Mistress Of Enchanting Dragon - Chapter 206

And Donovan has yet to deal with Gwen. Silja has taken her revenge but how could he let her go just like this.

So he went straight to the dungeons. Well, it looked like he won’t be able to get any rest anytime soon.

Gwen was already brought back and it was now time for interrogation.

Duke Mason was sent to healers so his life could be saved, even if in just name.

Because it was sure from the way Donovan has punished him he won’t be able to use any of his limbs anytime soon.

In the underground dungeon of the Regalhelm castle, the man was laying on the stone berth while a woman was sitting in front of him while two healers were standing there monitoring the condition of duke Mason.

Lady Helena was sitting with her head low, she looked like she had aged in just a few hours.

Her bloodshot eyes have dark circles around them,

The woman was staring at the black wall in front of her with a blank expression.

Maybe regretting what happened last week. She shouldn’t have given in to Gwen’s request.

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“Mother, please how can you do that to me?” Gwen roared. After her dreamed of becoming Donovan’s wife shattered, the girl locked herself in the room and refused to meet anyone.

Lady Helena let her cool off for a few days and focused on her other mission.

She wanted to look for a suitable groom for her daughter since Donovan was out of the picture.

And her second choice was prince Zivan.

Yes don’t be shocked, so what if Gwen couldn’t marry Donovan? King Zachary has another son.

And there was nothing wrong if they could snatch this man for their daughter.

Donovan was the first choice but Zivan wasn’t bad either.

Both husband and wife have already discussed this matter, and have already prepared to put forth proposals on the day of prince Donovan’s wedding.

Provided that king Zachary and his family have always treated them well and on such a jovial day the king won’t be able to say no.

Everything was decided until Gwen suddenly threw tantrums.

“I’m not asking you. So don’t whine unnecessarily. Take a few days and groom yourself and be ready to please prince Zivan,” duke Mason ordered with fierce expressions.

He has already argued with Gwen about this last night but the girl was stubborn to take his words lightly.

“Mother….” Gwen looked at her mother with red eyes and fake tears in her eyes.

“What I’m sayin…” but before lady Helena could say anything Duke looked at her fiercely.

“Don’t give any excuses Helena. You know how important this time is for her. If we don’t get this proposal then it will be your daughter who will suffer,”

Hearing his words, Lady Helena instantly shut her mouth.

They had always dreamed that Gwen would marry in the best house of the land. Even though they had eyed prince Donovan, it wasn’t possible given the fact that the eldest prince was interested in the lady of Gracia family.

Icecrain was a duchy and came under the direct control of the king but Astraxia was not a duchy; it was a small land that was under lord Gracia’s control. And thus even though Astraxia came under king Zachary, lord Gracia’s status was much higher than and the duke and so was his daughter’s.

So there was no way that Gwen could compete with lady Jade until something unexpected happened.

King Zachary declared that he will organise a bride choosing ceremony for prince Donovan. And every suitable bride of the appropriate age will be able to participate.

And that sired hope in Gwen and many other girls’ hearts of the North. And that’s how Gwen dreamed about becoming the bride of Prince Donovan and the small seed become a tree slowly. But now when she has to forget about Donovan her heart wasn’t able to take it. Her ambitions were of becoming queen and she did want to settle for anything less, not even the Status of the second prince’s wife was enough for her.

“And you will listen to me and prepare to marry prince Zivan unless you have a way to turn the situation around and get prince Donovan and replaced that human princess,” duke Mason spat and left the room with a huff.

“Mother please…noo,” as soon as her father left the girl looked at her mother.

“Listen to me, Gwen. What we are doing is for your sake, sweety. Now that prince Donovan is out of the picture we have to take the second-best,” lady Helana tried to pursue her daughter.

But Gwen was hell-bent ok Donovan.

“I don’t want anything less than a position of future Queen,” she hissed.

“Don’t be stubborn, Gwen. Prince Donovan has already chosen that human girl and they will soon get married,” Helena argued.

“So what? It’s not like prince Donovan is a saint. Don’t you know his reputation? So what if I failed in the competition. There are other ways to be his woman,” Gwen looked at her mother with her firm determination.

“Don’t you dare even think about becoming his mistress? Do you think by climbing his bed you can become queen then that is your biggest mistake,” lady Helana reprimanded her daughter.

“If that was the way of becoming queen many whore of the Northcrest would have been at the door of the royal castle for their claim for the title of queen,” Helena couldn’t help but feel like her daughter has gone crazy.

If it was that easy to become a queen she would have helped Gwen do it long ago.

“Then what should I do mother?” Gwen whined.

“Do what your father has decided for you. Otherwise don’t blame me later if you don’t even get a chance of becoming the bride of prince Zivan,” lady Helena said firmly and she was ready to leave.

But as soon as she reached the doorstep of the room she heard Gwen stopping her from behind.

“Mother .. what if…” Gwen trailed off.

“What what if?” Helena stepped in again and asked.

“What if I get a way to do what father said about replacing that human girl?” Gwen asked with her eyes looking expectantly.

“Don’t daydream, dear. If prince Donovan has decided that it is set in stone. Not even the king himself will be able to change that decision,” Helena stated the obvious.

“Why should we change his decision?” Gwen asked.

“What do you mean?” Helena couldn’t understand what her daughter was saying anymore.

“What if there is no princess Silja in the picture?” Gwen asked with sparkling eyes.

Helena narrowed her eyes.

“If that happened then prince Donovan surely has to choose someone else and that I will have a second chance to be the queen,” Gwen said with dreamy eyes as if she could see herself becoming Donovan’s wife.

“And how that will happen?” Helena asked.

She didn’t want to entertain such a thought but she still tried to listen to her daughter.

“We shall do that,” Gwen stood up from the bed which she hasn’t left for so long as she was busy sulking.

“Have you gone mad?” Helena almost lost her temper.

How could this girl think about such an absurd idea?

Killing the future wife prince Donovan. If that man found out he will wipe out their whole house.

“Mother listen to me…” but lady Helena didn’t wait for a second to hear anymore.

But from the second day, Gwen came out of the room and started to behave for some time until on the night of the next day she came to her with a detailed plan of what to do with lady Silja. And giving various reasons she in the end was able to convince Helena.

That is how everything started. Helena didn’t know from where her daughter arranged all those Witches and Gwen even refused to tell her so. Helena tried to find out but Gwen was very secretive about everything and just ask her to behave accordingly without asking anything.

Both mother and daughter pair then pursued duke Mason who agreed reluctantly. But he knew that he won’t be able to stop Gwen if she has decided something.

And surprisingly the witch which she has arranged from nowhere was very powerful. It was hard to find such fine witches in the north.

So he agreed nonetheless.

And the plan was executed under Gwen’s command and this was how it has turned out into today’s event.

If Helena had known it before she would have not let Gwen do this but this was too late now. The price that they paid for this silly mistake was beyond repair and she didn’t know what was awaiting her any longer.

Donovan has done what he said about not letting them go out of Northcrest and kept them in the dungeon.