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 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 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"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 povThe looks on Thaisa face show that no one had ever been kind enough to tell her that she wasn't needed. I don't know if she had lived her whole life feeling like the whole world love her because I hated her in every way. Yes, this was prince Zane's room but I slept in here, so it was also my room. "Leave!" I said again. "Now!" "Why should I listen to you? I know that you feel nothing for him. You act as though my request is unreasonable. If you leave prince Zane, you will be compensated awesomely by my father. Other than that I can get prince Zane to talk to his father so that you wouldn't be punished in any way. Her words made sense, but I didn't have a say in my relationship with prince Zane. Thaisa was giving me the perfect chance to escape from this relationship. The chance to say that I don't want to be prince Zane's fiance anymore. I should take it. "How much is your father willing to pay?" My words were empty. It wasn't coming from my heart. "How much do you want?"