A week flew past in no time and it was finally the day of the ceremony.

"My Queen, here." Alyssa brought her crown as she placed it on her made up hair gently. "Prince Arlo would be brought in soon."

Reyna and the wet nurse, Deora, were bathing him now. And once he was dressed up in a small royal blue singlet that was embroidered with gold and silver threads, Arlo was finally back in her mother's embrace. They were both wearing these small brooches designed with the royal insignia close to their hearts.

Seeing his small frame all decked up for the occasion, and remembering what ensued her plans for the evening, Abby felt very nervous.

She clutched her baby to her chest, as she cherished this peaceful moment for a second longer. "I'm really sorry for putting you in danger, my love."

Abby whispered to Arlo as she hugged him close and swore to protect him at any cost. She really felt bad for doing this to him.

"Call Deion over." Abby said as she finally opened her eyes.

"My Queen."

"Deion, no matter what happens today, your priority should be Arlo and his safety." Abby said, even though it had been the umpteenth time she gave the same order to Deion for the past few days. "If something unexpected happens, save Arlo first." Deion gave the woman the same answer he had been giving since the first time she asked him of this. "Of course, My Queen."

cost, he couldn't refuse a direct order from her. And the momentary relief on his queen's

he would protect the prince, so that was what he would do. He just hoped such a situation

the evening, with her baby securely nestled

is everything in place?" Abby asked the man as

to your idea." Arthur was being genuine with his praise. He had to give it Abby's way of thinking, for coming up with suitable yet efficient ways to deal with even their smallest of

burning over the fact that their people would be caught in the crossfire of their schemes and plans to get to Calpin, but Abby brainstormed with the royal beta and royal gamma until she had a solution to

half of their warriors were assigned to guard the palace, while half were ordered to disguise as commoners and blend in with the throngs of people that would later rush to the palace for Arlo's introduction

one hand, the warriors among the crowd would be able to protect the innocents effectively. On the other hand, the reduced number of warriors and guards made it look like the palace wasn't well protected, which

Calpin to dig in, but they all still had to wait whether they would be successfully able to lure that dark

resort to her second plan, which was marching to Calpin's hideout. She hoped it wouldn't come to it. Calpin would be more powerful in his own territory, which

no harm hoping for it to work again. "Good." Abby said, finally being able to breathe a small sigh of relief. She had been agonizing over the problem of putting their

former king fell silent as he kept staring at Arlo in his

me about?" Abby

the venue, can you bring Arlo to see his grandmother?" Arthur made a sudden request, after hesitating for a moment, but Abby

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