By day nine I begin getting bored. I finally leave the room and begin exploring the castle. I don't bump into anyone and the eeriness of the silence blows my mind.

"Princess Eleonora!" I hear a man yell. I turn around to see a guard.

"Yes?" I say.

"I think it would be best if you were to go back to your room." He says looking at me nervously.

"How come?" I ask wondering what could possibly be so important that no one came to my room for five days other than Ilya to talk me through some of the royal procedures, but he never answered any questions.

"I'll take it from here." I hear Lucas say coming out from the shadows.

"Like hell, you will." I say before covering my mouth. He walks towards me and looks down at me clearly amused, but he doesn't say anything.

"You're dismissed." He says raising a hand in the air. I look at him in frustration. "Come along princess." He says before grabbing my arm and leading me back to my room

"What is wrong with you." I snap when we finally arrive in my room. I fold my arms across my chest and begin tapping my foot on the floor. He looks at me a bit dazed then begins laughing uncontrollably, he stops for a moment before looking back at me and bursting out into laughter again. It's one of those deep contagious laughs, that makes you want to laugh with him, but I refrain.

"Oh my lord." He says practically tearing up, "Sorry princess, you're just so..." He shrugs clearly amused by my question.  

"Don't call me princess." I try to sound politer than earlier.

"Why not? Aren't you?" The light dances around in his eyes.

"Yes but it makes me... uncomfortable the way you say it," I say hopefully making some progress. 

"As you wish, princess." He says smiling. I roll my eyes and take a seat on my bed.

"Why can't I be out and about exploring this hell hole?" I ask him.

"Queens orders, something about a murder in one of the secondary royal families." He shrugs uninterested.

"Secondary?" I repeat.

"Yeah, for example, your bloodline is the main royal family, then there are the secondary royal families, then the councilmen if their royal title has been taken by another family member, then the rest of the people spread out into seven different classes." He explains picking up a piece of laundry from the floor. "The hierarchy never changes, but I'm more interested in this." He says holding one of my black panties with one finger. My eyes go wide and I feel my cheeks go red.

"Give that back!" I say jumping from my bed fighting him for it, but of course, being the douche that he is he holds it high above my head.

"You really should be more organized." He chuckles. I eventually give up and plop myself back onto my bed.

"You are such a jerk, someone just got murdered and your main concern is my underwear," I say rolling my eyes. He flings it across the room to a corner.

"Not just someone the entire bloodline." He mockingly grins. His whole attitude about the ordeal is incredibly creepy.  

"Why does that make you so happy then?" I ask. I must look very unpleasant because he flinches slightly before returning back to his cocky self.

"They were a problem that needed solving. Always trying to throw your mother off the throne, one of the reasons you're here actually." He mutters.

"Lucky me," I say rolling my eyes again. I hear a light tap on my door and Ilya walks into the room.

"Really?" He says eyeing down Lucas. I give him an innocent shrug and Lucas doesn't acknowledge that Ilya is present in the room. "Councilman Ace wants to have dinner with you tonight." He says smiling from ear to ear. I see Lucas tense. "You've clearly left an impression, we must get you ready... Do you mind." He says moving around Lucas.

"What did you have in mind?" I ask and Lucas storms out. We decide on a skin-tight light blue dress, although not something that I would ever wear, Ilya begged and pleaded with me to wear this. My makeup is light and my long hair is straightened.

"I am a miracle worker!" Ilya sings before pushing me out to the garden. I feel a bit hurt by his comment but choose to ignore it and try to regain my excitement over meeting Councilman Ace. I walk out to the patio and see him sitting there in a perfectly tailored grey suit. 

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