Chapter 68 - I Don't Play On Losing Side

Sashina was excited with the news of Jason getting better. She had another chance of fulfilling her dreams of becoming his wife. 

It was a new day and she felt like she could do anything. Her love for the man was so strong that it brought him back to life after the tragedy that he went through.

It was a clear sound from fate that they were made for each other and she wasn't going to ignore what fate wanted. Since they were made for each other, it was important that they be together forever. 

For that she needed to get back to her plans of separating Jason from the crown prince. She was feeling even more hopeful since Jason woke up from his sleep. 

The man seemed distant, especially when he was around the crown prince of Aphidia. He acted as though the two of them were not in love, he seem to be thinking a lot since he woke up. 

He didn't say much or eat much. Some say it was because he was depressed. He was getting everyone worried including Davion. When she is the only one who can get the prince to get back to his old self then Davion will understand that he and Jason were not a good match. 

She was feeling very happy with how things turned out, it was amazing that she would get to him before anyone else had the chance to do so. 

And she knew exactly where to start. It was time for her to make the world understand that it was her time, she was the main character of her story and with her own hands she would write a happy ending for herself. 

She reached the backyard of the palace. The person she was seeking was having tea with someone there. They sat under the tree and chatted a bit. 

She smiled seeing her target. The key to getting everything she desires without having to do so much. She put on her best smile and walked towards them. 

When she got to them she stood there for a minute to get their attention. The two ladies raised their heads, one had a neutral look on her face, that neither told whether she was happy or sad to see her while the other one looked annoyed by her presence. 

She brushed their reaction out of her mind. "I'm Sashina," she introduced herself. She figured the two ladies would be happy to meet her since she was the duke's daughter. 

She had the beauty, the brains, and the backing. They were lucky that she was showing them some attention and she hoped that they won't disappoint her. 

"I'm leaving," the younger girl uttered. She looked at Sashina up and down with disgust in her eyes before she walked away. 

"I know who you are," the other girl spoke out. She took a sip of her tea and set it down. She raised her gaze to Sashina with an indifferent look. "What can I help you with?" She asked. 

Sashina took a seat, she couldn't read the girl before her well. She was good at hiding her feelings and she intimidated her. She had this aura that threatened anyone who crossed her. 

"You have been selected for the crown prince of this kingdom. You are the crown princess unofficially," Sashina began to say. 

The girl opposite her smirked. She could already tell where that conversation was going. She sat back and waited to hear the offer that Sashina was going to male for her. 

"You are only here because the crown prince would need an heir in the future," Sashina uttered coldly hoping to prick the girl with her words. 

The girl simply nodded not reacting to the words. She could read through Sashina like an open book and she could see what she wanted to achieve by the words she selected to use and was reacting the opposite of that. 

"You will have no value in his life as long as he is in love with prince Nedryn," Sashina added. 

She was hoping her words would at least get a reaction from the girl. But contrary to what she expected, the girl remained calm.

Sashina was starting to rethink her decision. The girl doesn't seem to care what she was at all. She looked like she was dangerous from the outside but after talking to her, she was getting the feeling that the girl was naive and stupid. 

"I suppose you want to help me change that?" She asked calmly with a sweet smile on her face. 

"I was only feeling sorry for you. If you wanted my help then I could help you," Sashina let out trying to make it seem like she was only looking out for the girl's benefit at heart. 

"I'm Amberly," the girl introduced herself. "Thank you for your offer but I don't play on the losing side of anything," she added. 

Sashina glared at her, from her words she was insinuating that she, Sashina was a loser. She had not lost, she simply was looking for a kindred soul who was after the same thing she wanted so that they could team up and help each other. 

Two heads were always better than one. But instead of being grateful, the fool was insulting her. "What?" She asked in case she heard her wrong. 

"You are not a kind person, you aren't here out of the goodness of your heart," Amberly said. She took another sip of her tea not in a hurry to finish her sentence. She was creating suspense and Sashina was getting irritated. 

"You came here as you are in love with Nedryn and want to use me to get him," she informed her. "True that in this I could get the crown prince to myself but I didn't trust you to pull anything off and hence I will help myself," she added. 

Sashina was speechless, the girl had figured her out and knew what her goal and motive was. But how could Amberly question her skills. She could get it done with a snap of her fingers. 

"I can do..."

"Let me just cut you before you go on," Amberly said interrupting her. "You say you love Nedryn and yet your plans led him to the bottom of the lake," she uttered. 

"That was," Sashina couldn't refute. It's true, it was because of the difference that she had created between Jason and Davion that the man was forced to attempt suicide. 

She had not expected Amberly to know that. Nobody else knew that it was all of her fault and yet the quite future queen of Aphidia knew it. It made Sashina wonder what secrets the girl hid behind her naive smile. 

"What if I trust you and in order to get what you want, Davion is the one who ends up at the bottom of the lake?" Kimberly inquired from her. "I can go to any lengths to get the one I believe is mine, but will never harm him," she added and got up.

She walked a little distance and turned around to face Sashina. "You should get your priorities right. You can't have everyone, so before you lose them all find the one you love," she uttered. 

Sashina got up angrily. That felt like a challenge, she wasn't interested in Davion or anyone else, she just wanted Nedryn. And that was final.

"What do you mean by that?" She questioned Amberly. The girl just simply smiled, she couldn't be her that she was going to lose on all ends. 

Her sister was going after Amaru and from the looks of things, the male was free to take and she wanted the throne, Davion could have Nedryn for all she cared as long as she had her crown and Davion would end up with Nedryn. 

In all that, Sashina had no place in either of the three prince's lives. She was going to be left alone, without a prince and a crown. And that was just sad with how hard the girl was working. 

"Nothing," Amberly stepped ahead and walked away. A dark glint flashed at the back of her eyes as a devilish smile played on her lips. 

"Without my help, you can't have Davion," Sashina followed her and taunted. 

Amberly stopped in her tracks, she shot her cold eyes at the foolish spoilt girl. She had some nerve daring her like that, she wasn't the type to let go of being looked down upon. 

There was only so much that she could brush off and pretend that it didn't affect her. But there was a line that she rather no one crosses with her. 

"Is that a challenge," she raised her eyebrow. 

Sashins closed the distance between them matching her cold look. She had come to offer a merger to the girl but since that wasn't happening she would treat her as an enemy. 

"Not a challenge, just the truth," she said.