Azriel/Lucile

𝗔𝘇𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹

The princess really got the nerve to piss me off. I may not be married but the nerve of that woman to call me an "Asshole"? This is beyond tolerance.

"Tch,the audacity of this spoiled princess." I growled out the words.I sat in my room, Elias, my personal butler poured the wine in my glass as I picked up the glass to my lips. "She's so privileged that she can just insult me like that." I bit out the words.."you should rest my lord….too much wine can be harmful for you…" Elias whispered as he bowed. "I'm not going to let this slide." I ignored his words, visible disapproval was clear on his face."I'll make sure that she will not just get away with it." I smirked as I put my glass down, the little princess shall know what it is like to mess with the Duke Azriel.

"You mark my goddamn words." I drank more wine as a small sign of protest. "But the emperor won't like it, my lord." that was the problem. I might be the Emperor's right hand man, but she was his daughter, not to mention the only heir after Prince Adrian abdicated.

"He doesn't need to know" I smirk,The princess wasn't his favourite anyways… "I'm sure he wouldn't care anyways." I slump back in my chair. "They are all just a bunch of liars." Elias nodded and walked away disapprovingly.

I finished the rest of the wine and then head out to the ball.

"𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬,𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥? 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?"

"𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝,𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥

Just thinking about this 'princess' makes my blood boil. What does she think she is? I let my thoughts consume me as I walk. Until my cell phone vibrated. Another nuisance. I pick up the call, Of course.

"Good evening, your majesty." Prince Adrian. The oldest son of the emperor and the one who was supposed to be the heir.

"A very good evening to you too, Azriel. I hope I'm not bothering you at the moment." The prince replied in a soft voice. The only royal I can ever trust is him. The only friend I had since I started training for the Duke Title. "Do not worry Prince Adrian. How may I help you,Your majesty?" I made my tone teasing since this was how we talked to each other. "Spare the formalities, Azriel." The prince sighed. "I am already tired of the 'your majesty' word."

"So to what do I owe you pleasure?" I spoke in a serious tone. "Father is calling for you." My shoulders stiffened. Why would his majesty need me on such short notice. It's weird but I can't say no.

"Alright i'll be there."

Lucile

I am so bored and Audrey is getting on my nerves. "Don't worry Lucile…I'll still let you be with me when I become a queen." I wish I could wipe that smug grin from her face. "The hell I will let you be the Queen." I glared at her, she looked up from her Phone and smirked again. "My, My...Lucile..darling. You? Queen? Please….you are making me laugh."

The rage started to build up within me, it made me want to tear out her eyes and shove them in her mouth. "Shut up. You are nothing." I scoffed at her bitter laugh. This woman makes me want to kill her every second I spend with her.

However, My thoughts are stuck to a certain duke. I hate how he argued…but, he looked handsome. Why the hell am I thinking about that Duke. I wish I could just focus on other things than a certain Duke.

I continue eating my cake. Whatever, I would rather eat my food than wasting my time on a goddamn duke and a so-called princess that wants to replace me. I looked outside the window….and the first thing I saw was the duke. I sigh. His expression seemed cold as usual, but the way he walked and the way he talk….this was all just mesmerizing.

I was distracted by the voice of Catherine….."princess, we should head back to the palace…It's about time for the dinner." I stood up, Audrey seemed to say something, but i was too distracted to hear her.

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐲…..𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