I guessed it wasn’t that surprising that they were not told who the order was from. After all, all they needed to do was follow orders. Even if the prince ordered for them to serve me, it wasn’t like the Madame needed to let them know. “I see…” I murmured softly while feeling slightly disappointed at not being able to find out the truth. “Anyways…about you and the prince…” Jessie said before she smiled at me. The two girls took a few steps towards me, and I found myself backing away like a scared animal that was gradually being backed into a corner. I let out a small dry laugh when I realized that the moment that I have very much dreaded had finally arrived. The way the girls’ eyes seemed to light ablaze with their curiosity made a nervous knot form in the base of my tummy. I wondered how much I had to tell them until they would be satisfied enough to leave me alone in peace. For a moment, I regretted chasing the prince away so soon the way that I did……“So, Prince Leonard is no
His words came back to me and so did the hauntingly solemn expression on his face when he said those words to me. For the life of me, I had no idea what he meant. “How can I possibly not be me?” I muttered to myself. “What are you thinking about all alone again, Mila?” Salena asked from close behind me.“Huh? Nothing. I was just reflecting on my lesson from yesterday,” I replied after turning around to face her. Hopefully, she did not hear what I had said just now. It would have sounded so strange, and I didn’t want to explain anything else anymore. “Will Prince Leonard be here today?” Jessie asked brightly. “Yes, he should be…” I replied. “He really does favor you so much. You’re so lucky, Mila…” Jessie said while clapping her hands together excitedly. “I’m not so sure about that…” I mumbled softly. I must have been a very non-diligent student because I wasn’t at all looking forward to having my first ever lesson in economics with the prince. All my mind could think about was
Although I should have known that already, hearing it from Prince Darius made my chest tighten painfully. I knew that I shouldn’t think about the past, but I couldn’t help but wonder what she was like and where she was now. Of course, I kept these silent thoughts and questions to myself without voicing them. “If you face any problems or if you just need someone to talk to, you can always reach out to me. I’ll listen to you, and I’ll always help you, Mila,” Prince Darius promised as his grey eyes kept on staring at me from across the table. “Thank you very much. I will keep that in mind,” I replied politely. It seemed like all he wanted to do was help and that was probably because he wanted things to work out for his younger brother. On top of that, he probably wanted to increase the chance that Prince Leonard and I will produce an ultimate alpha heir. I bit on my lower lip at the troublesome political conflict that I had been trying my best to ignore. “Sorry for dropping by unanno
“Salena. My name is Salena,” Salena introduced herself in a voice that was slightly more audible than a whisper. “Mila must be happy to have you two with her. It can get lonely for honorable maidens living in the Secret Chambers, or so I’ve heard. Mila will be busy with her lessons and I’m sure that many things will be expected of her. Dealing with my brother and his selfish demands isn’t going to be easy either. I guess I’m relieved that Mila will have the support from both of you,” Darius said warmly. “We will try our best, Your Highness,” Jessie said with enthusiasm. “She doesn’t talk much, does she?” Darius asked as he turned his attention to Salena again. “I apologize for her. Salena isn’t very talkative, I’m afraid…” Jessie quickly apologized while Salena only stared back at the prince. “Jessie, can you relay my message to Madame Sand?” Darius asked.“Of course, Your Highness,” Jessie replied instantly.“Please tell her that I send my regards,” he instructed.“Is that…all?”
He could tell that he was on the verge of getting this little lady to help him with his plans and he wasn’t lying when he said that he was willing to offer her any reward of her choice. Salena hesitated as she looked away. Although the prince’s command wasn’t something very difficult to fulfill, she still found herself uncertain if she wanted to go along to help him with his plans. “Salena…” Darius called her name. His hands reached for her arms and pulled her closer to him until she was forced to face him and look up into his face. The stern and cold look that Darius gave her made her entire body tremble with fear. Her body froze in shock as the prince pulled her even closer and then his face was directly in front of hers. Salena could hear her heartbeat ringing in her ears before he felt the warmth of his lips against her forehead. For a moment, she was too shocked and too confused at what was happening that she forgot to breathe. “Please stop. This isn’t…what I want…” she protes
“He just asked if I was doing fine. He also asked about our lessons…” I replied. “What did you tell him?” the prince asked.“That everything is going fine and that he didn’t need to worry about me,” I replied.Of course, I didn’t tell him what really happened the first time that Prince Leonard and I tried to have a proper lesson together. In fact, I would never tell a soul about that even if pressed to do so. Prince Leonard didn’t seem satisfied with the answers that I gave him; however, he decided not to press me any further. ‘Today we will be studying something about this country’s economy…’My eyes widened when I realized that he had spoken inside of my head. This wasn’t the first time that he managed to invade my thoughts so easily, but I was far from accustomed to suddenly having our minds connect like that. ‘Ok…’‘Are you surprised? Isn’t this ability just convenient? It seems like the effect still lasted since our lesson yesterday…’ The prince sounded pleased and I found my
“No…” I replied honestly. I didn’t quite understand enough about the country’s arms trade for me to develop any feelings towards it and that included fear as well. I didn’t know enough about it to decide whether or not I was scared of it. I truly appreciated his efforts and I wanted to tell him that it was working; however, I had a feeling that being far away from him while he was still somewhat within reach was having the complete opposite on me from what he may have envisioned. I never knew that the feeling of seeing what you really want to touch and taste right in front of you yet not being able to reach out your hands to touch it and embrace it could make me feel so frustrated and irritated like this. The mixture of feelings that budded up in my chest felt uncomfortable and bordered on becoming painful and I began to wonder how much longer I could deal with it. “That’s the spirit. Be openminded and you’ll learn many new things all the time,” the prince advised. “Tell me more…”
“How did it start?” I asked as I waited eagerly for the prince’s response. “I love how you’re really interested in this…” he said before he chuckled. He had no idea just how much more I was interested in him than the topic that he was teaching me. I smiled at him as I continued watching him from where I was seated. “I love how you love that fact that I’m interested…” I replied before my smile widened. The prince just laughed at my words and my heart danced around rapidly in my chest as I enjoyed the warmth that seemed to course through my body at the sound of his delighted laugh. I still found it unusual how his words and everything that he did could have a direct effect on my body the way that it did although he was sitting so far away, and we were not touching. “Long ago, after the first king established the kingdom by assembling the strongest Alphas there was undoubtedly many wars and battles going on. There are records that the kingdom started providing the services of knight