79 Chapter 79

Taking in a deep breath, I turn around with my head held high and fear held at bay as I look at Jana who is looking back at me puzzled.

"You know your way to the library, don't you?" She asks still puzzled as to why I'm standing here and looking at her.

"Ofcourse I do," i respond boldly, "but I'd like you to accompany me."

"I thought you said you didn't need any company," she frowns, "why else would you ask Zara to leave?"

"I'm sure you know that by now." I say and she smirks, removing her glasses and placing them on the counter just beside her now closed book.

"I'm right behind you." She says and I nod once, walking away proud and fulfilled. It feels so good to be able to do what you want without much questioning. I guess I'm indeed queen.

I walk upstairs quickly and enter the book-filled room then walk towards the shelf Jana showed us the other time. Like before, it's arranged neatly with so many books and surprisingly, OUR KINGDOM'S TALE, the book I just returned is sitting in the spot it was before.

How did she do that?! Wow, I wonder what other powers the commoners possess. I want to know more about the people and their power and not just the royals but everyone including myself.

What happened with the ice? What happened to me? How is it possible that I'm the first person that something of the sort happened to? As a human, I expected nothing to happen at all since I have no embedded power whatsoever. It's strange, really strange and scary.

"White hair." A strange masculine voice comes from behind me and I turn around immediately, holding my hand out in defence ready to fight and taking a sturdy stance like a karate ninja.

My eyes go up to meet a pair of forest green eyes belonging to a man I've never seen before, a strikingly gorgeous man wearing a black stripped tank top and black faded jeans. His hair is a curly light brown that seems to have been ruffled a few times and his lips are full, not as full as Sean's but looks even softer. His arms are folded on his chest causing his biceps to bulge out and his chest look even harder.

How could a creature be this hot?! It's almost unbelievable, I bet he could pull off acting as Zeus.

"Your grace." He smirks and bows a little causing my stomach to do a flip flop at his deep breathy voice.

My face goes a little red and I stand back in a proper posture, trying to hide the heavy embarrassment resting on my shoulders right now.

Why did I do that? Now he must think I'm some weird human who thinks karate would save her from trouble in a supernatural world. I'm so dumb but in my defense, I thought he was a kidnapper or something. I still can't let my guard down because I don't know who he is.

"Forgive me," he says again, "I didn't mean to startle you."

"It's-," I want to say 'it's fine' but I decide against it. He mustn't think I'm weak or soft.

"Who are you?" I say instead with a voice that shows power and I smile inwardly, happy with myself that I'm able to pull off being Queen.

"Damien. I noticed your white hair and wanted to find out if you're really the queen who's name hasn't left the mouth of the people for a long time now. I saw your," he gestures to my wedding necklace and I nod in realisation. "then I figured it was truly you."

"Well, now you know." I say and he chuckles a little, the sound of him chuckling is like music but I hold a straight face not giving off any emotion.

"Do not take this the wrong way but you're definitely not what I heard." He says smiling and I frown slightly.

"What?"

"You don't have a large nose like Shrek neither do you look like a troll nor have a hunched back.You're not the ugly beast they paint you to be." He says and my face goes red immediately. What the hell?! I didn't expect them to say nice things about me but Shrek?! That's just sheer evil.

"You're beautiful." He says and my face goes even redder from embarrassment. What am I supposed to say now? Why is he being nice to me? What does he want? I can't just blurt out appreciation but I can't keep staring like this either.

"Er," I say and clear my throat when my voice comes out lower than I intended, "I er, you should -"

"Crystal?" Jana's voice comes from behind him and she comes closer, looking between the both of us with a frown on her forehead.

"What's going on here?" She's asks I gulp saliva down my dry throat. Even I have no idea what's going on.

A really handsome man walks up to me, finds out I'm the human queen he's been hearing about and tells me I'm beautiful.

"Nothing ma'am." He says smiling, revealing perfect white teeth, "I was just leaving."

He looks back at me and smiles then bows a little before turning around and leaving.

"Are you okay?" She asks me and I forcefully tear my eyes away from him and at her.

"Yes," I smile, "yes I am."

The door that leads downstairs opens up and I look back at him only to find his eyes on me as well but he looks away the moment our eyes meet, exiting the room.

Damien. Who's he.

"Do you know him?" I ask Jana and she shakes her head in response.

"Not the slightest idea." She says, "we should get going, I have things to do."

Nodding in approval, we both head quietly toward the elevator and I press 11 just like Zara used to and we accelerate quickly in silence, my mind wandering off to Damien and a smile creeps up my lips as his voice plays in my head again, telling me I'm beautiful.

Quickly, I rid my face of the smile and push him out of my head. I need to concentrate on why I'm here.

Soon enough, the elevator stops and we step out the moment the door opens. We both walk straight ahead to the balcony and I keep my head held high, not sparing the people watching a second glance.

Once we're in the safeness of the balcony, I finally release a breath I didn't know I was holding as we both a take sit at the table.

"Well," she says as she pours herself a cup of tea from the kettle that was placed on the table, "to what do I owe this honour of drinking tea with a royal."