Chapter 7

Three days have passed since Lucy and I talked.

She no longer expounded what she said about everything was planned going on in my life because he wanted William to tell me. I still haven't go outside and see the sun so when the family doctor of the Ardeleans said that I was fine, I wanted to wander around whatever was in Zorana City.

Lucy lent me a Daisy Pleated Tulle dress so I stare straight in the mirror because I really love sexy clothes but I just don’t know what the people of Zorana would think. But most of all I like what I wear. Lucy suddenly came in and opened up to me in her Floral Chiffon Wrap A-Line. "Are you ready?"

She did not take the driver with her because she said she knew how to drive. She was no longer on guard because William's men were scattered in the Main of Zorana City. Till this day William is still unable to go home because of the news that they are hunting down their Uncle for lying to them. I don't even know why and I don't want to be nosy with them.

While Lucy was driving I just peeked out the window of her car and saw that we were leaving their palace. As we exited the gate I saw green plants and large trees on the side of the road. Zorana has this feels that I was been there for a long time. Like I was here and I lived here and that feels like home.

I went back to sitting properly and closed the window. "What kind of place is Zorana?" She turned to me first before speaking. "Watch later then tell me your first impression of Zorana before I tell you what's Zorana for me."

We reached the center of the City and there's a lot of people here. Wrong, a lot of hybrids. The place has become a busy city and there is a lot to see. Food, Flowers, Fruits and things like those in Charlotte. Lucy just parked in a parking lot and we got off to take a walk to Zorana. "Let's go to the bakery first. I'll just buy Grandpa Jones some food." I let her enter a store and I followed her all along.

"Good Day Ria!" The saleswoman was surprised when she shouted a greeting. "Good day Princess Lucianna." Ria replied smiling.

Lucy looked first at the breads on display. The delicious smell of breads! "Picking like you choose everything but you only buy one," Ria joked as if the princess was a friend. "So, it's still the same for Grandpa Jones." At the same time she laughed out loud.

Ria turned to me and then was surprised to see me. She just turned her attention back on wrapping the bread that Lucy had ordered when Lucy also turned to me. "She's Karina Winston. My friend. Karina, Ria is my classmate and friend," Lucy said while smiling. We just smiled at each other and then she resumed wrapping.

Again we said goodbye to Ria then we continued walking and entered to a flower shop. "Good morning our princess Lucianna, is it still the same as before? For Lola Maria?" full smile said of the saleswoman at the flower shop. "You know, you really know why I came here Arianna." She answered while smelling the flowers.

"Winston, it's good to know that you're here. Don't worry because you will learn a lot where you go, " the woman said. I didn't answer and just smiled.

She was carrying a bread wrapper and I was the one in her bouquet of flowers she bought. I just smiled where she walks in and everyone greets her.

We entered an old bookstore but as soon as we entered it was a large library with there are a lot of books. "Your favorite grand daughter is here again!" Lucy yelled again after entering. "Lucy!" The man shouted back from a corner of the bookshelf.

I was the first one he saw because Lucy went to another part of the store. "Winston, you're here. Good that you thought of visiting." Earlier I noticed that they call me Winston. I just waved at him and then handed over the bread Lucy had bought.

Because Lucy exchange me the bouquet to her bread and walks in on the other room or corners. "Hello. I'm Karina." He smiled and then he invited me to sat down at a table in the middle of the large bookshelves. "I know and you're one of the Winstons. You look like your Grandma." I was no longer surprised that he knew all my peers because he told me that one of the famous contributors to Zorana were the Winstons.

I didn’t even think about my parents ’debts to Charlotte because that’s what Lucy told me. "Coffee and flowers!" Lucy approached us with coffee and then used a magical vase with flowers that she had bought earlier. "You know you really know what I like Lucianna," the old man said excitedly.

"Of course because you need us to gossip about what was going on with the Ardeleans and Winston back then." I didn't know that this is what we came here for. Lucy turned to me and she winked at me. Put down the coffees then sit down next to me.

"William isn't here yet so I need help to make Karina understand where she came from." The old man turned to me and smiled. "Liam is having a hard time if he is soft with gossips because many say he did everything to be king and alpha even though he didn't deserve it." Lucy was angry at what she heard.

"They have the power to judge! They don't even know Liam!" She crossed her arms while her forehead creased. "Don't worry because your next Alpha and Beta siblings won't be affected." I frowned at what he said. "What do you mean? Shouldn't they be competing for the position as Alpha?" I asked.

He drank his coffee first and let Lucy say the answer. "Liam is destined to be the Alpha. He's higher than Joshua and me and most of all he's the only one with more abilities that can protect Zorana. Joshua never argued that because he's the Beta and it's a privilege for him."

