CHAPTER 5
Cynthia shrieked in anger and grabbed Alice by the hand dragging her backward.
Alice hissed in annoyance as she watched Lara shiver in fear and Cynthia roared like a mad dog, she had no idea who Cynthia was since she had never seen her.
"Who are you?"
Alice asked Cynthia.
She tried sounding as polite as possible, Cynthia on the other hand scoffed in shock and cast Alice a deadly glare.
"Who am I? Have you gone nuts? I mean it's okay that you don't recognize me because I walk around with my veil but are you blind enough to not know that I'm the princess? Who do you think will be allowed into this throne room except me huh?"
Cynthia barked and grabbed Alice by her hair trying to drag her to the ground.
Alice who was not a weak girl grabbed Cynthia's hands in return and twisted them, making Cynthia let go of her hair by force.
Cynthia yelled in pain and shrieked.
"What do you think you are doing to my daughter? Guards grab her and escort her out of this chamber at once!"
The queen who heard commotions from the inner courtroom walked out in annoyance.
The guards made to grab Alice but she shut them with a death glare which made two of them hesitate.
"Ah, so you're the so-called princess Cynthia! Look here, I don't care who you are just don't trouble me. It's very rude to bump into someone and then blame that person for it! Let's go, Lara!"
Alice said and walked out of the throne room with Lara before Helen could get to the door.
Cynthia cried in anger and kicked the guard near her on the shin.
"Aaaarghhh! How dare she!"
Cynthia yelled in frustration that someone dared to offend her like that, in her eighteen years of life no one has ever shunned her in that manner and it annoyed the freak out of her.
Alice sat in the cold room as she watch Lara arrange a few clothes on the take beside her, she looked around the familiar room with mixed feelings.
It holds many childhood memories she couldn't forget or let go of.
She could clearly remember her mother's sweet voice lingering in her ears.
"Go to sleep Alice, you are a kid and can't stay up late!"
Her mother's voice was recalled in her mind, she remembered her mother always tucking her to bed every single day while saying the same phrase all the time
She fought back the tears that almost hit her face as she recalled the day her mother died in cold blood, someone had broken in and stabbed her in the heart, although Alice could not remember what that person looked like because of the veil and disguise of that person she could still remember that person hard a white pearl bracelet on his or her left hand.
She had vowed to destroy anyone behind her sorrows and she would stop at nothing till she has gotten her revenge.
"Alice I will need you to pick between these three ball gowns, one of which you would wear tonight."
Lara's voice suddenly snapped her out of her trance and she looked over to see that Lara had finished organizing the items on the table.
There were three sets of clothes laid neatly on the table.
A black ballgown and a yellow mermaid gown, the last piece was a purple short gown that wasn't as long and bubbly as the other two.
"You pick anything that will you think looks good to you Lara, you don't have to ask me all the time since you and I aren't strangers and you know what I like and dislike."
Alice quietly said and looked out of the window.
"Then I'll strongly suggest you go with this purple outfit, it's more fitted and would match your eye and hair color. It will also allow you to move around freely in it without any difficulties!"
Lara replied and Alice nodded in accordance.
There was a knock on the door shortly and Lara walked over to the door to see who it was.
"Your highness!"
She gasped and bowed as she discovered it was the king who was at the door with his guards.
Alice looked over towards the door with a cold face.
Lara opened the door slowly and the king walked in, looking around the room as if he hasn't been there in ages.
He stood before Alice and stared at her for a while without talking before handing her a black box.
"This is your birthday present Alice. I wasn't able to give you presents for eight years since you've been away for that time being so I got you something to make up for it!"
The king said and handed her the black box.
She refused to take it.
"And is it my fault that I've been away for eight years huh?"
She asked.
"I know you and I have a very huge rift in our relationship as father and daughter but I only sent you away to reflect on yourself and what you did! Not to punish you!"
The king said firmly.
Alice scoffed.
"Reflect on me? You must be kidding me, I've been trying to justify myself to you for the past eight years of the fact that I did not kill my own mother but you choose not to believe me! Do you think I'll kill the person who ever loved me, the only person who cared that I existed? You are the most ridiculous king I've ever met in my entire life and if your mind tells you that a ten-year-old will kill her own sweet mother then I must say you are a very generous king! I shall not accept your gift as you never cared about me! You removed my rank as a crowned princess and gave it up to your illegitimate child! I am the princess! I deserve to get crowned tonight not some thief!"
Alice yelled and her father glared at her.
"Shut up ALICIA DAISY ALEXANDRIA!"
her father roared at her.