"Who. . .who are you?" May trembled as she looked at the three masked men who had just intruded her home. She could tell from their masks that these men were dangerous. The weapons with them were enough for her to know they were here to kill her, someone had sent them to kill her. The thoughts that she would be killed in this secluded villa caused her feet to wobble in fear as she fell down on the floor, her little puppy ran to where she was making soft growls to scare the intruders. May Edwards was a famous singer, she was nicknamed as the nation's first love because she was loved and respected by many for her unique and melodious voice. She rose to fame at the age of eighteen after leaving her father's house for her stepmother and stepsiblings who tried to make life a living hell for her. After the death of her father, her stepmother had always maltreated her and she could not stand her stepmother's ill treatments towards her so she left the house for them. She practiced and trai
Kingdom of the great Wohsland located at the eastern geographical region was a prosperous and powerful kingdom under the leadership of King Lucius. The great Wohsland emerged as a trading center for oil, gold and salt. They were known for their good fertile lands, agricultural systems, powerful artilleries and archery skills and their great population making them the world's largest and richest nation in history. One could as well say that the Kingdom was blessed and flowing with milk and honey and that made them superior over every other kingdoms. Another thing they were famous for was their tall and large castle made of ivory walls and several tall towers called 'The Grand Castle.' It covered an area of 728,000 square metres (180 acres ). The 970 buildings of the Grand castle have a combined floor square of 1,514,600 square feet and contained over 5,000 chambers making it the world's largest building ever. The Grand castle was specially made for the royal families consisting of the
Liam stared down at the young lady lying on the floor, he was still mystified on how she got to his spring. No one was allowed in the grand castle except the king's officials but this young lady suddenly popped out of his spring. How she was able to get there still remained a mystery to him. He had wielded a sword at her to scare her, hoping that she would reveal her identity and how she got the spring but who would have thought that she was a scardy cat who fainted at the sight of a sword? May slowly opened her eyes as she touched her head which ached a little. She tried to remember what had happened before she fainted. Who was that man? How dare he point a sword at her? "You are awake." She heard a deep voice behind her. She got up from the cold floor as she looked at the young man from earlier, there she noticed she was in what looked like a cell. She was in a cell? "Where am i?" "Prison." He replied shortly. His reply left her mouth agape. In her entire life, sh
The thoughts that she had drowned and came to the afterlife caused her feet to wobble. She was dead, she was already dead and her Dad had come to welcome her to the hereafter. Oh, no! She was not supposed to die, she was not supposed to die yet. She still had lots of things she had not done yet. "Why? Why did you die?" She questioned herself as her eyes misted. She could not believe she had died and not long ago, she was celebrating her victory for escaping death meanwhile she was already dead. Her beloved fans would be really sad, top star May Edwards was already dead. "Why?" She bawled out. "Lady Audree, what is wrong with you? Please, don't cry." The young lady tried to console her although she had no idea why she suddenly started crying. May sniffled as she looked at the young lady in front of her wondering why she had been calling her Lady Audree. "Why do you keep calling me Lady Audree?"The young lady blinked as she arched her brows. "That's your name, Audree. I call you Lad
The mischievous and playful seventh prince, Asher ran towards the princes resting area to inform the others of the news he had heard about a young lady caught spying on the third prince, Liam. He could not believe his ears when he heard the news that someone actually had the audacity to go to the third prince's chamber to spy on him despite being aware of the kind of person the third prince was. Even he, did not have the gut to go to the third prince's chamber without his permission. Among his six stepbrothers, he was really scared of the third prince because of his icy demeanor and plus, the third prince had always isolated himself from them making it difficult for them to even have a proper conversation with him but someone dared to spy on him. He could bet that person was probably dead by now, knowing the third prince's temper, he doubt the person would be able to leave the grand castle alive. "Big news!" Asher shouted the moment he entered the resting area causing the four princ
Her eyes widened as she watched him smile devilishly at her. Why does it feel like she had just walked into a trap? "Eh? You. . . ." "Audree!" Sir Roy called as he cut her off silently telling her to keep quiet. May wanted to protest but then she thought about it. Working as a maidservant for seven days was much better than being flogged but still. . . . But still, she could not bring herself to accept the punishment. The third prince turned to look at the King. "What do you think, my King?" The King heaved a deep sigh. "Well, i guess that is much better than being flogged hundred strokes." "Accept my sincere gratitude, my King." Sir Roy bowed as he thanked the King. King Lucius rose from his seat. "It is now settled. The Roy's oldest daughter, Audree will start working as the Third prince's personal maidservant as from tomorrow. You are all dismissed." The King dismissed them. Princess Ingrid gritted her teeth as she was annoyed at how the third prince didn't allow her to
