her and rushed towards the commotion.

As they arrived they saw Azura pushing her maids and gaurds away form the flowers at the pond .

"Azura honey whats the meaning of this, those are just ordinary mimi lilies?" Her mother was confused, these flowers were a gift for another empire. They said it would bring good fortune.

"No , no they are not mother, those are Lily-of-the-valley, All parts of the plant can cause illness when eaten of touched or even smelled , they fragrance may be sweet sented but its deadly . The lily-of-the-valley contains several compounds that can affect the heart, but ingesting the plant can lead to severe illness and even death."Azura panicked, something was actually wrong in this place , she looked at her father and rushed towards Felix who was closest to the plant and pulled him away and towards herself "I saw a maid picking a few of them just now, i dont know where she went , you can call an Healer and they will tell you the same thing i just did." She gave her father a look as she let go of Felix and smiled softly at him, her father nodded.

"One of Azuras gaurds go get a healer , there is supposed to be one on the west wing of the palace ,go hurry"her father told her guards, Alex looked at Azura who nodded at him.

He turned around and rushed to the west wing.

Azura ushered everyone away form the plant. But made sure to keep it in sight. "Sorry but may i ask a question Crown princess?" Felix who was standing behind her in a daze after she touched him suddenly popped up beside her making jump a little , Anox who rested on her shoulders hissed at him showing his rows of long sharp teeth the moment Azura turned around.

Azura who was lost in thought jumped when Felix suddenly appeared. "Yes you may ." She said as she calmed herself but still looked at the flowers.

"How do you know that the flowers are poisonous? " Felix was genuinely curious. Her father piped in to" Yes i would like to know that to " David gave Azura a look as if he was comanding her to tell them.

Quickly coming up with a lie she spoke "When i was being experimented on they would tell us about the effects the experiments would have , and one day they decided to test out the Lily-of-the-valley on me as a little game." Azura lowered her head and forced her voice to soften as she fiddled with her hands

"They force-fed me the plant for a week long while injecting all sorts of things into my body. When they force-fed me the plant the next day they went to inject more things into me but couldn't. Thats when they discovered that my skin became impenetrable."

She forced a few tears to fall from her eyes as she molded a pained expression on her face as she looked at at the people infornt of her.

Of course she knew this was all bullshit , a bunch of bullshit and now she had dug her own hole deeper.

Azura's mother was crying while her brother held her ,her father looked lost in thought and Felix looked at her with concerns and worry .

"My poor baby "her mother wailed out.

"Your highness i brought the healer " Alex who had just arrived looked at Azura's crying face in confusion and then at Ethan and the rest who looked confused , Ethan noticed him and mouthed the princess would tell them later .

The healer bowed infront of the royal family , his long beard almost touching the ground.

"Greetings royal family" he greeted them shortly.

Azura was the first to act."Please sir tell the Emperor what this plant does please." She looked at him with big eyes and pointed to the Lily-of-the-valley by the pond . The old mans heart softend as he nodded at her and looked at the plant.

"Your highness who ever planted this flower must be questioned, this is a poisonous plant. Everything sbout this plant is poisonous form its roots to its fragrance, i advice your hignesses to remove this plant if any of you do not wish to die in a few month's" The healer continued to talk as he repeated what Azura said earlier.

"So what the crown princess said was true , this plant is truly poisonous?"David asked the healer. "Yes, your grace " The Emperor was now truly worried. This just confirmed everything Azura told him in the holding cells . He now really believed her , his empire wa in trouble.

Azura who stood of to the side told her mother she would be returning to her room making the excuse up for being teird. Her mother usherd her out the garden feeling that Azura needed rest after her story .

Felix stood a few feet away as he looked at her retreating figure that was supported by her maids. She was a clever bunny he thought.

He still fet her touch on his arm and her sweet chocolate sent on his clothes.

Recalling her fear struck face as his heart tightened as he remembered her tears and pouty lips she was a survivor a strong woman . This just made him more in love with her. He needed to ask the Emperor to go forth with this marriage so he could hide her away from this world and keep her all to himself.

He just had to , she would be his , and only his , he would do everything for her.