Plans for the prince

"Mother. Why are you so against my relationship with Gianna? I have done everything to please you, ever since I was a child. Can you not just allow me make this decision for myself?" Elliott asked his mother, with pain evident in the tone of his voice. He could not bear to listen to anything she had to say, in defense to her cause of actions again what he wanted.

"You shall not marry that lady, and that is final. Why have you decided to bring your own problems to me, when there is still an unsettled case with Eadlin and Edla? Do not make me stress," the queen warned, as she sat on her beautiful golden throne with Arturo sitting at the corner of the room. His presence at the palace seemed to be a spontaneous one, with him being around on specific days and not on another.

"Just why mother, can I not marry her? Isn't she beautiful enough? Noble enough? Well mannered enough?" Elliott frustratedly wanted to know. He had given Gianna every reasons to be at peace in heart, when he asked the