News spread quickly as soon as Isla and I revealed we were "dating". My fans were angry at me for not telling them sooner but after a few apology videos, they came around. I actually gained more followers which was a shock. Usually, when a sexy man like myself gets into a relationship they lose followers. Everyone was actually happy for us.
I didn't even feel guilty for lying to them. Is it lying actually? I'm going to marry her, we just aren't in love. Isla and I were named the couple of the month in July. I "confessed" my feelings to my father that same month and informed him of my plans to marry Isla.He was ecstatic and threw a week-long celebration. There was a lot of partying, Isla got so wasted one night which caused our first argument. The future Queen could drink yes but not get drunk. Even after 6 months, I didn't find her annoying, which was a good thing. I can survive the for eternity thing."Babe," Isla called and came to sit on my lapMr Nova's povA second later everything came back to me. I was thrown against my team members and fell back. Just another failed test run. "I'm alive!" I laughed while still on the floor. The lab had light shining in from a massive hole in the ceiling. The floor was covered in sand and pieces of rubble. The electricity must have caused a lot of damage. "Alveera are you okay?" I asked and quickly sat up to scan the room. The other people weren't part of my team. These were strangers. There was a teenage boy, a young woman and a man wearing some bold clothes. "What the fuck!" The man shouted and stumbled back."Don't come near me!" The woman hissed in Italian and held up a dagger full of dry blood. Luckily I knew some Italian and could understand what she had said. She was dangerous, I noticed her leg had a stab wound which was the exact width of the dagger. I also saw blood run down her arm from a hole. Perhaps a bull
"Okay, kid don't freak out. We all have the same name." I replied after clearing my throat."Don't worry the dagger is for those two, not you," Cuore stated since the boy kept staring at her. She offered him a weak smile and he seemed to calm down."Are they bad?" He whispered to her."I'm not sure." "You do realize we can hear you right." Prince Tay barked. "Also we don't know where we are or how we got here." "I might be able to answer that. Where were you before everything went dark?" I inquired."At a fashion show. How do you know I saw everything turn black before being locked in here with you 3?" The man questioned."It happened to all of us, you idiot," Cuore explained. "New Zealand, like near Māhia." The boy replied and wrapped his arms around his knees."Yes, that's the place the fashion show was located. On this like flat piece of land by a cliff." Prince Tay nodded.
Cuore's povI saw the boy had slipped my dagger into his pocket. At least he would keep it safe. Mr Nova and the Prince pulled me up. My arm hurt more as the bullet was pressed deeper. I felt like I had no energy to even blink. I closed my eyes and let them carry me out. When Taylen touched my hand I felt a sense of peace. The other two seemed so familiar, that is probably due to the fact that they were me. Just male versions I guess. I liked the kid, he was caring and first turned back to help me up when the door opened. I knew I could trust him.Prince Tay was very attractive, he kept staring at me which made me feel uncomfortable. I knew I was plain but he didn't need to stare. Mr Nova looked at me with concern. I knew he feared me, which he should. One wrong move and I will slit his throat. My body kept uncontrollably shaking and I broke out into a cold sweat. I guess my dagger had been covered in some sort of poison when that woman stabbed it into
I woke up in a hospital bed. The soft mattress and blankets were warm against my skin. This time I was actually in a hospital. I slowly sat up and noticed I had a drip in my wrist once again. I looked at my arm, it had a bandage wrapped over where I was shot. I pulled the blanket off, even my thigh was bandaged. I had on a hospital gown and I was clean. I even felt so much better.Someone cleared their throat next to me and I looked in that direction. Mr Nova sat on a chair against the wall. Prince Tay was on another chair while Taylen sat on the floor with his head against that chair. Both of them were asleep. I noticed they too were clean and Prince Tay had changed clothes."We asked to shower. The Prince got those clothes from lost property, which took a lot of convincing for him to change." Mr Nova explained. "Oh. What did the doctor say?" I asked and pulled up the blanket. I only had the gown on."You were malnourished, lost a lot of
Taylen's povMy mouth flew open when I heard how much the Prince had spent on a ring. A ring. An engagement ring. Not even the actual ring. I smiled at Cuore as she took another bite of the food. It was good she was eating. I felt like she was my older sister. We were all so worried when she went in. It legit felt like there was something missing when she wasn't around. Mr Nova was very smart. He was good at telling us what to do and I respected him a lot. He seemed unsure about Cuore at first but when the doctors told us she had been through horrible circumstances, he softened and showed he also cared about her.Prince Tay was annoying. I don't know but the way he stared at Cuore was creepy! It was as if this was the first time he had seen a woman. He also seemed to look down at Mr Nova and me. Well I understood why he looked down at me, I was only 15 but Mr Nova deserved more respect. The hospital had questioned us