I didn't argued anymore at what she said and just drank my coffee. When I lowered the glass I saw the old man looking at me. "You still have a lot to learn Karina. Just prepare yourself for what you will find out."

Suddenly the door opened so the three of us looked at the door. William just looked straight at us. "Can I talk privately with Dr. Jones first?" I got up immediately then Lucy followed me. He first warned us that no one would use magic who could hear what he and Jones were talking about because we would be accountable to him.

We looked at each other before his colleagues closed the door and we were out of the store. "Let's just wander around on a clothing store so you can choose your clothes. Not because I don't want to lend you my things. Because you don't deserve a second hand. You really deserve your own clothes." Then she dragged me to the clothes store.

We just shopped there that you thought she wasn’t a princess because people didn’t notice her anymore. "Didn't they know you were here?" She just looked at me for a moment then proceeded to choose clothes. "Of course they knew." Then she lifted the pink dress but she also returned it immediately.

"Why does it seem like you're just like them?" She stopped to choose and then confronted me. "They don't have to be stiff because I'm a princess. They went for clothes and not for me so they are free to choose what they want. I don't control the decisions of their lives and their lives is for themselves " Then she chose again.

While we were shopping for clothes someone ran into my right arm so the clothes I took were released. "Don't block the way, daughter of a traitor." I was a little taken aback by the posture of the woman with high eyebrows looking at me now with her two companions. "Watch your words Cass," Lucy said while still busy shopping for clothes. She pulled out a peach flower dress and handed it to me.

Suddenly Cass grabbed Lucy's hair so she screamed. I'm ready to lash out but her friends touched me. "You spotlight -loving princess greedy sister of the Prince who is also greedy of the position like her brother as Alpha who is so weak!" They easily reversed their position as Lucy moved quickly and was now holding on to Cass's hair. "Let go of me!" she shouted.

We were surrounded by the other hybrids and one of them had no snake map to appease what was happening. I was still struggling even though Cass’s comrades strongly suppressed me while Lucy just laughed as Cass asked for help as she worked on its painful tweaking. "Lucianna, enough!" an authoritative voice interrupts of what is happening.

We turned in his direction and he was still looking at us seriously. Only then did Lucy let go when she heard William's voice. Next was Joshua who just smiled at what he saw. "Josh, My prince. I was hurt," Cass said acting out while Joshua just laughed. I’m sure Lucy was the one he was laughing at because she was so mad earlier.

Joshua ignored Cass's acting and went straight to his sister Lucy. He carried it out of the store as I was left there. William turned to me then took my hand then pulled me away. I just put up with the pain I was feeling because Cass's companions tightened their grip on my arms earlier and then William pulled me so it felt like my arm was forced.

He let me go and he seriously stare us with Joshua and Lucy. "Didn't I tell you not to leave unaccompanied. You know we're chasing the Ravens. What if they're gonna take you two away!"

Lucy just nodded as William preached. He ordered one of the guards to take us back to the palace. Lucy just sighed as we drove back to the palace.

"There's no place we're always safe because everyone knows us." She turned to me then smiled. "Right?" I just smiled at what she said. When we reached the palace she only then remembered that we had no clothes brought. "It's okay, I just want us to wander around. I'll go home to Charlotte when I talk to William."

She frowned then she left me there so I followed her. She's running away now so I laughed at her reaction. "William will be mad at you." I laughed even more because she was really sulking.

After a long day, we went to sleep but I never went back to William's bed because I was so embarrassed in his attention. I slept in one of the guest rooms and just chatted overnight with Lucy about what my first impression of Zorana was. I said Zorana is mysterious and so does she. So the two of us agreed on things even more.

I woke up suddenly because I was thirsty. I went down to the kitchen first to drink some water. When I managed to get down, I went to the kitchen for a drink. After drinking I decided to go back but I was suddenly surrounded by the sight of a shadow. I slowly went back to my room but I collided with a soft object that was standing when I saw that it was a person I had collided with.

I backed away from the light and saw it following me. When he was also properly lit, I then saw that it was William that I had hit. "Aren't you fun of coffee? Can you do my coffee?" he said. I could only nod in response to William who is so serious.

I made him a strong coffee because he doesn't seem to like sweets. I saw him on the balcony watching the dawn and moon. I just handed him my coffee and then wanted to talk about my return to Charlotte. I took a deep breath and then looked at the moon. "I'm going back to Charlotte because I have responsibilities left there." I heard him drinking coffee and then we both fell silent again.

"Your dad planned everything even about the ones you paid." My forehead creased about what I heard. He turned to me and then went back to drinking his coffee. "Your money is in the bank of Zorana. They need you to be busy so that you don't get involved in the troubles here in Zorana because they have been accused of betraying us."

My ears are so ready to hear what information he will tell me because it is about me. "Your mom is a Raven ... And so you're a Raven."