Chapter 15

    

    

    Princess Ana Mae woke up to the screeching sound in her closet. The sun is already up and her servant is nowhere to be found. 

   

    

    "Probably she went downstairs to get us some food," she said while she carefully stood up from her bed.

    

    

She slowly walks towards the direction of her closet to check on it.

    

    

"What could be the reason for that screeching sound? Hmm?" She carefully opened it and tried to check on each of her dresses. And when she was about to check on the last dress she haven't checked yet, a snake came out from it. She was horrified for it's her first time to come face to face with a real snake.

    

"Help!" she screamed. She was about to move away from there, when the snake quickly bit her left arm. Blood automatically flew from it and her vision started to blur. She could feel her muscles burning.

    

    

"Ouch!" She's yelping from pain but nobody could hear her. Her room was closed and the walls were sound proof.

    

    

She felt her body feeling numb and her legs were as weak as jelly. She fell to the ground and automatically passed out.

    

    

"Leana, you shouldn't have left your princess alone," Ashley mocked Leana who's heading back to their room with a tray of food for Princess Ana Mae.

    

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

    

"Never mind!" 

    

    

Leana glared at her while Ashley gave her a meaningful smirk.

"What is she up to? She's weird and annoying!" Leana said while opening the door to their room. 

    

    

    

    And as soon as she gets inside, she saw the princess laying on the floor. She puts the tray of food on the coffee table and hurriedly run to the princess. 

    

    

"Your highness, what happened?" she asked while trying to wake her up. But the princess is not moving and her skin turned pale with bruises.

    

    

"Help! Somebody help us!" Leana shouted. 

"Your highness please wake up!" she continues to beg but the poor princess did not even open her eyes.

    

    

    

"What happened? Oh my Gosh!" Princess Diane was shocked to see Princess Ana Mae on the ground. Her room is just a few meters away so she could literally hear Leana's screams.

    

    

    "I don't know! She was fine when I left," Leana said in the middle of her tears.

    

    

    "We have to take her to the infirmary!"

    

   Together they took Princess Ana Mae to the infirmary. The whole university was in chaos because of what happened to the crown princess of Citrine. Everyone is afraid of how the king and queen would react if they find out what happened to their only daughter.

    

    

    "Do you think she will survive your highness?" Ashley asked Princess Amira while they were comfortably sitting on a bench in the middle of the school plaza.

    

    

    "She's not a cat Ashley, she only have one life. And I'm pretty sure that the snake's venom is circulating in her blood now. We shall wait for the announcement of her death," Princess Amira said with a smirk.

    

    

    "I think you're right your highness. The announcement of her death is also your proclamation as the new crown princess of Citrine. Soon, you will be able to reign this whole land!"

    

    

They were both laughing so hard when Prince Zion came.

"I heard everything, so it seems like you are not just someone to her because you are her cousin." Ashley and Amira panicked because of what they heard.

"You----heard us?" Ashley asked while stuttering.

"Yes, but don't worry cause I won't tell anyone," he explained. Princess Amira's eyes sparkled and her heart beats so fast.

"Thank you my prince," she said seductively. She tried to reach for Prince Zion's hand but  he started to walk away before she could even do it.

"You will soon be mine," she thought to herself.

"Are you really sure that he's telling the truth your highness? I mean, everybody knows that he's courting Princess Ana Mae!" Ashley said interrupting Princess Amira's imaginations.

"Yes he might be courting my cousin. But I could see something in him. I have a feeling that he's just doing it because of a particular reason and not because he wanted to," Amira explained with a smirk.

   

    

"What do you think is his reason your highness?" Ashley asked with full curiosity.

"Well, that Prince Zion of Etheor is a bit mysterious. I'm sure he's hiding something behind that handsome face of him."

"I think you're right your highness. I mean it's weird that he suddenly showed up when everyone thought he's missing. And what makes it more difficult for us to understand is, he went missing when he was just a baby so he shouldn't have enough knowledge that he's a prince. And of all the kingdoms in the mortal world why did he thought of entering Citrine and study in this University same with all other royalties?" Princess Amira thought about what Ashley just told her.

"You're right, I think Zion is planning something. And we must find that out as soon as possible. Who knows, I might be able to use that dirty little secret of him to tame his heart," she said with a smirk. Ashley's eyes grew wide because of what she heard.

"You like him your highness?" she asked in disbelief.

    

    

She could never imagine that this day would come. That she will see Princess Amira falling in love. 

"Your highness, I don't want you to think that I'm against your feelings for him," she started. Princess Amira stared at her with confusions written all over her face.

"What are you trying to say Ashley?" 

"Your highness, love is everyone's weakness. Falling inlove requires a great deal of sacrifice. Aside from that, it will also cause pain and trouble to you. If your mother finds out about this, she will surely kill me for not being able to stop you," she warned her.

"And why would mother hate to see me falling in love?" she curiously asked.

"An heir to the throne is not allowed to marry an heiress from another kingdom. Prince Zion is the only heir of Etheor and you will be the new heiress of Citrine after Princess Ana Mae's death. So you need to be more careful with your actions and forget about your feelings for that guy," Ashley explained.

    

    

"Are you kidding me Ashley? Of course when I sit on the throne as queen I will fight for my love for him. I will be the superior and my word will be the law in this whole land. When I say I want to marry him then it will happen. And there's nothing or no one that could stop me!" she said with full determination.

Ashley heaved a deep sigh before speaking, "I know that you will be the superior once you became queen. But your highness the opinion of your people is way more important. When they say you have to follow the old law, then you have to do it to avoid conflicts during your reign."

"Nonsense! I won't be a queen just to follow orders from commoners! If anyone tries to disobey me then they have to suffer the consequence for it!"