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"Your Highness!" A girl in servant's dress suddenly burst into the banquet hall, panic written across her face. "Princess Alice... she collapsed on her way here!"

My heart stopped.

Princess Alice? Adrian's newly found sister was Alice!

She was here!

Chapter Seventeen

Cedric

The very next second, Adrian was already storming out of the room, and I followed him almost instinctively.

"Adrian!" I roared. "So it was you. You're the one who took my mate away!"

Adrian didn't turn around. He only moved faster, as if he was trying to shake me off. The nobles around us gasped in shock at the sudden commotion.

After we passed through the corridor, the scent became stronger—the unmistakable fragrance that belonged to Alice.

Just as I was about to locate the source of that scent, Adrian suddenly turned around and blocked my path.

"Cedric, stop following me!" His amber eyes burned with fury. "Go back to your own kingdom. You're not welcome here!"

"Adrian, you took my mate away!" I snarled. "I haven't even settled this with you yet! You have no right to stop me from seeing her. Alice is my mate!"

I tried to push past him. I didn't want to argue with him right now. I only wanted to see Alice. I needed to see her immediately.

"Mate?" Adrian let out a cold laugh, completely unaffected by my pressure. "Cedric, do you really have the right to say that?"

He stepped closer, the anger in his eyes almost tangible.

"Do you even remember what you did to your so-called mate?"

His voice grew louder, and every word struck my heart like a sharp blade.

"She was hunted down by your lover and nearly died in the forest! Now that she has finally found a peaceful and happy life, what gives you the right to come back and disturb her again?"

"I only have one mate—Alice!" I explained quickly, my voice almost desperate. "There was nothing between Victoria and me. I only took care of her because of my responsibility toward my brother!"

I knew choosing to protect Victoria had been my mistake. I would make it up to Alice. No matter how she wanted to punish me, I would accept it.

But I could not accept never seeing her again for the rest of my life.

That thought terrified me more than death itself.

"You expect me to believe that bullshit?" Adrian slammed his fist into the wall.

The stone cracked instantly.

"When she was surrounded by those damn witches and almost died, where were you?"

"Adrian, please..."

I looked at him, begging.

"Let me see her. Let me explain everything to her myself. I've been searching for her for the past two months. I was going insane. I can't endure another day without her!"

"Get out." Adrian pushed me back. "I will never let you see Alice again."