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
Aria povI must have been cursed. What is wrong with me right now? Princess Thaisa hasn't done anything bad to me, yet I dislike her. I feel like I hate her but hate is a strong word. For someone, I don't even know. It had been a few days since she had been here.Princess Thaisa has been nice to me, she gave me a gift along with the rest of the royal family and also respected me as prince Zane's fiance. Yet why can't I stop comparing her to Jenny? They were both different, Thaisa was not as evil and manipulative as Jenny was. Although, her feelings for prince Zane were as clear as day. Strangely I couldn't blame her for being unable to hide her feelings for prince Zane. Somehow I understood her and I hate it. Understanding her still wasn't making me like her. I wish I had an actual excuse for disliking her. Something that makes me mad, something that wasn't about prince Zane."Lady Aria. Are you okay?" "Lady Aria!" Brunhilda shouted. "Yeah," I snap out of my thoughts and focus on l
Aria pov"Ugh, I feel so hungry." Where was Erika? Is she putting me on a fast without my permission? Not like I ever go on fast. I'm a werewolf with a big appetite. Starving myself equals death. I still don't know how some humans are able to do it. They called it dieting. But to me, they were slowly killing themselves. Slowly letting themselves wither away. I couldn't blame them though. If I was human, I might probably do the same thing. I was a bit chubby were I was younger. I'm glad I had a strong werewolf gene if not I would have probably remained that way. Self-confidence wasn't an easy thing. I have seen people struggle with it, I wasn't an exception either. There was so much involved in growing up. If only being an adult was good enough to put an end to all of it. But I knew that it wasn't. With each age, new challenges. If you don't overcome one. It hunts you as you grow older. It sticks to you like a stubborn glue that refuses to come out. It was no different from your own
Aria pov"So there was no catastrophe today?" I asked Erika."No, my lady. Princess Thaisa's servant was well-behaved. Nadia must have reminded her that this is Esterial and not Survnial. I'm sure that she reported what had happened to the prince." "Okay." I gaze at the clock that was hanging on the wall. I have spent more time talking with Erika than I usually do at night. It somehow felt like I was looking for something to do. Anything. Like I was trying to just pass time. I should sleep. Erika had taken so much time in the kitchen the other day, because of princess Thaisa's servant, Cecilia. She was making unreasonable demands. Cecilia was trying to boss everyone in the kitchen, demanding that no one should attend to Erika until princess Thaisa's demands have been made. Her demands were close to impossible. She was asking for meals that couldn't be found in Esterial. Erika told me that she held herself back from slapping Cecilia in the face. Instead of wasting time by partaking
Aria pov"My lady there is no need for you to carry the books lady Brunhilda had given to you," Erika said."What do you mean that?" I asked.Was there something I wasn't aware of? Usually, Erika didn't act like this, it could be that either prince Zane or King Kaida have once again organized an event I wasn't aware of, as much as I like slacking off on any free day I'm able to get, lady Brunhilda lessons were the perfect distraction for me these days. Her lessons help me to stop thinking so much about stupid things.Things such as prince Zane and practically anything that had to do with him. I have been getting good at Blicht language. Lady Brunhilda has been feeling a whole lot like a proud teacher. All it took was for me to see prince Zane having the time of his life with princess Thaisa for me to come back to my senses. I haven't set my eyes on him ever since that day. I would love to say that I no longer think about him at night but I still do. I still wait for him at night, los
Aria povThere was an annoying pounding on the door. I tried using my pillow to block off the noise by wrapping it around my ears but it wasn't working. Who on earth was that? Was the palace on fire? Even if that was the case, couldn't it find another time to set itself ablaze? I was really tired, I needed to sleep."Go away!" I scream out loud at whoever decided that disturbing my sleep was a good idea. My eyes were finally shutting without me feeling tormented by any thoughts of prince Zane. This was the first time someone had been so daring to knock at prince Zane's door like this. It could be that this person was desperately in need of help, or was in some sort of danger. I don't care about whoever it was that was behind that door. Their life and mine was different. Whatsoever mess anyone had tangled themselves with. They should leave me out of it."Go away!" I scream again. Louder than the first time. My voice only encourages this person to continue knocking. The noise was so