“That just sounds sick…” Leonard spat. “How long are you going to stay away from her?” Darius asked. “You don’t have to worry so much about her. I already sent her a gift that I’m sure that she would like,” Leonard replied to get his brother off his case. “Oh, a gift?” Darius said with pleasant surprise as his grey eyes lit up. “Yes, a gift. So, you can stop nagging me about Mila now. By the way, can you help me out with my work, brother?” Leonard asked sarcastically. “I’m always helping you and covering for you,” Darius said with a hint of complaint.“If you don’t want me to be king, you don’t have to…” Leonard said with a careless shrug.“Fine. I’ll take some tasks off of your hands. I have a trip coming up, so you’ll have to deal with your own work while I’m away,” Darius said as he finally gave in. “Where are you going?” Leonard asked with some surprise. “Abroad. Don’t worry, I’m not leaving you alone here to suffer while I go on holiday. It’s an official visit,” Darius exp
“Welcome…” I managed to say after recovering from my initial shock. Jessie and Salena continued smiling brightly at me. I found myself smiling at them before inviting them into my room. “I’ll never get used to how big this place is…” Jessie said with a wistful sigh. “It really is too big,” I readily agreed after closing the door. “Sorry for dropping by so suddenly but we did want to surprise you,” Salena said apologetically.“It was an exciting kind of surprise. Don’t worry about it. Thank you for dropping by,” I said as I gestured for them to sit on the sofa. The two girls hesitated a little as they turned to stare at each other. I couldn’t quite understand the silent message that was communicated between them. “Is something wrong?” I asked. “Umm…the thing is…” Salena murmured before looking at Jessie as if begging for her help. Her reaction just made me more curious about what was really going on. Now that I thought about it, were maids that didn’t work here allowed to just
“Obviously, I am not going to be your teacher for everything. In fact, I can only teach you the expectations of an honorable maiden and some other basic skills. For the other lessons that you will be required to attend, there will be specialized teachers that will help guide you. Is that clear?” Madame asked as she started her lecture. “Yes, Madame…” I replied. “Good. During the next few months, you will be expected to study economics, history, international politics, etiquette, and dance. Are there any topics that you are already familiar with?” she said before narrowing her eyes a little at me. Apart from cleaning and cooking, I doubt I could be called familiar with anything else. I shook my head to reply to her question.“I expected that, and I instructed all your teachers to start from the very basics in your education. A schedule has been prepared for you and you are to follow it strictly, do you understand?” she asked again.“Yes, I understand,” I replied as expected.“You wi
“The key thing that you should remember is that this kingdom was established under the king’s will to gather powerful alphas and those with wolf blood. Because the wolf clans were dying out, he thought that it was important for the survival of the race to unite all wolves into one strong kingdom. The king at that time, saved all the wolves that he could and built this empire to keep them safe,” Anna explained. Only around half an hour into my lesson, the door to the classroom that we were in burst open. The loud sound of the door slamming against the wall caught both of our attention. “I thought I made it clear already that I’ll be teaching Mila myself…” Prince Leonard walked calmly into the room, and I could feel his eyes on me. It had been so many days since I last saw him. Just seeing him made my heart race wildly in my chest. It was still hard for me to believe that he was really here. “Prince Leonard…” I whispered his name. “Your Highness!” Anna exclaimed as she stood up fro
“What do you mean?” I asked curiously. How can the textbook be wrong?“Well, how do I put this? Even if history did already take place, books and lessons about history are still open to many interpretations and representation…” the prince explained. I cocked my head to the side in slight confusion because I didn’t quite get what he was talking about. What does he mean by history being interpreted and represented differently? “Let me try that again. There’s a staying that history is written by the winners, right? Have you heard that before?” he asked. “No…” I mumbled. “Basically, what that means is that the person who has the right to write these history books can basically write whatever they want in it. They can tell their version of the story in the way that they want it to be told. People like you, the readers, who don’t know anything will have no choice but to believe that it is true,” Prince Leonard explained before he grinned at me. “So, this book isn’t telling the truth a
What would the strong choose to do to the weak?“What did the king do to the weak?” I asked when I managed to speak again. “A long time ago, there were countless wolf packs in this world. You can call them packs, you can call them kingdoms, villages, tribes, or even nations. Wolves were everywhere. It isn’t entirely wrong to say that the first king united the wolves into this current kingdom; however, he didn’t do it to save them…” the prince explained before he paused. I didn’t know what to say so I waited for him to go on. My eyes lowered from his eyes to his lips…Concentrate, Mila…He’s trying to teach me something important yet I’m…“The first king raised an army of strong alphas, called the Ultimate Alphas. With that army, he raged war on other packs. He captured the people with wolf blood and made sure that the strongest were brought to his kingdom. In other words, he didn’t save those wolves because they needed to be saved. Instead, to fulfill his selfish desire of building
That was easy for him to say…How am I supposed to concentrate when I’m sitting on his lap and he’s basically breathing behind my ear? My entire body stiffened when he carried me against his body and sat down in his seat again, this time with me on his lap. Behind held in his arms while sitting on his lap made me very aware of our size difference. His arms pulled me back closer against his body until I felt the heat of his body against my back. He left one arm around my waist to keep me in place before his other hand reached out to pull the book closer to us on the table. “You’re so small, you’re like a doll…” he commented before he chuckled a little close to my ear. Sometimes it felt like he could tell what I was thinking although I knew that he couldn’t read my mind. “Take a look at this map, Mila,” he said softly. I was too aware of how close he was to me and because of that I found it very hard to concentrate. I tried my best to focus on the map that he was showing me. “This
I took a deep breath as I tried to calm myself. That move backfired when I ended up breathing in a lungful of the prince’s scent. Was it just me or did the smell of roses intensify so much in such a short period of time?The sweet smell soon became so intoxicating that I couldn’t really hear what Prince Leonard was saying anymore. My mind felt hazy and I couldn’t concentrate no matter how hard I tried. My body shifted uncomfortably on the prince’s lap as my breathing quickened. The throbbing pain in my shoulder returned in full stream as my body seemed to heat up. I placed a hand on my chest as I struggled to breathe. I should have known that something like this was bound to happen if I was close to the prince for too long. “Mila…” Prince Leonard called my name softly.The sound of his voice surprised me and so did the strange feeling that started fluttering in the pit of my stomach. I let out a soft moan when my lower abdomen clenched and a throbbing ache began forming in between m