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Chapter 21 - 19. Eyes on the road

"Morgana, hurry up" Carlisle urged as he stood in front of the door. 

"I'm coming" Morgana replied. Then after a while she came out of her room with a little brown satchel. She wore it across her shoulder.

"Why are you in such a hurry" she asked as she walked to the counter, putting bottled potions and bandages inside her satchel. 

"Zander said that we should met him in the turret, at dawn. And it is already dawn"

Morgana turned around to look at him. "So, you call him by his name now" she said with her hands on her hips. 

"You do the same" Carlisle said, at least to defend his self. "And besides he said that we are friends" 

"Did he? Hmm, don't get your hopes up. I told you he was referring to me" Morgana said as she walked out from the door.

"You can't be too sure" he said as he closed the door behind him and followed her immediately. 

"You walk fast" Carlisle told her, as they both walked across the corridor that leads away from the physician's court. 

"When you live in Axis Mundi's castle you'll learn how to walk fast, whether you like it or not"   

Carlisle nodded with what she has said, even though he didn't quite understand.  

The turret was a building on top of the castle, so they walked up some flights of stairs to reach there, now they were at the corridor that leads to the turret.

"What are you doing?" Morgana asked Carlisle who was walking with his back turned. 

"I have no care in the world" he said with a smile.

"You will trip" Morgana warned. 

"Try it, it's fun" Carlisle said.

Morgana shook her head, "I am not indulging in your stupidity" Morgana said.

"It's not stupidity" Carlisle said. 

"You are unbelievable" she told him as she continued walking. As she walked, she peaked at her back to see what he was doing.  Now he was making some funny gesture - Morgana smiled as she continued watching him. Her eyes was not at the road.

Suddenly she bumped into someone, and fell hard on the ground. When Carlisle heard the stud, he turned around quickly only to see Morgana on the ground, grimacing. 

He rushed to her, "Morgana, are you alright?" he asked as he crouched to the ground with her. 

"I'm alright" she answered, before looking up, her eyes widened - t'was the Second prince, and he was with that pompous and arrogant friend of his. Oh no! Morgana thought -- this is bad, very bad. 

"Look down" she whispered to Carlisle who was looking at them foolishly.

"What?" he asked. 

"Cast your eyes down, now" Morgana said with more urgency this time, and Carlisle did as he was told.

"Why are we looking down?" Carlisle whispered to her. 

"Shhh!" Morgana hushed. If they actually survive this, she will explain.

"Your highness, are you alright?" asked Lucian as he arranged his coat properly. 

"Yes" Raphael answered, staring fixedly at the female that he had bumped into.

"Who are this two idiots?" Lucien asked, and continued "How dare you bump into your prince. Have you lost your mind?"

"I'm sorry, it wasn't intentional" Morgana apologized. 

"You are sorry? When all of this was practically your fault" Lucien said. 

That word 'fault' ran at Morgana's ears. This was not only her fault - that prince is also to blame. And on top of her annoyance, that arrogant Lucian kept on blabbing on how to punish them and...

That's it! The next thing Morgana saw herself doing was standing up - 'I must be really insane for doing this' she told herself.

"My fault?" she stated and contunied, "I'm sorry, but this was not partially my fault." she said before she turned her gaze at the prince, and said "Pardon me your highness, I admit that my eyes wasn't on the road, but neither was yours" 

"How dare you!" Lucien loudened, as he was about to - probably hit her or something... But suddenly Raphael raised his hand, and that stopped whatever action Lucien had in mind. 

Raphael turned to the goddess with sliver white hair. He looked at her, from the crown of her head down to her feet. Morgana started to feel uncomfortable with his heated gaze. 

After the long stare he said, "Is that so?" 

"Yes," then awkwardly she added "My lord"

Raphael smiled - and Morgana couldn't believe that he was real, she had heard that Zander's half brothers were all extremely gorgeous, especially the prince Raphael. This was her first time of seeing him this close before.

"Fair enough" Raphael said as he continued to look at her.

'Why is he looking at me like that?" Morgana thought to herself. 'Is there something on my face?" 

After deliberating with herself - she decided that it was time for her to leave.

"Have a delightful day, Your highness" she bowed, before she dragged Carlisle up to his feet and they both started to walk away. 

"He didn't ask us to leave" Carlisle told Morgana in a whisper.

"I know, just keep walking before he changes his mind" she said.

Raphael stared after them. Then Lucian turned to the prince and asked with irritation, "Why did you let them leave?" 

Instead of a reasonable reply, Raphael said, "Delightful indeed."