Chapter 10.Subtitle: gave her a bath.Alice yawned lazily as she gently sat up from the bed she lay on, she was going through a rough session of an earsplitting headache, her whole body felt weak, numb and painfully.She made to sit up but let out a sharp cry as she sat back down on the bed, her waist was broken and she could not sit up.Lara came rushing into the room the next moment and touched her head."Easy Alice, your hurt you can just sit up. Your waist is injured from that fall.."Lara scolded her and adjusted her head before putting a pillow below it."For how long was I out? Where am I?"Alice asked at once and lara sat down besides her."It's only being one day since you and me left the mountains and your already laying down on a sick bed with a broken waist and leg, and oh my goodness Alice you need to see the horizontal cut on your forehead, its left behind a scary scare like that of a witch!"Lara joked and Alice smiled at her."For how long have I being out?"Alice ask
Chapter 11.Subtitle: the only one attending.Cynthia stood before her father with her head bowed."Your ungrateful child! Why did you try to kill your own sister? You have everything she doesn't have,are you not happy yet?"King Alexandria barked angrily at his daughter who didn't seem to care at all."You grew up in the palace among many maids and many privileges while she grew up in a mountain, locked away in a single castle for eights years do you think that's easy?She's older than you but you got crown as the future queen while she only had a princess title.You got engaged to a powerful prince while she also got engaged to one as well, it the most achievements she's made in her entire life and you should be happy for her.Being married to Gagé Alfredo will bring an unending Ally between Aceland and our Mariposa, you will be the future queen why are you trying to ruin that friendship?"Her father barked at her again when she didn't answer."Go easy on the child will you Alex?"Q
Chapter 12.Subtitle: jump on him.It's being more than a week on the journey and Alice was already informed that they were now in the mainlands of Aceland as Gagé said.She was tired of sitting and sleeping in a carriage, she had managed to heal during the journey and was able to walk on her own again, but she still felt a little pain in her waist and hips, she would have being much better if she was not in a carriage all day.She stared at lara who was fast asleep, thankfully the chairs in the carriage looked like beds and one can manage to sleep on them.Gagé who only slept once in a while was still sitting up.Alice looked at him, thinking of striking up a conversation with him but didn't find anything good to talk about, she and him only talk a few times during the entire journey since he was cold and not friendly at all, luckily Alice had Lara to chat with and Gagé didn't mind at all although their noisy talks always seem to disturb him."Umm... Why don't you remove your mask ev
Chapter 13.Subtitle: don't get along.The look on Gagé face was hilarious.It was evident that he was not expecting it.The lady smiled with glee and climbed down from his body.He didn't move at all and just stared Into space."Gagé. Where have you being for a month, father said you went to Mariposa for some business, thank goodness your back I miss you so much!"The lady yelled happily making sure everyone present could see and hear her.Alice was no exception and she was going bonkers with anger, she didn't know when the intense jealousy started but she was not okay with some woman hugging her husband to be like her life depends on it, she was angry."Lilian I am very fine as you can see, you didn't have to jump on me to welcome me. You may go back to what you were doing I have to take care of something first."Gagé said to the lady who's smile vanished at once.She turned to look at the heavily covered Alice as if she was just seeing her."Who is she?"She asked Gagé who turned
Chapter 14.Subtitle: two queens.King Alfredo poured a drink for himself from the bottle of wine and chunked the whole thing down his dry throat.Gagé also did same and added another glass."Why didn't you Inform me about going out to find a bride outside Aceland first son? You've messed a lot of things up."The king complained."Would you have let me go if I had informed you first? I know what you are up to emperor, I won't let you control my life."Gagé replied."Yes....sure sure!"The king sighed."You have no idea how messy it's about to get do you? I had promised Lilian's mother just before she passed away that I will grant her daughter the position of future empress, now you want to make me go back on my words? I'll let you marry the young lady you brought on one condition."The king added."As if I'll follow your condition.. i'm a man of my own I don't need your approval."Gagé snorted."You'll marry Lilian first and make her queen, after that you can marry whosoever you want
Chapter 15.Subtitle: hit the jackpot.Bernice laughed at how hilarious Linda sounded but soon enough linda's words came to life."Mother in-law!"She heard someone call her from the main door and she did not need any soothsayer to tell her it was the darn young lady, Lilian.Linda squeezed her face as if she would laugh any minute but kept her cool as she folded her arms and watched the drama unfold."Mother!"Lilian cried again and rushed over towards Bernice, embracing her in a hug as she bursted Into tears."What now Lily? Who offended you?"Bernice rolled her eyes and said."Gagé just returned and when I went out to greet him he shunned me and carried a strange lady in his arms! Mother do you also think i'm loosing Gagé?"Lilian cried harder as she disengaged from the hug."You and father promised to take care of me and you already engage me to Gagé, if he breaks it off with me then i'm going to die from heart break and shame, poeple will call me names and will taunt me, I rather
Chapter 16.Subtitle: the introduction.It was nearly noon and Alice was just through with eating her lunch when one of her assigned maids walked in and told her the prince was waiting for her outside.She told the maid to ask him to give her a minute to get dressed which the maid did as she was told.Gagé hasn't came to visit her again since they arrived last night and she was getting sad for no reason when he sent words to her this morning that he will be coming to get her at noon to go say hello to his father.She felt very nervous that she would be meeting the emperor for the first time but also felt happy that she will be seeing him again after a day.She quickly finished up her dressing by putting on her cape and made sure to hide her hair behind it very well, she rounded it up with the mask which she used to cover from her nose downwards.Accompanied by one of her new maids she walked out of the room and came face to face with Gagé who was standing at the door.A faint smile fl
Chapter 17.Subtitle: too heartless to fall in love.The king looked at her as if he was observing something strange."Gagé... Is this her hair colour or is this some sort of colouring?"The emperor asked his son."this is indeed her natural hair father."Gagé replied and the kings eyes widened.He seemed to have realised something."My dear do you mind waiting outside the room for a bit, I shall call you back after I talk to my son in private."The emperor ordered and Alice bowed before leaving, she was confused a bit."You brat why didn't you tell me of this? How did you find her without anyone showing you where to find her?"The king snapped, he seemed very relieved and happy with Gagé's new finding."What do you mean father? I found myself a bride, I thought you were againts it and mad?"Gagé asked."Mad? Yes I was mad at you at first but now i'm very glad, you know when Rodolfo told me about a new fairy to be reborn years ago I doubted it and didn't believe him, who new she would