"Thank you, sir. Every day the cash will be available for you to collect over the course of 15 days." The owner marvelled and shook Prince Tay's hand. "Every day either one of us will come to collect the money. Pleasure doing business with you." Mr Nova stated and also shook his hand. He had a black briefcase in the other hand then turned around and signalled for us to get up. I helped Cuore up and Tay held the door open for us to leave. "He agreed to pay us 50K in cash every day for the ring. Since neither of us has identification documents to open a bank account yet." Mr Nova told us as we walked towards the car."I had a friend once who remained unregistered as a child. When she applied for her ID, she first had to get a birth certificate. I guess I could do the same, and claim I don't know who my parents are." I offered."Kid you are only 15, that won't give us access to a lot of things." He replied."I'll appl
Prince Tay's povEver since I had first seen her I was memorised. She held up a dagger while her precious blood dropped onto the floor. It was something I had never felt before. There was this urge to be close to her, to never leave her side... I was going crazy. My whole life I wanted to meet the female version of myself... to feel normal for liking another human. When Mr Nova claimed we were all the same person it made sense. She was me. She was the person I had been wishing for my whole life. She had beautiful black hair and these amazing brown eyes. She was absolutely beautiful, far more than when Isla walked onto that stage. Even when she was thin, pale and bent over to throw up. I was flooded with this immense level of worry for her. It was like every atom of my being screamed to go towards her, to help ease her pain. I just stared in her direction and kept myself back. I was afraid. This feeling terrified me and my body was cold fro
It was around 16:21 when Taylen and I decided to go wait by the benches near the food court. Mr Nova and Cuore were still not back. "Here you go," Taylen stated and handed me ice cream. "Oh, uh... I don't eat that." I replied.Taylen shrugged, "More for me." I watched the people around us. Everyone seemed to be so friendly. Maybe this world was at peace. "So Prince huh. What's that like?" Taylen asked with ice cream all over his lips."I had a perfect life. My father is... was the King of Jordan. I had servants that would do what I say without hesitation. I was loved by so many fans.""Not true.""What?" I asked confused."Your fans didn't love you. Well, not real love in any case.""How do you know what real love is?""I don't." He replied and started eating the ice cream cone. "I would imagine it to be more of a close relationship. I guess." "What about you?
Prince Tay's pov "Okay, the theme I got is an abandoned building." Mr Nova stated. We decided to play this game where we tell each other stories about a random topic."The minute you step into an abandoned building everything around you feels as cold as a frozen window on a snowy night. You feel extremely lonely as a baby seal would feel lost at sea. You become sad and depressed as a parent would feel if they were forgotten by their children.Everywhere you look it's dark as if the building has never seen light, there are spider webs, rotten leaves and broken glass lying everywhere. You walk towards a staircase and hear the howling of the wind, the squeaking of doors and the shattering of glass.As you step onto the staircase it starts creaking. A slight tap on the wall allows you to hear the hollowness of the building. It sounds and looks scary. As you walk onto the top floor you smell the wet, decaying leaves and paint. The building smells of death and
"You have all mastered the sixth teaching. Arms control." Cuore stated. "Today we will work on your defence. You need to be able to redirect an attack. Tay you up first." Tay stepped forward. He stood in front of Cuore on the Tatami floor. "Okay Tay, I'm going to grab your wrist." She remarked and stepped forward to grab his wrist he tried to pull her to the side but she swung her leg up and stopped just before it hit him in the side. "What was his first mistake?" She questioned after giving him a quick kiss."He didn't step out of the central line." Mr Nova replied and she nodded."Again," Cuore called and grabbed onto his wrist. This time Tay stepped to the side and jerked his arm down to pull her off balance. He threw a punch towards her face and she quickly dodged it."Good. Taylen." I walked up next. Cuore grabbed my arm and I stepped aside and pulled her towards me so that I could hit her neck. Sh
Taylen's pov It was becoming harder each day to hide my withdrawal symptoms. The food I ate tasted different. Bad. Like I should throw it up. My appetite decreased and I forced myself to eat when we all sat around the table. I was constantly sweating and so tired. I had trouble sleeping. I would often wake up in the early hours of the morning from a nightmare or just cause my body started going through tremors. I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep so I would just lie there and cry. I was so emotional. My eyes burned all the time and my nose wouldn't stop running. Prince Tay shouted at me all the time to go blow my nose when I started sniffing. I felt so irritated. My skin was itching and I was just restless. My muscles ached and everything hurt. I hated how this felt and it went on for weeks. I even started seeing things. Terrifying things. Shadows would follow me around and these weird creatures will wave at me while we were in public. I was going
