.... Asher's POV....
We reached home, we can't call it house but a home. It's a small room with some old furniture. It's been 10 years, since Adena and I've been living here, from the day Adena and I met each other.
We enter and I close the door with a loud thud . " Would you like to explain your behavior now!?" I almost shouted.
"What behavior?" She said acting innocent.
"Drop the act Adena! You know what I'm talking about." I say annoyed by her.
"You don't want to do a job in Palace, so I thought...." I cut her.
"Exactly! That's the problem, you don't think anything! You just spat whatever comes to your stupid brain." I say as a matter of fact.
" What did I do wrong, now!?" She asks out of frustration.
"Adena, you can't agree on anything a stranger and especially a rich person says!" I yell at her. "What if he meant to do something wrong with you or me!?" I say in a bit low and persuasive tone.
"Oh, I didn't think like that." She says thoughtfully. " But promise me you'll do the Royal Advisor's job." She says.
"You don't listen to me, I also won't listen to you." I say walking towards the small kitchen.
"I'll tell everyone that I'm your girlfriend, than no mermaid or faerie will like you." She says threatening me.
I chuckle at her little threat. "Do that right away. I'll be grateful for it." I say sarcastically.
She sighs and after taking a pause she says, "do this job or I'll eat the peanut butter!"
"Adena , you're allergic to it." I remind her and try snatch the jar from her hand.
"I know, it's better that I die of peanut butter than dying by the hands of those creditors." She fakes a cry and make puppy eyes.
"I'm still not going to do that job !" I say with a serious tone and then snatch the jar from her hand. I turn and sit on my study table placed in the corner of the room not wanting to answer anymore questions.
"You agreed in the morning and you're denying it now! What is wrong with you?" She says with mixed emotions of anger and concern.
...Shayan's POV.....
After an hour of overthinking my life, I start reading the list of candidates .
1. Elijah
2. Amir
3. Harry
4. Ahmed
5. Ryder
6. Asher
I don't know the first 5 names, but the last name seems familiar, I don't know if they are the same person. I've decided something difficult for this interview, cuz this time advisor would just not be an advisor but something more .
My guard contacts me through mind and tell me that my father has summoned me.
' I'll be there in 2 minutes.' I reply in my mind and after cleaning the mess I've created in a single snap, i teleport to the palace in one blink.
After changing into an outfit in which I don't need to tell anyone that I'm a prince, I walk towards my father's room , which looks more like a hospital nowadays. I knock on the door and a hoarse voice comes to my ears. "Come in, Shayan."
After bowing to my father who nods to me in reply, I turn to the doctor and ask about my father's health. "How's he now?" I say not even showing a single emotion, that's how I'm raised .
Doctor let out a sigh and then says, "I apologize for my incapability, your majesty. The king can't live more than a week." He looks down.
I still keep my expression the same and turn towards my father . "Why did you called me?" A normal person wouldn't react like this after hearing the news that his father is dying soon. But I'm not supposed to show a single emotion just because 'Kings never feel sad!' this is what my father told me when I used to cry after my mother's death in my childhood. I was engrossed in my world of thoughts when my father's voice came to my ears .
"You asked for a new advisor, I agreed but what is this new competition!?" He asks in hoarse voice.
"Father, I want a strong and focused advisor, and only that interview can't decide it." I reply.
"What sort of competition it will be?" He asks giving in to my decision.
" I'll reveal this at the day of competition." I say in my usual serious tone that I maintain at the palace.
" What if I die before that day comes?" He says a little sadness in his voice. I look in his eyes. I've never seen him emotional , even a little bit. First time when I saw him a little sad was my mom's death but it was also just for a day, then he married another woman.
"Fine..." I sigh and continue. " It'll have 3 rounds, in first one they'll have to pass the interview, in the second one they'll have to fight each other, and in the third one they'll have to... fight me." I say .
... Asher's POV...
You agreed in the morning and you're denying it now! What is wrong with you?" She says with mixed emotions of anger and concern.
I stay silent at her question.
"Asher! Answer me." She makes me look in her eyes.