The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 125

No one dared to talk to him, not even Sargon who greeted him as soon as he saw the man entered the door to the guesthouse.

No one can even paint the sadness in his face.

“What happened to him?” Sargon asked as soon as he saw Cole and Asher. “Why is he acting like a brokenhearted teenager?” It was supposed to be a joke when Asher nodded in agreement.

“He is.”

“Diana?”

“Uh-huh.” Asher replied. “I really don’t understand him at all. If he loves her, then why didn’t he let her stay? Tsk!”

Sargon heaved a sigh too. “They said love is a complicated thing. I think I now understand.” He laughed.

“If this what they call love, I rather stay single forever.” Cole voiced.

“Did the ship already sail?” Sargon asked.

“Oh…” Sargon shook his head. “It was already sailing, then there’s no chance of stopping her now.”

“You said it.” Cole and Asher sat on the couch at the porch facing the shore. Their eyes were watching the ship as it navigates the ocean.

“Then I guess you have to wait for days before he recovers.” Sargon furthered before leaving the two.

MEANWHILE, Liam sat on the floor while his back leaned at the edge of the bed. He was particularly down while his mind kept replaying his memory about the woman since the day she came to the country.

The time he rescued her at the sea, he must admit he was love-struck the first time he saw her but he tried to shove that feeling away knowing that the woman was just a stranger passing by. However, he never expected it would grow as days passes by.

He chose to ignore his growing feelings because he feared this day would come.

The moment she would leave the country for good.

But dang it! He didn’t know it would hurt this bad.

He closed his eyes as he leaned his head on the bed.

He teared up when the woman’s smiling image flashed in his head.

He will definitely miss the woman greatly.

He then wiped his eyes and ċȧrėssed his ċhėst. ‘You did the right thing, Liam. You did the right thing. She was never meant to stay anyway.’ He muttered trying to comfort himself.

But still, it pained him. He must admit he wanted to see her once again.

The night they spent together cuddling, he might not have said it but he treasured that very moment. To be honest, he couldn’t sleep last night and he only had a few hours of sleep. He felt it when the woman woke up but he acted as if he was asleep for another hour just to be with the woman for the last time.

He almost stopped the woman from getting inside the ship after sharing a passionate kiss. But he can’t be selfish. The woman has a life waiting for her outside the kingdom of Allen and he doesn’t want to stop her from living her life to the fullest.

Staying in the country was like living in a prison cell anyway.

There’s only a limited freedom.

Sometimes he laughs, sometimes he cries… Though most of the time, he chuckled while recalling the woman’s first days in the region. Diana was quite funny when she was in Ikarai.

‘Liam, get a hold of yourself. She’s gone. Focus on the mission.’

He was trying to strengthen his own self. He can’t be depressed for long since his team depends on him. How can he lead them if he let his weak spot affects him?

Therefore, he exhaled all his troubles and stood up. He needed to get back on his feet.

He was preparing himself to search for their next target when the door to his room flung open. With furrowed brows, Liam glanced at him and stared at him murderously.

However, the man was holding an unnerving gaze.

“Big brother, bad news!” His tone hints urgency.

“Cole, this better be an emergency, or else—-”

“The craft where the young miss was… It…”

“Don’t you dare stop in the middle of your sentence!” Liam suddenly felt a spine-chilling coursing through his body.

Hope the sudden thought that crossed his mind wasn’t the case he will be hearing right now.

“Cole…” He looked at him expectantly.

“Liam. The ship exploded just a few minutes ago!” Cole burst.

His eyes widened in shock but his feet were quick to run to the balcony. He should be able to see the ship in that location.

As soon as he got to the guesthouse’s balcony, his eyes immediately looked at the ocean. He couldn’t see the ship anymore, only some smoke rising up.

Dang it! He cursed within him and run downstairs. He then climbed to his horse and rushed back to the coastline to gather more information.

His men along with Sargon followed in haste.

‘Please be alive, please be alive!’ Liam kept muttering within him over and over again.

And for the first time in his life, he looked up to the heavens and muttered a silent prayer.

‘Please, let her live.’ His heart was beating so fast just like shadows current speed at that very moment.

