A year had gone by, and then another. At first I thought having a party would be fun. I thought that the three of us would be able to be good friends like the book had said and possibly go on adventures together to far off lands.
That, however, was not the case.
When my father would host meetings with people of certain social status, I would be in attendance with the two boys that had been placed into my party. Outside of these events, we would only rarely get to speak to each other, and even in those events there would be a very clear line that would be drawn between us.
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"P-Pip…" I tried to approach him while we were overseeing a gladiator match in the noble booth.
"Yes, your highness?" He focused all of his attention on me, causing his large beady eyes to nearly water.
"I just…" I pulled out a roll of bread that I had taken from a nearby dish. "I saw this and thought you may want it."
