Liam and I were in his room getting all cleaned up and dressed for dinner.

"You were amazing in that fight. You really didn't need luck. I thought you were just being cocky," I smile putting my arms around him.

"Actually, you were my motivation. Usually halfway throughout the fight, he finds some way to knock me down, but I knew my girl was watching and within the next few years, I'll have a family I need to protect as well as a Kingdom. I can't let you down," He states.

"You can never let me down and I hope I'll never do the same," I say sweetly caressing his cheek.

I lean up and kiss him. The way that I felt, it was the right moment to tell him that I loved him, but before I could open my mouth, there was a knock on the door.

"You may enter," Liam states.

"Time for dinner, brother," I hear as I turn towards the voice.

It was Liam's brother, Malcolm. Boy, did he grow up. I barely remember him but he has turned into a very handsome and well built man. He looks at me with his charming smile making me feel as shy as Liam had made me.

"Princess Anna, it's nice to see you after all these years. You were beautiful before but now, you have become even more beautiful. I have to say, my brother is a very lucky man. If only I had been born last"

"Thank you, Malcolm. I appreciate the compliment and it's nice to see you again as well. It's been too long. Honestly, I am just as lucky to have Liam. I'm sure you have been blessed with a lovely wife, so there's no need to want to have been born last," I smile politely entwining my fingers with Liam's.

Malcolm looks down at our hands and frowns a bit before narrowing his eyes at my comment and then replacing it with a smile, "Shall we head down for dinner?"

"We shall. After you brother," Liam states with humor in his voice as he squeezes my hand and we head out of his room.

I can now see why Liam always feels the need to compete with Malcolm, but he won't have to for my heart.

"Princess Anna, it's very nice to meet you," A women says politely with a smile and a baby on her hip.

"Hello. It's nice to meet you as well, but may I ask who you are?" I say politely returning the smile.

"Princess Delaney, I'm Princ- sorry, soon to be King Malcolm's wife," She replies.

"Oh! I should have realized. My sincerest apologies. Princess Delaney, it's very nice to meet you and this must be your daught-"

"Yes. This is little Miss Princess Pea. She's nine months old and over here is Princess Beatrice. She's three years old," Princess Delaney says interrupting me and giving me more information than I was going to ask for. What awful names...

"Aww. They are adorable," I coo at their cute faces even though I felt bad for them because of their names.

"Dinner is served!" The chef says as servants come in to sit a big variety of food onto the table.

I politely nod at Delaney as we head towards the table. Liam pulls out my chair for me as I take a seat and he pushes me in. Malcolm follows suit after watching Liam. By the look on Delaney's face, she seemed a bit shock over his "random" act of kindness. Dinner was delicious, but it got annoying listening to King Lowry talk about Malcolm the whole time as if he forgot he had another son named Liam. It was like, "Malcolm did this" and "Malcolm did that". If I heard one more thing about Malcolm, I was going to have a fit. I knew by the look on Liam's face, he had already had enough.

"It's actually really funny. We had always thought that Malcolm and Anna were going to be together, but she was still a bit too young around the time that Malcolm needed to get married. I personally feel like the both of you would have been a great, strong, power couple. Unfortunately, Liam was the next in line and he has her now. Let's just hope he doesn't screw anything up," King Lowry blurts out randomly.

I look over at Queen Lowry as she frowns at her husband and sadly looks at Liam. I look over at Liam who stopped eating, sat his spoon down, got up and angrily left the room. Malcolm snickered a bit and the look on Delaney's face made her look shocked to hear that the King had wanted her husband to be with someone else, that someone else being the girl on the other side of the table that she had just stroke a conversation with a little while before. At this point in time, polite Princess my ass. I had enough. I'm going to put King Lowry and Malcolm in their places and go see if my man's okay.

"Malcolm, why are you smirking? I'm not sure if you're more joyful over the fact that your father just disrespected your wife in front of your two young children or the fact that your brother just got verbally abused for the hundredth time in his life. I feel bad for Princess Delaney, she deserves better and still had the kindness to give you two beautiful daughters. If I were you, I'd be a little less jealous and a lot more loving towards your brother because you only have one and it's a shame that you won't stop your father in his tracks every time he makes him feel worthless. Unless, you're just mad that Liam has me instead of you. At this very moment, seeing your ways and attitude, Liam is a better man than you'll ever be and I wouldn't want you even if my life depended on it," I state angrily as I turn to King Lowry, "As for you, King Randolph, I hate to disrespect you in your own castle and in your Kingdom, but when will you start to realize that you have two sons and not just one? Liam works too hard to please you, for you to still not notice and treat him as if he is nothing. I won't allow him to wreck himself anymore for you. From what I've seen and heard so far, Malcolm is not that great compared to Liam and I'm not just saying it because he's my future husband. You've done nothing but talk about Malcolm this whole entire dinner despite me being your guest and the fact that I am betrothed to your youngest son who just wants his father's love and approval. How rude of you. I am very disappointed. The food was delicious and I would have enjoyed this family gathering a bit more if I would have gotten to hear more about the man that I'm supposed to marry and less about the man who I am not. I'm just surprised on how Queen Marissa puts up with your behavior. I'm just as surprised at the fact that as a mother, she has done nothing about it. I know you both are great friends with my parents and you'd never want to disrespect them nor me, but you disrespect me every time you disrespect my fiancé. Remember this if this is the only thing that you can comprehend. King Randolph, you have two sons, not just one. Now, if you'll excuse me" I say standing up,"I'm going to find Liam. He needs to know that he has someone that loves him unconditionally and will be there for him when he feels like he has no one else. Thank you again for the lovely dinner and good night" I state as I exit the dining room in the same direction as Liam, leaving everyone speechless. I did not mean to take a jab at the Queen, especially since she was one of the quiet ones, but everything I said, needed to be said. Besides, silence is not always golden during times like these.

