400 Sticky Situation 8

Since the steward is Mano's personal attendant, it wouldn't be right for him to take orders from someone else. Glancing at his master, the steward left to fetch the healers once given the okay by Mano.

"W-why are you calling for the Healers?" Lady Delju asked Lyra, who didn't respond.

Retaking her seat, Lyra calmly waited for the Healer to arrive. Left with no other choice, Lady Delju had to look to Mano for an answer.

"Mano-"

"Test...We will test both Prince Ailwin' and Sienna's blood. If one of them is found lying, whether its the Prince or not, I will make sure they take fully responsibility." Mano's warning was clear.

Delju look nervously over at her daughter; the drug might not have worked out of Sienna's and the Prince's system yet. If they find traces of the aphrodisiac, house arrest will be the least of their concern as a Prince is involved in this matter.

Short time later, a Healer showed up at Lady Lyra request.

"Lord Mano, who is hurt?"

"No one. We called you here for a different reason. I would like you to test Prince Ailwin's and Sienna' blood for drugs...especially aphrodisiacs."

"…En." Pulling out her portable scanner, she went to Sienna first.

Drawing a dot of blood from her arm she ran the test.

"Miss Sienna, does not have any drug in her system."

Then turning to Prince Ailwin, she was drew another dot of blood and ran the same test.

"Lord Mano, Prince Ailwin also of doesn't have any drugs in his system...." The Healers announced the result, making Lady Delju and Sienna release a breath.

Feeling assured that their plan wasn't going to be found out, Lady Delju walked over to Lyra smugly and laughed in her face.

"Hmph...! What do you have to say now?..." Spinning around the face Mano, "I told he is lying. He fooled around with our innocent daughter and now he wants to escape!... Truly, the princes are all alike…"

"Um...Lord Mano…" A female servant's voice was heard at door.

"Yes?"

"This was found in Miss Sienna's night gown pockets…" The little maid held out the comm blocking device.

At the sight of the item in the servant's hands, Sienna felt her blood turn cold. Lady Delju recognized the device and went to grab it before Mano could fully see what it is.

However, she didn't think Ailwin, who was standing right next to the bowing servant, would reach out his hand to take the item right before she could.

"This…" Ailwin knew what the device is, the minute he saw it laying in the servant's hands. It is something that his Shadow Wolves use all the time during battle on their enemies comms.

"This is a communication blocker."

Ailwin's steward stood behind his master's chair feeling a tingle go through his body.

"Prince…" He called out.

Ailwin looked over at the startled man, "What is it?"

"When Miss Amara grabbed on to you... I went to call for Lord Mano's steward, but the comms in the house wouldn't work...no matter how many times I tried."

Mano looked over at the silent Sienna, "Why was this in your pocket?"

"That's….um...I…"

"Lord Mano, there is something residue on this device…" Ailwin looked at the buttons to turn on the mechanism and could see something oily sticking to them.

Wiping a little on his finger he held it up to his nose. Taking a sniff, he couldn't place what it was.

"Let the Healer test it." Lady Lyra said.

Going to Ailwin's side the Healer smeared the oily substance on a swab then had her scanner run an indentification analysis.

"It's...it's an aphrodisiac, Lord Mano. A very strong one at that"

Hearing the results, Ailwin quickly wiped his oliy finger on his borrowed clothes.

"Lord Mano, it seems to me that your wife and daughter fabricated this whole scheme to falsely accuse me of touching her...What do you have to say?"

"P-Prince Ailwin! It's not like that...that...that thing isn't mine! I've never seen it before!" Sienna ran towards Ailwin wanting to grasp his arms, but was thrown away from him with a big force of energy.

"You have lied about this Prince all night, and think you can continue to do so!" Sienna went smashing into her chair before sliding across the drawing room floor.

"Sienna! ...Prince Ailwin, how could you be so cruel!"

"Lady Delju, just because I have given Lord Mano some face as his guest, does not mean you have the right to question my actions. Since you have constantly compared me to my brother...shall I show you what he would do if he was in this situation?" Disgusted and irritated by the pair scheme, Ailwin didn't hold back his anger.

Walking over to Sienna, Ailwin picked the prone young woman off the floor by her neck. Raising her up into the air, he threw her outside the drawing room doors.

"Aaaaah!"

Breaking both doors and tumbling down the steps, Sienna felt all the recently seal cuts on her body open up again.

Lady Delju watched as her daughter was being treated worst than a fledgling's rag doll.

"Sienna!"

"Don't worry, Lady Delju...you will join her…" In a blink of an eye, Ailwin stood behind her.

"P-P-P-Prince! You...you can-ACK!" Grabbed by her neck, she too was forcibly thrown out of the now splinter doors.

Sienna was slowly trying to pick herself off of the dirt ground, when something heavy landed on top of her, knocking her down again, "Umph!"

She feel immense pain in her lower back and head, and the weight on top of her wasn't helping.

Stun and aching, Delju landed on her back, she didn't realize she was laying on top of her wounded daughter.

All she knew was Prince Ailwin wasn't going to let her off so easliy with a toss. Planning to use this as her chance to escape further punishment, Delju closed her eyes and played dead.

Mano...won't allow him to hurt me further if I'm unconscious, right?

Settling in, she relaxed her body and closed her eyes, feinting unconsciousness.

"Get off of me!" Sienna words were strained but forceful as she was now aware that someone is laying on top of her and didn't want to get off.

"Sienna?" Delju opened her eyes.

"Get up!" Panicking, Delju had to roll her body from side to side, to move off of her daughter's flatten body.