CHAPTER 52
Layla's POV
“Help! Somebody! Help the Prince!”
I was already at Derek's side, where he had crumpled to the floor and was screaming at the top of my lungs.
Two guards immediately rushed in, bearing down on me with angry faces.
“Get away from the Prince!” One of them bellowed, and I'm afraid he would have hacked me to pieces too if I disobeyed.
I quickly shuffled away from Derek, but I guess that was not enough. One of the guards roughly pinned me to the floor while the other one stopped to check on Derek.
“He's... he's breathing.” The guard who checked on Derek announced and then turned to me with only hatred written all over his face. “What did you do to him?!” He asked.
“Nothing,” I replied. “I did nothing! He just.. he just fell.”
I was being honest, but who exactly w
