Chapter 15: The Traitor Prince

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Amelia leads Donovan into a room separate from any other family members, "We have decided that it would be best if we have the family members away from each other, although if you need me I will be right outside this door." Amelia leaves the room, while the door closes behind her she drops down to the floor and places a listening device right below the door.

She listens in as she also records the conversation that he is having on his phone.

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The prince is rushed into the hospital room alongside Adrian. The prince's care is the top priority, but Adrian's condition is more severe. The doors to the hospital area close as the doctors begin working on saving the life of both the prince and Adrian.

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Amelia shuts the recording off. The Queen shuts her eyes and buries her face into her husband's chest, the other brothers in the room ball their hands into fists.

"I'm sorry that this is where the evidence took this." Amelia shakes her head.

"Who told you to suspect Donovan?" A voice rings throughout the room.

Amelia looks around the room until her blue eyes land upon the first prince, Troy O'Conner. She bites her lower lip, her eyes flicking back and forth. Her hesitation shows that she doesn't know if she can trust any of the other members of the family.

"Tell us who told you!" The King raises his voice, and he almost never raises his voice.

Amelia flinches but does as shes told, "Adrian," she whispers. She grows more confident in what she's about to tell, "Adrian told me when we pulled both him and the prince out of the room. He told me to watch out for prince Donovan, that he was the one that wanted them both gone."

The King looks angry at the words that Amelia is telling them all.

"Take me to him."

The Kings' voice is cold and demanding, no room for anyone to argue with him. Amelia just complies to his wishes and opens the door to the room leads him to the room that Donovan is in. The King opens the door with such a force that Donovan jumps in his seat, once he sees that it's his father he puts on a relaxed face.

"Father. Is there any news on Daniel and Adrian?"

"No, there is no news yet. Although, there is one question that I have for you, considering you were in the room." The King walks closer to his son and leans by his ear and whispers, "Why would you want your own brother dead?"

Donovan is taken aback by his father's words, leaning back on his feet to look at the King's face.

"What do you mean? Why would I want to kill my own brother and his personal butler?" Donovan's voice seems to almost waver.

"Because you want the crown. You knew that once your brother saved Adrian that there was a chance that they would fall for each other. You wanted them to stay away from each other."

"What are you talking about Father? How would I know that Daniel would fall for his butler?" Donovan almost seems to be making this up right on the spot.

"That is the issue. You did not know if it would happen, but you still planned for it. You still planned on killing your brother, you just had a new pawn to play in your game." The King looks to the ground, the weight of what he's about to say is heavy on his shoulders.

"I hate to do this, but it must be done," he looks back to his son. "I'm placing you under arrest and you will be put on trial for the crimes that you have done to your family and this kingdom."

The King turns his back and begins to walk out of the room. Donovan's faces falls as he looks to his feet, then his face turns to one of angry and a desire to not lose his place. He runs up to his father and is ready to tackle his, the King turns just in time to see that Amelia has rushed to stand between the two of them and in the short time of a few seconds has taken her sword and used to the handle to knock Donovan out cold.

"I'll take him to a cell and make sure that he is comfortable." Amelia takes the best bow she can while holding Donovan in her arm. She throws him up on her shoulder, ignoring the fact that the wound on her arm has opened up again. As she is walking down the hall the King calls out to her, "Once you have finished up with that task I want you to go and find Adrian's family and let them know of the situation, also have rooms prepared so that they can stay here." Amelia just nods her head at the King as she turns to go back to the rest of his family so they can also wait to hear the news on both their son and his butler.

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It's been about two hours since both the prince and Adrian have been in surgery.

The light above the door that leads to the room where the prince was having surgery turns off. The royal family stands and then a doctor comes out of the room.

"Your son is fine," the whole family lets out a breath that they were all holding, "although, he will need lots of rest and nothing too taxing on his body for a long while, now if you will excuse me I am needed in the other surgery room." The Doctor pushes his way through the other set of doors right next to the prince's room, once he's through he breaks into a jog then disappears out of sight into the surgery room.

"Will our son be alright?" The Queen takes one look at a woman, that she is guessing to be Adrian's mother, and pulls her into a hug.

"I hope so," she lets the woman cry into her chest, "for everyone's sake."

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So... I know that it's been a while, and I'm sorry. I'm not going to make any excuses for this, I'm going to tell you the truth that I just haven't written any of my stories for a while because I'm lazy.

Anyway... What did you guys think of this chapter! I hope that you like it, even though it sucks.