Holy.... Cow", I said with my mouth agape.
Ky leaned in and closed my mouth, I totally forgot my mouth was left open.
"Iris, it's not nice for people to see their princess not organised, first impression lasts longer" he said smirking.
I gave him a fake smile and said " Funny"
I looked back to what left me enchanted. There were large white beams shooting up from the ground to the sky . I watched as people walked through and came out, with guards at the entrance.
"it's so beautiful "
" Yes, this is the bridge or portal to every other Kingdom including the capital "
" Wow"
"Come on, we are almost late"
The ride here was smooth if you exclude skyler's taunts.
"look who we have here, if it isn't skyler"
I turned around to see whose voice that was. I saw a tall guy with lean muscular body that had light brown hair that fell to the nape of his neck. He had golden brown eyes and a smooth chiseled jaw.
Is it me or are all the guys here just walking skyscrapers?
"No I think it's mostly you, Princess iris " the guy said
" oh my god did I just say that loud? "
" you sure did, sis"ky said.
I ignored him and returned my attention to the guy. He came forward and bowed
"I am Blade, it's a pleasure to meet you princess Iris " he said taking my hand and placing a kiss on it. I saw a glint, a sudden spark in his eyes, his eyes looked like they held on to many stories. I withdrew my hand from his hold and said
" Thank you, will you be joining us through the portal? "
" Actually yes, The king alpha, Ivar sent me to escort you to the palace "
" You didn't tell me you were going to be in Axona "Ky said
" I didn't know too, Ivar just told me out of the blue"
They started talking and I stepped forward still enchanted by the the beams shooting up from the portals. I turned to look at them
"Uhm.. Aren't we running late" I said smirking at Ky.
He smiled and said
" come on let's go "
Blade went through first, I looked back at Ky, feeling unsure
" Don't worry, I'm here you'll be fine " he reassured
I nodded and slowly I put my hand first, then the rest of my body. I felt myself being absorbed into the portal, I lunged forward, freeing myself. I opened my eyes that I didn't even realised I had closed. I saw myself in a beautiful city. With magnificent creatures running around. It felt like I was in a fairytale.
"Welcome to the capital, lumeria " Blade said
" it's so beautiful " I murmured
" come on our ride is here "
It was a carriage being pulled by horse like creatures.
I entered inside and sat, Blade and ky sat opposite me, then we started moving.
Since ky and Blade resumed talking, I busied myself with looking outside the windows and staring at the landscape. Unlike in Axona where everyone is a redhead,people were different here.
As we passed people stared
"We are approaching the palace "
I looked up and behind the tall gates guarded by grimoires, I saw a Palace that seemed to be made of glistening crystal. Damn this day just keeps getting better, if only I didn't have to meet Ivar. The gates swerved open and the carriage moved In. We stopped right in front of the palace. Blade opened the door and went out, ky followed. I sighed, crossed my hands and came out. I held on to ky's arm
"Is the summit meeting before I meet Ivar"
"No in fact you are meeting him now "
He and Blade walked on, and I followed behind them, taking in the magnificent look of the palace. Something caught my eye, I couldn't really make it out. I didn't realize I kept on walking, still trying to make it out until I bumped into someone, Blade.
"You have to watch where you are going,Princess. You seem to be a clumsy one "
" Yeah I guess " I said rubbing my forehead and wondering what his chest was made of. I suspected that if I jumped on his stomach he wouldn't feel a thing.
" Ivar is in there, go on " he said pointing at a door.
" okay thanks " I replied feeling a bit scared.
" sure I'll be around if you need anything "
Then he left
" I can do this " I said to myself and pushed the door open. All I saw were stairs
" ugh! couldn't he have been more specific and said he was up there " I said sighing
I had phobia for heights and he wanted me to climb up. No I'm not really excited to meet him.
Deep down I knew I was just looking for an excuse not to meet him. I was scared of stairs and height alright but I never allowed it affect me. I learnt to live with my fears and merge it with my pain, so why stop now.
I started ascending the stairs, holding my breath. When I got to the last stair. I ran and pushed the door with so much force than needed, the door gave easily and I fell on my knees.
I sighed.
"Are you okay?" I heard someone, a man.
I looked up
"Ivar? " I asked certainty
" You seem to already know me, Princess Iris" he replied.
He reached down and pulled me to my feet.
"Thanks" I said staring at him
Stop staring, stop staring
But I couldn't stop, he was so intriguing. He had jet black hair with tousled bangs. His eyes were a bright grey that were outlined with dark long lashes and arched eyebrows and of course he had the same physique, the strong body that got me wondering how they don't die from all that exercise.
More like punishment
And to top it all a light touch of beard to cover his handsome face.
I sighed and muttered
"Just perfect "
" You seem to have come out of your thoughts "
" Oh no, I... was thinking of the summit meeting "
He looked like he was trying to hide a smile.
" what? " I asked
" You are bad at lying "
" Fuck you " I said.
