"Thank you for the opportunity you provided my daughter, to be able to mingle with the higher ups" Alora's father said to Beth in gratitude.
Beth barely recovering from the shock she had gotten from seeing Alora, finally noticed Alora's family, and smiled at Aloras's father.
"Mr Delphine, Alora is my only sister if I don't give her the opportunity to stand out, what kind of sister would I be,"
She walked to take Alora's hand from her brother, bowing a little to acknowledge him, which he returned, Then added "It is not like she does not already stand out, I mean look at her". She said hooking Alora's hand on her elbow.
Alora stood there not saying anything as she watched her family interact with the princess, mostly praising her appearance, and she was starting to feel a little nervous.
She was not shy, no she does not think of herself as shy, but this event was too big and her first time interacting with any official except her brother. To be frank, she was scared of ruining the trust of the Royal family, especially Beth's trust. She did not want to ruin their opinion of her, at least not in such a large scale way.
She didn't understand why she kept feeling like something big would happen, although she didn't really understand the world of the dark creatures, she could not get rid of the feeling, ever since Beth gave her that invitation.
Alora was pulled out of her thoughts when Beth squeezed her arm gently, she turned to look at her and saw her still talking to her parents, she knew that Beth could feel her anxiety, so she squeezed back gently and smiled.
"Thank you Mr and Mrs Delphine, but I think we should join my family now, before they send someone to call us, and I promise to take good care of her."
"Thank you again your highness, and please take good care of yourself, Alright?." Alora's mother then asked Ethan to send them to where the carriage's were being parked.
"Its going to be alright Alora, just calm down" Beth whispered to Alora, who smiled and responded with "You look very beautiful Beth". Beth smiled and they both walked side by side to the carriage's with Ethan leading the way.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU THINK HUH!!!!!!, DID I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GO OUT TO THINK."
"Mi-mi-mi-mistress I don't think, I kn-know its her, it has to be who else could other be".
The woman wearing a long black robe that hid her appearance, hit her hands on the wooden throne she was sitting on and questioned in a very calm voice.
"So you are telling me that you saw an angel.. no the angel's precious royal descendant, their princess here after the war, do you think I am stupid? Huh? , You first told me you sensed an angels presence and begged to investigate it, but now you are just speaking rubbish, huh how do I trust you now?. I sent you out Laila and you came back with no information whatsoever, how do I know whether or not you are scheming against me, against us!!!!!!!" Her voice roared at the end.
She took a deep breath, and Laila who was kneeling beneath the throne in the dark room illuminated with only two candles by the throne's side felt even more scared for her life, she tried to think of what to do to appease the mistress before she issued out an order to have her killed.
And then she remembered that her other sisters were planning an attack on the Anniversary ball of the Reeve empire happening that night to surprise the mistress and get on her good side, after their last slip up, but she refused to join them believing they would fail, and she would not, she gave herself a mental knock, but who would have thought the mistress would not believe a word she said.
"Mistress I would never think of betraying our family, this place is my refuge,"
Laila waited for the mistress's response, but she got none, she was tempted to lift her head up but she knew that she would only incur more of the mistress's wrath, although she would not even be able to see her face. She signed internally and continued.
"Mistress my sisters and I have planned to take the prince's life today." After her words Laila heard the mistress's soft voice, questioning her,
"Why today, where all of them are going to be gathered together, their defense will be stronger mmn?, the Reeve Empire's Anniversary ball is today." Any earlier hints of anger was completely gone from her voice, as though it was never there.
" Mistress we formed a deal with one of them, promised to make him king if he helps us.
" Mmmh greedy creatures, they can never resist more power, You can leave but I want good news unless you and your sister's should not show your face before me."
Laila scrambled up and left immediately before the mistress changed her mind.
Immediately Layla presense left the area, the woman on the throne smiled beautifully, "Fools, is everything in order?" She asked and a figure who was hidden in the darkness stepped out, in front of the two candles.
"Everything is in order mistress, we are just waiting for the right time to set it all in action"
Her voice turned aggressive all of a sudden "I don't want any mistakes nor do I want anything to go wrong, that demon prince has been playing with me for so long, It is finally time to teach him no all of them a lesson they will never forget", And the figure in front of her disappeared immediately she was done with her words.
"Woow" Alora gasped in shock as the carriage was approaching the Castle, "This is more than ten times bigger than ours", Beth gasped as she turned to look at her brother.
Alora had ridden with Beth and her brother in one carriage, while her parents had ridden together, followed by another carriage, with the villages most important officials.