Leana;
“Leana Avenir, second princess of Avenir Kingdom, you are proven guilty without a doubt and the council decided to take everything you have.”
My eyes widened when my brother’s secretary read their verdict in the case that they are throwing at me.
“Your royal title will also be taken from you and you are not allowed to use Avenir as your surname when you start living outside the palace.”
“You can’t do this to me!” I screamed. I can’t believe it! I can’t believe that they are actually throwing me out because of some baseless accusation.
“You committed a crime, Leana,” the Queen mother said while looking at me coldly. “You should accept your punishment.”
“But I didn’t do it!” I insisted. “I am being framed and you choose to believe someone outside our family instead of me!”
“We have all the evidence, Leana.” I turned to my brother’s secretary. “And all of it pointed at you.”
I don’t know what to say anymore.
From the look in their eyes, I am sure that they will never believe anything that comes from my mouth. Their eyes are telling me that they already think that I really betray our family.
That I did betray my own country.
And because of what? Because I want the throne?
I bowed my head and smiled bitterly. “I guess, the foundation of this family is not that great because you are easily fooled by someone and now, you are doing this to me.”
And I guess, I don’t really have any choice but to accept the punishment that they are giving me.
I don’t have any way to prove my innocence. Those fabricated evidence are too detailed and I don’t have any idea how to counter them.
I think I am still lucky to be part of their family because they are just thinking of removing my title as a princess and banishing me instead of giving me the highest punishment they can give to a traitor.
I breathe deeply, turn my head up and look straight through my brother’s eyes who is now the king of our country. “I am accepting this punishment.”
I heard them whispered. Some of them are actually happy about what I said and I am kind of glad because there is still someone inside this lonely place who is actually sad for what is happening to me.
“I am accepting it but that doesn’t mean that I am admitting the crime that you are all pushing to me.” I stood up and faced them with my head up. “Sooner or later, I will make you regret what you did to me and you will be sorry for this mistake.”
I turned my back to them and started to get out of the throne hall.
I still want to save some of my dignity that’s why I help myself get out of there because I am sure that once they finish reading the verdict, they will call some guards and command them to throw me out of the palace.
So I will just leave.
And I didn’t know that the life I had inside the palace is far more different than what I will have outside.
I am Leana, an ex-princess of the Avenir Royal Family. I got exiled and stripped of my title because of the accusation that I betrayed my family.
But I will get back there and prove to them that I am innocent. I will definitely do anything to get back here.
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Storm;
“Hey, Storm.” Li San greeted me as soon as I opened the door in her office. “Do you need something?”
“Do you know where the hell Adze is?” I asked. “I have been looking for him around the headquarters.”
“He is actually outside.” she said and turned her attention to her screen. Li San is Seventh Sector’s top technical analyst. She is assigned for our communication with the headquarters every time we have our missions.
Aside from that, she is also the one who is preparing everything we need from weapons, outfit or even our packed food.
She has natural beauty, fair skin and a height that can actually pass in a beauty pageant. But she never really goes out here and often locked herself inside her room. And because she never goes out, she never puts any effort into making herself more beautiful.
No make-up, no nice hair style. Even the clothes that she is wearing are just pajamas and a loose shirt.
She moves like a man but acts like a mother to us so all of our colleagues actually love her.
Seventh Sector is a non-government organization that was built so that different personalities can hire our agents to do different jobs for them.
It is either to save, protect or even assassinate someone.
We are not choosing our clients. Our service is open to everyone.
We are even associates with mafias, drug lords, syndicates, corrupt politicians or even the good ones who don't have any choice but to do the bad things just to make sure their safety. We also have clients like businessmen, famous personalities in the entertainment industry. King, queen, prince or princess of a monarchy.
We don’t care about our client’s position because there is only one thing that is important to us.
Money.
If our client can pay us enough money to do a job, we will not ask any questions and just accept it. Nothing more, nothing less.
And every mission we get is always successful. That's why we have more clients that reach out for us with a high price every now and then.
“He has a date with his boyfriend.”
I snorted and sat down beside her. “Damn that Lancelot. He really took away my best friend.”
Li san chuckled and messed my hair. “Ow. Poor little Storm.”
“Come on.” I tapped her hand. “I am just annoyed because they never really got separated since we managed to solve Lancelot’s case. Aside from that, I still think that he is not safe when that bastard is around.”
She just laughed at me and flicked my forehead. “Don’t mind Adze and let him be with his love. You know what he experienced just to have him, right?”
I just sighed because she is right.
Adze deserved to be with Lancelot because he did everything for him. He even turned his back on our organization just to save Mr. Billionaire.
“Anyway, I got news for you.”
I looked at her and frowned. “What is it?”
“You have a mission.”