Arin drew the curtain opened as the sun shone around the chamber revealing daylight. She turned and looked at her Lady who was still sleeping, she ought to have woken up by now especially when the third prince had punished her to work as his maidservant for seven days. She could not even protest because it was much better than being flogged hundred strokes of cane. That princess Ingrid was really mean, she knew that she had never liked Lady Audree but still, how could she suggest that her Lady should be flogged? Thank goodness, the third prince stepped in and showed her mercy which was unlike him. She had always known him to be the King of no mercy, that was what he was known for in the entire kingdom. Well, he did not exactly show her Lady mercy but at least he still prevented her from being flogged. "Lady Audree, it is time for you to wake up." Arin gently tapped May as she tried to wake her up. May yawned and stretched at the same time, she could not remember the last time she
"Hallelujah!" She didn't even know when she exclaimed loudly causing Arin and her new bodyguard to be startled. She could finally leave this kingdom, she could finally leave this strange land! 'Oh, ye Love bridge, here i come.' She thought as her lips curved into a smirk and as she was about to climb down from the carriage, Arin stopped her. "Where are you going?" She asked then she looked outside and realised they had gotten to the grand castle. "We are already in front of the grand castle, let's come down." May felt like she had just been pulled down from the clouds of excitement. Why now? Why did they reach the grand castle when she had finally found a way to go back? She climbed down from the carriage as she turned back to see her Love bridge. "It's time for you to enter the grand castle, my lady." Arin informed her. May furrowed her brows as she noticed these two were not coming with her into the grand castle. "Are you two not coming with me to the grand castle?" "I doubt
May neatly arranged the food she had just prepared on a tray. Although the rice was slightly burnt but she was still confident in her food. She smiled as she stared at the works of art she had just prepared feeling proud of herself. Was there anything she wasn't good at? Even when she obviously had not prepared a meal before in her entire life, she was still able to prepare this delicious-looking work of art even the maidservants looked really astonished by her hidden cooking skills. She bet the Prince would end up licking the plate at how delicious her food was. She smiled again when she was done admiring her food, she carried the tray and headed to the Third prince's lounge. As May left the kitchen, the maidservants who all had a puzzled look on their faces began to murmur at how Lady Audree had almost burnt down the kitchen because she was cooking a strange food for the prince. On getting to the Third prince's lounge, she saw Hadriel, the Sixth prince peeping through the entran
May laid on her bed exhausted at today's activities. It was not as if she even did any chores today, she was just mentally exhausted. As she laid on her mattress, all the events that occured today flashed through her mind. Starting from when she tried to apologise to the Third prince, to when the Third prince shielded her from an arrow, to when she finally apologised, to the Third prince's chamber when he almost..., to the King's chamber and lastly, the large stable. The fact that all these happened in one day, she flushed when she recalled how they had almost kissed and she flushed even deeply when she remembered the words the Third prince had said to her at the stable. ["If that is the case, then keep taking advantage of me. Keep taking advantage of me until you get tired, Ms. Queen of no mercy. You are the only one allowed to take advantage of me."] "You are the only one allowed to take advantage of me." She smiled as she repeated the last words he said to her. "I'm the only one a
The Third prince stood at the large stable, staring at his favourite horse, Amigo. He had wanted to go for a ride to cool off these emotions he was feeling but now that he was here, he no longer had the will to go riding anymore. "Amigo." He called, stroking his horse. And as he stood there, the memories of what happened earlier replayed in his head. He had always been in control of his emotions, he had never showed anyone how pained, hurt and bruised he was but back there, while he watched her defend him, he just lost it. Those emotions he had always hidden, those emotions he had masked within him had just been unmasked by her. That Lady... how does she always manage to bring out that part in him he had thought was long gone? How does she always manage to bring out that self in him he thought he had buried in his heart? Just how? How could he feel this way because of some mere words she had spoken? Was that how lonely he was? Was that how love deprived he was that it felt like
