Chapter Thirteen (Akasha)

“You’re a fucken Prince?” Ari asked in disbelief, as we exited the throne room.

“Why didn’t you tell us?” I asked, confused. It really didn’t make a difference if he was royalty or not.

“The prince likes you.” Ela teased me when I frowned.

“Princes come with a lot of baggage.” Karm commented.

He shrugged, “People tend to find out who I am and treat me differently and I didn’t want you to.”

“He wanted you to like him for who he is, not what he is.” Ela smiled.

“We are not that shallow.” I noted as he nodded and kept walking.

I looked around at the splendor, everything was made of marble. The walls and columns were white marble, and the floors were black marble, everything was cleaned to perfection, we followed him down a long hallway that was open to the courtyard, even the courtyard cobblestones were black marble stark against the greenery and flowers that lined the walkways and entrances.

As beautiful as this place was, I missed the forest, everything here was a little too or