I make a left and scurry to the balcony where I saw a figure standing, looking out into the night sky. I quietly walk out and make my way to him. I gently wrap my arms around him and kiss his back. He rubs his hands over my arms and then entwines our fingers. We stay like this for a few minutes, in silence. Liam then turns around and pulls me into a loving hug.

"You know, sometimes I just feel like you're the only one I have besides my mother. She just has me wondering sometimes if she really loves me because of how she lets my father talk to me and treat me"

"I know, Liam but you have God's love and that's a lot right there. Besides, you have my love too" I say sweetly as he looks at me with sad eyes.

I sigh and confess, "In such sort time, I've felt like I've known you forever and well, Liam, I love you. I really really love you. So very much and I care about you and your happiness. I care about you health and whether you're okay an-"

"Anna" Liam says interrupting me.

"I know. I'm babbling and I'm sorry. Just so you know, it's okay. You don't have to say it, if you're not ready yet. I just hope that one day you'll love m-"

All of a sudden, Liam pulls me into a kiss. I kiss him back with the same amount of emotion he was giving me. He slowly pulls away and says, "Anna, I love it when you babble and you don't need to apologize for how you feel. Everything between us has happened so fast and yet, it feels so right. I realized that I was falling in love with you the day that I propose to you"

"Really?" I ask as my eyes start to water.

"Yeah" He nods sweetly as he then says, "Anna, I love you and you loving me back is the greatest gift and feeling of all"

"Are you sure?" I ask as he smiles and nods.

"Well, good. I don't know if the feelings are mutual for you family. After you left, I gave them a piece of my mind for the both of us," I state as he pulls me into a hug. 

"I heard," He smirks.

"You did?" I say wide-eyed and look up at him.

"I did. You were yelling. I think the whole Kingdom heard you. If not, at least the whole Castle," Liam says with humor in his voice.

"I'm sorry," I state awkwardly.

"It's okay," Liam laughs.

"I love seeing you happy, smiling and laughing," I smile.

"It's only you and the grace of God that can make me happy like this," He says sweetly as he touches my cheek.

"Alright. Hurry and kiss me again," I whisper causing him to chuckle and move closer to my lips faster.

Our lips touch and we put our love for each other into the kiss. It was passionate. I rub my hands gently through his hair as his hands wrap around my waist and he pulls me closer to him.

"Let's go upstairs," Liam whispers.

"I have my own chambers, sir" I whisper back.

"I don't care" He whispers against my lips as I smile and nod.

We connect hands and head upstairs towards his room. Once inside, we make our way to the bed intensifying the kiss. Liam gently makes his way to my back as he slowly undoes my dress. He slides the sleeves down my arms exposing my bare shoulders. I knew what we were doing was wrong because of what it was leading to and because we had to wait until marriage, but I wanted this. He wanted this. We wanted this and it felt so right. Liam helps me out of my dress, leaving me in just my bra and panties. I unbutton his shirt and he helps me take it off, exposing his hairless and toned chest. Goodness, it looked so good right now. I reached for his pants and as I do, there was a knock on the door.

"Seriously?" Liam whispers against my lips, annoyed as we slowly pull away.

"Just a second!" Liam yells as he grabs his shirt.

"God is good. That's one of my suitcases" I say as I happen to look in the corner and see one of my suitcases against the wall.

Liam's eyes follow mine and he smiles, "I guess they forgot one"

"I think my pajamas are in that one. I'll be in the closet" I say as Liam nods.

I pick up my dress, grab my suitcase and head into the giant walk in closet. I sit my dress in the dirty clothes hamper and slip on my nice silk pajamas with my slippers and robe as I hear Liam open the door. I felt like we were going to eventually get caught and be scolded by Bryan for me being in here. All of my belongings were supposed to be in my chambers, but I guess someone left one in here just in case I might need it. We were actually planning on sneaking around like teenagers, but it seems like someone already knew we would. In all honesty, Liam and I just didn't want to be apart.

"Prince Liam, there's a nightly meeting downstairs in the office that you must attend," Bryan informs tiredly.

