ANNOUNCEMENT BANQUET

Astria walked in her banquet with her head held up high, after the announcer said her name, as the nobles in attendance paved way for her.

She had heard all the other Kings will be in attendance today, for her marriage announcement, and she can clearly feel the dangerous aura been emitted from their body as each one wants to use this gathering as a means to show dominance.

The people stared in amazement and 'awes' as. Astriana walked through her banquet hall in her sky blue flowing gown in matching contrast with her ocean blue eyes as her calms Ile and gentle gaze rested on her brother and his wife , her gown is an exquisite piece, filled with sparkles of real silver from the arm length ending at her ample bust region which seemed to look bigger and fuller due to Flora tightening to cronset to the end, one can still imagine how she is able to breathe in it , well she has been wearing it since she reached the age of puberty, so tight cronset is not a big deal to her, she can wear it and still look very comfortable , the silver sparkles in her dress are scattered in array from her waist down given her a Fairy, magnificent and untouchable look., a beauty befitting an angel , and she ended her dressing with silver pair of shoes and a silver Tiara.

If there is any royal who knows how to dress to gain attention then it is her, being spoilt since childhood, she was always given the best of best, that includes clothes and jewelries increase her knowledge in fashion a great deal.

She felt a sense of pride surged in her as she walked down to meet her brother hearing thee nobles whisper of how beautiful she is, and how expensive howw gown must have being.

Now she is confident in herself that she is the best of the best, she has always been known to be the most beautiful after Leonora in the whole of Nardsia, and she has won many maiden competition, so she can be very much sure that Leonard cannot find anyone better than her, which means he is not married, her brother just said thaat to spite her and that she knows, she settled in her mind as she finally came up to where her brother 'King Erik Eleonard' had been waiting for her.

"my sister Princess Astriana Eleonard of Nardsia" King Erik said cheers filled the hall, while Astria remained her gentle and calm gaze and smile, while secretly using her eyes to look for Leonard, her eyes finally rested on him as she made eye contact with those brown eyes that seems to take her breathe away anytime she looks at it, his brown hair seems to have grown longer reaching his shoulders as his height also seemed to have grown, looking at his new facial features from his mastauche which he did not have before to his broad shoulders which is fitted perfectly in his royal blue coat, she can not help but fall in love over again, 'oh how I wish to run my finger through his hair' she taught in her mind as a blush made it's way to her face.

She creased her brows as she can feel a heated gaze that seems to be burning through her face, and she finally broke eye contact as the announcer started to read.

"We are here to announce the marriage ceremony between King Kaden Morosus of Hezab and Princess Astriana Eleonard of Nardsia, the marriage is to take place six days from now, which is on the seventh day and it is compulsory for all nobles to be in attendance " the announcer said as a frown settled on Astria's face and she quickly concealed it with her gentle expression.

Being a royal one thing that was always taught is how to be a master of expression, because wrong management of expression can be a big weakness, so from childhood she had always learnt to control how she feels mostly in public gatherings.

"it seems King Erik does not want to introduce the princess to his highness for him to take a proper look" a man's voice said bringing Astriana from her thoughts as she turned to take a look, still feeling te heated gaze burning through her skull, she made eye contact with the pair of the most green eyes she had ever seen, as he stood in front of her brother, wearing the a deep red royal fabric, that is as thick and red like the colour of blood, his facial features are the most finest she had ever laid her eyes, and his structure looks too good to be true for a mortal, his forest green eyes looking intently at her blue eyes as all the hairs on her body seemed to be on edge, his well structure nose standing erectly on his smooth, bronze skin, with a hint of paleness , his full plump lips facing directly at her mouth as she could almost imagine her it would feel, and his muscular structured body, that seemed to swallow his royal coat, making it fitted and fine , she had never seen a royal looking so good in coat except her brother, then his long black hair that polls on his shoulders, in contrast with Leonard's brown hair. 'he is so handsome, even Leonard cannot beat his features, I wonder who he is' Astria thought in her mind, gosh why am I comparing him to Leonard, well Leo is still better than him, his aura feels too dominant and strong, while Leo is calm and gentle she said in her mind, as memories of all the various ways Leonard had taken care of her flashed in her mind and she blushed then look away.

Astria saw a pale looking man standing close to him and she could guess he was a royal advisor, to this man, with his red fabric clothing 'wait did he say his highnesses wife' she said as her gaze widened and she turned to stare at the man she had been looking at before, then turned to her brother, to see an annoyed expression settled on his face, as he looked at him.

"King Kaden this is my sister Astriana" King Erik said, still maintaining his annoyed expression to shoe the amount of dislike he has to King Kaden, her brother looked at her, with eyes that says 'pay your respect'.

"King Kaden it's a pleasure to meet you," Astriana said to him with gritted teeth's, obviously wanting to show him how much she dislikes him.

He just gave her an over all look and nodded, then look in the direction of her brother, as he gestured him with his hands saying this way 'obviously to talk', she breathed a sigh of relieve as she looked in the direction of where Leonard was once standing, only to discover he is no longer there "oh where can I find Leo now in this hall, maybe King Kaden really brings badluck", she walked around the hall, expressing her pleasantries to anybody she came in contact with while using her eyes to look for Leonard.

After walking for what felt like hour with her high silver shoes, already experiencing leg cramps, she found herself in the palace garden.

"Leonard" Astriana called him as she saw the back of his royal blue cloth, and he turned to face her with his normal gaze without an expression on his face.

When he made eye contact with her, Astriana's fair face became burning hot red, as she tried to control her racing heart, she cannot imagine that after one year she is finally reuniting with her beloved or so she thought.....