CHAPTER 10

"Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!" Prince Blackscale yelled at the handmaiden and then slammed his cup onto the floor. Venus jumped slightly, hearing the cup shatter on the stone-cold floor. However, she said nothing and continued to clasp her hands in front of her.

They had arrived at the Salazar Castle. The handmaidens had just shown Prince Blackscale and Venus's new room together. The room was perhaps the size of Lord Willridge's dining hall. It was the biggest room Venus had ever seen. It was filled with bright red, plush furniture and a large king-size bed with mesh black curtains that went all around it. A nice fireplace stuck in one of the sides of the walls, surrounded by fresh firewood and coal. However, none of this mattered because apparently, the room did not have a balcony.

Prince Blackscale was very upset about this. So upset about it, that now he was cussing out the poor handmaiden who had shown them to their room.

"I will not be disgraced and have my name soiled by