Chapter 12

Nathan did not come the next day and I was in dismay instead of feeling relieved that the stalking demon was no where to be seen.

I had been busy all day with the suitors and I could say, I have no interest in any of them. The next one, the prince of Dackad. He loves praising himself and he was boring also, I could not help but yawn, I was feeling sleepy already with the claptrap he was spurting.

"Next" I said.

"But princess, I am not done, I have..." The prince continued but I cut him off. His forehead creased at my rudeness towards him but he left anyway.

"Next" I said and he left. The next prince came, this man was even worse, he was arrogant. He did not even greet me but started introducing himself.

"Your highness, this man is too pompous" Kate whispered in my ears.

"Yes, why don't we send him away" I whispered back and she giggled.

"Next" I said and the man left.

"Your highness, are you tired?, you can continue tommorow" Kate asked me.

"No, I want to finish this today" I told her.

The next prince that came was actually okay, "Good day, your highness" he said as he bowed to me.

He took my hand in his and gave it a light kiss, I couldn't help but curl my toes. When he raised his head, I took in all his features. He was very handsome with his long hair that reached his shoulder and his pointed nose, his thin eyebrows, his brown eyeballs and his red lips.

"Your highness, why don't you tell me about yourself?" he asked me.

"Sure" I told him everything about myself, my age, what I liked and disliked, my hobbies, my favorite food, books and so on..

"You really have a perfect life" he told me and I sighed.

"Well, somebody is about to ruin it" I mummured to myself, I didn't know he heard it.

"Who is that person?" he asked.

"It's nobody I can tell you about" I said to him, even though I really needed somebody to talk to, I couldn't say it for the fear I had. Everyone is going to blame me once they found out.

"You can tell me if something is bothering you" he said and I felt the urge to spill it out, I really needed help, I don't want to be with the demon. I really liked this prince that I just met now. I felt really comfortable with him.

"What if it is something you can't handle?" I asked him and he raised his brows questioningly.

"Like what, demons, witches?" he asked me and I gasped.

He nodded his head at me, urging me to say it all.

"You can tell me anything, I would listen" he said.

"I can't tell you" I said plainly and he did not pester me about it again and I was really thankful about that.

"Tell me about yourself" I asked him, he just said what he likes and disliked, he told me his age and his hobbies. We spent the day together, and I was really happy with him, I felt safe and comfortable with him. When it was time for him to go he kissed my hands again and waved at me.

"See you tomorrow princess" he waved and I waved back at him.

"Your highness, what do you think about prince Raya" she asked me about the prince I spent the day with.

"He is good, I should consider him, right?" I asked her and she nodded her head while brushing my hair. when she was done, she went away. I laid on my bed as I was unable to sleep. Afterwards, I heard the queen scream and I went to my mother's room to check if everything was okay.

"Mother, are you alright?" I asked her.

"No, no, no" she kept shaking her head and I could see sweats all over her face, she was trembling and I wondered what had happened to her.

"Mother, what do you mean by no?, what happened to you?" I asked her.

"Someone, someone is in... in my room" she told me..I glanced around to check if anyone was there but I didn't see anybody.

"Nobody is here, you are just having a nightmare" I told her and she kept shaking her head.

"No, someone was here and he tried to strangle me, his grip was tight..." she kept on saying and I tilted her head to look clearly at her neck.

What I saw made my eyes widened, her neck was red and I saw marks there. The person tried to kill her, the marks said it all.

"Don't worry mother, I am here now, nothing is going to happen" I told her. She went to bed and I laid beside her. After some minutes I could hear her even breath again. I shook my head, who would have done this to her...

The next day, I spent most of my time with Prince Raya, I started to develop feelings for him. He was straight forward and he says whatever was in his mind. He is very honest whenever he was talking to me and I liked him.

We were walking in the garden now, and the garden was filled with sounds of my laughter, the prince was too funny as he told me stories of his childhood. Especially those embarrassing ones and I could not help but laugh. I was still looking at him when I accidentally tripped and fell, because I was holding his hands, I dragged him down also and we fell on the grass with him on top of me.

I was feeling ackward with this position of ours but I didn't do anything, he lowered his face to mine and it was so close that our nose were touching. He leaned in on me and pressed his lips on mine, I couldn't help but curl my toes due to the impact.

"E...Ehem " Father coughed, I widened my eyes when I saw him and other guards staring at us.. we quickly stood up from the grass and a rosy blush flushed my cheeks as I stared at the ground.

"What are you two doing?" he asked me and I could not help but blush hard.

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