"Tell me, General Thompson, having me sit on this throne and having my son, your puppet seat on it. Which will bring you more benefits?" king Roderick asked.

General Thompson widens his eyes. He was surprised at the king's words. To be honest, he never thought about harming the king and sitting his daughter and son-in-law on the throne. Thinking about the king's words, he realized that that would have been the best option especially since Jeffery flee to Samor.

The King watched General Thompson's shock reaction and concluded that he was right about his assumption. To be honest he never thought that his puppet will become so smart. He had used General Thompson countless times

He was grateful to the Queen for opening his eyes. To know that his puppet is now a snake.

"Your Majesty, believe me, I have no such plans. I only throw the knife because the Queen was seated on you thrown," he explained.

"Hmm, I will believe you when you kill the Queen in the battle of truth," king Roderick said. He was very confident about his Wife winning the fight. After all, he knew she would never suggest fighting General Thompson if she was not certain about winning.

"About that, your majesty. Are you really willing to let me fight her? She is but a woman. No one would even believe me, even if I kill her," General Thompson said. He found it intuitive to fight with her.

"If you draw your sword with that mindset, your head will be caught off in a minute. For old time's sake, I will offer you this advice. Be as prepared as possible. No, Be as prepared as though you are going to fight me, or any other strong man you know. The Queen is not but a woman like you think when it comes to holding a sword," king Rodrick advises.

General Thomas did not really understand the king's words but he needed his head. "I will take my leave, your majesty," He bowed his head before walking away. He knew there was no point to say anything else since the king would not respond to him.

Moreover, he got a message that his daughter wanted to talk to him. He hoped that she had something good that could be used to save her. Just yesterday morning he woke up proud, a few hours later and a knife was hanging in his neck and that of his daughter.

Nothing seems to go the way he planned and things kept getting worst and he found himself unable to keep up with the way things are going.

He walked over to the tower and his daughter stepped out of the room to meet him.

"Father," she called hugging him. The little confidence she has was taken away after she met with the Queen.

General Thompson, hugged her close and kissed her hair. "How are you holding up, Child," He asked in a whisper.

"I am fine father," Lady Catherine replied but tears began to flow down her eyes. She was scared. Very scared. She did not want to die. She was young and beautiful. She had dreams to fulfill, she wanted to give birth and raise her own children.

General Thompson felt her tears on his clothes he wanted to tell her not to cry that he would do everything and make sure she was fine. For the first time since he could remember he felt fear of losing everything.

"Everything will be fine," he said as he gently patted her hair. "I am scared father, not just for me but you. What is going on? Why are you fighting the battle of truth with the Queen," Lady Catherine asked as she tried to control herself.

General Thompson paused, he was beyond shocked about her question. "Who told you that?" he asked cupping her face in his hands.

"The Queen, she asked me and Julia to join her for breakfast this morning," Lady Catherine replied.

"Tell me father what's going on? What happened," she could no longer hide her worry. She knew she should be talking about a possible way to save her life and that of her husband. But she would become a nonbody should her father die.

" Don't worry about me, I would be fine... General Thompson replied. He has been thinking about the king's last words about the Queen handly a sword just like a man."No, father," Lady Catherine shook her head. How could she not worry? If her father draw a sword against the crown prince he did die in a few seconds.

"How can I not worry, the Queen is going to ask her son to fight in her stand. You know there is no chance for you to win a fight against him," Lady Catherine said. More tears rolled down her cheek. She could not even control herself anymore.

"Put yourself together, I would not be fighting the crown prince. The Queen gave her words on it," General Thompson said.

Lady Catherine nodded her head hearing that news. It was indeed a relief to know that there was a chance that her father would survive.

" What else did the Queen tell you? " General Thompson asked.

" she told me that you asked her to save me yesterday. She said she would have, if only you were not pointing a knife at her. She said she did not do well with threats. But that she change her mind and decided to save me, since she did not want to wipe out the bloodline of the Thompson," Lady Catherine replied.

" What does she want in return, " General Thompson asked. He knew how all this work. Now that he thought about it. He regretted his decision to have threatened the Queen. She could be soft-hearted. Maybe he would have asked for her help instead.

"She asked that I leave the royal family and Marry someone else. She said to return home," Lady Catherine replied.

General Thompson nodded his head. "Then do it, you need to save yourself," He said.

"No father what about Julia. He is my husband and I can't just abandon him," Lady Catherine shook her head.

"This is not the time to act stupidly. It was his fault that he did something as disgusting as going after his brother's wife. That brat promise that you would be the only woman in his eyes," General Thompson said. He was very irritated about Julia's choice.

It is like the king said it was his fault for going after his brother's wife.

" Father, you miss understand him. He did not really want anything to do with her. You know he was thinking he could use her against his brother. You know with the crown prince Alive there would never be a chance for him to ascend the throne.

That princess is such a slay fox. She had her eyes on my husband because he is handsome. I am sure she was the one that seduce him, " Lady Catherine said.

General Thompson shook his head. He was realizing for the first time that his precious daughter was stupid.

" Can you even hear yourself? " He raised his voice slightly. "That Princess has not Been in the kingdom for a month, yet you and your husband are on the verge of losing your head. If she was really as you claim, why did she go for your husband? The other princes are handsome too,"

" How could she seduce your husband if he did not lead her on. Besides, the crown prince saw everything for himself. It was your husband who went after his wife on the night of the Royal Ball."

"Think about it child, can you not see that prince Julia is lying to you. How can he think of using the princess against his brother when we all know that the prince only married her to defile the king.

"You are so innocent child," General Thompson said.

" What do you mean? The prince has bee.., " Lady Catherine stopped talking as she fell into deep thought. Of course, it was natural for the prince to act well toward his wife in the royal ball.

" Listen to your father, child and accept the Queen's help," General Thompsons said.

" Father, you can speak to the king right. He was the one that promised that Julia would be the next on the throne." Lady Catherine said. Although she realized that her husband was lying she still wanted to save him.

She has been dreaming of herself as the feature Queen of Avalo how could she just let go of that dream.

" His majesty is bound by his words, there is nothing he can do about this situation. The Queen is our only choice," General Thompson said. He could not bring himself to telling her the truth just yet.

He wanted her to be less worried for a little while longer. Lady Catherine paused and looked at her father.

" I will listen to you father. I don't want you to worry about me. You have to stay strong for the battle of truth," Lady Catherine said before hugging her father once more.

She was conflicted. She like prince Julia a lot but she was not willing to die with him, especially when the cause of his death was because he broke the promise he made to her.