The next morning Mr Nova got a phone call at breakfast."Excuse me." He stated and walked away."Taylen how was your evening?" I asked."Please pass the milk." I inquired then replied, "Good. We went to watch a movie." "Did you pay?" Tay questioned."Nah. I offered but they all bought their own money." "That's sweet of them. You should invite them over more." I stated and added sugar to my porridge."I want to but they kinda scared of you." He laughed. "I mean cause they've seen you training. I've told them you are such a sweet person." "Maybe I should invite them in." I shrugged."Yeah, then they will feel less frightened. My heart, you are one hell of a woman." Tay beamed and placed a kiss on my hand."Thank you." Mr Nova said into the phone and sat down."What was that about?" Taylen asked and took a bite of his cereal."I've been chosen for the m
Cuore's pov Tay was great. He respected me and just tried his best to help me where he could. We spent all of our free time alone together. We got to know each other. All of our secrets, life story and even happiest memories. Every day I fell more in love with him. He was so caring and such a sweet person. Plus amazing in bed which was a bonus. I had my strength back and slowly revealed my dominant side in bed. He loved when I took what I wanted from him. It was odd since I assumed that him being a prince and all, he wouldn't want to be bossed around. We switched roles a lot and each time got even better. We also used condoms. The first time with him was the riskiest I've ever sexually been. Mr Nova kind of scared us about the children thing so I also went on the injection. Having a child was never a want. Plus Tay disliked small children. It didn't make me sad that we would never have a family of our own, plus we could just adopt. All I would ever n
Taylen and I drove back to the hotel. I told him to text Cuore and Prince Tay to be ready to leave. We found them waiting outside for us, hand in hand. "Lunchtime!" Taylen excitedly stated as they climbed into the car."Did you find a house?" Prince Tay asked and placed his hand onto Cuore's leg."Yes. It's perfect for us, plus close to a school for Taylen." I replied."I actually wanted to ask if I can go to that school," Taylen responded. "We'll check it out." Cuore shrugged."But first food!" Tay laughed. The next few weeks consisted of a lot of shopping for the new house. We bought everything we needed from electrical appliances to furniture to food. I finally finished writing down everything I remembered about the Tanencha project. It took up 2 whole notebooks. Taylen even made friends with a group of kids. Prince Tay and Cuore confessed that they were in a relationship. I was happy but
Mr Nova's povThe kid and I stopped at the first address the real estate agent gave us. There was a man waiting for us in front of the house."Wyatt?" I asked as we walked up to him."Uh, Mr Nova." He greeted and stuck out his hand for me to shake. "This is the first house. Spacious with 4 bedrooms as requested." I nodded and we followed him around. The house was okay but it didn't feel like home. Wyatt told us to follow him to the next house so we agreed. "He's cute." Taylen laughed as we got into the car. "Taylen, you are supposed to be focusing on the house. Not the agent." I smiled. "Haven't you ever had a crush?""I guess." I shrugged. *July 2014I had decided to conduct interviews to find an assistant. The person had to be friendly, hardworking and look presentable. They would keep track of my meetings and follow me around wherever I go. They would
"I don't need you to protect me," Cuore whispered."I... Cuore please look at me." I begged. She slowly sat up on the bed to face me. A single tear ran down her cheek and I quickly caught it before it fell."You want to protect me but you hurt me, Tay...""I hurt you," I repeated gently. I had to say it out loud to make myself realise it was true. I hurt her. Those words hurt me more than anything. My heart shattered as I looked into her eyes and saw anger."I show myself to you, then you run off. Do you know how that made me feel? I have scars yes, I'm broken and tormented by everything I have done... everything I have lost. Then you come here and just leave me when I'm ... vulnerable... exposed. Who the hell do you think you are?" She hissed."I... I..." I stuttered, I wasn't sure what to say."Fuck you, Taylen Nova." No, Cuore. Please... I just got you. No. Fuck! Fuck! Make it better. Take me back. No.
Prince Tay's povI took a massive leap of faith when I kissed Cuore. I just wanted to let her know how I felt. Last night she had slept in my arms, and this morning I watched her sleep a bit. She looked so peaceful and it was just nice to have her so close to me. She woke up and shifted up to my face. I instantly wanted to kiss her... Allah, thank you for bringing such a beautiful woman into my life. I reminded myself to take it slow. I knew her for 3 days. That's not even enough time to prepare a fashion show, let alone rush into kissing a woman I just met. I wanted to at least take her out on a romantic date or just wait for the perfect moment to present itself. Then she looked down at my lips and blushed. She was thinking about kissing me too. Screw waiting, the perfect moment is now. I closed the distance between us and placed a light kiss on her lips. They were soft and this joy just filled my heart.Yes, it was just 3 days. But someti