3. Discovering his hidden character

Paula's p.o.v

Today was one of the worst days of my life, immediately I took a bath, my ladies dressed me up, a servant came to inform me that my carriage was ready, I wanted father to see me off but he refused, he was busy with one of his concubines to even say a simple goodbye to his only daughter. 

I got in the carriage with Lauren while the others got in the other carriage, when the carriage began moving, I sighed sadly. 

"My princess are you okay?" Lauren asked with concern. 

"Yeah" I answered then leaned against the couch and closed my eyes. . . . 

I was woken up by the sound of loud trumpets, I quickly sat upright and found Lauren asleep, I looked outside the window, it was no longer morning but mid-evening. 

The carriage was moving slowly in the street where people were gathered and cheering, Lauren woke up and looked at me then at the window. 

"We are here?" She asked as I nodded and closed the window. 

Lauren quickly fixed my veil that was covering my face, if there was one rule I abided by, was the rule that said I was to cover my face before marriage, only after the wedding was I allowed to choose either to cover my face or let it show. 

The carriage stopped and the door was opened for us, Lauren came out first then I followed, I looked at the huge beautiful castle that was in front of us. 

Many richly dressed men stood looking at me and my ladies, but amongst the men, one caught my eye, he was taller and somehow huge than the rest, his robes were expensively designed, his ring and neck jewelry were the finest, it was the first time looking at men this close, amongst all of them he was the most handsome, his eyes were light green and his hair dark blond, although he was very handsome his eyes were not welcoming but rather cold and unfriendly, the man that stood next to him was a bit shorter and not that largely built, he had long dark hair and was smiling happily at us, he looked very friendly. 

"Um excuse me but, didn't the king ride with you?" He asked while still smiling at us. 

"No, he sends his apology" Lauren answered then handed a scroll to the man who took it and read it silently.

I had no idea father had given Lauren the scroll, he must have made sure not to see my annoying face. 

"Oh okay, I understand, your Father won't attend the wedding, but you are here so let's carry on with the plan, the wedding is in an hour," he said as I looked at Lauren in shock.

The tall handsome man turned and left with a displeased expression and some of the men. 

"Welcome," the friendly man who held the scroll said as two ladies approached us. 

"They will attend to you your highness and help you prepare for your wedding," the man said.

"I'm Cindy," the tall older redhead said. 

"And I am Amore," the younger redhead said as they both bowed. 

"I must admit your country does have very beautiful women, you are all breathtaking," the man said as I smiled, my ladies giggled happily. 

The man took Lauren's hand and kissed it. 

"Your highness, it's a pleasure to finally meet you," he said. 

I smiled keeping my laughter in, did he think Lauren was me? Lauren bowed low.

"Likewise" she played on.

The man turned and left with a chuckle, he really was friendly, if he was the king I had a feeling we would try and rule hand in hand peacefully. 

"This way my lady" Cindy and Amore said as they walked in the castle. 

We all followed them upstairs, when we reached a certain room they pushed open the door, we all walked in. 

I took off my veil while looking around, the bedroom wasn't much different from my room back in my kingdom, the only difference was that the things in this room were a bit more expensive. 

Lauren went out leaving me with my ladies, Cindy and Amore.

"Isn't any of you going to escort her highness?" Cindy and Amore asked together.

"Oh, we will" Bridget answered as she got Cleo's hand and walked out. 

"They are weird, huh, how could you forget your duty easily," Amore asked. 

"Do you think her highness went to talk to our king?" Cindy asked. 

"No way, that would be a mistake" Amore answered. 

"Why is that?" I asked curiously. 

They looked at each other for some minutes. 

"Girls we are all servants here," Miriam said trying to make them spill anything they know. 

"Well um.. The king is busy preparing the wedding" Cindy answered in a whisper. 

"Oh yes preparing it on lady Grace" Amore answered with laughter as I frowned confused. 

"Lady Grace?" Debby asked. 

"Yes, lady Grace the beautiful daughter of lord Ridder" Cindy answered. 

"You mean, he is having sex with her right now as we speak?, As in he sleeps with her?" I asked trying to understand what I thought I was hearing wrong.

"The king sleeps with Almost half of the castle ladies, the king finds pleasure in all the women here, mostly the younger ones, but his best is lady Grace, I can bet you five tails of gold right now, when you go upstairs you will hear the screams, he can never get enough of lady Grace, every time we walk by we could hear their moans and groans and at times when the king sits with lady Grace on his throne he touches her almost everywhere, his not afraid to show everyone how much she means to him," Amore said. 

"Poor princess, she will be marrying a man who is in love with another, rumor has it that our king only agreed to marry the princess because of the ministers who advised him to do it, he wanted to wed lady Grace but the ministers couldn't agree on it," Cindy said as I sat down powrlessly. 

"It seems our princess is really unlucky" I whispered sadly. 

"No don't say that," Debby and Miriam said together. 

The door opened and Lauren walked in with Bridget and Cleo. 

Cindy and Amore bowed low.

"Its time to start the preparations," Lauren said seriously. 

"Yes princess" Cindy and Amore answered together. 

"Not me, I'm not the princess, she is," she said pointing at me. 

Cindy and Amore looked at me in shock, I stood up then smiled. 

"Your secret is safe ladies, thank you for opening up to me and my ladies, now if you will help me get ready for my wedding," I said as they bowed. 

"Right away your highness" they answered in fear.