Caroline’s POV:
“So, he is going to see you in about one hour!” Lucille stormed into my room telling me about the news without any delay.
“Oh, good! Finally, he decided to see me again!” I celebrated with relief, although the relief lasted less than a minute and was quickly replaced by nervousness and insecurity. “What am I going to tell him, Lucy?” I asked her worriedly.
Lucille shrugged and told me: “The truth. You can suffer telling the truth, but it is going to be for the best, Care. There is no better thing than to be able to look into the eyes of your loved ones without secrecies and half-truths.”
“Yes, you are probably right,” I murmured to her, and continued: “But it does not turn the task ahead of me any easier, though.”
“I never told you that this would be easy. Actually, I remem
Liam’s POV:I broke the kiss with the princess when we were both feeling dizzy without breathing, and then I leaned my forehead against hers. She was smiling charmingly while she took her breath as if with this kiss we had solved every bit of our dilemma. I really wished that it became true, but the reality wasn’t being kind to us right now.“Aren’t you afraid that someone will open the door and caught us kissing like this?” I asked her. Actually, I wasn’t ashamed of her. If it were for me, I would exhibit her as my wife sooner rather than later, but the circumstances were too different from the original plan now for that to happen.“Oh, I am. Nor for me, but you. You see, there are some advantages to being a princess. I will probably suffer from my father’s wrath, but this could not last forever. I’m his only heiress, he can’t be angry with me for the rest of his life. You on the other hand… You
Liam’s POV:Paxton Guttenberg was a career politician. He had chosen this profession when he was still a teenager and ran for class president for the first time. The political climate caught his eye and he decided he would live for it.Guttenberg was still young, newly married to the daughter of the governor of the province of Croftvalley, where the royal family spent their winters. It looked like a match made in heaven: he, with his political will to change the world and growing popularity; she, the daughter of a traditional governor whom Guttenberg could succeed in the future.The couple appeared frequently on political news throughout Tresoria. The "Paxton Way" of governing was becoming popular as it fostered rapid growth in a place that was almost unknown except for harboring the leisure corner of royalty at its heart.The province was growing rapidly, with new businesses expanding and an economy growing in what was almost like a virtuous cycle.
Caroline’s POV:“So, I’ve heard you have some news for me?” I asked/affirmed to Liam when he arrived the next day to his new position.“How did you know that I have news for you?” He asked me a little worried. Probably because if someone finds out what he is doing for me he would probably face a death sentence.“You’ve mentioned to Lucille, so your secret is safe for now,” I told him dismissively, and he let out a relieved sigh. “So, what is the news?” I asked him expectantly once again.“He has a codename among the Revolutionaries. He is in the group. I expect to receive some kind of contact from him soon,” Liam told me.I got excited with the news and asked him: “What kind of contact?”Liam shrugged and told me: “Honestly, I don’t know. I never know how the group works. I did not have that much time within the group. I just received a code
Caroline’s POV:“Excuse me, Your Highness, I will leave you with your… friend,” Liam murmured close to my ear. I wasn’t even sure if Stephen was able to hear him, and I am pretty sure that I was the only one in the room that could hear that he was hurt because of it.Since we were not alone, I could not reassure him or clarify anything, so I nodded and murmured: “You are dismissed, Private Caldwell.” I tried to look into Liam’s eyes to understand the turmoil that was taking his soul and try to promise him that everything would be fine, and I wasn’t happy to see Stephan here either, but I couldn’t do that much. Liam turned his back and got out through the same door that brought us here.I tried to disguise my sadness so that Stephan wouldn't see my disappointment, so I plastered a smile upon my face and turned to face my future husband, at least, in my father's opinion."Stephan! Good to see you
Vanessa’s POV:I knew that this was stupid of me, but I couldn’t leave Liam alone. I liked him. He was kind, brave, and insanely handsome. Well, obviously the first thing that got my attention was the fact that he was handsome, but when I heard that he was the one that saved the princess, I went crazy about him. I loved a good hero, and I always had. From books to movies. The hero was definitely my favorite character in any story. And now I met one in the flash. That couldn’t be better!When he got to the hospital wing, I could see that he was stable, but was weak. He took a shot on his tight protecting the princess, and this fact was brave enough for him to make it into my heroes list. Having him at the hospital and talking to him every day made him go up to the top one on my list.It was the best part of my day, attending to him at the clinic. I wasn’t in his surgery, because I’m not qualified yet to assist doctors in complicated
Caroline’s POV:“So, Stephan, it is so good to see you back!” My father exclaimed at dinner. Sometimes, I could manage to avoid those meals with my parents, on the excuse of being busy or feeling unwell, but I knew that I would never manage to do that tonight. My “beloved fiancé” was back in town and since all the kingdom thought that I was madly in love with him, I had to pretend that I missed him badly.“It is good to be back too, Your Majesty,” Stephan answered my father.The king waved at him dismissing all the formalities: “Nonsense, Call me Maximus. You are practically family! I’ve been friends with your parents for decades and now our families will be as one because of your marriage to my beloved daughter!” I felt a little disturbed by my dad’s comments. That was not normal. He was always so formal towards everyone! Who was he trying to trick here?I must have made a really we
Caroline’s POV:Talking to Stephan gave me the opportunity to understand that he is not 100% comfortable with our parents’ agreement. It also gave me the perspective that I was lacking here: there were too many people in this “relationship”. Stephan, me, my parents, his parents... Even Liam was in this relationship. Nobody knows about it, but he was probably one of the reasons why I wasn’t such a huge fan of Stephan’s. It was good, though, to know that I wasn’t alone with my discomfort. I bet that even Stephan doesn’t want to be tied to me, although I doubt that he would go against his parents either.I wasn't planning on leaving my room anymore that night, but I wanted to talk to Liam. He showed up an hour or so later, apparently from the force of my thought, but it was actually because he was on call for tonight.Liam knocked on my door and Lucill
Liam’s POV:I knew that this was wrong, and I knew that I should find another way to discover if Vanessa had any kind of proof against us, but that was the best plan that we came up with so far. Actually, Lucille gave the best idea, and here we were, following her plan.There were three types of dorms in the castle: one wing for the single men, which normally would share their rooms, one wing for the single ladies, which was a mix of single rooms and shared ones, and finally, one for the couples and even their kids. The last ones were the largest. I walked through the corridors on my way to the ladies’ wing, I passed through those rooms, and a little heartache came to me. I was planning on bringing my beloved Olivia to live in one of these rooms with me as soon as I give her my name.I didn’t go too far as to imagine our kids living in the capital, but still, I visualized a future with her right next to me, and every day it seemed as if this futu