11 Royal wedding

The rest of the night went on with Francis taking care of his mother after the royal physician took a look at her. He prescribed some portion to help her recover which Alexander provided. Alexander made preparations do them to get married at the earliest. The news of the prince taking in another spouse went around the kingdom.

All the princesses were excited to hear that the prince had selected a new wife. Because ever since the news came out princess Olivia hasn't had any peace. It was true that the shackles of the mind can be broken by the power of love. Alexander had paid no attention to Olivia and didn't bother to inform her about him taking a liking to someone. Just like the rest of them she had to find out about it when the prince made a public announcement.

Princess Silvia and Sofia helped in decorating the palace for a royal wedding. They were aided by the Queen's servants. It was no rumor that the queen hated the prince's first wife and would not spare such a great opportunity to insult her.

The queen was all smiles as she strolled around the palace. She didn't have to taunt Olivia today she was very happy to hear the news from her son. She had already expected this news to come, she just didn't expect it to happen so fast. She went around the palace making sure that everything was ready for when his son's love.

Alexander and Malcolm were in the room opposite his. They were making it ready for Francis when he moved in at daybreak. Olivia watched from the door of that room. She was not happy with the changes that were happening. She was surprised that the prince himself was taking the time to make arrangements. The truth was shocking that he didn't even pay attention to her the whole day.

Since the beginning, she had been the only person to sleep with the prince in this part of the palace. It was only for her and the prince as she was his special wife. But today the prince was letting someone else in and they were yet to get married.

She left the room and walked back to her room. All the princesses in the kingdom were acting as she had was not important anymore and she hated it. She was the true princess and one day she was going to be the true queen of Arimelari.

Alexander was so excited to get his wife to come live in the palace that he left no stone unturned to make everything ready for him. As per their agreement, Francis would move into the palace tonight and all the ceremonies will take place after that. She planned to tell Francis that he was the prince of Arimelari tonight. His excitement could hardly make him patient as he watched the clock after every minute.

The arrangements for Francis's sleeping quarters were made to his liking he went to see how the preparations for the wedding were coming along. It has been so long since he was so excited and he loved the feeling. He was smiling just like his mother the whole night.

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Francis packed his belongings in his room. He was very nervous about moving in with Alexander. He informed his mother about his decision and why he made and they understood him. His sister had spent the first few hours of the night consoling him. She did her best to ease his mind.

She knew how her brother felt about such relationships. He didn't understand how two men could be together and hence stayed away from them. He had also never been in a relationship with anyone. She tried her best to give him relationship advice as much as she could but also worried that he might disappoint the kind man who sent them help.

"Are you done yet?" she asked as she came to check on him.

"Almost."

"Hurry up then, the man must surely be waiting for you," she said and helped him to finish packing. "Remember to take care of us when he makes you rich. He is rich so make sure to benefit a lot from him before he gets tired of you and sends you back here."

Once the packing was done, Francis bit goodbye to his family and made his way to the palace. Just like earlier he took his time to walk there while carrying his luggage. He debated a lot of things in his mind about what his life was going to be like once he was married. He tried to imagine how he will live with Alexander and what their relationship will be like. He worried about what the people might say about him and his decision to marry a man. Though his sister had taken the time to explain everything to him, he still felt very nervous.

He arrived at the palace sometime later and when the guards saw him they hurried to his side. They didn't know that he was the one to be married to the prince but judging by how the prince came running to welcome him they didn't dare offend him. They helped him with his luggage despite his insistence on carrying it himself.

The news of his arrival traveled fast and reached Alexander's ears. He left his room immediately and went to welcome him. As he walked in the corridor his mother and the women of the court joined him. Behind the women of the court were his wives except for Olivia.

"Mother, what is the meaning of this?"

"We are going to welcome the future prince of Arimelari. A proper entourage is expected from the royal family. I invited everyone to welcome him home. Your father is at the door waiting for us."

They walked to the main door of the palace. "Everyone in the court should bow in respect to the arrival of the royal family of Arimelari," a guard announced and everyone bowed their heads including Francis.

Alexander walked up to him and made his lookup. He held Francis's chin and smiled at him. "Welcome to my home beloved, I prince Alexander of Arimelari is humbled to have your presence in my palace," he said shocking Francis senselessly.