His Queen From Two Worlds

CHAPTER 11: ASSASSINATION

“I’m lost

Can I run away?

I know

I can’t be lost.

For too long

But for now

Can I just hide?

Cause it’s getting

Harder to breath

I’ll be back

And I’ll be quick”

Near the end of her earlier performances, the redhead pop star noticed the extra security around the stage. When she went backstage for a costume change, Ralph came to meet her and informed her about the prince’s decision. Zelda decided to end her show sooner than expected because of Ralph’s presence there.

Ralph was the official security head of all the crown prince’s security teams/ personal assistants. If the crown prince sent him to do something, it spoke volumes of the situation. Ralph and another assistant of the crown prince who works for the royal family’s business group officially represent the crown prince when Ray asks them to or when he is unavailable.

The scarlet-haired popstar now wore a black spaghetti-strapped floor-length dress with an open neck showing off her fine clavicle with faux fur on the neckline of the dress. Her hair was down in beautiful red waves, playing the piano while exhibiting her angelic vocals. She controlled her stage and could tell the listeners what she wanted to say.

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“Gambling, alcohol, fights, and the list goes on. What is left on the list? Drugs?” Ray looked at the person in mockery as he moved his electric orbs from the report to the person who was half beaten up.

In shame, the last guy held his head down. He didn’t dare to look in the eyes of the prince. In public, although a bit distant, Ray had a good reputation for being gentle to people he was close to. He was loved by the public, especially by women, because of his love for Zelda. But at this moment there was no hint of gentleness in his eyes. His eyes turned cold.

Ray only gave a mocking look before he averted his eyes to read the rest of the report.

“Wife alcoholic addicted and into p**********n. An eight-year-old daughter is being abused regularly by her mother because she was not planned”. Ray snickered at the lackey and let out a mocking laugh. “Stop f*****g if you don’t want a child. What’s the use of taking your anger at an innocent child?”

That was not what he was taught to talk about. But he couldn’t care about anything. If any noble or royalty were listening to him talk like that, they would raise complaints that one could only imagine. Though the prince couldn’t care, it was also a headache to handle them at the same time.

“Now that I got the report, don’t you think it was about time to spit out everything you know?” Ray glared at the man.

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“Thank you” Zelda gave her iconic curtsy bow in between the human barrier, her bodyguards created around her at a considerable distance, from her fans waiting outside the dome.

The fans screamed, altogether feeling thrilled. Zelda raised again, standing properly. Waving her hand one last time, she got into her luxury van. After closing the door, Ralph entered the front seat beside the driver. There was a car before the van and two cars behind.

Normally, there would be a team bodyguard with her and travel with her in a car. But today there were an extra two cars. Even the public noticed the heavy security that night.

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“Yes, on our way to the mansion”, Ralph completed, reporting to one of the security heads who was still in the mansion. His Highness was still interrogating the man who leaked the news.

“I left after lunch, and I’m sure you people left around the same time. Has he been in that mansion's basement since then?” Zelda asked as soon as Ralph put his phone down.

“Ummmmmm He is enraged, Lady Barclay” he replied, in one sentence in his Stoic voice.

“I know that” Zelda mumbled under her breath. She was just worried about him. She knew she would react the same way if something like that happened to him, but still, she couldn’t help worrying about him. She raised her head and asked, “What did they find about the man who gave us the information?”

Ralph respectfully looked at her from the rearview mirror and said “New to the serious illegal business. A gambler and an alcoholic addict has a wife who is also addicted and into p**********n and has a daughter who is abused”

The emerald green orbs became sharper as she cursed “Bastard! He deserves the punishment!” She took a deep breath and asked him “I assume Ray took care of the child.”

Ralph nodded his head. “Yes, my lady.”

Zelda released a breath and leaned back into her seat to take a nap. She was glad that they didn’t take her manager and assistant in her van because they would be grumbling about how she completed the show earlier than expected. If it wasn’t for the prince's order to pick her up, they would have travelled with her.

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“STAY ALERT!! Don’t lose your calm!”

Zelda heard her fiancé's security head commanding the driver in a stern tone when she woke up.

“What is the situation, Ralph?” She asked seriously, almost as seriously as the crown prince.

“We lost all the signals, my lady. There might be people following us”, Ralph said.

In the next moment, a truck came from the side out of nowhere and crashed into the van, sending Zelda to the window to her side. The driver and Ralph were also affected by the crash. Even in danger, Ralph tried to look at Zelda, who lost consciousness by hitting her head on the door. Before he could call her, another truck came from the other side, and he knew they couldn’t miss this one.

The other truck crashed into the van, sending it into the air before it fell onto the road with a loud bang. The van was a luxurious and secured one, so it was barely there on the tires. Ralph was barely able to open his eyes. He saw the truck once again preparing to crash into them. He was able to reach for the steering wheel and turn the prince to the side. He didn’t know what happened but all he remembered was a tree in his sight before closing his eyes, thinking of the prince.