Aria povI wonder if I was the only one in Esterial who knows about king Kaida secret. Elqenna could know but I doubt she lives in Esterial. Ever since the day I met her, I haven't seen her again since then. I only remember about her whenever I thought of how I got my pendant. Secret could be nothing but an heavy burden sometimes. Usually I don't care, but this situation about king Kaida bothers me. "Lady Aria your skirts is up." Erika said. "Lady Aria, lady Aria!" "Stop shouting, I can hear you, Erika! is there really any need to put it down? I wasn't the one who made it go up anyway." Vampires kept coming in full speed, it somehow felt like they were battling among themselves on who was the fastest. Couldn't they just walked in like any normal beings? Because of their damn fast feet, the wind kept lifting my skirt up. I'm sick of putting it down. Even my hair feels ruined.King Kaida had ordered everyone to gather at the garden. Sir Nuriel cases would finally be clearfield. Was h
Aria povI rolled around the bed, stretching out my hand to the little table by the bed side. Usually Erika always kept a cup of water there for me to drink incase I was thirsty. She didn't know that the only time I ever got to drink her water was at noon, when I was done with Brunhilda lessons early for the day.I got the chances to lay down on prince Zane bed, have a proper sleep that no floor in the world could grant me. To think I was worried about a prince who had done nothing but torment my life ever since I came to the palace. As I took in the water from the glass, I look at my surrounding. Time flew away while I was asleep. The day was becoming dark. Why didn't Erika wake me up? I always instructed her to wake me up early before evening came with it cold breeze. If only the chilling breezes was the only thing the evening brought to me. My evening always came with prince Zane coming back to the room. Although most days he never comes back early, the moment he's back, I go back
Aria povLast night was strangely unforgettable for me. It was my first night with prince Zane on the bed. The first night he actually allowed me to stayed on his bed, together with him. We didn't do anything sexual, it feels wrong to touch him like that. Mostly when he was feeling down for reasons I didn't understand. Okay, to be honest I was no saint, I hated myself for it. But being with prince Zane alone, watching him looking so vulnerable for the first time in my arms gave me the desire to do more than just lay down with him on that bed. I don't know what was wrong with me, maybe the only reason i felt like that was because he had ordered everyone to leave us alone. Last night we slept together in each other arms without a single word. His embrace was gentle. Each time I would like to tell myself that the only reason I still haven't pulled myself away from him was because the last person that acted like they wanted me like this was alpha Bryant. It could be that my heart still mi
Aria povNormally I woke up on the bed alone whenever I slept on the floor. But this time around, I woke up on the floor. To be more precise, Erika woke me up from the floor. At first she was confused on why I was sleeping on the floor, where there was a good bed in sight. Fortunately for me prince Zane was peacefully having his early morning tea in the room. He manages to convince Erika that I easily roll off the bed whenever he wasn't there with me. To me it was an obvious lie, but Erika believe it because she still thought that we were in love. Erika was done with helping me get ready for the day, prince Zane was still in the room. I wonder what he was waiting for. Things between the both of us have been back to normal, and by normal I mean we weren't talking to each other. Not like we ever did, I sort of thought things will change after that day. Now with the way things was, it was just as though that day nevered happened. Any thoughts of it was a lie.Erika braided my hair and t
Aria pov"Something on your mind lady Aria?" King Kaida ask me. I wonder if it was okay to ask him. Would it be rude? But then again, when have I ever cared about being rude. "your majesty is this place another one of your secret chambers?" The room looks different from the last one he called me to when he was feeling unwell. At that time he was hiding his sickness from everyone in the palace.King Kaida chuckled. He didn't always laugh with me. Whenever I got too deep in his matters, he always made sure to remind me who he was and my place in Esterial. In short, even though we understood each other. King Kaida always made sure to remind me that our friendly relationship should always be kept at arm's length. "This isn't a secret chamber Lady Aria. This is my office. Don't tell me you thought the king of Esterial spend all the days of his life in a throne room." King Kaida drop the pen he had been using to hit his desk lightly. He smirked at me. "Although it's just an office, it
Aria pov"Have you heard of the news, my lady," Erika said, as she braided my hair."What news?" "The Athelstan royal family, they are coming to Esterial." Ohh, it was just a piece of old news. King Kaida recently inform me of their forthcoming arrival. "Okay," I replied to Erika with zero excitement in my voice. "I'm guessing you don't know. I thought you would be worried, my lady. either you trust prince Zane's affection for you or you are just confident that you can handle what was coming." Now I'm a bit confused, what was she talking about?"My lady, what do you think of this style? It is new, should I bring in the mirror for you, so you can have a look at it?" "No Erika!" I panicked at the idea of seeing a mirror in front of Erika "remember I don't like mirrors." My hands went up to check Erika's braiding. It felt neat. "It's okay. I trust whatsoever style you make for me. It's always beautiful." As long as I don't look like a clown, I'm okay."Thank you, my lady." Erika ga
Aria pov"Have you translated it?" Lady Brunhilda asks.I took a look at what I have translated. I wanted everything to be perfect but it was not. Blicht language was harder to learn than I thought. I passed over my paper to Brunhilda. She carefully look at my work, her mouth was in a straight line. I couldn't tell if she like what I did or not. If her lips went up then she approves, but if it went down then lady Brunhilda was once again disappointed in me.Lady Brunhilda gave me a little nod, then a full-bloom smile, like she was proud of me for the first time since she started teaching me. I felt sort of happy. I guess I wanted to be praised for the hard work I put into learning this time. Unlike other times that I didn't care. "I'm amazed by the progress you are making lady Aria. Surely, you must be a genius." Not a genius, it was all hard work and effort. A maid barge into the room and rushes over to me and lady Brunhilda. Her breath was heavy, she sweating, and her looks were
Aria povThe guards went forward to open the carriages. A man who seem to be the same age as king Kaida came out. Along with his wife and his daughter. His daughter, princess Thaisa Athelstan, was beautiful. She looks like a model with long blonde hair from her mother and beautiful blue eyes from her father. The moment she came out, I watched her as her eyes search the crowd for one person. Prince Zane. Although I was standing next to prince Zane. I felt invincible under her gaze. All she could see was the prince and it irritate me. I was getting annoyed, a strange anger was building up inside of me. Without thinking I took prince Zane's hand, connecting our hands. My actions made princess Thaisa gaze at me for the first time. I was expecting her to be angry but instead, she just looked sad. There was one other emotion in her eyes. It was an emotion I couldn't tell."Prince Zane, my dear boy. It has been so long since I have last seen you. You have grown so much," king Edward Athelst