Zulia P.O.V
Hours have gone by and I've not caught a glance of Prince Travis since this morning.
"Why am I so anxious?, has he figured out who I am, I made sure not to leave any clue"
...
"Lia... Lia" Erin shouts out my name as he runs towards me
"Yes Erin,you called?" I faced him.
"Prince Cyrus needs your immediate presence at the training grounds" Erin looks at me with concern.
"Prince Cyrus?.." I asked as he nods.
I walked out of the knights quarters to the training ground.
Getting to the training grounds,I saw Prince Cyrus waiting for me.
"Prince Cyrus, you called for me?" I said firmly.
He points at me, signaling me to come closer.
I walked closer and finally got close,he wraps his arms around my waist pulling me closer to his chest.
"Yes... These are the eyes I have been seeking for" He stares at me.
I tried to get away from his grasp but tightens the more I try to get away.
"After everything, you chose Travis over me" He smiles, I ignored him.
"Blue eyes is quite common in this Empire but something about yours speaks differently to me" He leans over as he uses his thumb to caress my checks.
"No matter how tough a lady is, there's always a weak side of her, I can't wait to figure out what yours is, yet?" He smiles.
" Getttttt your hands... of me!!!" I kicked him in his groins as he fell on one knee and looks up at me.
"I wish you were part of my squad" he gets back up and pulls me by my wrist.
"If I was in a bad mood, I could lock you up for harassment to a royal blood" he cocks his brows and smirks.
"But you attacked me first—"
"Shush darling" he places he finger on my lips,
"Don't worry I won't lock you up, I'm weak to pretty things and my dear,you are part of my pretty collection" he tucks a stand of my hair at the back of my ear.
Why is he so close...?.
He stares at my eyes and I did the same, all I could see behind those sweet words were perversion.
"Has anyone told you you have beautiful rosy cheeks," He smiles
"Let me get to the main reason I called you here,Travis is on a discreet trip and will probably not be back till very late at night and might not give you personal training"
"So why am I being called by the commander of the Red imperial knights?, when I'm clearly not part of your squad".
"Hold your horses darling and be patient, Travis personally asked me to train you just for the day despite your rude personality and I'll be delighted to train you" He finally releases my wrist
"First question, have you heard of the word Elements?"
"Elements? ..." I tilted my head in confusion.
"I'll break it to you in a way even a mouse will understand", He pauses.
"Firstly,your training began the minute you ate a food containing the sarane spice, the sarane spice weakens or contract the muscles making it impossible to move,but miraculously you were able to move. Nobody takes the sarane spice and moves freely except you're a mage or a cultivator"
"In other words you have the ability to be one of them, a Mage or a Cultivator".
"So you're telling me ...I can".
"I almost forgot to tell you the important part, only certain royals are able to move under the influence of the sarane spice, you're an exception" he smirks.
"Huh?" I felt cold sweat around my back as he stares at me.
"Or are you a royalty?" He walks up close to me
"No!" I replied firmly
"That's a very bold answer,well don't fret maybe you're from a old decent of royals that no longer exist" he taps my shoulder trying to calm me down.
"I am a cultivator and I have the element of air or you might call wind" he unsheathes his sword
"Step back and stand your ground" He swings his sword ...
nothing happened and then he swings it again
I was pushed away by a large force of air pressure as I fell on my back.
Prince Cyrus walks towards me,squatting beside me.
"I'm sure you're confused,those pretty blue eyes of yours are filled with curiosity and questions,Should I try to ease your curiosity?". He rubs my checks
"That's my element, the first swing had no force and the second had about 10% of my energy pressure, so it was the wind that pushed you back"
I looked at him as I tilted my head in confusion.
"I'll give you a book on cultivation and Elements, read it and figure out what element you are"
"Okay Prince Cyrus"
"Also, don't do anything to make Travis suspicious of you,and you might want to keep the secret of you being a cultivator if you don't want to attract attention" He looked at me seriously.
"Well that's that." He stands up and held his hand out, I grabbed it as he pulls me up.
"Why are you helping me out?, aren't you meant to be suspicious of me?" I faced him waiting for his response.
"Eyes?" he said.
"Huh?, I don't get?" I said.
"I love your eyes,I find solace just by staring at them," He smiles at me.
"Well that's for today, I'll give the book to Travis and he'll hand it over to you" He walks away.
"Ohh!! mind you, I never said anything about not suspecting you" He turns towards me and finally leaves the training ground.
I tried so hard not to lose my balance yet I fell to the ground
Travis? How strong are you?...
I searched for Zamora, who seems to be busy with the First Prince.
She came out to see me quickly.
"Is that what you do all day?, Just stand by him?"
"Yes, as silly as it must seem,it's quite fun seeing someone so interested in the kingdom affairs,I kind of find peace when I watch him" She smiles.
"I hope you're not beginning to fall for the first prince,don't forget the main reason we're here,this isn't our kingdom, We have other things to focus on than this kingdom affairs".
"I Know Zulia, I was just... I just felt comfortable around him cause he shoulders the same burden I formally shouldered,"
"Ohh I see"
"Why are you here?, aren't you meant to be fighting or ...doing weird knightly things" she frowns
"I'm going to be on duty tonight, so I won't be coming home early"
"Okay Zulia, I'm heading back in" she walks into the first prince chambers.
I might have sounded harsh but she shouldn't get attached to this kingdom...
We Have Ours To Save.