Humble Position

The prince’s attractive face and piercing blue eyes came to my mind and I immediately wanted to see him and then I started longing to feel the warmth of his embrace and the heat of his body against mine. The sound of the word love sounded so foreign and unfamiliar to me and that made the warmth that I felt deep inside my chest slowly transform into a sense of uneasiness. Honestly, I didn’t remember the last time that I remembered hearing that word or feeling a sense of its meaning.

“You look troubled…” the duchess said observantly.

I looked up from my lap to see her staring right into my face with a look of understanding in her eyes. The uncomfortable feeling in my chest grew tighter and I wondered if the duchess truly understood what I was feeling when I wasn’t quite certain of what I was feeling myself. Although I knew that it was time that I admit and face my fears. There was no point in trying to escape it and I didn’t think that I could escape it even if I tried. My mind wouldn