I shut my eyes as tight as I could and didn't dare to open them again until silence fell completely on all the corners of my room.
Just when I thought that Queen Orla left my room and I was about to open my eyes. I heard her sarcastic laugh. My mother's voice is filled with control anger. She is not just mad at what happened, she is fed up by my little tricks."How about you stop your little drama and get up this instant?" Her voice sounds like she's sweetly asking me to do her command but her eyes, it's fiery. If I didn't know better. I will be fooled that she is not mad at me.I did my best not to make further movements with my eyes but no matter how hard I try. The lid of my eyes shakes violently."Elide!" She finally lost her cool facade. The Queen harshly grab the duvet off my body. I was left with no choice but to open my eyes and sit up on my bed.Queen Orla gritted her teeth. She vent out her anger and frustration by crumpling the duvet that she later on throws back on my queen-sized bed. I downed my head and didn't dare to look back at her. If I stare straight to her eyes, given that she is fuming at me. She might even forget about the fact that I am her daughter. My mother is no saint and if I keep on messing up and jeopardizing her plans for the future. She might end up ordering someone to get rid off me."Look at me. Look at me and tell me what is wrong with you? Why do you keep on ruining everything? Do you think I'm doing this for myself? Elide, I am doing this for you. Your father, the King and I are doing this for the betterment of your life!"They say that my mother is born with this unmatchable grace and elegance. Everyone claims that she is as nice as the angel above. Everytime I hear our people praise her like that. I couldn't stop myself from smiling bitterly. What they are seeing is what the Queen wants her people to see, that's just the tip of her iceberg. What they didn't know is that the Queen that they kept on praising for being soft-spoken and gentle is more dangerous and cunning than a greedy king. In our palace, it is not the ruling king that we are afraid of but the person ruling the king, making him her puppet and that it my mother."No matter what you say. Tomorrow, we are finally sending you to Arryn. You and Crown Prince Orius will get married on the first full moon of next month, anyway. You might as well starts getting to know your husband, his family and their people. Even if you don't win his heart. It's important that you win his family's favor and the kingdom's trust and adoration."Queen Orla reach for my chin. I flinched so bad that even she got surprise of my reaction. My hand that's holding hers because I was about to shove her hand away, good thing, I didn't. I let it go and plastered a smile on my lips that equivalently means I understand what she told me."Great," she murmured. She put down a black suede box on my bed, "That's a gift from Orius. Wear that tomorrow. He'll be delighted to see it on you." I move my head once to nod at her. Once more, she roams her eyes all over me to scrutinize me a bit before she finally turn her back on me and left my room.The moment she's gone from my sight. I instantly felt at ease. I breathe deeply to calm myself more. I plan to lay back on my bed when I saw the suede box again. Curious of what it has inside. I stretched my arm and reach for it.A mocking smile came up and hang itself on my lips when I saw my initial on the suede box. It's embroided on it with a silver thread, or at least that's what I thought because that's what it look like to me.Inside of the fancy box is a necklace with my a garnet stone on it as its pendant, it's my birth stone. The gold chain of the necklace has this braid-like intricate details. It's both pretty and simple. The necklace is designed to wore on a daily basis.The wooden door of my room once again, made its noise as someone open them up without even knocking. I was expecting to see the Queen back. I thought she forgot to tell me something but when I saw my older brother. I throw the necklace on my hand back on its back when I saw that it's my older brother this time.Because of his royal duties. He's gone for a few months and even though we are both born on the modern times and technologies are everywhere. It's his busy schedule that made it impossible for us to talk.Malik Fenriz taps my shoulder. It's his way of letting me know that I need to loosen my grasp on his neck because he's now having a hard time to breathe because I am hugging him too tight."I heard from Mother that you're going to Arryn tomorrow to live with the Mortala, is that true?" All that I can do is smile at him while I slowly heads back to my bed.With everything that's going to happen tomorrow. It's for the better if I sleep early tonight.Malik grabs my hand. He was about to drag me out of my room when I pulled my hand from his hold of me."It's already late. Where are we going? It's passed nine in the evening. Our guards won't let me leave." He looks back at me."Not when you are with me. If I remember it right. You love Cinderella when you were young. Now, I'm giving you a chance to live like her. You have the whole night until dawn to do whatever you want before you come to Arryn tomorrow," he said and winks at me.The first thing that I want to do with this limited hours of freedom that my brother gave me is to experience what it's like to be part of a party. Party that's the total opposite of the one we held in Palace. I want to be in a party like those in movies and series. I wiggle my eyebrows as I waited for him to give me his answer. Malik may be a responsible prince and royalty every sunrise but when the sun set and darkness starts spreading like a wild fire all over the place, Malik becomes a party animal. It's his dirty little secret that he only shares with me. Not even the all-knowing Queen mother of us knows about it. Malik being the perfect son has something to do with the Queen trusting and having fate in him the way she trust and have fate on our heavenly father. "But you're too—""Too, what? Too young?" I scoffed. I rolled my eyes on him and rested my head on the back of my shotgun seat. "How can I be too young to attend a rave party but not too young to get married?" I asked h
