We continued walking through the garden for a while longer before making our way back to the Queeness Palace. I was silently thinking back to every random thing I had blabbled at him as we neared my room, making my already pink face grow another shade darker. He held the door open for me as I walked into my sitting room, clearing my throat to wish him good night. Somehow, as I turned to face him, my shawl had fallen off my left shoulder and managed to wrap around my legs, trapping them beneath my nightgown.I braced myself as I stumbled back, expecting to feel my body hit the cold hard floor or maybe even the coffee table that stood close by. But I was jerked to a stop and a sudden warmth enveloped me, pressing my body against another. My eyes fluttered open and gasped when I found myself a mere inch away from Dorian's face. His crimson eyes bore into mine as I took note of how close we were.

Arden came to visit me the next day and happily told me what had happened between him and Morina. I was filled with joy to see my brother so happy as he talked about her and took the opportunity to tease him for it too.Apparently, they admitted that they felt drawn to each other and, when my brother explained what I had learned in the dream, they decided to plan moments that they could spend together. They wanted to get to know each other more and see if the pull they felt for one another would grow. Much more was talked about, I’m sure, but my brother refused to say anything more, warning me that, as his sister, I was not privy to certain things in his romantic life. That stopped me from asking and I shuddered at the thought of hearing anything physically happening between them.After this we spent the day together and even decided to go spar a few time

*Amara*The feeling of falling was the first thing that my mind registered as I slowly regained consciousness. I could feel my hair blowing past me and my dress being pushed against my legs because of the wind. Slowly, I would feel myself gaining more control of my body and would try to blink my eyes or move my fingers. But when I first started to fully awaken, something struck me in the arm and the darkness pulled me back in.This happened two more times as I went from falling, lying down, being carried and then nothing.When I was finally able to open my eyes and move my body, I felt the most earth shattering headache overtake me. My eyes needing to remain shut against a brightness that was near me. I balled myself up on my side as I waited for the pain to pass, panting and groaning through it until it slowly less

I wasn’t able to rest for too long before Marcus, Samuel and the older man barged into the room again. They unchained my ankles and forced me to my feet, each one of my half-brothers holding one arm as I strained against them to cover my stomach with my hands. I was then shoved and nearly dragged up the steps and out of the room, stumbling as I was led back out into the Greenhouse that I had been under. I was blinded by the sun for a moment, my lungs nearly burning as I took in my first gulp of fresh air while I continued to be shoved forward. Panic flooded me and I tried to struggle and dig my heels into the ground as I noticed the familiar metal poles in the middle of an open space.“Brings back memories doesn’t it?” Marcus chuckled, smiling with his brother as I was forced beside the metal pole that had my name engraved onto the side. “But don’t worry, you won’t

*Prince Dorian*Too much time had passed.Too little had been found in terms of finding Amara.My parents were quickly included when I brought in a maid from the Queeness Palace that had admitted to receiving payment to watch and track Amara’s movements. Thanks to this my father, not too happy that his own staff had turned against us, canceled the entire competition and sent all the other Queeness’ home.Arden, of course, stayed and together we continued to dig into the whereabouts of each and every servant that worked in the Palace. A few stood out and were later found to be guilty of receiving payment to give out information about the Queeness’ or Amara specifically. Each one was imprisoned for betraying the Royal family, and each one spouted the same