89. Adrian got out of his room and took a look around. To his relief, people weren't exactly pointing at him or saying irritating things as much. That didn't mean anything had gotten better, technically, it just meant people were talking somewhere else. Which was still okay. He hadn't been giving them a reaction so they should go somewhere else. He adjusted his sleeve slightly as he walked, having taken to wearing longer sleeves now. The marks and their glow were barely visible under the clothes unless one looked closely. The healers had said it was "stabilising" for what he was working with. "What's my status now?" [SYSTEM STATUS: STABLE.] Adrian nodded. He walked a bit and turned a corner when he slammed straight into someone. "Watch it!" He said calmly, holding her up before taking a respectful step back. The woman he bumped into barely moved. She just looked at him, then slowly rolled her eyes. "Maybe you should watch where you're going, blind bar." She replied

91. Adrian was in the middle of genuinely losing his shit when he heard a knock at the door. He hoped ignoring it would make it go away. He needed time to think, there was so much going on in such a short time. Everything felt like it was closing in on him, in between Zalaria's notes, Ciara, this Lady G, and problems from the prince watching him like a hawk, he was going mad. The knock came again and Adrian stormed to the door, opening it. “WHAT?” He exclaimed. “Woah! What has gotten into you?” She hissed. His anger soothed immediately he saw who he was. "Your highness." Princess Sue slipped inside quickly before anyone could notice. "Close it." She hissed. He did. They stood there for a second, just looking at each other, then she stepped forward and hugged him tight. Adrian blinked in surprise but didn't hesitate to wrapped his arms around her gently. "Hey..." He said gently. "What's wrong? I’m sorry for yelling, I just “It’s nothing." She said into hi

92. Princess Sue left not long after dropping the bombshell. Adrian stood there for a long time, staring at the door like it might open again. Like she might come back so they could speak some more on what the hell she was talking about. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a sigh. "Someone pretending to be her. What does that even mean?” He muttered as he went back into his chambers. "Who the hell can do something like that?" He stopped by the window, looking out at the dark courtyard below. Assuming the princess was right, there was only one other question he had left. “How long has this been happening? How the fuck am I supposed to help her with something I can't even see?" He started to pace about. "Think, Adrian.Everything is connected." Nothing came to mind and he went back onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. "Great." He said into the silence. It wasn’t long before sleep enveloped him.- When Adrian opened his eyes, he wasn’t in his room anymore. T

94. Adrian looked around at all the uneasy faces. "Is everyone deaf? What the fuck happened to the princess?" No one answered him. The servants just cried and others shaking their heads, others too scared to even look at him. The guards who hadn’t left stood stiffly at the door, but their eyes gave their emotions away. It was obvious. Fear, sorrow, hopelessness. There were so many emotions in the air. One of the older female maids finally spoke. "We... we don't know, sir." Her voice cracked. Adrian turned to her. "You don't know?" He asked in irritation. "You're telling me the princess and future queen just died in her own bed and no one knows how?" The woman broke into tears too. "We came to wake her, like we always do but she wasn't responding..." Another servant said with a tissue in hand. "We thought she was just sleeping deeply, but when we touched her, she was cold. So cold..." Adrian looked back at Princess Sue. He placed his hand on her wrist again, as

96. They might have as well just thrown Adruan the way they pushed him into his chambers and shut the door behind him heavily. The sound was immediately followed by the sound of metal locking into place. Two guards took position outside immediately. He could hear them move as they settled into position. He walked further into his chambers and into his room, keeping his steps controlled. Even if he couldn’t leave, he didn’t want the guards hearing his footsteps. Besides, his mind was anything but calm. He felt like he was losing his shit. Princess Sue was dead. It would have been better if she was missing or something, but no. She was dead and gone. What bothered him the most about being locked uo was not being able to get to the bottom of the issue without disturbance. He was somewhat connected to this case for fuck’s sake, what was the princess thinking locking him up? "No, this is wrong." He stopped by a table and gripped its edge, scratching. Someone had orchestrated th