Jason sat on the swing watching the seductress taking a swim at the pool. It was an inside pool in the court with the roof open letting in the sun.
She looked very beautiful with her olive skin in the water, her long hair floated in the water following behind her. Swimming in the water, she was so precise and accurate with her every move like a professional swimmer.
"Do you like what you see?" she asked taking a break. Jason looked away after being caught staring. He didn't know what it was about the woman that made him act like a man with the hormones of a teenager.
"You shouldn't swim for too long," he advised avoiding answering the question she asked him.
"Your attempt to avoid my questions are getting better," she complimented. Getting up from the water, Jason had his eyes on her. She got held off the end of her dress and flipped her finger, wind blew on her drying her immediately.
Jason frowned, he was looking forward to seeing whether she was curvy or not but got disappointed when she dried herself before he could.
"Don't frown, what you wish for comes at a prince. With your heart belonging to another, I doubt you would ever agree to pay the price," the seductress told to him.
Jason shook his head. He was beginning to understand manipulation from her. She led him on but then acts classy and noble. She seduces him but from the looks of things, she didn't seem like the type to go further than the flirting.
"One day someone will make you sorry for the way you act," he warned. Nothing good will come out of what she does. He feared she will one day meet a man who will not let her back away after the seduction. She might suffer a terrible fate of perhaps being r*ped.
"Believe me, nothing of such can ever happen. I tend to be very scary when my smile leaves my lips," she said while her hands over her hair. "Pray that a day never comes when you wipe the smile from my face. That might be your last day alive," she added coldly.
Her voice was icy cold as she warned him, it felt like death had visited him. He swallowed hard and put on a brave face. He was the villain of the book, he should be the one who us scary but alas many characters in the novel were proving more evil than him.
It troubled him how such beautiful lips could utter such cold words. Truly the author had to be messing with him.
"Shall we? The party will end soon and you might miss your chance at being with your lovely Sashina," she said.
Her words made Jason aware of his original plan. Once again the seductress had made him forget about the woman he loves. To make it worse he didn't seem to mind, he enjoyed her company.
She was interesting. She kept him entertained and made him forget all the troubles of his life. His worries of never leaving the novel left him when he was with her.
"Let's go," he said.
They walked out of the pool, on their way they ran into Zanir. He didn't look very pleased with Jason's disappearance or the fact that he took forever to return to a party held for him.
He didn't even ask him where he had gone or who the woman was. He quickly ushered the male back to the hall separating him from the seductress.
Jason found himself seated at his seat in no less than five minutes. The terrifying butler didn't joke around when he wanted something done. He looked around the room for his sexy seductress but she was not around.
In his search for the seductress, his eyes met with the beautiful green eyes that he is more than familiar with. Blonde hair held together in a bun complimenting her look.
His breath hitched, his heart started racing in his chest at the sight of Sashina. She was more beautiful than the portrait he had made of her. His image of her was very close to what she looked like in person. He was breathless.
Finding his way down from the high table he nervously walked over to be. By instinct, he reached out his hand to ask her for a dance.
"May I have this dance?" he asked her.
"Yes, you may," she said blushing. She handed her glass of wine to her friend and took his hand. They moved over to the dance floor.
Jason kept his hand to her waist while the other he held her hand as they moved to the sound of the music. Sashina wrapped her hands around his neck and let him lead her.
"You are more beautiful than I imagined," he said to her. He was mesmerized by her beauty. He found himself comparing her to the seductress and on a scale of one to ten. He found the seductress's beauty to surpass hers by a long-range.
"Thank you," she replied. Her lips curled up into a smile. The idea of the prince of Xeris thinking of her to the point of creating an image of her in their head made her feel happy.
It was an honor for her, she could bring home a crown if she was lucky that was if the crown prince of Aphidia didn't accept her.
Speaking of the prince of Aphidia, just then the music stopped. The guests seeing this knew from experience what was to come and stood from their seats. The page by the door made the announcement.
"Arise and show respect to the crown prince of Aphidia as he makes his way into the room. Hail the prince of Aphidia," he announced.
"Hail," the guests responded in unison.
The door opened revealing the handsome and well-groomed prince of Aphidia in his purple attire. The purple color brought out his eyes and made him look radiant and pleasing to the eye.
The crowd gasped at the beautiful jewel of Aphidia who rarely makes an appearance in public. Seeing him was something cherished by the subjects of the kingdom.
Jason too was captivated by him. He felt drawn to the prince and for some reason, he had this feeling like he knew him.