The deal

After the queen left to make the soup, the prince along with the king and Christoff sat in the garden waiting, Octavia went into the room, took a bath and got ready.

When she was finished she caught on to the scent of the person that was in the balcony, her hair was open because she washed it, the girl left her hair just like that and ran until she arrived at the garden, she turned around so fast that the went on her hair splashed in the prince face.

He sprung up from his chair, her eyes widened with fear, "are you okay? " Christoff asked,

"umm yeah I am fine " she replied,

"hmm you sure " the prince asked,

" yup I am sorry that the water from my hair got on to your face" she responded,

He smiled in a weird way " it is okay, nice strawberry shampoo" he said.

The girl appreciated his compliment but wondered if he would harass her later, she became nervous around him and he noticed, the prince did not want anyone to find out that he do not like the girl so he pretended as if everything was just fine.

She sat down at the table as the maid served the food, as she was about to collect a plate, the queen came saying "hold on she will be having this soup", the girl smiled,

"thank you your highness" she replied,

"if you have this soup it will help you avoid getting sick" the queen said,

"okay thanks again" responded Octavia as she collected her soup.

The prince was not happy with the girl at all so he decided to deal with her later, while she was eating she felt a sudden shiver in her body, Octavia could not handle it anymore so when they finished eating she went straight to the library looking for books that could help her understand what could be happening to her. She completely forgot about the prince for a moment.

"You know i wonder what will happen if i have to wait on you another minute" said the prince.

The girl turned around and saw him standing by the door,

"you followed me here?" she asked,

"no someone told me you were here, so i came to see if you forgot about your duties as my personal maid" he replied,

"i am sorry, i will get back to work in a few minutes, please give me an hour to myself?" she asked,

"hmm okay but i have a few conditions though" he responded,

"what are your conditions sire?" she asked,

" you will be my girlfriend for three months straight" he said,

"huh your girlfriend but why?" she asked,

He smiled wickedly "there will be a royal ball soon and i have to attend it with my life partner though and there are a lot of options, there is a princess coming who i hate and she will try to get close to me if i go alone, hmph i might even get the idea of hurting her" he replied.

She swallowed heavily "but sire i am not even a princess type" she said,

"you do not have to be a princess in order for a prince to date you, yes i agree that you are unattractive but in a nice dress you can pass" he replied with a playful smirk on his face.

He looked into her eyes with a wicked smile on his glorious face, as he looked at her from head to toe, "so do you accept the deal or not?" he asked harshly, what he said riled her up a little because she knew that she was not unattractive,

"hmm i accept" she said,

"if i wanted i can prove to you that i can be attractive but i will never stoop that low" she said to herself,

"you do know that from now on you will have to do whatever a couple does in front of the royals which this place will be packed with up until the ball" he replied,

Tears came to her eyes "i do know, now can i please get back to what i was doing?" she asked,

"okay but i want you in the room before 4pm it is now 1pm so you have a little time" he said,

"got it sire" she replied as he left.

"Phew what have i gotten myself into?" she asked herself as she continued looking for the books, a few minutes later she came across a book with a black cover and had no name, when she opened it the girl saw that it contained stuff about magic, werewolf , vampire and a lot of other creatures, she sat down and read a few things but found nothing concerning what was happening to her.

Octavia gave up and went to the kitchen, there she met Caria, "do you need something?" the queen asked,

"no not at all ma'am" she replied,

"Octavia are you okay?" she asked,

The girl turned looking at Caria "i am fine why do you ask?" she responded,

"you look worried, is it about the amount of royals that will be visiting for a few months?" she asked,

"no that is not a problem, it is just i was reading up about those creatures and how horrible they can be" she said,

"oh yes that is truly disturbing" Caria replied,

"anyways thanks for checking up on me, i have to get back to the prince now" Octavia said,

"okay you take care see you later" the queen replied as the girl rushed off to her room.

As she entered the room the girl saw that the prince was laying on the bed, when he saw the girl came, he got up and checked the time, it was direct 4pm "ah you are right on time" he said,

"is there anything that you need sire?" she asked,

"oh come on do not be so dull, lighten up a little and get ready you and i will be going to the duke's party at the other side of the kingdom tonight" he said,

"hmm and now he tells me, oh god help me get through this few months" she said to herself.

After noticing that she was not pleased about the idea, the prince reminded her about their deal "we had a deal now let me see what you have to wear, i will be picking what you wear tonight and if you do not have anything proper i had a few girls select somethings, get going" he said,

Octavia was sad and wondered what he will have her wear, "oh damn you i will make your life so miserable that you would wish that you had never agreed to be my caretaker" he said to himself with a wicked smirk.