“I’ll get Madame Cassandra to escort you back to your room. Do not leave your room unless you have my permission. Do you understand?” he asked as he peered close to my face to make sure that I understood. I nodded my head at him once to confirm that I did understand him. His instructions were simple. All I had to do was stay in my room. It sounded so simple, so at that time, I didn’t think that something would happen that would render me unable to comply with his command. The prince seemed satisfy enough when he got up from the bed and left the room without another word to me or a glance my way. I was still confused about what happened between us last night; however, it was clear that the prince was no longer angry at me. I closed my eyes and let out a loud sigh while trying my best to ignore the lingering feelings of his touch on my body from last night. …Shortly after, Madame Cassandra arrived with some senior maids that I have never met before. The three of them entered the pri
The hardness of my own bed under me as I sat on it made me yearn a little for a softer bed. Now that I was alone, my mind immediately began churning through many confusing thoughts of what had happened last night starting from the moment that I received orders from Lady Regina to clean the statues in the bathhouse after curfew. Unknowingly, I had started chewing down on my lower lip while I thought of the many mysteries that I still couldn’t find the answer to.“Stop…Mila…” I warned myself out loud whenever my mind would drift to thoughts of the passionate moments that I shared with Prince Leonard. There were many things that I didn’t understand but the thing that plagued my mind the most was that voice I heard in my head when I prayed desperately for help. ‘Where are you?’ The voice that accompanied that unbearable pain in my brain, what is it exactly? At first, I honestly believed that it was just my imagination but the more that I thought about it, the less certain I was that i
“Well, everyone knows why Lady Regina moved to live in the palace all of a sudden. Even the dumb and blind can figure out that she’s been plotting with her father for herself to become the next queen. Apparently, Lady Regina and Prince Leonard are close, so people have really high hopes for her as the next queen…” Jessie continued to explain. They are close…“I see. Well, that doesn’t really have anything to do with me. You two are right not to believe in the rumors because it’s not true. I haven’t been trying to get close to any of the princes…” I told them truthfully. I haven’t tried to get close to any of them; however, it wasn’t like I could get away from them completely when they just keep popping up like random in my life. “I’m sure people are just jealous, so you don’t have to worry about it…” Jessie said before she grinned at me. “Right…” I whispered. I could hear their unspoken thought as their eyes lingered on the fashionable blue dress that I had on. Unlike them, I was
“I think this one is good…but this one is good too…and this one too!” Jessie cried out in excitement as she began grabbing many dresses and outfits and hanging them over her arm. “She can only wear one outfit at a time…” Salena pointed out softly. “She’s right. Let’s try to settle on one. I think something simple and not so…showy would be good…” I told them softly. “What about this one? I think it’s cute and very lady-like…” Salena said as she held an ankle-length light pink dress in front of my body. “Isn’t that too plain? I think this one is way better…” Jessie said as she held up a sparkly red strapless dress. “That’s very revealing…” Salena pointed out. While the two girls argued about which dress would look best on me, someone knocked on the door. My first thought was that it must be Madame Cassandra. “I’ll get the door…” I told the two of them before heading towards the door. I was right. When I opened the door, Madame Cassandra was standing there; however, she wasn’t al
“Maybe not as the king but I can’t say the same about my role as a father…” the king replied with a dismissive way of his hand. Darius followed his father out of the room before they made their way toward the main meeting hall where he knew that the young maid would be waiting for them. …To say that the meeting hall was large would be an understatement. Something like gigantic, absurdly enormous, or something that meant super big would be most suitable. After being led to what was the main building on the palace grounds, I was stunned at how grand and luxurious everything was. Unlike the other palaces that I’ve been to before, this place had a stifling air of formality and business. Madame Cassandra and the man who called himself Callum did the perfect job of giving me a short rundown of the significance of the main building where I now stood and the importance and honor of getting an audience directly with the king. Callum turned out to be one of the king’s senior advisors. Accor
“Please lift your face so that I can see if clearly,” the king instructed in a tone that sounded so soothing that it surprised me. “Yes, Your Majesty,” I replied politely. I bit down on the inside of my lower lip to steel my nerves before I lifted my face. Immediately, I could feel the king’s blue eyes on my face as he stared at me intently. His blue eyes stared closely at my face as if he was appraising its worth and I began sweating more profusely than before as my anxiousness turned slightly into fear. I had no idea why the king had summoned me here or why he wanted to meet with me. “Do you know why you were summoned here today?” the king asked before he smiled at me.Of course, I had absolutely no idea and I didn’t even dare take a guess. My eyes glanced over at Prince Darius although I knew that he wasn’t really in a position to help answer the king’s question for me. “No, Your Majesty,” I replied honestly while trying my best to sound polite. I prayed desperately inside my
The prince’s cold and distant attitude truly disturbed her. It seemed that time alone could not clear the rift that had formed between them. Regina honestly did not think that the prince would remain angry at her for this long. She knew that she should explain everything to him and beg for his forgiveness; however, the prince never gave her the chance to do so. Her eyes wandered to his expressionless face before she let out a soft sigh of depression. Talking to Prince Leonard had never felt this difficult before in her life. “This is the dining room. My father, I mean…the prime minister is waiting inside for us,” Reginal said with a smile.The maids opened the double door that led to the main dining room for them to enter. The prime minister stood up from his seat the moment that he spotted the prince. He bowed to show his respect while Prince Leonard raised his right hand a little to signal for the prime minister to drop the formal greetings. “Please take a seat this way, Prince Le
“Not yet…” Prince Leonard replied curtly. “You should listen to her play. It will definitely help with your stress after a busy day,” the prime minister said confidently. “Yes, please let me help entertain you, Prince Leonard,” Regina drawled sweetly. “I’ll think about it…” the prince replied casually. Lord Baldirius went on and on about the various accomplishments that his daughter had managed to gather under her belt throughout the years. Soon enough, the prime minister’s words had faded into nothing more than background noise to Leonard as his mind started to wander elsewhere. He wondered what Mila was doing right now……**Back at the main meeting hall**My hand clenched tightly together in front of me as I waited anxiously for the king to voice the reward that he had in mind for me. I wasn’t at all excited to learn what it was because I didn’t want anything from the king; however, a strange nagging feeling at the back of my mind told me that the king was about to offer me some