Aaron was not one to give up, especially when he liked something and he liked like hell Mylène Von Hosten.
He couldn't understand the fact that a woman was so attractive without forcing it, and what about those calculating eyes?
He came forward and stood in front of the duke. He was taller than him and his aura was enough to dominate him but the latter didn't seem at all impressed, he was looking at him with a bored look and Aaron had to tell himself that Mylène hadn't stolen this behavior.
" Your grace I would like to understand... Are you denying me the opportunity to get closer to your daughter?"
The duke winced at the undisguised threat which added a touch of amusement to the situation...was the second prince so desperate to be at his daughter's side to use his position as a royalty member?
" Don't tell me, your Highness, that you are threatening my father just because you want to have me for a party?"
My tone was cold and full of contempt, which twisted Aaron's insides...he didn't want Mylène to speak to him so badly.
" No that's not it."
The duke looked at his daughter with a hint of pride, getting this arrogant prince to sleep was something he was particularly pleased with.
At the same time, Gabrielle and her mother had just arrived... they had gone to the Solsten's, she had to tell her friend what had happened... She was sure that thanks to this information, Marion would take particular care to make Mylène pay and she would certainly remove her haughty gaze...
The only shadow on the board was the fact that she hadn't been able to see Frederik when Marion had assured her that he was present in the house.
Did he refuse to see her? Yet she is sure that the news of her presence has indeed been reported to him, but why did he remain so unaffected?
Had he fallen in love with Mylène and doubted their engagement? No, she didn't want to believe it, in the best of all possible worlds, she had to become the Countess of Solsten and Marion to become the second princess of the kingdom of Garten... why did Mylène have to come and put her two cents in the affair.
Gabrielle's mother didn't want to stand idly by either, if Mylène continued like this, her daughter would be eclipsed in this house and she would only be a girl close to a servant seeing how much the duke had seemed to appreciate Mylène again.
She had thought of the fact that Count Manuel De Solsten had expressed the wish to take a new wife after having spent so many years of widowhood, and she had the ideal candidate to fulfill this task... if Mylène loved games of seduction so much she would give her to him. She had to tell her husband about Count Manuel De Solsten's desire to take Mylène as his wife before the engagement note arrived.
He was not stupid their neighboring estate of the county De Solsten must keep cordial relations so if he decides to offend even a little Manuel, he is sure to attract a lot of reprisals even from the capital because Manuel is a relative of the queen.
They had just arrived when they noticed the presence of many royal knights Gabrielle scowling...they had come after Mylène again.
They entered the hall to have Gabrielle sawed into place… there, in the middle of the hall stood, the second prince with pleading eyes as he spoke to the duke who remained rather impassive.
Mylène looked at them with an absent air as if everything that was happening in front of her did not concern her, it was frankly annoying for anyone who thought they were so disrespectful to the second prince.
His brothers who had gone to a training session returned to find the second prince looking miserable and Karl advanced on the three.
" I greet His Royal Highness the second prince Aaron Shubert Von Garten."
Aaron gave him a simple look before looking back at the father-daughter duo in front of him.
Karl felt humiliated and shot a hateful look at me who huffed not understanding what was happening to Karl this time...I hadn't even opened my mouth about it.
" My lady, please reconsider..."
" Your Highness, I would like everything to be clear now... I have no desire to attend this party, you see, I have other plans for this evening and I want to rest for that. So, I would be truly grateful if you would drop the idea of having me be your date tonight."
Aaron looked almost broken as the duke wondered what his daughter's plans were.
As for me, I wanted to take the time tonight to study the question of my light powers, so going to such an uninteresting party meant nothing to me... absolutely nothing at all.
Aaron was about to speak again when the sounds of voices were heard outside and everyone looked towards the entrance to see Frederik De Solsten arriving with a robe following him, servants tugging at it and trying to keep up with his pace.
I wanted to giggle as the duke looked at me hard…it was funny but I had to keep calm and not show how hilarious the situation was.
Frederik De Solsten had also gone to buy a dress for Mylène on impulse...he didn't know what had come over him but when he had heard from Gabrielle during her meeting with Marion that the second prince had sent a dress to Mylène, he had thought he was going crazy but fortunately, Mylène had refused. Even if he knew that the second prince would not be someone who would give up so easily.
His anger was immense and he knew he had acted with immaturity and even stupidity but he couldn't control himself with the feelings that were twisting his chest, he hadn't thought...he didn't want to think... If he let the second prince act so with impunity, he was sure to lose his chances with Mylène. This thought itself was stupid because Mylène is the sister of his fiancée even if it is not official.
When Aaron saw Frederik enter with this dress, a dull rage was born in the hollow of his heart as he would have liked to be alone with this man and hit him for getting too close to what would belong to him... he couldn't bear it to know that he should soon return to the capital and thus leave this vulture around Mylène giving him free rein in the conquest of her heart.
Suddenly, he looked to the side and could see Gabrielle Von Hosten looking at her fiancé with visible and justified fear...she was not stupid to realize that her fiancé was not looking at her and therefore the dress he had brought was not for her.
Her jaw was so tight it could have broken under the pressure as her eyes seemed to want to cast spells seeing her fiancé running towards another woman.
.Gabrielle had clenched her fists so hard that her fingertips had turned white, she had tears in the corners of her eyes and seemed to be holding herself back from screaming in frustration...she hated this situation more than humiliating, she wanted Frederik to stop to make fun of her like that.
Frederik had stopped thinking as soon as he saw Mylène... She was breathtaking as usual, her hair was down in a slovenly way and her sleepy face made her look like a cute little bunny. She had everything a woman needs and he was sure he would go crazy to leave her when he got back to the academy in a month...it was unbearable unless he asked for her hand from the duke.
I'm on my ass. I can say, if I had had a cell phone, I would have filmed the whole scene. What was this absurd situation again?
I turned him on just once and now he was dogging behind me? It proved one thing, he wasn't a very serious man but hey it's not like I wanted to get involved with him.
" My lady..."
He looked out of breath and that made him even more desperate.
" Frederik De Solsten, I see that you have come to give a dress to your fiancée Gabrielle Von Hosten."
Frederik gasped, what was Mylene's point?