All Chapters of Engaged to the Prince: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Katie licked her dry lips and took a small sip from her cup of coffee. “So I really saw your past in the fire?” The group nodded in unison, looking rather sullen. Kaine sat beside Katie and continued. “We need your help about this, actually. We need to get her out of the cave.” “I’m sorry, I just don’t know how I enter the picture; I don’t have anything to contribute.” “We honestly don’t know either but… being summoned here and finding a diviner in the same place is not a coincidence,” Marielle said, “Trust me, you’re significant in this. We just honestly don’t know how.” “May I ask, who summoned you here?” Katie asked after a moment of hesitation. “Probably the gods,” Ryle said, exasperated. “They did that before.” “I see,” Katie took another sip of her coffee, thoughtful. “How did you end up in the island with the cave?” “Same answer,” Xena replied. “So can’t we ask them to release Jainella?” The group sighed

“We have the glasses,” Katie slightly raised the tray in her hands when they got to her bedroom. “Nice setup you got here.” The pillows were arranged in a circle one the carpet, probably one for each person. The bottles of soda were placed on one side and the snacks were piled beside it. Katie distributed the glasses among them and filled each glass with soda. “You guys, I swear this is not Katie’s first time sneaking! You can barely hear her footsteps!” Arianne praised, resting her hand on Katie’s shoulder. “My parents were strict so I learned to go around them whenever they were sleeping,” Katie replied, but a sheepish expression showed on her face. “Although, I never thought I would feel proud saying that.” “So there is a dark side to Her Highness,” Xena snickered. “I know you nobles have troubles from time to time but… it’s still refreshing to know you have such pasts.” “If we show instability, it could trouble the people.” Tha

“I heard you’re here!” Alexander muttered once he had entered the library.He approached the familiar wall of books that Katie had set up from a week before. Behind that was a napping Katie, using an open book as her pillow.“Did she not sleep properly last night?” He muttered to himself. He brushed away the hair that had fallen on her face and noticed the dark circles under her eyes.The doors to the library opened once more and Katie shot up on her seat, pretending to read the book she opened. Alexander practically sprang away from her table, startled with how sudden the princess moved.“No use pretending,” Arden told her. “Here, I brought you water.”“Thanks,” Katie grabbed the glass of water but paused to look at it. “Why is there a cam inside?”“A…  clam?” Arden and Alexander exchanged glances.After a split second, Katie’s

Katie awakened to a heated argument among the group. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a familiar, large, well-lit air pocket, its ground covered in dense vegetation. The only exit visible was a large opening ahead, but past it was nothing but darkness.“Why are you being so insensitive?! Shouldn’t you be a little more caring? You’ve been in this situation before!” Éclair exclaimed, her motherly demeanor gone.“Because dwelling on the fact that we’re back in this damn labyrinth will be detrimental to our performance,” Ryle replied, his voice barely even.“Guys, please stop. Fighting won’t help us either,” Marielle said calmly, picking at the loose seams on her clothes.“Katie’s awake,” Xena told the two as soon as she noticed Katie open her eyes.The others gathered around her, asking how she was feeling. Katie winced when she felt her head throb. She

“I think there may be a fixed path to this,” Katie muttered weakly, wiping the blood on her mouth with her clothes. “I think so too,” Marielle nodded. “The right path was not to prevent the murder. It was to let things happen the way they were supposed to.” “So why bring us here at all?” Ryle asked. “If nothing can be done, it feels-” Arianne wrinkled her nose. “Useless,” Kaine continued. As the commotion escalated, even to the spectators, the group decided to hide in the forest beside the temple. Katie noticed how they all closed their eyes or would avert their gazes in guilt whenever they heard someone scream for help. She looked down herself, knowing that they would have helped if it didn’t kill her. “What could possibly lead to an entire population to resort to this?” Kaine muttered. “I don’t know the reason but I think I know where we are now,” Katie answered. “This is Aelysia… when it was still a continent.” “Have you seen Aelysia? It’s a small country, not a continent,”