Her joy, which lasted about a minute, came crashing down when she saw duke Carlose face. Her anticipation made her heart shattered with disappointment.
" 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅?" asked the duke, He carried the unconscious prince and made him lay in the bedroom near the balcony.
Rosalind with her disappointment looked at the moon. She had wished Prince Albert would come and look for her. She always wished he would one day comfort her and not see like a perfect queen. Just like always, her hope shattered like a broken vase. The duke put his coat on her shoulder. With one look in her face, he knew what she was thinking.
"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒌𝒆". There was a comforting silence between them. It was always like this, whenever she needed Albert, Carlose would come. Even though they had only spoken a few words, they were always comforting each other.
" 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆".
"𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔"
Rosalind came inside the banquet hall, she looked for Albert to seek comfort his hands and tell the tale, but what she saw was even more depressing. Albert was comforting Lilliana, The daughter of the Eastern Clan. They all grown up together, but because Lilliana was a week, Albert always protected her. Lilliana had pale milky eyes and violet hair. Rosalind was overcoming with jealousy as well as with sadness.
"𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅?" Rosalind came near, asked.
"𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅" the ladies said in unison.
. "𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚. The Crown prince, seething in anger, said. The baron daughter Amanda, who was also the waiting lady of the 2nd concubine said in terrified voice
"𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂'𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔!!"
Then the mother of 2nd prince Agana, who is also the 2nd concubine, came. Amanda was always protected by the concubine, and she had a crush on Albert, so she used to do these petty things.
"𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔"
"𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒚, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆" said Amanda in a coquettish voice
"𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓".
" 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 "Lilliana said in a slow voice.
"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂" the concubine said in arrogance.
Albert angerly held his fist" 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆-" Albert was cut of the concubine.
"𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 "The concubine was not pleased and wanted to humiliate the prince Albert
"𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏" Rosalind said in a sharp voice." 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂."
Amanda with fury and shame lower her head" 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔"
With this said the concubine and Amanda walked away in anger
"𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖" Lilliana wholeheartedly said
Lilliana face was flushed and looked pale.
"𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓?
"𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅"
" 𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆"" asked the Crown prince worried.
"𝒏𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅"
"𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖?,
Rosalind with a heavy heart and with no emotion on her face told Albert to take Lilliana home
Rosalind stood there with sadness in her heart. She then took off home.
At home, at the comfort of the moonlight, she cried to her heart content. She wished she were selfish and told prince Albert to stay. She lamented her willingness to be perfect t
for the prince.