The journey time from the guesthouse to the coastline normally takes 20 minutes or more but Liam amazingly reached the jam-packed shore in less than ten minutes.

He made his way to where the coastguards are. Some of them were already at the ship’s location trying to find all the dead bodies.

“Please, let me come with you.” He held one of the coastguard’s arm and pleaded.

“I’m sorry but unauthorized personnel are not allowed in this area.” The man in uniform explained before getting into one of the boats.

No! He need to go where the place of explosion was. He need to see the woman!

He tried to find a way on how to slid inside the coastguard’s boat when he suddenly heard the voice of the old man calling his name.

“Liam!” It was Sargon. “Over here!” He motioned the man to follow him.

He chased the old man and found his team waiting for them inside a certain boat. It was obviously a private vessel but he doesn’t have the time to question the old man about it right now. The woman’s safety is his main priority at the moment.

As soon as they get in the boat, the boat’s captain started the engine and tailed the coastguards.

They could see fragments of the ships floating on the ocean as well as stuffs and commodities everywhere. Even dead bodies were floating everywhere!

Nothing was left, no one can see any trace of the ship, it was fallen into pieces!

Anyone who sees the situation could say no one survived the explosion.

“Oh no, miss Diana!” Leon couldn’t stop his tears. The scene before him was horrible and thinking that Diana’s body maybe one of them aggrieved him.

Only a miracle can save the woman, Sargon thought but he dared not to voice his thoughts. He knew the men were having silent wars within them and saying she’s a hopeless case will definitely fan the flames of their current emotions.

Asher and the others were mourning silently but no one dared to voice the futility to find the woman alive at the moment. Liam was likely the one hurting the most and probably regretting his decision to send the woman back home.

If only he knew this would happen…

Hours passed and the coastguards were able to retrieved some of the dead bodies. But according to the list of people that boarded the ship, there should be 150 people in total including the ship’s captain and the crews. However, they only found 99 of them, it was hard to count since some were missing limbs, worst, half of their bodies.

They also tried to collect all the things they could and gathered everything back to the coastline.

As for Liam and the others, they didn’t find the woman’s body at all. They went back to the shore, defeated.

Seeing how depressed Liam was, Asher touched his shoulder, his eyes were communicating something that even Liam doesn’t want to think of.

“No! She’s not dead! We didn’t find the body yet. Don’t you dare give up searching for her!” He gritted his teeth in anger and left the men standing on the sand. He then walked to where the coastguards guarding the things they accumulated from the passengers.

“Please let me in. I need to see the bodies.” He implored. The coastguard was about to discard him but Sargon came to them and motioned the guard to allow Liam inside.

“We’ll try to search her things here.” Sargon uttered. “Now go and search for her.”

Liam nodded weakly and followed one of the coastguards ȧssigned to help him. As to how the old man got his authority to order the coastguards, Liam shove it at the back of his mind since his main priority is to find even the slightest hope that the woman is still alive.

“No one survived, sir.” He heard one of the coastguard reporting to the man who was obviously their superior.

“What’s the result of your investigation? Do you have any information what caused the explosion?”

The man looked around first and ensured that no one was listening before whispering his findings.

“Someone planted explosives inside the ship, sir.” Then he took a piece of the bomb they retrieved and hand it over to his superior. And as soon as he looked at the fragment, he widened his eyes in shock.

Unknown to them, Liam was eavesdropping while looking at the bodies wrapped in plastic.

And seeing the superior’s facial expression as soon as he saw the fragment in his hands, he immediately concluded that the man knew the reason of the explosion.

He didn’t find the woman’s body despites his efforts. According to one of the coastguards, there are bodies drowned at the deepest part of the sea making it impossible for them to retrieve it.

“Liam!” He saw Cole dashed to him as soon as he came out to the tent where the bodies where placed.

“She’s not of them.” He feebly uttered not knowing what to feel.

However, his eyes widened in surprise and staggered backwards when Cole showed him something.

It was the red scarf he gave her!

Asher also came with his head hanging low. “I’m afraid our young miss is….” He teared up as he lifted his hand. It was the woman’s bag pack!

No! please, tell me she’s not dead! Liam finally shed a tear.