Edwards pov. I wasn't pleased with her response , She doesn't want me but I want her and I must keep her to Myself. No matter what happens .I was lost in deep thoughts when Samuel walked into my chambers . " Your majesty , The queen will love to have a word with you " " I see my mother has been released finally send her in " I sat down with my leg crossed . " Edward !! Edward !!" " Mother ,I think it's time we has to put a boundary on how am being addressed in this castle " " What do you mean by that " " You already know what I mean don't waste my time tell me why are you here " " Why Edward , Why did you bring that commoner into this castle ,I forbid her from staying her send her back " " On who's order " ' My order Edward for Zeus sake. Am Your mother and I decide what is good and what is not good for you " " Really ,I never gave you the power to decide what is good and what's not good for me , But let me make one thing clear to you mother , If you try to

Valerie pov : When I left the room ,I ran straight to my chamber , His presence was something I couldn't stand I had to hold my breath until I entered my chambers ,I cried all through the night because I was really scared for Eric ,I had to do something, I don't know what it was but I really had to get in contact with him . The next day I woke up very early and got dressed ,I was waiting patiently for the maids to come in so i could send one of them on an errand . Just then the door was opened and two of the maids walked in . " My lady it's time to have a bath " I turned towards the maids standing at a corner . " Am not ready to take my bath yet please can one of you get me a glass of water " " Yes my lady " Immediately one of them left the room, I turned to the other maid who was trying to get my clothes ready . " There wouldn't be any need for that, I already had my bath " " Am sorry my lady we came late " " No you don't have to be sorry , What's your name "

Edward pov I was so pissed off but didn't say anything ,I gave samuel an order to carry out , I promise to show no mercy to benita's father he tried to sabotage my name , But I thought about it twice . I went into my chambers to take a nap I couldn't my mind kept wondering around the full event that has happened in my castle , I was lost in thoughts when a heard a knock on the door . " Come in " " Your majesty , Sir Aaron awaits your presence " " I will be with him shortly " After delivering the message the guard left without saying a word I got up and changed into something more comfortable then walked out of my room. When I arrived at the court room sir Aaron was already waiting for me in the court room when he saw me coming in went down on his knees . " Long live your majesty " A little smile appeared on my lips. " Tell me sir Aaron how will I long live when my enemies are within " " Your majesty I don't understand what your talking about " " You ..si

Edward pov I Really don't know why but I have been thinking of so many ways to make valerie fall in love with me ,I will be leaving atlantis today because I have a lot to do so I decided to have breakfast with my family today before leaving . When I arrived at the table ,I asked everyone to wait for val to arrival since she will soon become a part of my family and my queen . She finally arrived at the table just at the right time because I was already planing to go and look for her ,I asked her to sit close to me but I know she would reject the offer so I asked samuel to bring her to me . I finally had her close to me, But this little brat wouldn't let me have some private time with my woman ,Randy kept pushing me but I know what he was up to , How can a little child be this wicked I thought to myself .I tried my best to stay calm but I couldn't help it anymore just when I was about to open my mouth to speak samuel came into dinning room to announce the presence of an un

Valerie pov I couldn't sleep at night I kept tossing on my bed until it was 2am in the morning , Finally my body gave into the sleep . When I woke up it was already middle day i quickly got into the bathroom took a shower before the maids could arrive ,I was dressing up when they came into my room , Immediately they saw me dressing up they ran up to me in panic. " My lady what are you doing " " Dressing up " " No my lady please permit us to fix you up ,We are sorry for coming last " " It's okay I can handle it on my own , It's not like am use to this life style " " Am sorry my lady but the king has specifically instructed us not to let you dress on your own " " What's your name " " Ella my lady " " Ella it's okay it's not like you are going to tell him would you ? " " No my lady but we still insist of dressing you up please " " okay " After so much pleased I allowed them to dress me up , Then I turned to Ella . " Ella please could you help me tell sir