"Okay, Bryan. I'll just wait a few more minutes until Princess Ann-"

"There's no time. It's an urgent last minute meeting. Just go downstairs and I'll make sure Princess Anna makes it down to you safely," Bryan states.

Once they were gone, I rush and make sure I still looked Princess-like and beautiful even in my slumber wear. I open the door and jump at the sight of Malcolm sitting at the edge of the bed. He looks up at me and I roll my eyes, "Where's Bryan?"

"I told him that I'd bring you down"

"Why?" I state annoyed.

"You should be thanking me. You're not supposed to be in here"

"You're right. Thank you," I admit.

"It's fine. Your secret is safe with me," He smirks as I roll my eyes.

"What do you want anyway?"

"I went by your room to apologize and then realized you weren't there. So, I figured you'd be here and especially after hearing my brother trying to push Bryan aside to 'wait' for you, I thought I'd help out"

"Oh. Well, thank you, truly, but you don't need to apologize to me. You need to apologize to your brother. You didn't hurt me. I'd just tune you out without a care in the world," I state causing him to laugh.

"I forgot how funny and sassy you are," He smiles before it fades and he continues, "I have to admit though. You were right with what you said at dinner. You were the one that I've always wanted. I've had high hopes to marry you, but Liam got to have you instead. It still upsets me. The way that you care for him in the way that I've always wanted to be cared for. My mother was all about Liam from the moment he was born and as a young boy, all I wanted was my mother's love. I know she did it because my dad was so excited about having an eldest son and focusing all of his time on me, but that's where my parents did wrong. That's where I did wrong, I used our father's love in a way to hurt Liam"

"And doing that to your brother was wrong, but now you have a wife to care for you. Any thoughts of me should be erased from your mind. Despite any lack of motherly love, even Delaney cannot replace your mother and she will not. She will just love and care for you as she should," I state.

"I know. At the same time, I wish you were the one that would have told me that I'd be okay and that my mother's lack of love for me wasn't my fault, but of course you just take Liam's defense," He says annoyed.

"Well, just so you know, no matter if it's Liam or you, I won't choose sides unless one side is completely wrong. I see myself as neutral, an unbiased person. Besides, you don't need me to tell you that, Malcolm. You already know that your mother loves you and it's not your fault at all. She's just gives Liam more attention half of the time because of the way your father treats him. You both are deprived of love from both of the parents you both strive to make proud the most. I think Liam should talk to his father and you should talk to your mother. I think all four of you should talk together," I say sweetly.

"It's easier said than done"

"I know, but take it from someone who doesn't have a sibling. You better appreciate the one that you have because you may not always have him," I state.

"Yeah. I need to talk to him. Hopefully, he'll listen"

"I'm sure he will. He forgives the people he loves," I smile.

"He really is a lucky man to have you. All I've done was fake love my wife when all I've ever thought about was you. I would slept around with other women while I was on village trips, conferences, and mission trips," He confesses.

"Malcolm, how could you have only thought of me when you were sleeping around with other women?" I ask putting my hands on my hips.

"Well, you were the one I was supposed to marry. My eyes were always set on you but once I was told that you weren't old enough to marry at the time I needed to be, I settled for blind dates and Delaney was the one who captured my heart" He states.

"Well, if she captured your heart, why did you bring sin into your marriage and family? You have innocent children involved. They do not deserve this! Your wife doesn't deserve this. There is no way that you should have been creeping when you should have been doing your royal duties. Especially when you have a beautiful family at home that you should be grateful for" I scold him.

"I know and I'm going to make it up to her. She deserves that and real love. I'm going to tell her about how unfaithful I've been and hope she forgives me. Then, I'm going to take her and our daughters out on a vacation so we can actually bond more than I've wanted in the past"

"Well, I'm glad! It's much deserved and needed. I'm sure she'll forgive you. She'll be hurt but she loves you and well, she's next in line to be queen. There's no way you guys could separate" I explain as he nods.

"You're right and although, I had set myself to love you, I don't have you. So, if I can't, I'm glad Liam does. Now, I need to focus on the wife that's given to me. She honestly has treated me well. I'm the one that's been giving her a hard time," He explains sadly.

"Well, I feel like the vacation will be something that she will enjoy. Especially before your coronation. You better treat her well from now on, sir. Now, take me to that meeting," I say with a smile.

"I definitely will and yes ma'am," Malcolm smiles.

"Wait! But first, a hug," I say turning to him and holding my arms open.

He walks into my open arms and hugs me as I hug him back. I look up at him, "I care about you a lot and I always will. Know that any time you need me, I'll be there or I'll always try to be. Also know, that I love you. In a brother way, of course"

"Noted," He smiles at me as I return the smile and we head out of the door towards the office.

"Ah. Malcolm, Princess Anna, I'm glad that the both of you have decided to join us," King Lowry says.

Liam frowns at the sight of his brother and I together. I reassure him with a smile and gracefully sit on the couch as I listen to the men discuss about a potential war approaching soon. This was definitely not the time for any type of war. I thought we had made peace with all of the Kingdoms. Who could we possibly be having disputes with?