Beth's father had a displeased frown on his face as he looked at the unconscious forms of Paulina, who had also fainted on the podium, and Alicia, who was still unconscious, before glancing at the two siblings who were approaching.
Williams walked past him to meet Paulina, while Susan fought against the wind as she tried to get to Alicia.
Beth's father ignored them and looked at the guards still standing near him, "Take my daughter's body inside. And keep an eye on the criminals," he ordered the guards before leaving there to go and confirm what had happened to his daughter from Tyra.
"We will take care of them," Susan told the guards, who looked at her skeptically before stepping aside.
As soon as Susan got to where Alicia was and saw what she looked like, she choked on her sob as she began to untie her from the chair. Susan had never seen anyone look this awful, and what was worse? She was even a human.
"Hang in there," Susan pleaded, and was about to ask Williams to help her when she noticed he was with Paulina.
Williams looked down at Paulina helplessly. He couldn't even bring his hand down to touch her because his hands were shaking.
"Snap out of it!" Susan yelled at him, bringing him back to his senses. He still looked confused, but he hesitantly reached out to feel her pulse and sighed in relief when he felt it, even though it was weak.
At once, he lifted her off the ground and into his arms.
Seeing how she could not depend on her brother to help her with Alicia, she used all her strength to help Alica up. Normally, as a Beta, she was supposed to be strong enough to carry someone as light-weight as Alicia, but she was not a warrior, and neither had she ever trained to be one. So she could only help Alicia walk on the same foot that was burned.
Susan hoped that now that Princess Tyra was awake, she would clear Princess Amber's name quickly so that the nightmare would be over for all of them.
Even though Williams knew that they were supposed to take them back to the dungeon as instructed, he couldn't bring himself to do so. Not when they were both unconscious and he could see the wounds on Paulina.
He knew that if they didn't at least treat them or give them water and food, they could die even before they were proven innocent or faced execution. He needed to make sure he treated them quickly and fed them before they were taken back to the dungeon.
Williams arrived at the confines of the palace walls first and then noticed how his sister was struggling. She was trying to pull Princess Amber along with her, fight off the wind so she could see where she was going to and move ahead, and also hold down her dress. At the rate she was going, they were going to fall.
Fortunately, before he could decide on what to do about Paulina so he could go help Susan with Alicia, Harvey hurriedly walked past him, and not minding the wind, he approached the ladies.
In one easy move, he swept Alicia off her feet and into his arms, and carried her bridal style towards the building, while Susan tried to catch her breath as she followed him.
When the three of them got to where Williams was standing with Paulina in his arms, they looked back outside at the heavy wind that came out of nowhere.
Even inside the palace was affected and some decorations had been thrown off to different sides. If only the palace hadn't been built with the finest materials, they were sure the building would have collapsed by now.
"What do we do about them?" Susan asked, bringing them back to the present.
Even though things had happened this way, they were still prisoners, and their involvement right now was going to put them in trouble. They knew it.
"We will take them to my painting room. I will quickly treat their wounds while you find something for them to eat and drink," Williams said to Susan, and she gave him a nod as she hurried away to find food for them.
Immediately they entered his painting room and gently laid both ladies on the floor, Williams turned to Harvey and said, "You should go back and join the others before they find out you're with us. It is bad enough that they now know of our involvement. If our father chooses to punish us, we will need your help," Williams said, and Harvey gave him a nod before walking away.
Susan, on the other hand, hurriedly went to the kitchen to ask the chef for some porridge. She could not help thinking about how things were suddenly working in their favour.
She was glad she had been there at the right time to stop the execution; otherwise, Paulina would have died. Even though there was nothing going on between Williams and Paulina, she knew that if they had killed her, it would have really affected her brother.
At least now, Tyra was awake. She was going to tell them what exactly had happened that night. She would have still been worried about the real culprit being Princess Amber, but after Lance told them about the biscuits, she had a feeling that they were on the right track.
But then, she could not help thinking about the sudden change in weather and what could have possibly caused it. It was a very unusual occurrence.
As Susan arrived in the kitchen, the queen and her entourage barged into Tyra's chamber.
Tyra looked terrified when she saw the crowd of people inside her chamber. She weakly used the quilt to cover herself and held it firmly to her body.
"How do you feel?"
"Do you remember what happened that night?" Damon and the queen asked at the same time.
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