Celine opened her eyes, the sun was blinding her eyes and so she shut it again. Her head ached.
" Lady Celine, the crown prince is waiting", a maid said and she nodded. After sometime she came out to see him drinking water. As always. Not waiting to be told to sit, she sat rubbing her forehead.
" Where were you, your highness, I didn't see you all day, yesterday, I mean", she said not looking at him but at her food. " What do you mean?, I was with you last night".
She looked at her drink. Who would drink alcohol in the morning.
" Your highness, who would request for alcohol early in the morning?", She asked but got no reply. Humph , who cared, it wasn't strange that he wouldn't reply her. She took the glass and poured into a cup, as she raised it to her lips, the scent wafted into her nose.
It came as a shock . One that came with high power .
" Your life is like poop". And she vomited on him.
"I'm not like you whose life is miserable"...
Celine looked at him and he cocked his head to the side. "I suddenly lost my appetite ", she said and stood to leave. "Stop". She stopped dead in her tracks. Celine looked at him giving him a painful smile.
" Do you want to leave, you can sit and watch me eat", he said his face dark but full of peace. Which made it even harder to sit.
Ha! When did he start eating?
"Why would I watch you eat when all you do is drink water", she said quickly and he scoffed. He picked a fork and began eating. "It's nice, you know"
What kind of torture is this? Brat.
" I am tired", she said and made to leave again. " Last night, do you remember anything from last night?" He asked and she shook her head. " I don't, your highness. And no offense, I don't want to hear it", she said and left quickly before he could say any other thing. Her face was flushed from embarrassment.
Celine decided to steer clear. Seeing his face would remind her of her careless act. It would have been better if she had kissed him than to vomit on a whole crown prince of a strong and fortified kingdom.
What a shame. She even called him miserable. She really deserved to be beheaded and forgot.
***
The crown prince Alexandro was sword fighting. Wasn't lady Celine meant to be here. She had told him that she admired sword fighting, but strangely wasn't here.
"She could have simply apologized than to run away like that ", he muttered.
Celine watched him sword fight , he seemed to be in a good mood, that brat of a prince. Once more, she cursed crown prince Logan, he was the cause if this from the very beginning to now.
The crown prince Alexandro turned to see Celine watching. She hid behind the small bushes. Oh, why was today cursed for her. Quickly, but steadily ,she sneaked out and went to the garden to sit and think of her life.
Luckily for her, no one was in the garden and it suited her just fine. She sat on the grass and folded her legs hugging it with her left arm and fondling with the grasses with her right. Life was unfair.
She and her young and only sister, Amaya were happy together. They stole for a living, joined a set of cult and even trafficked drugs to Xavier and Segovia from a far away country.
They both had had a near death experience, but survived. They were made for each other . Until that jerk, crown prince Logan stole everything from them. Even though she didn't know what had transpired between them. She merely didn't care.
All she wanted was her sister and her life back.
Celine was jerked back to life by the voices she heard. It sounded like the voice of the crown prince Alexandro. What the fuck was he doing here. Or was he following her.
Before she could hide, he had come . He looked at her wanting to say something, but before he could, she had suddenly disappeared.
" I never knew she was this fast", he said.
Celine breathed fast. This prince was an idiot. Was his day cursed. What was she thinking, it was obviously her day that was cursed . It was as if the witches had sat for a meeting on how to ruin her day.
Just then, she saw Mellitus. " Mellitus", she called and he came to her. " Where is the prince?" She asked .
" Well, he is headed for a court meeting personally with his mother and four top court officials", he said and she nodded. At least she was free for a while.
" Where are you headed?" She asked and he shrugged. " To the lake. I'm off duty so I like staring at the lake", he said and she held his hand. They were large and comforting. Not as cold as that stupid prince. " Let's go"
Mellitus looked surprised at first, but decided to play along. They went to the lake and sat staring at it. " It's beautiful, especially with a day like this", he said and she smiled
He must be a nature lover.
"Tell me about yourself, Mellitus ", she said . Maybe she should start a romantic relationship with him after she breaks the crown prince's heart.
He looked hesitant at first, then he said," I don't really have much to say, but I grew up in the small village near the island of pome." He looked at her then at the sea, then continued.
" Well, my dream to become a soldier started when my home was robbed by bandits ". That caught Celine's attention. Her and her gang had robbed pome once.
"Their leader was a woman. They stole everything we had"
She and her gang didn't steal everything, they left the pot of soup. " Well, did they leave a thing?". He nodded. "A pot of soup", he said and she bit her lips. If this man knew he was talking to the leader of that gang...
" They didn't even steak from the rich people "
" I'm sure they did, they must have needed enough for their journey", she said and he looked at her."Eh?" She looked at him and shook her head.
"Nothing, go on". And he continued. He had gone to Xavier to leave with his uncle who had connection with the queen who made him a guard. " Though it wasn't right, I still got my dream. If I ever see those bandits. I would break their necks". Celine held her neck and gulped.
Life's unfair sometimes.
It was getting dark and the stars were coming out. "I'll leave, my duty is on now_, he said and left.
The night was beautiful, she stood and walked closer to the lake. Her shoes were hurting so she removed it and stared at the lake.
Then, suddenly and without good timing, someone pushed her into the lake. She didn't guard herself knowing she had enemies. Everyone was everyone's enemy in the palace. There were no friends, only enemies.
The night seemed beautiful with no one around...