Sylvia's POV:

Resentment accumulated in my heart. I couldn't control my emotions as I held the dagger tightly. I didn't want to jump into conclusions yet, but I couldn't shake off the possibility.

Rufus put his cold hand over mine and carefully chose his words. "We haven't seen his corpse yet. We still don't know anything for sure."

He then took the dagger from my hand and threw it on the tray.

"Leave it to me," Rufus whispered to clear away my fog of thoughts.

His voice unknotted my tense nerves. I looked up at him, and then slowly I nodded. "Okay." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Rufus gave my little finger a light squeeze, as if comforting me in silence. That was a brief gesture, but it mattered a lot for me.

"That's enough. The truth is right before your eyes. What else do you want?" Alina cut in angrily.

low chuckle broke free from Rufus' throat. When he turned to look at Alina, his cold and indifferent look dominated his face once again. "We just saw the assailant and the weapon. We can't definitely assume that the same person killed Leonard. Leonard is an esteemed senior official of the empire, yet he's strangely claimed to have been killed, and without a solid motive at that. As the prince, I have the right to dig into this matter more and find out the truth." "There's no way that's going to happen." There was no trace of hesitation in Alina's tone as she refused, and then sneered. "I'm his biological daughter, so I'm the one who has the right to deal with his funeral. I've handed over the murderer to you. But if you don't believe

you're just feeling guilty." Upon hearing what I said, Alina's eyes were glaring at me as she spat, "Who do

pulled a long face and stood in front of me to

"

not daring to raise her voice in his

time, a voice laced with grief and indignation resonated from the door. We turned our heads to

are you going to stop

of it, it seemed that the

people, including professional forensic experts and criminal detectives. They immediately surrounded

sudden that she didn't know what to do. She looked at everyone present and let out a heavy sigh. She had no choice but to concede. She unwillingly stood

in a hurry, but Alina stopped me again and signaled her

She was

reined in my impulse to curse at her and just settled on giving her a glare. "What's the meaning of

inquiry was ridiculous, Alina sneered and crossed her arms over her chest. "Who are you? What right do you have to go in? Princess Sylvia? Ha! You're funny. You're not a princess until you get married to Prince Rufus. From where I'm standing,

"You-"

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