Chapter 778 - Seven Hundred And Seventy-eight: Till We Meet Again (2/2)

That was the problem between Akim and his father since Emily didn't know much about Lincolnshire's history. They couldn't bury Anika there because she's a traitor. Her mother, Fiona was the one who killed the past queen, Roselle, it was even an abomination to even consider burying her there.

However, Akim debated heavily that Anika wasn't even Fiona's biological daughter nor did she have a choice but to become one of the traitors. Anika died in his place, that was enough points to redeem her sins already. Moreover, once he marries her, she's officially a member of the royal family. And no one would stop him or else he would give up his title, Akim had threatened his father.

Akim was the firstborn son, there was no one else to take the throne from him. Jasmine was a woman and too young to lead nor would there be another while the eldest lived - and a male at that - that was Lincolnshire's rule. Hence, Judy had to take what he was given.

Yes, Anika was buried in the sacred land but far away from the ancestral ground. Her mausoleum was so beautiful, wide, and spacious because that would be the same place Akim would be married when he died. Their culture had it that the king would be buried beside his wife. So even when Akim has a wife in the future - which he must to produce heirs for the throne - she would be buried outside instead of beside her husband.

The second wife and children would be buried right outside in their respective graves forming another line of the ancestral ground. Lincolnshire's culture was strict and binding, especially to the royal family.

However, this move of burying Anika in the sacred ground was beneficial to them as well. They might have captured Fiona but not all of their enemies and this would prove to them that the royal family was not the enemies as they thought them to be.

This time Judy doesn't plan on executing the traitors since it backfired on them inciting more hatred fueled by Fiona's brainwashing them. He would give them lighter sentences and a second chance of picking up the pieces of their lives.

It would not be easy but solving violence with violence as he did earlier wasn't the right answer either and he has learned his lesson the hard way - the loss of his son. Akim might still be alive but Judy knew their relationship was damaged. This Akim would never go back to being the Akim they once knew because grieving changes a person.

A military parade was organized where Anika's body was taken into the mausoleum by the soldiers accompanied by Akim, his parents, and a few guards. Not even the paparazzi dared step into this space and were held outside by the security.

The coffin was placed on the crypt where Akim paid his last respect.

”Till we meet again at the beach at sundown,” He whispered, taking one last look at Anika who he believed to be sleeping.

”Till we meet again where there is no death or paradise, my dear Anika…..” Akim whispered as he took his final leave.