" so you are one of the humans that loves cussing "
He just referred to me as a human, it took me some time to accept it but it was obvious from the start, I was never happy on earth. It was obvious I didn't belong there. Now I'm here and it feels like I can finally get rid of all that pain.
" Firstly I'm not a human, I just grew up as one, secondly so what if I like cussing? I don't see how that affects you"
He scoffed and sat on a couch
"you may not be human but you definitely act like one, it's going to take a lot more than being called the chosen one than actually being a chosen one " he said dryly
I guess I was fazed by his beauty that I didn't notice his character. His face was all stoic and expressionless.
" You know what puzzles me? How I'm supposed to the rest of my life with someone as crap as you" I hissed and turned to go but he held my hand and pulled me back, standing up.
"well I'm not exactly thrilled about marrying you either, so don't act like to burden is on you alone "
" Good we both don't like each other, so why the hell are we getting married, you should tell your family you don't agree "
" unlike you, I care about fulfilling my duties and responsibilities "
" Yeah I'm so honored to hear that" I said sarcastically
"I don't need to say much, it's obvious you had such a poor upbringing "
I stopped shocked at what he said. Tears sprang to my eyes
" Look Ivar I get it but you don't have the right to talk about my upbringing because you know zilch about me "
I saw flashes of my past, making a tear drop slip down my face. His face softened and I cleaned my eyes with the back of my hand and ran out through the door down the stairs and into the hallway.
I stopped and saw the same the same thing that so caught my eye earlier. The rooms door was open a bit and something shined through the door. I walked to the door and pushed it wide open.
I saw a beautiful bracelet sitting on a red cushion one table in the middle of the room. I looked above it and
saw the picture of a man. I knew immediately that he was an axonian because if his red hair. He looked a lot like mum, I walked close to the picture and studied it. Underneath the picture frame was a name
"Luc Nilan " I read out " of Axona "
Grandpa! They probably hung his photo here to honor him. But what does that have to do with this bracelet. I looked closely at it. It had different writings on to that definitely wasn't English.
I felt like I had a connection with the bracelet, like it was begging me to take it.
"No iris, go away result the temptation "I said to myself as I turned and Walked out of the room happy that i didn't touch it. I always hated meddling something that's not my concern. I walked on and saw ky talking to a girl, with the looks of her dress and jewellery, I knew she was a princess. She had her back to me so I could only see her black hair.
"skyler!! " I said marching over to him.
I folded my arms and said
" so this was why you wanted me to meet ivar first, so you can flirt all you want huh? "
" what's wrong iris, you seem to be in a bad mood "
" hell yeah, I'm in a terrible mood and I met ivar and do you know what I think of him? Nothing higher than the sole of my shoe. So much for being a good man huh? " I shot at him
The girl suddenly started laughing.
" oh my god, I'm pretty sure no one could ever insult ivar like that, I already like you sister in law "
" Huh? " I asked with my brow raised.
" Iris" ky called
"what? "I replied icily
" Before you devour me kindly let me introduce you to her, Iris, meet my fiancee, kimberly who is also ivar's
younger sister. Kim meet my Iris my troublesome sister "
I was like
" WHATT??? You have fiancee and I didn't know "
" I wanted to let you settle in first, besides you where occupied I didn't want to add"
I was really considering crying again
"No one tells me anything around here. Ivar was right, no one is ever going to accept me, I'm just a dumb human not fit to be the chosen one. This day was going so well till I met ivar, ky please just take me home " I said at the brink of tears.
Kimberly came forward and dabbed at my eyes gently with her hanky.
" Don't mind whatever ivar says, half the things he says he doesn't mean them" she said softly
"what did ivar tell you? " ky said
" Thank goodness I thought you had gone deaf and dumb when you're just looking at me ranting and yaking away"
"Don't change the subject, what did ivar say to you? "
" Don't mind what I said, I was just having a bad day besides you expression that looks like you could rip Ivar's face off the second you see him has made me feel a lot better" I replied
"so you won't tell me what he said "
" No"
He ran his hand through his hair and sighed
"Fine, will you at least stay till after the summit meeting? "
He was concerned about me and that was enough. I went to him and held his hand.
" There is no need to worry about me ky I'm absolutely fine "
He smiled, I continued, turning to kimberly
" and I think kimberly is okay, in fact I'm sure she's way better than ivar "
She chuckled
" you're right about that but ivar is not that bad please give him a chance "
I wanted to trust her on what she said about ivar, so I said.
" only on one condition "
" what? "
" if I'm allowed to call you kim "
" Of course " she said smiling widely
" About the summit meeting, every member of the royal family has to attend so you have to be there too" ky said
"let me guess, All kings all over zyen have come to the capital to talk about the present situation which is me"
"yes" Kim replied
I sighed, just what I need, I thought sarcastically.
"Come on, we have a summit meeting to attend "
A/N Hey people, what do you think of Ivar? And the mystery bracelet? Thoughts people. What about Blade? Hmm... Anyways I'm really excited for the next chapter. Who knows what happens next. And as always don't forget to vote and comment.
Adios.. 😉