The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67: THE MURDER

Thirty-one years ago

THE CASTEL OF THE ROYAL FAMILY

Six-year-old Corral rushed past the servants in the castle.

They gave way for her, and she continued, her prized treasure in her fists.

"Princess Coral." Someone said. "Watch out where you’re going."

She didn’t pay heed.

She just went on her way.

Her destination is way ahead of her.

Finally, she saw her mother talking about some subject.

"Mama!" She said she was excited.

Her redhead was bouncing up and down.

The queen turned to look at her and smiled.

"Hello, my princess." The Queen said her attention was diverted to her daughter as soon as she saw her.

"Mama, see, I have a gift for you." She said.

She opened her hands and showed her mother the little bird.

The queen bent down. "Corral, that’s lovely. You found a bird."

"Can I keep it?" Corral begged. "She would look lovely in my golden cage. I could show her to my friends."

The Queen turned to her subjects. "We will continue our discussions later."

They nodded and turned away.

Then, the queen squatted down with her daughter.

"Sweetheart." The queen started. "Would you like it if someone kept you in a cage and waited for their friends to come around?"

Corral gave her a dirty look. "No, mama. Of course not!"

The queen gently massaged her cheek.

"Exactly. This bird is a creature of the goddess." She said. "It should be left to fly and escape happily into the wild. Not trapped and made to stay for anyone’s amusement."

Corral’s face twisted.

"But Mama, it’s a bird! I’m a wolf! And I am also a princess! I get to have everything I want! It doesn’t have a say!" The spoilt six-year-old informed me arrogantly.

The queen looked at her daughter, worried. "No, my love. We’re all equal. No one is above the other. The reason why I have this crown." The queen said she was taking off her crown. "Is it not to make myself elevated? Feel better than anyone else, but to serve. We are servants of the people we lead. So, if you look closely, they are bigger than us. I want you to understand this because you will lead whether or not you become queen."

Then her sister Scarlet came in, and Coral rolled her eyes.

She hated her stupid sister.

"Come here, scarlet." The queen said. "I’m teaching your sister a valuable lesson.

Corral frowned as her sister joined them as their mother taught them how to be good princesses.

But Corral didn’t want to hear about good deeds.

She wanted to do what she wanted to do!

She snatched the bird from her mother when she was handing it over to Scarlet to see.

"Corral!" The queen said she was horrified. "You will strangle that bird. Give it to your sister."

She saw her sister, Scarlet, look hurt.

She didn’t care. She wanted to hurt her stupid sister.

"Give that bird now." The Queen said it in a much firmer voice.

Corral looked from her mother to her sister.

She would not give them because she gave them to her mother; she would give them to Scarlet, who likewise believed that animals would be freed.

When she had been the one who found it.

"It’s my birdy." Corral said. "If I can’t have it, then no one will."

And she squeezed the bird.

It squeaked, struggling in her grasp.

"Corral, don’t!" The Queen gasped.

"Corral!" Her stupid sister said.

But it was too late.

The bird was already dead.