ELSA'S POV"Are you sure you want to come to this dinner? You can stay here and I promise to still get you your food." Nia said, her back against my door as if that would stop me from leaving if I wanted to."Yeah, I'm going to be okay. You know why?" I asked and Nia shook her head."Why?""Because you are going to be there. I don't have to do it alone. It's just to stuff our faces and the torture is over right? I'm going to be okay. Great even. All I have to do is mind my food and enjoy a nice date with my shrimps." I said and Nia laughed. I had said that to calm her down, let her not worry about me and her shit at the same time. Miraculously, it was happening."You see the brightest situation out of everything, has anyone ever told you that? And I love that for you, it's therapeutic.""It is. Are you okay? Are you set to go? You know we could still Todd the thing right outside the window and go watch Sherlock Holmes together in my room, relaxed and all. Buttered popcorn and a cozy b
ELSA'S POVThe next morning made me feel a lot better than I had the previous night. I shook off the feeling of betrayal and sadness and decided I was going to have a great day. Nothing was going to stop me. Not even someone I loved.I decided to make a stop at the library and read some books. The halls were very big and the walls were tall. Incredibly so, I stood to admire just how a great job the builders had done. I walked to the history section as I was fully in the mood to get my mind off some things, fiction was the last thing I needed right now. I scrolled, scrutinizing. The historic district of the castle. The historic district of the foods. The historic district of the rules. Everything had their share of beginning and it was so cool. Just as I was about to move to the next shelf on that section to look for something I could keep my hands on, read, and probably finish that day, a large book fell off the shelf, coming down with such a powerful tumble that I jumped.I picked th
NIA'S POV"So where were you?" I asked Elsa who sat on her bed eating ice cream. It had not been too long since the training had been over and I decided it was not unfair if I took some scoops for myself. It had been a long I had last indulged and this little one was not going to kill me right?"I went up to the library, wanted to read something fun, but..." She trailed, suddenly closely studying her spoon closely. She wanted to say something but was holding back."What? What do you want to say?""Nothing.""No, uh-uh. Don't do that, you wanted to say something but stopped yourself on time. Come on, spit it out already.""Well... Okay. You are so observant, it's so annoying sometimes. Well, I um... I think I found something.""What did you find?" I asked, curiosity leading me in strings."I found this small scrapbook of um... Well, history, I think. It looked very interesting and super confidential at the same time because you don't keep things that are meant to be secretive in a publ
NIA'S POV"I was hoping we could get something to eat... Later, tonight. Like you know... Eat something light and drink fancy wine." Silas said, looking at me and smiling. I squinted my eyes, wondering how the topic had seemed to drastically change, well maybe drastic was a strong word. Not maybe, it was."Well we always eat light food and drink fancy wine for dinner at that dining table, right?" I asked and he chuckled and shook his head."You are gonna make me say it, won't you?""I have no idea what you are talking about." That was not a complete truth. I had the feeling he was about to ask me out, officially. Which would be the first, comfortable one as the other one where he had dropped the bombshell of a wife
URSULA'S POVThe minute I found out that I was not pregnant, to say that I was relieved was an understatement. All I wanted to do was just to savor the moment where I know that nothing was wrong and that everything was just going to be fine."You have been out here for a long time now and I don't know what you seem to love about it but I am willing to join in already. Reason or no reason." I looked behind me and saw Arthur coming to seat beside me, hands akimbo. His face was missing any sort of emotion and I couldn't say I was surprised by that. From the way he always had Emily on his ass and Elsa missing dinner all around, I could tell that he had a lot on his plate."I am enjoying the breeze and basking in the sun at the same time. I feel like I have been judging sunbathing for too long without any reason." I said and chuckled. Small talk was not my thing. A small smile appeared on his face. That was something."Well, the sun could be our resting place sometimes.""Yeah, I guess. Ar
URSULA'S POVI froze there for a while and in a manner that one might think I was dead or something. I could not deal with both of them at the same time or I would say something bad. At that moment I just prayed that Arthur could ask him to just leave and let us finish this conversation of love-filled moments. With Elsa."Well, come seat down. I had been looking for you. I think Ursula missed her calling, pretty sure she would have made a more beautiful counselor than a historian." Arthur said, smiling genuinely if I could just erase that smile long enough to ask him to leave and never return. While that sounded a tad deep, I thought it was fair. Ever since the fight between Andrew and me, we hadn't even talktalkededd I found myself most hours during the day reaching out to the phone to call him and ask how his day was going. Maybe let him know that I was outside my window, spying on him and wishing he could just come up so that we could snuggle. Or maybe tell him to stay away from Ke
ELSA'S POV"You said that?" I asked Nia who sat at the edge of my bed heaving and sweating. Her eyes twitched which gave me the large tidbit, if that was even a word, that she was angry."I said that and I walked out. I just couldn't stay there and get insulted by a nine-year-old. It was so annoying and I could hardly believe that it took Silas that long until she pulled up that stunt to realize it.""She is his kid, Nia. Every kid is good and worthy in their parent's eyes. You can't possibly blame him for thinking that just child had a genuine interest in you.""Well, yeah. Couldn't she just be that good and worthy continuously and not test anything on me?""She's a kid. She is gonna do kid things." Elsa said and I squinted my eyes at her. Okay, the defending thing was making me mad."Yeah, maybe she should tune down a bit. It was evening and I decided to go have dinner with her dad, she comes uninvited and still wants to make my time a living hell. How do you think it made me feel w
ELSA'S POV"Do I need to dress all fancy? It is just another sight-seeing on my part. I'm pretty sure a pair of jeans, shirt, and boot could cut it here." I complained, looking at myself in the mirror. While I just kept complaining, the fancy yellow sundress I had on was not that bad. It wasn't bad at all."It's kind of a formal party or whatever they do that accompanies opera singing, you are going to have to dress like someone who is in attendance with the lycan king. Nothing too casual. The last thing I want right now is pulling attention to ourselves, I already have lots of those, trust me when I say I do not need more of it." Nia said from the other side of the room. Her skit gown was beyond sophisticated and smooth. If anyone didn't know that she was the Lycan king's wife, they were going to be all eyes on her."Well, you are going to draw some attention to yourself. I mean... Did you look at yourself in the mirror? Have you seen yourself?" I said and she chuckled softly, pullin