Harvey looked at her, if by that question he was asking if his mind had changed about Alicia's innocence, or if she was asking if something had happened to Alicia. He doubted it was the latter since he was sure she would have somehow heard from her parents if anything happened to Alicia.
"Nothing has changed," he said confidently.
So beautiful! Susan's mother gushed as she listened to them. It was good to know that despite this setback, nothing had changed in their feelings for each other.
Williams, who had been quiet, felt relieved. "If this is not too much to ask, can you help me meet with Lance? He wasn't feeling too well, and I was supposed to check on him but can't do so anymore," Williams said, reminding Harvey about their plan to meet with Lance.
Harvey gave him a nod. "I will do that," he promised, and then paused when he remembered Luciana's message.
He tried to think of the best way to convey the message to Susan without exposing Luciana. "Perhaps I should go to the temple and pray for us," he said, and then sighed.
"Perhaps not. Princess Luciana must be there repenting and waiting. I wonder if this is how she felt being separated from Prince Ivan," he said thoughtfully, and Susan got the message.
"Now I feel sorry for her. I wish there was a way I could let her know that I understand her better now. I guess we are all suffering the same," Susan said and gave Harvey a nod when he looked into her eyes to confirm that it was what he thought, and Luciana was on their side too.
"I should leave now that I have seen you. I've been away from the assembly for too long. I shall try to convince your father not to take you away from me," Harvey said as he straightened, and Susan nodded.
"I will trust you to handle everything," she said as tears trailed down her cheeks. She wished she could help Princess Amber more than this, but now there was nothing she could do.
Williams also felt sad. There was no way he could pass on the new information he had about the potion he suspected Princess Amber and Lance had consumed. If only he could pass the information to them, then he was sure that they could argue that even if Princess Amber had done it, she had not been in her right senses and someone had plotted this.
The siblings were torn as they watched Harvey leave. Now he was their only hope to save Princess Amber, and they had to put all their faith in him to be able to convince Lance to testify.
If he failed, then all they could hope for was a miracle, or else Princess Amber might lose her life.
Immediately after Harvey left their chamber, he went to find Lance to convince him to testify that he had ingested the biscuits which Alicia had given him and to explain his symptoms after eating them.
Once he got to Lance's chamber, he couldn't find him there. He looked around for him and was told that Lance had gone out to the execution ground where Princess Amber was going to be executed.
Immediately, Harvey hurried down there. He had thought they would still be in the assembly room. He had no idea that they had moved to the execution ground so quickly.
He hoped that Lance had gone there to testify on his own, and even if he had not, he hoped to find Lance quickly and convince him to save Alicia.
Just as he got there, his steps faltered when he noticed the tense atmosphere, and his gaze moved to Alicia, who looked pale and had a lost and distant look in her eyes as tears rolled down her face.
She didn't seem to be looking at anyone as Damon spoke. It seemed to him that she had given up on herself and had decided to let whatever would happen to her happen.
"What is happening?" Harvey asked the person standing closest to him, slightly distracted from his original mission by the scene in front of him.
"She just confessed to killing Beth and hurting Princess Tyra," the person said flatly without turning to look at him, and Harvey glanced at him when he realized it was Lance, but before he could say anything, Damon spoke again.
"Because you are royalty, and Prince Harold's wife and the one who you killed is not of royal blood, we decided to grant you the honour of dying an honourable death. Princess Amber, wife of Prince Harold, you have been sentenced to death by poison."
Immediately the words left Damon's mouth, Alicia closed her eyes and tears freely dropped. This was it. "I'm sorry... Harold." She muttered to herself before slowly opening her eyes.
A guard stepped forward with a bowl she believed contained the poison and stood in front of her, offering her the bowl.
"You should tell them she doesn't remember anything," Harvey whispered to Lance in a pleading tone, and Lance turned to him with wide eyes.
"What?" Lance asked, wondering why Harvey was saying that to him.
"Tell them she gave you biscuits. Tell them you have similar symptoms," Harvey pressed. He would have preferred they stick to the earlier plan for Lance to confess to his father that Princess Amber had caused his mental illness so that they could look into the issue officially and find out who had given them, but there was no time for that anymore.
Lance furrowed his brow and gave Harvey a panicked look. Was Harvey also trying to prove Princess Amber's innocence? Why were they all involved? He wondered in annoyance as he looked around, hoping everyone's attention was on Alicia and not on him and Harvey.
"I have no business with it!" He snapped at Harvey, who was tempted to punch him for being a coward.
"Then should I help you?" Harvey threatened.
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