Just like that. My feet became capable of moving on their own. I don't have an idea why I'm following this man like he's my guardian and I'll be completely lost if I fail to keep his track.With my head down. The only thing that I can see is the movement of his feet. I was seconds late when I realize that he stopped moving. I bumped my forehead on his back. I felt it, his body is as hard as mountain rocks. This man's body is built to last in any situation and condition, almost like a medieval knight's body. My hand crawl up on my forehead. I start rubbing it unconsciously while my eyes are still pasted on the man before me. He tilted his head and took a threatening step towards me. Quickly, I took a step back but he keeps on coming forward, cutting our distance till I finally lost my balance. I was certain that I will fall on the ground so when my body didn't hit the floor full of small marbles that will surely hurt and bruish me. I gaze up on the man who's passionately holding my
My lips gasped for air. The man that is all over my body didn't let me get the air that my body is begging for. I don't have a single idea what it is that's happening to me, my body, mind and soul but there's something that I am certain about right now. I am enjoying this. I love how this man dominates me and my body as if my body is destined and has always been his. He knows how to make me feel alive and the the jolts of electricity everytime he rub his skin against mine and his hand caresses my legs up to my thigh is heavenly. He nibbles and laps my lips. My lips are all swollen because he won't stop devouring it, not even for a moment to allow ourselves to breathe. I don't want him to stop either, and everytime I tried to kiss him with the same intensity and ferocity. He's drawing a little and dangerous looking smirk on his lips and he will proceed to kiss me better, setting the bar a little to high everytime he claims me. "Ohh!" That erotic sound came out of my lips unexpectedly
If there's someone in that party who enjoyed every bits of it. It has to be Malik. I remember looking at him all over the house, it took me nearly an hour before I have found him in one of the room in the villa, dressing up. Apparently, that royal brother of mine did what I couldn't do last night because it strips the hell out if my body. We are on our way back to the Fenrys Palace, quarter after four am. Malik personally sent me to my room. He even waited for me to get change into my sleeping gown, tuck me to bed and then he leaves. It has been three hours and I could not sleep a wink. Whatever happens in that villa, stays in there but I couldn't quite pull myself together to forget about it. How am I supposed to forget the face of the man whom I almost surreder myself too? Especially when he makes me feel so alive with his touches? I rolled to the other side of my bed and continue to do it until I fell on the ground. I sit up on the tiled floor of my room and rested my head on my
I could hear my heart near my ear as the private jet descended from the sky. I delved my fingers inside of my flap bag, searching for a circular compact mirror. When I find it. I immediately checked myself. Mela is right. I do look tired and this light make-up of mine wouldn't be enough to hide these dark circles under my eyes. I did enjoy my escapade last night. It was memorable but if someone is capable of giving me a second chance to do it again. I won't. I would choose to stay in the palace all night long and sleep. "Radj?" I turned my head to the officer of internal affair. The private jet has landed and everyone inside are preparing to leave the jet, except for me. I need a ten minutes break from everyone before I come down and greet everyone who is waiting for me. The old man walks to my side. He looks very much accommodating of me and my need. Whatever it is that I am going to ask from him. I feel like he has the power to provide and serve it before my eyes with just a snap
We stopped in front of a gigantic double-door. It's pecan brown and has a gold-plated knob. Radj opens the door and gestures the inside of the room. This room is twice bigger than my previous quarter back in Fenrys, actually, this could be three times bigger than my old room, and could be half the size of our own throne room. Radj cleared his throat, garnering my attention. I carefully twirl and stood up straight before his eyes. There is a pocket watch on his hand which he is currently checking out the time. "You have an hour to take a rest. Explore all the corner of your room, if you must." His hand points at a french door on the left side of the room, meter away from a mini-living room where I will probably spend most of the time contemplating all the decisions I made in this lifetime, "That is the door to you very own walk-in closet. We had everything you could possibly need stored and ready in that room but if there's something that's lacking or missing. You can tell me and I w
My feet move on their own to take a step back the moment he look up to my direction and Radj's.The seriousness on his face didn't falter. I only stop moving my feet backwards when my body finally collide with someone else. I immediately turn to see who is it that I bump with and my eyes grew bigger. I bow my head and it stay that way for a short moment. I didn't dare to look up to his royal highness until I heard him release a set of soft chuckles. His laughter is like a music in my ears. "There is no need for apology, Elide," Orius said. Slowly and cautiously, I straigtened my back until I have finally redeemed my posture and composure. A sweet smile is present on the Crown Prince's lips as he take my hand and kiss the back of it. "Pleasure to finally see you, Elide." His royal highness did took his time running his eyes all over my face. If I were to base on the radiance of his face as he checked me out. It would definitely boost my pride to say that he loves every single thing
Bet the sun is still sleeping but here comes my lady in waiting trying to wake me up. I got a lot of things running on my mind last night, the reason why I sleep late which means waking me this early is a hate crime. I need an eight hours of sleep for my body to function properly. "Your Grace?" Marthe softly calls my name. Marthe has a strict and formal tone when she speaks every single time. Regardless if it's just the two of us or if my other staff is around us. I force myself to open up my eyelid but the instantly shut on their as they are still heavy. My body is craving for another hour of sleep. With all of my strength. I raise up my hand and showed her my forefinger and then I burried my face on my soft pillow. "Let me sleep for an hour and I'll be good. Please, just one hour," I pleaded with my sleeping voice. Silence fell on all the corner of my room. I didn't heard her fading footsteps that led me to opening my eyes. Marthe is still standing beside my bed. Her lips in th