Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 299

Chapter 299 Disappointed

Chapter 299 Disappointed

Elowen’s shoulders sank. “He’s still Crown Prince.”

Cassian gave a quiet sound of agreement. “It wasn’t big enough. Not yet.”

Elowen let out a breath.

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Cassian added, “But small things stack. When they stack high enough, they turn into something that can’t be ignored. I promised you he’d pay. I promised you he’d stop being Crown Prince. I mean it.”

Something in Elowen softened. She leaned over and hugged him, voice low. “Thank you.”

Cassian held her and smoothed a hand down her back. “His Majesty also rewarded us. There are gifts for you too.”

Elowen tilted her head, surprised. “Me too?”

Cassian nodded. “They’re outside. Once they’re logged, they’ll go into storage. Want to look?”

Elowen’s eyes lit up. “Yes.”

She liked looking at those things, gold, jewelry, rare pieces. And it would help her write.

She could pull details from the actual imperial rewards and put them into her story.

Back in the Crown Prince’s Wing, Alaric stared at Tristan like he’d heard madness.

“Elowen… set me up?” Alaric rejected it instantly. “That’s impossible.”

Tristan’s eyes widened slightly.

Alaric’s face tightened. “She loves me. She would never plot against me. And she’s kind. She’s simple. She couldn’t think up something like this.”

Tristan didn’t move.

He tried again. “But…”

Alaric ground out, “Someone interfered.”

At that moment, a soft, gentle voice floated in from the doorway.

“Your Highness.”

Daphne stepped in, holding a food box. Her voice was mild and sweet. “The weather’s colder. I worried about you had the kitchen make supplements, something nourishing, for you”

Alaric lifted his eyes and stared at her, expression turning sharp. “Daphine. It was you, wasn’t it?”

Daphne blinked, lost. “Your Highness… what do you mean?”

Alaric’s voice turned colder with each word. “I told you to pass a message. To tell Elowen that Cassian kept a mistress. And you’ve

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Chapter 299 Disappointed

been living in the Crown Prince’s Wing day and night.”

Daphne still looked confused. Alaric’s certainty hardened anyway. “No one else could’ve done it.”

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He spoke through clenched teeth. “You resented me for not sleeping with you. So you sabotaged things. You twisted the message. And you leaked my movements and my plan.”

Daphne’s head spun. Tears welled instantly. “Your Highness! I’ve been devoted to you, heaven knows it. How could I betray you? That day, I told the Duchess exactly what you instructed. I didn’t change a single, ”

“Still lying,” Alaric snapped.

He swept his arm across the desk and knocked books and brushes to the floor. The mess scattered in a loud crash.

Daphne’s tears spilled harder.

Devoted?

In Alaric’s last life, she’d sworn devotion too, then slept with a guard.

He looked at her crying face and felt no pity, only disgust. The tears felt fake to him.

“Tristan,” Alaric ordered. “Deliver my command. From now on, everyone in the Crown Prince’s Wing treats the Crown Princess like

an ordinary maid. Not a bite more food than a maid’s portion. Not a thread more comfort.”

Daphne’s eyes went wide.

The food box fell from her hands. It hit the floor, and soup spilled everywhere.

She was Crown Princess.

And she was going to be fed like a servant?

Worse, she hadn’t done anything.

She was being punished for nothing.

Daphne’s lips trembled. “Your Highness, I…”

Alaric cut her off, “Say one more word and you won’t even get the maid’s portion.”

Daphne’s face went pale.

Tristan, shaken, tried to protest carefully. “Your Highness… that may be improper.

Alaric flicked him a look. “If you feel sorry for her, give her your portion”

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