Chapter 698 - Six Hundred And Ninety-eight: The Enemy He Has To Get Rid Of (1/2)

The third point of view:

”Also, stay away from that girl!”

”W-what?!” It seemed like Akim didn't hear right.

”The girl you were with, today should mark the end of your relationship with her,” Judy declared his final judgment, finally letting go of him.

Akim stood dumbfounded, it was as if his father just placed a death sentence on him. How could he stay away from Anika? She was the only person who understood him. She was the only one who understood what it was like to be suffocated here. Why should he stay away from her?

”I'm sorry but I can't do that,” Akim said, raising his head to look straight into his father's eyes who looked stunned by his disobedience, ”You can punish me for any other thing but Anika? Don't tell me to give up on her because I won't,”

”Akim!” Judy yelled at him, the anger returning. Why was he so stubborn? Everything they were doing was for his safety!

”It's suffocating here!” Akim yelled, beating his chest while his eyes filled with tears, ”Do you even know what it's like to watch kids your own age enjoy freedom while you don't?” He laughed immediately, ”Of course, you won't understand since you enjoyed an abundance of freedom growing outside the palace and of Lincolnshire,” There was a hint of scorn in his tone.

Judy laughed instead, however, there was sarcasm in his tone, ”Other kids enjoy freedom? Well, sorry to burst your bubbles but they're other kids and you are the prince of this Lincolnshire and have many responsibilities on your shoulders. So that's the little price you have to pay for bring a prince,”

He went on, ”I was raised outside the kingdom? Fine, I admit that. However, do you know the kind of life that exists outside there? A life where only the strongest survive! This life you detest so much, do you even know how many kids your age will kill to be in your position?! So stop being such a baby and behave more like the prince you are!”

Father and son stared into each other's eyes that were cold and hardened, none of them was ready to back down.

”I'm not giving up on Anika,” Akim decided there and then.

”Akim!” his mother Emily pleaded with him to reconsider his decision. However, the boy was determined.

He faced his parents, ”You told me that I could be with anybody I like and you won't interfere,” He reminded them.

”Yes, we said that and still stand by that decision, however, it would not be that girl!” Judy was firm in her decision as well.

”Why?!” Akim couldn't understand his parents anymore. They were becoming something he couldn't understand, ”What's so wrong with Anika?!”

”Because her father was one of the rebels!” Judy finally revealed and that shook Akim so much that he unconsciously took a step back.

”What?”

”Anika was adopted into the Valerie family after her mother committed suicide after her husband was executed for being a participant of the rebellion!”

Akim scratched the back of his head, trying to comprehend what he just heard, ”So you're trying to say Anika approached me with ulterior motives?” He couldn't believe it.

”She could be a part of Fiona's revolution, Akim and her motive must have been to get close to you. Fiona has been trying for years to infiltrate the palace and failed, she must have come up with this idea,”

Akim's mouth hung open and then suddenly, he began to laugh hysterically, ”So just because she lost both parents to the devastation of the rebellion, you think she's after me? That's she part of the rebellion?”

He glared at them, ”You don't know Anika as much as I know her!”