I watched Prince Otis, eagerly waiting for an answer to the question I asked him."Yes, I have to marry her," he said to me and I nodded. I don’t even know why I asked that question when I also knew the exact answer."Okay" I said almost in a whisper as I had lost my voice immediately."If I really love you and want to keep you alive, I have to do it, I cannot just tell my father that I'm not interested and wouldn't marry her because I don't love her. No, that's the worst mistake I would ever make because he is going to kill you” Prince explained to me as he held my hand in his almost delicately."So, this is the last time am going to see you? I mean, once you are married then it will be wrong to be together”"I know” he said shortly before adding, “if I disobey my father then I will never be able to succeed my father as the next king and abolished some of the laws and slavery rules," Prince replied. I could feel my heart churning on the inside. Even though I know I can do nothing t

"You have to believe me because I'm telling the truth, I would never dare betray our friendship this way. You are the only person that have cared for me dearly. You have never left me to suffer on my own before. what makes you think I will repay all of your kindness towards me with such evil?” I asked her.The girl standing before me didn’t seem to believe me still even though she has a look of confusion in her eyes. I could tell she is struggling hard to come to terms with the fact that I’m actually telling the truth.My heart belongs to the prince and him alone.I took a step towards her and tried to take her hand in mine but she took another step out of my reach."Please, Agnes. What more do you want me to say before you believe me. I would never try to steal anyone from you," I said as a trail of tear ran down my cheek. Agnes became calm and looked away."Well, I don’t know Iris. I’m just feeling hurt and confused” she mumbled."You know my heart belongs to the prince and I would

(Otis POV) I saw Iris hurrying out of the door after I left her and went to stand next to Lady Avril for the engagement process. I wanted so bad to go after her because I know she was devastated and heartbroken but I couldn’t, not with my father watchful eyes staring at me. If I really wanted to keep her safe then I have to do everything the king wants. I still can’t believe she came here tonight. I admire her courage yet felt panic especially with the sort of danger lurking around. After the engagement was said and done, I hurriedly led lady Avril back to my quarters just so I could discard her for the night and go after Iris. "Your majesty, thank you for everything," Lady Avril said to me as soon as I turned to walk back out, which surprised me. I arched a questioning brow at her, "What did I do to receive appreciation from you?" I asked her. She strode over and stood before me, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips as she held my gaze. "You kept your promise and h

(Iris POV).I woke up with a slight headache as I prey my eyes open and met with total darkness. My eyes felt heavy and my limps weak. Someone choked me out last night and I can’t even tell exactly where I am.The more I stare up at the ceiling, the more I realized I wasn’t in a familiar place to begin with which made me blink several times before my eyes adjusted to my environment.My head was spinning really bad or was it the ceiling that was moving. I can’t really tell but after another minute of paying attention to the outside surrounding, I realized I was inside a moving carriage, jolting me up a bit."Where am I?, was I being kidnapped?” I asked out loud as I struggled into a sitting position. I knocked above me trying to get the attention of the coach man and truly I did after several attempts as I noticed the carriage slowed down completely to a stop.I noticed my bracelet was not in my possession reminding me of last night foolishness. It was really thoughtless of me to even

(Iris POV).I was famished and tired from so much heat from the sun even though I had to hide under a cloak all through the day. My skin still feel as though I have been literally set on fire.Logan decided to dump our carriage. According to him, it was slowing us down and needed to go faster thereby putting my life at risk.Thankfully, it’s completely dark at this point and Logan still doesn’t look like he is about to slow down any time soon.“Logan?” I called at him and he simply glance at me.“You to slow down for a bit. It’s already dark and we have been riding all through the day and I figured it would be best to probably rest” I requested with hope that he might say but he refused."Why?" I asked him over his shoulders."We have to keep moving. I have no doubt we are being trailed right now so can’t delay," he replied and my frown deepen.What exactly is wrong with this man. I mean, he has literally dragged me through the scorching sun up until this moment without a single remor