"Tell me that I’m seeing wrong, right now!" Maxi exclaimed when her sight fell upon the sleeping prince, Aldric, and was left utterly dumbfounded.
She turned to Issac who stared back at her, speechless as she was. The castle was in chaos and here was the master of the house sleeping comfortably.
Maxi threw her head back with a huff and strode over to the bed angrily, her intention obvious. With just a knee on the bed, she bent over and shook Aldric, "Alright sleeping time is over, my lovely prince," Her tone dripped with sarcasm.
However, Aldric did not stir at all, if anything he began to snore. At once Maxi’s brows narrowed in suspicion, Aldric didn’t snore in his sleep.
She eased back at once, sparing a look at Issac from over her shoulder,
"Something is not right at all."
Issac closed the distance between them, scratching his brow as he stared at Aldric’s sleeping figure, "Do you think that he was drugged?"
She shook her head, "Aldric is not the type to be drugged easily...." Maxi leaned back and sniffed him thoroughly, " I don’t smell the golden wort on him."
"Unless he ingested it unknowingly," Issac said, theories running through his head.
Maxi paused, thinking of something, "He did eat dinner, and Rosalind, if I’m not wrong, was part of the kitchen. She must have added something to his meal."
"That seems like the case. What do we do now? I feel kind of weird waiting for him to wake up and should be doing something by now. Aldric is not going to be pleased with the current havoc in his home," Issac expressed his concern.
"Well, in that case, we can go down to the dungeon and let me torture the truth out of Rosalind’s mouth....." Maxi trailed off when he gave her the look.
"Fine," She plopped down on the bed with her legs crossed, folding her arms, and snorted, "Or we can sit here, doing nothing."
Issac commanded her, "You’d stay here and watch over Prince Aldric while I take care of everything,"
"What?" Maxi stood up at once without a moment’s hesitation. She was in his face the next seconds, "No, that’s not happening. I’m to be active in this case and will not be kept on the sidelines."
"I’m Prince Aldric’s second in command and have to clean this mess, or at least sort it out before he awakes." Issac displayed his authority.
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