RICHARD'S POV
"You are crazy," Sebastian said as he sipped his drink.
"The same guy that was all over Ambrosia when he discovered she was his betrothed is talking to me about craziness." I retorted.
"Hey bro please don't say that," he muttered with a flustered face. "It wasn't my fault."
"I know that," I smirked slightly. "Just pulling your leg a bit."
My statement earned me a glare from my friend which made me laugh a bit.
"Seriously Richard?" he sighed. "Forget about me and worry about yourself."
I tilted my head downwards a bit just to avoid meeting his eyes. "I'm so nervous right now."
"Won't blame you." Sebastian chuckled slightly. "Look at how most of the guys in the room are staring at her."
"I know but she's mine," I growled.
"You are behaving like a werewolf now." Sebastian pointed out. "Possessive people."
"I don't behave like a werewolf at all so please don't say that."
"Calm down bro." Sebastian patted my back slightly before scanning the crowd for someone.
"Who are you looking for?" I inquired.
"Isabella and George." he disclosed to me. "I haven't seen them anywhere."
"Cause they are not present." I sipped a bit of my wine just to avoid eye contact.
"That's weird normally they are always present at any event." Sebastian said and my conscience couldn't take it anymore.
"The reason why they are not here is because they don't live here again." I admitted.
"Meaning?"
I narrated the entire incident to Sebastian and made sure not to leave out a single detail.
"That's bad but why did George behave that way, he is aware of how bad your temper can be." Sebastian said.
"I feel so guilty and believe me I have tried to search for them but it was a lost course." I breathed slightly because everytime I remember what happened that day it hurts me. Those two were my closet friends and I lost them cause of my temper.
Wish it never happened.
"What do we have here?"
'Just great'
"Amoux please don't try to frustrate me today and at least try not to get a whooping." I advised.
"Whatever." He muttered before glancing at Annabelle for a while.
Stop starring at my girl
"Heard you and the princess are now official forgot to say congratulations." he had a disgusting smirk on his face and it made me boil.
"Yes you heard the right thing." I said. "And thanks for your sincere gestures.
Amoux's face color changed a bit, he wasn't expecting me to be cool towards him at all. He placed a fake smile before leaving.
"That was amazing Richard." Sebastian complimented. "The best way to reply to a person like him."
"I know that." I chuckled before raising our glasses for a toast.
"I'm still shocked." Sebastian's eyebrows were furrowed a bit.
"I will keep on searching for them because I'm worried about their safety." I said.
Sebastian nodded "I know that and I believe you will be successful."
'Let's just hope.
Sebastian excused himself so he could mingle to other people who were present. I didn't feel like talking to much people because I knew that the news of Annabelle and I will have gone viral by now which will lead to so many questions.
'There's no way I want to answer all those questions.'
"Long time Richard." A voice said.
Caelia, daughter of King Zorion of Yugen glared at me. Her deep blue eyes starred into me so intensively.
"Caelia what a surprise to see you." I muttered.
Her nails tapped on the glass cup in her hand. "So I hear that you are now with the princess."
"News don't travel slowly in our Realm. Yes I'm with the princess." I reassured.
"Congratulations to you." she smiled. "I didn't come here to talk about that."
"What's up?" I asked.
"I'm here to catch up with a friend." she replied.
I looked at the person who was talking. The same girl who cut me off because her fiance said so. "After all these years you have decided to come back and accept our friendship."
"I'm sorry for what happened." she apologized. "I loved him so much that's why."
"Well your sacrifices turned out to be fruitless because the relationship didn't survive." I reminded her.
I know but please forgive me." she pleaded.
She was a friend despite all the things she did in past. "Yes I do forgive you."
Caelia's face light up. "Thank you so much Richard."
"Your welcome." I smiled. "Friends?"
"Always." she said before leaving.
'Feels great to get a friend back.'
"Excuse me sir the princess seeks for your presence on the terrace." A messager said.
"Okay tell her I'm on my way." I ordered.
'What does my baby have in store for me?'
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Annabelle kissed me immediately I arrived, she didn't spare a second. Her lips took control of the kiss and the funny part was that I didn't bother to fight for dominance. I wanted her to take control.
'Love it when she does'
"I'm sorry." she said after the kiss. "I couldn't help myself."
"No problem besides I love it when you take control." I teased a little.
Her checks were red which made the tone of her voice increase. "Shut up."
"So you called me just to kiss me?" I asked.
"No I called you over here so I could spend time with you." she smiled. "I wanted to have you to myself."
I wrapped my hands around her waist, pulling her body close to me. "Well I'm here and you have me all to yourself."
"I know." she said. We kept a steady eye contact with each other, the room was silent but our hearts were talking to each other in a way people won't understand.
All of a sudden we heared a huge noise coming from the throne room.
"What's that?" I asked.
"I don't know let's go check." Annabelle suggested.
We rushed to the room just to see a lot of unknown men in the room and they had weapons. The guests screamed as they all tried to run away.
We are under attack!" I yelled. The guests present tried to get to safety with the help of some soldiers while the other ones fought the attackers.
"How is this possible? Annabelle asked.
"I don't know but this doesn't look good," I mumbled. " How did the attackers manage to get into the palace?"
"That will be a story for another day," Annabelle said before grabbing a sword that was lying on the floor. "It's time to fight.