NIA'S POVThe garden looked great enough for Silas and me. I made sure of it. I had maids that I could ask for an underground favor. In this case. It was exactly what I had done. This was my first date with this guy and I didn't want to push it with him. I was not even certain it was a date but I dared to dream. All I had to do was wait for Silas. If this was going to work, I had to come up with ways to tell Arthur I had to annul the marriage, after all, I wasn't his mate and we weren't even in love. I heard footsteps approach which pulled me from the thoughts, I turned around and found Silas staring at me then diverting his gaze immediately after mine met his. He was nervous, steadily clenching and unclenching his fists almost straggling the single rose flower he held. Didn't the thorns hurt though?"Hey. You made it. I'm glad." I said. I was more than glad, I was ecstatic even. I had spent many hours with Elsa, and that was how I settled for this red designer. It was a dress I saved
ARTHUR'S POVWhile Kelly was still hovering around the whole place and making my head hurt from talking, I sought a chance to talk to Elsa alone. I didn't like the fact that she was spending time with Elton. It was pretty obvious that he liked her. Possibly loved her because he looked goofy to me. I was still in deep thought, standing in the middle of the large library my father had spent a fortune to install in the house when I heard footsteps. Light ones so I instantly knew they didn't belong to Andrew. I peeked through the small hole in the shelves and I saw Elsa there, browsing through the historical book section.I cleared my throat before my eyes could wander, God knew they would. She turned around immediately, and her shoulders jerked."Hey. How have you been? How was your night?" Why was I suddenly asking all these weird questions I could see the answer to?"It was good. Good to all of them. How about you?""It was equally nice. I see you came to take hold of a nice read." Obv
NIA'S POVTraining with the Conbraids was becoming a part of me. It was a good reason to wake up every morning. Fight for your people as royalty and in your way, and see the face of the person you had steady dreams of. If Elsa had not talked sense into me, I would have still not given him a chance to talk and explain himself while we were in the same situation here. He was married and so was I, so why didn't I let him speak? I had decided to wait till it was an evening to talk to him, but I could no longer wait, I had to tell Elton to tell him I was waiting for him in the garden and that it was very urgent, something about my moves. It worked. As I saw him approaching me, I could feel my heartbeat plummet, and my hands sweat."Hey." He said, keeping a safe distance between us, a look of uncertainty on his face, who could blame him? I was the one who shooed him last night, right?"Hi. I need help with my... Um... moves thingy." I blurted out and his eyebrows rose, I almost palmed my fa
URSULA'S POVEverything was going fast. Incredibly. Even though Andrew was rushing our relationship, I felt something for him. I could safely say it was love. That feeling, but the further things went around here, the more uncertain I was. I stepped into the hallway and rushed to my bedroom, I opened the door only to see Kelly on top of Andrew, his hands on her arm. I couldn't tell if they were pushing her away or pulling her closer. My eyes had already seen the most important, or hurting. What were they even doing in my room? My eyes refused to meet Andrew's, not only because we weren't alone and I didn't want Kelly to have any suspicions, but because I also didn't want him to see the pain that lay raw in my eyes. I masked the hurt with a smile, it was one of the things I was good at after all, masking feelings."You guys are so funny, you didn't see anywhere else, but my room." I forced out a dry laugh, so humorless anyone with half-wit would know that something was up, not Kelly th
ELSA'S POVArthur and I had spoken recently so why couldn't I just get some rest? I hadn't given him a no or a yes and yet I was bothered about Emily. Kelly was still around though, making my every day a nightmare.I rushed downstairs when I could no longer hold what I longed to ask inside. I knocked on the door of Arthur's office when no one answered I knocked again, this time his baritone voice called out and ordered whomever it was in. I entered. He sat at his table, his spectacles on, and his laptop sat on top of the table as he tick-tacked away. He paused as he saw me, then smiled lightly and resumed again."Hey, Elsa.""Hi. I didn't even know you wear spectacles, are those real lenses?" I asked and he laughed and nodded."I do wear spectacles, I just try to keep them in here alone. I work with them and dispose of them. They make me feel old, older than I am." He joked and I laughed."They make you look great though.""Thank you." He said and we stayed there for a while, staring
ANDREW'S POVI exhaled when we were asked to leave the room for Arthur and Edgar as I needed to. I hadn't been myself since the previous day and Ursula would not give me a chance to speak. To top it all, Kelly had herself all over me which irritated me more than I wanted it to. I was a few inches away from losing it on her, she was clingy, selfish, and forceful. I couldn't believe that I had been careless with her thinking it was Ursula. I pulled out a cigarette thinking perhaps it would reduce the heavy thoughts I have going on in my mind."You smoke? I'm not surprised." Kelly said from behind me. If I could flee and perhaps never return until she leaves I would have done that and enjoyed every single moment of it."It is cold outside and I am a wolf, I need my warm. Sometimes. What are you doing outside here?" I said, praying and hoping that she would do anything at all but to seat with me."I could ask you the same thing too," Kelly said moving closer to me."I literarily just answ
ARTHUR'S POVI preferred when it was just me in my study sipping on champagne. It allowed me to get my mind off things, of the things that sat before me now. I sighed. The council's hungry eyes never left mine, especially Edgar and Kelly. On usual days, I would consider myself a feminist but not today. I had to ask."What are you doing here, Kelly?" She froze and then looked at me, her eyes flashed, then she hid it with a smile."Hmmm. I am here because I am part of the council.""Since when? I know very well that I didn't permit it." I said and she looked at me intently then looked away."Well, we had the opportunity to invite her as she had arrived, so I
ELSA'S POVLetter in the mail for me? No one ever knew where I was, how could I be receiving letters? Nia and the maid that reported it sat there, I didn't want to be obvious that I was panicking, but I was. Gravely so."Are you sure that you did not see the person that sent this? Surely, if it was mailed today, then you could have seen it, yes?" I asked, praying that she had seen them. I hadn't read the letter, yet. I did not know its content and I wasn't eager to know."I did not see them, ma'am. But I'm sure you can still know if you wish, there should be a returning address." She said and I rolled my eyes. Nia chuckled at the obvious fact that the maid had just stated. "I know what a letter contains, crystal. Is there a CCTV camera on this premises?""Of course there are. This is a royal ground and the king needs all the extra eyes he can. The guards are not to be trusted, they doze off more than try should and sometimes on duty. Edward especially. After the last rogue attack on