May hopped excitedly still holding the Third prince's hand. She was happy at how she had successfully prevented him from getting punished. She smiled at how she managed to save him this time but as she turned and looked at the Third prince, her smile faded. Unlike her who was hopping in happiness because she saved him, he had a gloomy look on his face and he seemed lost in thoughts. She let go of his hand and cleared her throat to get his attention. "What is it? You don't look happy." Liam looked at the hand she had just let go missing the warmth of her hand. He never knew her hand was that warm until she stopped holding his hand. He raised his head and stared at the young lady giving him a look filled with concerns. May waved her hands at his face when she still did not get a reply from him. "What are you thinking about?" She asked. Seeing him looking all gloomy was just so unlike him, he was not even flashing those annoying smirk of his. "What's your deal?" He fina
A deafening silence reigned in the chamber as they watched the two persons holding hands and staring into each other's eyes. Princess Ingrid clenched her fist tightly that her knuckles had gone white already. Just staring at her holding Liam's hand irked her so much, how dare she... The King thought of what May had said regarding the Third prince. What the young lady said to him bothered him because he knew she was right. He had always had that mindset that the Third prince could harm his brothers. It was all because of that stupid prophecy, it was because of that prophecy that he had always seen the Third prince as a dangerous child that would one day rebel against his brothers and for that reason, he had treated the Third prince differently and ended up being wary of his own son. When did it get to this extent? The King closed his eyes as he felt ashamed of himself. The words the Roy's oldest daughter said to him struck him hard. He opened his eyes and let out a deep sigh. May
The Third prince entered the King's chamber. He met the Queen, Elora, General Nolan, the Crown prince and the Second prince already at the King's chamber. As he entered, they all looked at him as though they had been waiting for his arrival. Liam bowed at them and stood at the center ready to get scolded by them but before they could begin, the Eunuch announced the presence of Princess Ingrid. "Let her in." The King gave his permission and the Eunuch allowed the Princess into the chamber. She bowed and stood beside her brother, Logan. The King stared intently at the Third prince for a while before he began. "It came to my report that you shot an arrow at your brother, Logan. Is that true?" "Yes." Liam simply answered. The King sighed as he had expected that reply from the Prince. "Why did you do that?" Liam arched a brow a bit taken aback by the King's question. In the past, he wouldn't even care to listen to his own side of the story and just ruthlessly punish him but now, did
Amory came back from hunting, carrying two large squirrels he had caught in the forest. He thought he would see the other princes at the forest but he didn't even come across a single one of them and he wondered where they all went. Some of the Crown prince's guards who saw him rushed to where he was and bowed to him. "Your Royal Highness." "You may rise." He said, handing over the two squirrels to one of the guards. "I see you caught two large squirrels, your royal highness." One the guards said to the Prince. The Crown prince smiled and replied. "Well, i just got lucky today." He then turned to the guard he handed the squirrels to. "Take the squirrels to the kitchen and tell them to prepare a delicious meal for my wife." The guards all smiled knowing how much the Crown prince treasured his wife. "Yes, your royal highness." They bowed and as they turned to leave, the Crown prince called them back. "Hold on, where is the Crown princess?" He asked. "She is at her chamber." One
Amory came back from hunting, carrying two large squirrels he had caught in the forest. He thought he would see the other princes at the forest but he didn't even come across a single one of them and he wondered where they all went. Some of the Crown prince's guards who saw him rushed to where he was and bowed to him. "Your Royal Highness." "You may rise." He said, handing over the two squirrels to one of the guards. "I see you caught two large squirrels, your royal highness." One the guards said to the Prince. The Crown prince smiled and replied. "Well, i just got lucky today." He then turned to the guard he handed the squirrels to. "Take the squirrels to the kitchen and tell them to prepare a delicious meal for my wife." The guards all smiled knowing how much the Crown prince treasured his wife. "Yes, your royal highness." They bowed and as they turned to leave, the Crown prince called them back. "Hold on, where is the Crown princess?" He asked. "She is at her chamber." One
May stood outside the Third prince's chamber waiting for him to come out, he was taking so long just to button his shirt. She sighed as she recalled what happened in the chamber, she was so flustered that she ran out of the chamber. She shook her head. "Let's forget about it." She said to herself, touching her already reddened face. After she had managed to calm down, she looked at the entrance. What on earth was taking him so long? And just as she was about to enter into the chamber, he finally came out already dressed. His hair were slightly wet as though he had just taken a shower. Was he taking a shower all this while she was waiting for him? "Let's go." He said as he walked past her. She trailed behind, none of them saying a word. They both stopped walking when they heard a voice call the Third prince's name. "Liam!" Eugene called as she ran to him and hugged him. Her action left May's mouth opened in surprise. Who on earth was this person that could hug the Third prince t