“Have you not understood that I want you gone?” I asked Diego the moment I stepped outside my room and saw him lounging himself while sitting on the wooden sofa.“The only thing I would like to understand is me escorting you to the palace,” he said and smirked. “Do you think I would want to get you hurt?”“What do I look like to you? A kid or a toddler?”“You are my most precious treasure,” he said, taking my breath away. “So even though you won’t like me around, I will still follow you.”I blinked many times after watching him for a while. Why is he like this? And why does it feel like I like it? I do not definitely like him. Except for the fact that he is not my type and I barely know him, he is weird, seemingly arrogant, and invasive! How could I hang out around him?!But, yes, he was bloody stubborn that he kept convincing me to ride his horse so he could escort me to the palace.“Be careful. You don’t want to fall,” he said as he helped me mount the horse.I grunted and rolled my

ElizabethMaybe it was that thing I dreaded --- being discriminated against and judged by a high class. What is even worse is I am confronting each one of them.The princesses are looking at me with lousy prejudice in their eyes. The princes were also brightening just by the sight of me. Maybe it was the main reason why the princesses have an ire with me.In reality, sisters are overprotective towards their brothers. The princesses might have thought that I am some stealer who only knows how to do stealth. “Jeany, Zendrel, and Lavenia,” Queen Jonah said in a firm and authoritative voice. “That is not good to say. Elizabeth is a good girl. Treat her with kindness and class, please. Good manners are a good establishment towards dinner.”I could see the seeping annoyance yet professional mother’s care in the queen’s eyes. The sides of my lips curled up and I intertwined my fingers to play with them, grateful because the queen is not what I have thought as a bad one.The king cleared his

Elizabeth What on bloody Earth? I felt the rushing heat in my cheeks and I could guess that I was very flustered and embarrassed. What does he like about me? My innocence and I am clueless? For some reason, I took it the wrong way, so I slapped his shoulder. “Ow!” he exclaimed and even retreated his shoulder after hissing. “So are you just telling me that I am stupid?” I asked bluntly and slapped his other shoulder. “Hey, do you want to die early?” “I did not mean that!” he tried to explain, but I slapped him again. “Ow! What is with the slaps?!” “You are stupefying me, Diego!” I said. “I am not! You are the one who is thinking about that!” “Stop lying!” We went into a stupid dispute. I did not back down. He also did not back down. It ended up that he was tortured by my hits and accusations, but he kept holding the reins of the horse to keep the animal straight on the road. Well, I could blame myself that I was the one distracting him from focusing on the ride. But after ma

NARRATION “Will you stop that?” Because of Elizabeth’s irritation towards the corny side of Diego, she ended up hitting on his arm and jumping off the horse. He barked out laughter and followed Elizabeth. He just strode slowly when she walked slowly towards a clean spot of grasses. She sat on that spot. “I want to sit,” she announced. “Well, you are sitting down, obviously,” he said, almost sarcastic and teasing her, making Elizabeth hit him again. “Ow! You are so brutal. Do you want me dead?” She glared at him. “I came here to embrace a peaceful environment. If you don’t understand that, then fuck off, Diego,” she hissed. “Why? Don’t you want to acknowledge me as your peace?” “Oh, shut up!” “Bloody fuck, you’re blushing, Elizabeth!” “Stop teasing me!” It was another round of tease and insults. The majority of laughs and teases came from Diego, while the grunts and childish complaints were made by Elizabeth. “I am not childish, you imbecile!” she exclaimed angrily and hit hi

“The ball?” Elizabeth exclaimed and her face disgruntled while furrowing her eyebrows. “You’ve got to be kidding me. The queen must have not been true to her words.” Without further ado, Nikita rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “I am telling you. They said it,” she said. “You know the protocols. If a royalty invites you, you should not be refusing them because there will be consequences.” “I know, but I don’t see a reason why I am also included.” “Well, let’s just say that the queen must like you!” “That is very impossible.” My friend slapped her forehead as I remained confused and panicking. I suddenly remembered that the queen mentioned a ball from the other kingdom, but she shyly refused the invitation since the princesses have dismissed her. When I approached her towards the door, she was fidgeting while telling me that the queen requires my presence in the kingdom this afternoon so we can go to the other kingdom and attend the ball with Nikita. My question is --- what a