The Crown's Entrapment

Chapter 755 Don’t Take Too Long

Seth joined Lena as she walked to see King Amon. While they were walking, King Amon suddenly came out from Lady Bella's tent, making Lena stop.

Their eyes met and Lena politely greeted him with a bow, "King Amon"

"Lady Lena, I was actually looking for you. What a coincidence to run into you," Amon commented with a blank expression.

"Oh, I was looking for you too when I heard that you arrived in the camp," Lena bashfully replied.

"Your Majesty, let me escort you and Lady Lena to a more private place to talk," Seth politely interrupted. He then walked ahead and said, "Please follow me."

Lena felt uneasy and was unsure as to the reason why. She was well versed on werewolves and how the Mate Pull worked. She couldn't stop thinking about how much Seth must be enduring right now yet he was holding on.

After guiding them to an open space inside their camp with comfortable makeshift chairs and a table, Seth excused himself, as he walked away Lena had followed him with her eyes and saw him talking to others around the area, probably telling them to give her and King Amon enough space to talk.

He met her eyes, "Thank you." Lena mouthed to him.

Seth gave her and Amon a curt bow before leaving them.

"You were looking for me, Your Majesty?" Lena was the one who broke the awkward silence.

"Right, Lady Bella informed me about the truth. Some parts of my memories have already returned and I do remember you now as Helena." Amon awkwardly said, "My memories are only limited to when King Darius saved me after I made it out of the Element Forest. Lady Bella explained to me everything, and why are you now living as Lena Grant. I'm indebted to you, milady and I know that saying just a thank you is not enough for everything you've done for me. Nevertheless, thank you from the bottom of my heart." Amon lengthily said.

Lena smiled at the man before her. She felt her heart warm just by looking at him. "Even though I don't remember anything, I sincerely believe that I never regretted my actions, Your Majesty."

She was feeling a bit envious that his memories were restored, but she didn't dare voice it out loud for Amon to hear. She was considerate about his feelings, and to say how saddened she truly felt that at least Amon's memories would eventually fully return while hers were permanently gone and how there was no way of recovering them aside from others having to recount everything to her. She was sure if he had known how she was truly feeling Amon would feel even worse.

"I hear you'll be participating in the selection for a new Queen of Helion?" Amon asked and Lena could sense his curiosity as to why she was joining, despite him not asking the question directly.

"I will. I'm honestly confused still at this time as to the reason why I chose to participate, but something inside me tells me that I still have lingering feelings for you," she confessed.

"I understand," Amon said tentatively, "You want to sort out these emotions by spending more time with me?" Amon asked and Lena nodded.

Amon released a deep sigh and said, "I guess you enlisted without checking the rules of the Selection for Helion's Queen. Unfortunately, you won't be able to spend time with me during the competition unless you pass the final round."

Lena blinked back at Amon, taken back by this as she hadn't anticipated the rule, "Hmm, I still believe that it's worth the risk, Your Majesty." Lena bashfully answered.

Amon smiled and said, "I should respect whatever your decision is then. After all, everything should be fair in the selection. I guess I'll see you and Lady Bella both inside Helion soon."

Amon kept his emotions intact. He felt bad for Lena and it was the reason why he couldn't discourage her from participating. He knew that he too still had feelings for her and he remembered it well when his memories came back, but somehow those feelings were not as strong as what he was feeling whenever he was with Bella.

He wouldn't have minded if Lady Lena didn't participate in the Selection, unlike with Bella for whom he felt a sting inside his heart at the thought of her not going to Helion and keeping her promise to get him back.

He and Lena had a more productive conversation, and Amon took note of gifting Lady Lena the best he could offer to her once she entered his kingdom as a token of his gratitude to her for saving his life. After a few more moments, Amon took the initiative to bid Lady Lena farewell.

"I will walk you out to the border of the camp," Lady Lena offered as he stood up from his seat to leave.

"Oh, there's no need to, Lady Lena." Amon politely said before giving her a curt nod and turning around to leave. On his way out, he couldn't help but dart his eyes in the direction of Bella's tent.

"Look at you, sneaking glances at Bella's tent. Didn't you have enough of her? I heard that you were seen coming out from her tent a while ago," King Darius teased with a taunting smile.

"Coming in and out of our camp without even properly greeting your old friend. I'm really hurt…" Darius added mockingly with a deep sigh.

Amon gave him a smile and said, "I apologize."

"No apology necessary, come and have a drink with me inside my meeting tent, Amon. We can talk casually there when it's just you and I. I miss this though. I'm still getting used to calling you Amon. It's nice and shorter than Osman." Darius snorted as he guided Amon to his meeting tent.

"I bet Bella offered you her coffee already, so let's have a boost while the sun is still up," Darius scoffed as he instructed a servant to serve them some wine and snacks.

"My memories of you saving me and turning me into a Lycan have returned, Your Majesty… Thank you," Amon started.

"Call me Darius, please." Darius corrected him as he personally poured wine into his glass and his own. Amon nodded and whispered more to himself, "Darius."

"Oh, how I miss you being jolly and bubbly Osman. I must admit this serious face right now…" he released a frustrated sigh and murmured, "I still can't get used to this serious countenance, but anyway I still like you and you're still my old friend."

"Cheers! I'm glad that your memories are slowly coming back. I just hope once everything eventually returns, you'll still have time to visit our kingdom. I've kept everything tidy and have Bella manage all your assets. Later, you can decide on what you want to do about them, but of course, seeing as your memory has just returned… You must know that you're quite loaded my friend and you can use that in rebuilding your kingdom…" King Darius informed.

Amon was not aware of anything Darius had just said. They had lost almost all that was in the treasury because most of Devon's dark witches and sorcerers took everything as they escaped…

"That…" Amon murmured as he stared at Darius.

"I will tell Bella to hand over to you the current summary of your accounts and assets Amon. They are all yours. Just tell me if you want me to have it all transferred to Helion and I will instruct for it to be done accordingly." Darius offered.

"Darius, I can't even begin to… this is just so - Thank you so much Darius for this generosity…" Amon stuttered, trying to grasp words that could express how grateful he was at this moment.

"Oh stop it, because it's not like I'm giving you something that is mine. You were a hardworking man when you were Osman. I'm sure everything will eventually return to you, but you must know that you're a genius and I greatly admire your capabilities, especially in building fleets! You have such a talent for creating new inventions and all of them sell incredibly well. I remember you saying that you wanted to become the richest man in the world. You wanted Bella to sleep on a bed of gold…" Darius said with a grin. He looked so happy reminiscing about their time together.

Amon smiled because of Darius' sincerity.

Darius's face then became serious all of a sudden, as he firmly stated, "Don't take too long in deciding who you want, Amon. Because Bella and Lena are both very important to me and Xen. They are our friends like you are to us, and as much as possible, we don't want either one of them getting hurt. I know that it is inevitable that at least one of them will eventually get hurt once you choose the other, yet… be careful about your actions, Amon, and how you treat both of them. I ask you to be firm about your future decision and not to give them mixed signals…."

Amon frowned as Darius smiled and he released a deep sigh and added, "I apologize but my words have no intention of offending you, Amon. If you were Osman right now then I'd trust you because Osman was a broadminded man who knew what he wanted and what he was doing. However, right now, you're Amon, and as I just said… you seem as if you've changed and I'm not yet used to this new man. I just hope that you haven't changed in terms of how you treat a woman properly, because I will not stand idle if you mistreat either of Bella and Lena."