Aria povLady Brunhilda's chamber was quiet. I silently pretended to be reading the book she gave to me. My mind was too distracted with the thought of prince Zane, just when I thought I could stop thinking about him. After that night I was falling miserably at my attempt to not think of him. He didn't answer the question I asked him about if he was in love with princess Thaisa or not. It shouldn't bother me so much that he didn't answer the question I had asked him but I couldn't stop myself from letting it bother me.Which was it? Did he love her or not? Most importantly, I didn't want to care, I never answered his question about my true identity. Still, my lack of answers shouldn't correspond with his. Our questions were completely different. Why was he treating me like this? Leaving me in so much doubt.Perhaps the problem wasn't prince Zane but me. I have been asking myself why I cared so much about princess Thaisa ever since she came to Esterial. Prince Zane was not my friend.
Aria povI have never been the kind of girl who hangs out with other girls. Before I left dreamstake pack, my best friends were all guys. Our friendship lasted for a few years until two thought that killing me was a great idea. I won't deny the fact that I did deserve it, but just because I deserve it means that I wanted to die. I was the first one who got betrayed by them anyway. So I feel nothing about what I did. I was in a different garden at the palace with princess Thaisa. I know what anyone might what to ask, what was I doing in a garden, peacefully sipping tea with princess Thaisa? Even though we weren't even friends. Well to cool anyone's mind. I wasn't the one who made the first approach, I wasn't even a tea person but princess Thaisa didn't need to know that. Right now she was right where I want her. Unlike every other garden in the palace. This one was different, I don't know how the flowers were grown because it was in the palace, flourishing as though they were planted
Aria pov"My lady, your planned work. A lot of opinions about princess Thaisa have changed. Those that were in support of her love towards prince Zane are no longer in her favor." "I know Erika. It was a nice plan wasn't it?" I play around with one of my makeup that had been neatly arranged on the dressing table. "I was warned by prince Zane to stop messing with his beloved guest." "Oh, is that the reason why you are looking so gloom?" "No. Not really, I can't tell why I feel like this." Maybe the idea of leaving princess Thaisa alone was already making me feel bored. "What does this mean my lady? Are we going to continue with the plan to get rid of princess Thaisa and her family or are we going to stop here?"Erika." "Yes, my lady." "I will let you decide. Should we stop or not?" "I would love to say no but if prince Zane is against it, then I guess the best option for us right now is to stop." Just because he was against it doesn't mean that I had to listen to him. "Where i
Aria pov"Are they gone?" I asked Erika as I slowly took a little sip of my tea. I don't know if it was because of what was going to happen today. My tea was tasting sweet. I was in the garden Thaisa had brought me to, the day I push her off the balcony. I smiled as I thought back to that day. "Yes, my lady. Princess Thaisa was putting on the gown you bought for her." The stage has been set, the characters are ready. I took another sip of my tea and nodded at Erika's words. "Can I sit with you?" Erika ask. "Of course." Erika sat down and poured herself tea. Princess Thaisa wasn't going to last one hour on her outing with prince Zane. She might not even last thirty minutes."My lady..." Erika hesitated on her words. "Perhaps... I think... Maybe we went a little bit too far this time." I remove my gaze from the flowers that haven't fully bloomed yet and look at Erika. Was she starting to feel guilty? Or was she afraid that Thaisa was going to die? "We can't create a sleeping b
Aria pov"Leave us!" Prince Zane orders in an angry tone. How did he get here? How did he even know that I was in here? I watched Erika as she hurriedly scramble out of the room at prince Zane's orders. Could it be her? No, I don't think Erika would betray me even though I knew that she likes prince Zane more than me. It can't be her.Prince Zane's personality was always sunnier with everyone except for me. When it came to me, he became more deceitful, dark, and cold. Does he hate me that much? The thought of him hating me that much made my heart hurt. There was a loud bang as prince Zane close the doors to the garden chamber. "It was you wasn't it." Ever since I started my plans for princess Thaisa. I and prince Zane have been having this conversation more often. And it might probably not end here because I still wasn't done with her yet. Sleeping beauty needed to wake up eventually. "She won't die from the poison, only fall into a deep sleep. I'm sure she passes out from the pai
Aria povThe doors to lady Brunhilda's chamber opened, I look at it in expectation, hoping that the one coming in was lady Brunhilda. But it was just Erika. We were both nervous, but I needed to calm myself for Erika's sake. Don't want her getting scared, even though there was something to be scared about. The whole palace was on fire, king Edward found out about his daughter and he was furious. Never had such a thing happened in Esterial before. A member of the Athelstan family got attacked, it was unheard of. A meeting had been called between kings and nobles. Prince Zane send Nadia to instruct me to stay in my room, I wasn't allowed to go out. But I was too curious and impatient to know what was happening, so I didn't listen to him. I left my room and went to lady Brunhilda's chamber in hope that she might have an idea of what was going on. But lady Brunhilda still hasn't returned from the meeting with the nobles. If a meeting called by king Edward was being held, that meant prin
Aria povSo far from lady Brunhilda's words, there was good news and bad news. The bad news is that a lot of humans are about to die, the good news is that king Edward isn't wasting any time in putting his plan into action, he was ready to find out which human was involved so that he could kill them. I know that doesn't sound like good news. King Edward's men were already at the palace gate restricting the soldiers in the palace. He had secretly planted his men in Esterial, in case of a moment like this. I saw his actions as an act of betrayal to King Kaida. After all King Kaida had done for him, he turns out to be ungrateful, him and his wife. His secret men were useless, Thaisa went outside the palace and still got attacked. I had a feeling that for them to hide how incompetent they are, a lot of random humans were going to be paying for crimes they never committed. Okay, things were looking really bad, I know it is hard to see any go news from any of it. But I like to be positive
Aria pov"My lady! Have you been to town?" Erika asked.That was a dumb question. She of all people should know about how I was encaged in the palace, I'm either allowed to escape with her or if prince Zane invited me out. I can't remember the last time he did that. Probably he might never take me out again because of the recent events and my crimes. "Everyone in town loves you. News got out of how prince Zane's fiance fought for the humans of Esterial. Everyone in town wants to meet you. I heard that even the human delegate wants to meet you, my lady." Erika was all excitedI didn't know if I should be happy or scared. If it was just the humans of Esterial that wanted to meet me then it wouldn't be so bad but if it was the delegate then things were looking pretty bad for me. I'm sure he kept documents to know which humans came from which country, having an investigation being done on me was going to be a problem. Because there was I high possibility of me being found. And that might