The Vindication Gents

Chapter 1.30

Kathleen Remes’ POV

“I object!” Someone was shouting from behind. I had to smirk inwardly as I was trying to make sure that our plan would go according to plan.

“I object!” The view of the shorter sight had been cleared. I had known that he was the one that would be pretending to be inside the room full of reporters.

“And might I know who you are, sir?” Kai said as he looked at him, standing up from his seat. I remained seated as I knew that Kai would be the one that did all the talking right.

“I am the firstborn of Finnish royalty. My name is Fenn Aura Remes and I am here to claim the throne that my brother has the decency to destroy,” he said as he was standing in front of us now. I don’t know what to make of this situation, but Kai has a better idea now.

“I suggest you return to your seat, sir. We will be with you shortly,” he said, causing Fenn to scoff at us.

“I will not be dismissed by you,” he said as he pointed at Kai. In an instant, the guards had blocked him from advancing on us.

“I suggest that you go to the study room. I’m sure that you will know where it was,” I said in Russian, which made Fenn turn toward me as well as Kai. He smirked at me.

“Well, my little nephew can speak the tongue of espionage,” he replied. I smiled at him.

“And so are you, uncle, but that did not stop me from going on top of the wheel here and then,” I said as I looked at him. He was scoffing at me before he took his suit and went out of the room, hoping that he would go toward the study room as I planned him to go.

“Questions?” I asked as I took my seat as well as Kai. The reporters raised their hands before I smiled at them for the Q&A session.

Kai Virtanen’s POV

I did not like it when Kathleen was doing things on her own. She ought to tell me as well. Oh well, I think I need to teach my wife a lesson to trust me more.

“Ready?” I asked her as we walked out of the conference room. She did well for her first time at a conference, as if she was born in the spotlight.

“As I would ever be,” she said as she took my hands and the guards fell in behind us before we went to the study room.

“I must warn you, Kathleen, that Fenn was not what he seems to be. He might have come alone but I supposed he would have brought reinforcements as well,” I eyed her knowingly, as if she did not fear that Chris might cause an ambush on us. Kathleen laughed it off.

“Oh, husband, when will you ever learn to let me handle this?” She asked me as she arched her eyebrows at me. I smiled at her before we were standing in front of the door.

“Well, I think I am doing it now,” she said before we went inside the room. Uncle Fenn was gazing down at the window. He had vodka in his hand before he turned to us to see that we had just arrived, later than usual, as I was sure that Kathleen did that just to despise him.

“Uncle, how nice of you to come at the very last moment,” she said as she took a seat at the desk. Fenn had chugged on the expensive vodka before he went to take a seat. I was sitting next to Kathleen as she ordered the servants to get out.

“So, I thought you had come here to bargain,” Kathleen said, as she looked like the queen she was. Fenn smirked at us.

“Well, I think the one that was making the bargain here was me. I have made some inquiries about whether you will be held at the trial that your father forgot to mention. The important piece,” he said as he was eyeing me up and down.

“I never thought you would be like this, Kai. You must have surpassed my judgment in your earlier days,” he said, as he said approvingly. I was about to speak but Kathleen cut him off.

“If you were trying to make my husband be on your side, you can kiss that ambition goodbye and if you were trying to compliment him, I suggest you hold your tongue. How dare you speak the name of your King without addressing him properly,” Kathleen said darkly as she was staring at Fenn. I blanked a few times before Fenn was barely controlling his anger.

“You, little one, will face the consequences of speaking in that tone with me. You will respect your elders,” he said as he was pointing at my wife. She just stared at him before smirking.

“Are you trying to make a threat to me?” She asked as she stood up in her regal form. Fenn was breathing heavily before Kathleen said something that made him flinch.

“If you must do this the hard way, uncle, then I have no choice than to say that you will be found guilty of embezzling the money that was for the foundation of the military, laundering money to the offshore accounts that I have been able to get but some were still there and I also know that you have cheated on your wife, not to mention that she was your King’s great aunt,” she said with an air of authority in her voice. It boomed around the room as Fenn was just aware that he had walked through into a trap that we had just set up for him.

“You’re lying,” he hissed.

“Am I? Do I stutter? Or perhaps a video would make your memories better?” she said before she pushed a button and a screen appeared where Fenn and Aaron were fighting.

“You will not threaten my daughter ever again,” King Aaron said. Fenn just scoffed it off.

“Oh? Are you threatening me, brother? Just because you have the throne, it does not mean that you will have the trust of the country. Assassins were just waiting for my command to take you out, if I must,” Fenn said as we looked at the time of the video recorded. It was the day before King Aaron fell sick.

“Should I go on then, Uncle? Or would this be enough for you to have your memories back?” Kathleen asked him before she stopped the video. Fenn had barely contained it all before he lashed out.

“You dirty tramp!” he said and before I could protect Kathleen, she had acted out first.

Damn, that was fast enough, like we were in slow motion.

Kathleen had thrown daggers at Fenn when he was hanging from the ceiling. I did not know how Kathleen got that dagger, but I sure wanted one for myself. Fenn laughed as he was looking at my wife.

“You will never win, niece, as I have instructed, that Katherine will forever hate you and you will continue to fight with her, on such a trivial matter, of course,” he said as he was eyeing us. Kathleen just arched her eyebrows.

“Oh, do not so worry about your chosen one, Uncle. I just happened to know someone that can handle this kind of thing,” she said before a phone, hers, was ringing.

“Oh look, what do we have here?” She said as she answered and put it on the loudspeaker.

“Speak,” she said in Russian.

“We got him, he will be dealt with accordingly,” the other line said. Kathleen smiled at Fenn before she spoke again.

“No need, I just need him alive and the victim?” She asked.

“ It is safe and sound, Your Highness. What is your order?” the person asked.

“Bring them safely back to Finland and make sure that Chris will be sedated heavily,” she said.

“Roger and out,” the person said before hanging up the call. Kathleen looked at Fenn as she put the phone on the table.

“Well, Uncle, it looks like your chosen one was in my captivity. Now, you don’t have any leverage after all,” she said, and the way that she smiled gave me the creep that I didn’t want to be on her bad side.

“Well done, Niece, you are a worthy one of the throne,” he said as he looked at her. She did not smile at his compliment.

“Guards, take him away,” she ordered, and a few guards, the elites, were making sure that Fenn did not get out of the prison and roaming the streets anymore.

“I will be back for more, Niece, you can expect that,” he said before a voice interrupted us.

“No, you won’t, brother, and I will make sure you don’t,” my father-in-law said as he was getting through the door. Fenn looked at him as if he had lost his mind.

“Curse you, Aaron. And curse you for taking my rights,” he shouted before the door closed. I could see that Kathleen was shaking before she took a seat.

“Father,” I said as he waved his hand dismissively.

“No need, Kai. I need a moment alone with my daughter,” he said.

“If you want to say something, you can say it to Kai as well. I don’t want him having some ideas afterward,” Kathleen said before her father looked at her.

“Very well, you will be crowned as Queen and King now. I have made some arrangements for the coronation as soon as possible,” her father said before Kathleen cut him off.

“No,” she simply said.

“No? Why the hell not, daughter?” He asked her. I looked at Kathleen as I was trying to figure her out. She sighed before she looked outside the window.

“I just want a normal life,” she whispered before she turned to look at me.