Honey : The Empire's Treasure 181 Foreplay... 2

Mano and Lyra didn't know how to face each other after Mika's comment.

Turning away, they both avoid each other's eyes to cool down their emotions.

Mano was the first one to speak, breaking the silence.

"You should have discussed it with me before putting in the report..."

"...you weren't here..." Lyra knew this was going to be a problem when Mika asked her to do it, but she wasn't going to let her daughter just to save the clan's dignity.

"Would you have not done it if I were here...?"

"....." They both knew she would have still done it, so she didn't bother answering.

"d.a.m.nit Lyra..."

"What would you like me to say, sorry? Sorry that I did that I had to protect and help my daughter anyway I could...!"

"Lyra, you do understand that the streets are all talking about our clan...that my wives are at each other throats, trying to kill each other children!"

"They are, Mano!...." Lyra sat down dejectedly in a chair.

"They poisoned Mikaela! Cut up her face then kidnapped her. What did you think they were doing!?"

"I have already punished Kamryn and Lula for what they had done!"

"Oh...stop it! Keeping them at school as punishment? I am no fool, Mano. I know you sent them away to protect them, just like how you sent Mikaela away. Yet, did they stop?" She smiled, condescendingly at him.

"She is fine..."

"Yes, because she is an intelligent girl and I as her mother will protect her, but Mano what will you do?"

"I already have plans put into place to protect her."

"Like what?" Lyra was suspicious when Mano said he made plans for Mika.

"I have set up an engagement between her and Prince Ailwin..."

"...what..." Dread settles in the pit of Lyra stomach. Here she was happy that Mika wouldn't be in contact with the royal family anymore and Mano goes and marries her off to them.

"I know what you are thinking, but Prince Ailwin is not like his siblings nor his parents...Lyra!" Mano gripped Lyra's arms when she tried to run out of the room.

"Let go!... How could you do such a thing, after everything that I told you-"

"Lyra! Listen to me! This is Mika best option...Prince Ailwin has shown to be nothing like the rest of his family. He also has the power and strength that Mika is going to need!"

"No! It makes him a target for the rest of his family, which will now make Mika a target!"

"She is already a target!" Mano released Lyra from his hands.

"Have you forgotten that! My enchantments won't keep her eyes covered forever...And the Amara clan can only do so much against the royal family. The best way to protect her is for her to be..."

"...right in front of them..." Lyra finished Mano words as she grasped his thinking.

"Exactly..." Mano gathered Lyra in his arms, holding her close.

"I know it may seem like I'm not doing much to protect to two, but trust me I am."

Staring into her eyes, Mano bent his head down a laid a tender kiss on Lyra's lips.

Lost in the feel on his wife's soft body in his arms, Mano moved them to Lyra's bedroom where they spend the night getting reacquainted with each other.

Regrettably, as both of them were too focused on other things, they didn't see the maid who slipped away from the dining room's hallway.

Out of the residence, the maid snuck towards Lady Jaelah's home. Inside Jaelah was pacing about waiting for news.

"My lady..." The maid came in, bowing her head toward Jaelah in greeting.

"Where is he? Who did he go to?" Jaelah could barely contain her patience.

When she found that Mano was returning, she had her maids cook a full course meal for dinner. She planned to invite him over for dinner to ask for leniency on behalf of their daughters.

Although she knew the other wives might try the same thing, she believes the anger he has towards her has been soothed, and he wouldn't deny her request.

Yet, as the night wore on and he didn't show, she sent her maid out to see who Mano was dining with.

"My Lady... Lord Mano went to Lady Lyra's residence."

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"Lady Lyra's...?"

"Yes, Lord Mano headed there his self...." The maid paused not sure if she should say the rest of what she saw and heard.

"What is it? Did something happen?" Jaelah caught on to the hesitation in the maid's voice.

"Lord Mano and Lady Lyra had gotten into an argument over...Miss Mikaela's engagement."

"Engagement!? Mikaela doesn't have a fiance...unless....is it that boy that they bought back with them?" Jaelah smiled excitedly, waiting for her guess to confirmed.