~ Chapter Twelve - Season II ~

It had been a couple of hours after lunch and all I did was look out the window and admire the view of the garden.

Although there’s nothing new about the view, the undying beauty of nature was refreshing and relaxing. I should be doing other princely duties but my mother did say she preferred that I do nothing today. I decided that having some peace all to myself would be the best way to pass the time. My peace, however, was disrupted by a sudden knock on my door.

“Enter,” I slowly faced the door, crossing my legs.

As the door opened, my page entered and quickly bowed. “My deepest apologies, Your Highness, for disturbing you. Mallory is here, she wants to have a word with you.”

I groaned as my face landed on my hand. The only time of the day where I didn’t want to be bothered by anything but Mallory managed to make it worse. I wasn’t surprised at this point because she had been doing this consistently ever since we had our agreement.

“Please don’t be angry at me, Your Highness,” m