I took a deep breath sitting down on my bed, I imminently went to my room after telling my answer to the guard and Prince Casimir, there was a knock at the door making me stand up. "Who is it?" I felt my hands shaking. "Cole your majesty." I sighed and sat back down. "Enter." He walked in slowly closing the door behind him. "So you're letting her leave?" I glanced up at Cole seeing him leaning against the door staring at me. "Yes I am." He shook his head. "No disrespect your majesty, but she's the best guard we have you can't just let her l-" "It's Paullina's choice Cole, we have strong guards, maybe not as strong as her but they are strong and now that there is a marriage on the way we will be even stronger." He opened his mouth to say something but I cut him off standing up. "I want you get someone to announce to the kingdom that the wedding will be in three days, and you will tell the Prince that the wedding rehearsal will be tomorrow and the day after that, this wedding is perfect. There's your orders now go, I would like to be left alone please." I heard him take a heavy sigh as the door opened and closed.

  "So you said date?" Gene asked with a smile as I followed him. "Yeah... Why are we going to the training arena?" I asked back making him laugh as he opened the door to the weapons closet right next to the door to the training arena. "Because-" He paused and tossed me a bow as he grabbed a bag of arrows. "-I want to see how good you are with the bow against me." He held up a bow and opened the door to the arena a held it. "Lady's first." I glared at him as I walked into the tunnel leading to the arena. "Also it's a friend date meaning we aren't alone." I raised an eye brow at him. "Who else is he-" I cut myself off seeing Maxilla firing an arrow as Cloe and James were sparing. "Really Gene?" I asked crossing my arms. "What?" He asked putting his hands up. "No one is going to change my mind." Cloe and James stop sparing and looked my way breathing hard and smiling. "Bet we can try." James said walking up to me, I sighed. "I will try my damn hardiest to change your mind." I looked at Maxilla when Cloe said that, Maxilla kept firing arrows faster. "I'm leaving it's my choice and It won't change." I said looking at Cloe a moment when I heard an arrow hit a large meatal pole, I turned seeing the arrow flying my way I dunked as it went past and hit the wall on the other side of the training arena. "I think you fired a bit hard on that one." I said, when I looked at Maxilla again I saw her hand shaking as it tightened around the bow. "Max you good?" Gene asked as she looked down. "Just finishing training." She walked quickly over to the hay sack and pulled out the arrows fast, Gene walked over to her and picked up an arrow behind her. "You good?" He asked again putting a hand on her shoulder. "I am fine." She said grabbing the arrow from him and walking past him quickly out of the arena. "What is that about?" Cloe asked confused. "I don't have a clue." Gene said walking back to us. "How about some sparing huh?" James asked tapping me with the hilt of his wooden sword. "I'll beat your ass." I said with a smile. "Ha, well jokes on you I've been working on my form sense the last time we fought." I sighed and shook my head looking at Cloe. "Sword please." I said as she handed it to me. "Alright lets try this malady." I glared at him as he bowed walking back. "Idiot."

I slowly laid back on my large bed and sighed tears rolling down my face. "Your majesty?" I sat up quickly and wiped my tears to Maxilla's voice. "Entire." She walked in slowly and closed the door quietly behind her. "Your majesty I wanted to talk about Paullina's place on the guard." She said our eyes meeting. "What about it?" I asked getting off of the bed. "Can I have her place when she leaves?" I stared at her in confusion. "You need to talk to head guard Winston about that." Maxilla sighed. "I would but I know he'll say no, and he might say yes if you spoke to him about it." Her gray eyes met mine. "Why do you want her place in the guard?" I asked crossing my arms. "Because I know Paullina is going to ask me to anyways, and well it would mean a lot to be able to stay in her room after she leaves, like a memory, you know." I shook my head slowly. "Yea, well I'm going to have to think about it, and while I do I want you to try and ask Winston. If he says no then I will decide to talk with him." She sighed and bowed. "Thank you your majesty." She quickly turned around walking out quickly making me sigh as I turned around looking out on my kingdom seeing kids from the orphanage running around playing and laughing.

"Victoria meet your new sister" Dad paused moving aside a girl with long black hair in raggedy clothing. "This is Paullina I expect you to treat her like family." I looked up at dad and nodded with a smile as I held out a hand to the odd girl. "It's a pleasure to meet you Pau- sister." She slowly looked up me her beautiful dark purple eyes meeting mine.
"Beautiful!" I yelled after helping her put on my blue dress. "Come on look at yourself." I grabbed her hand and pulled her in front of the mirror. "See?" I watched as she looked in the mirror and her eyes widened. "I've never been in such fancy clothes." She said quietly making me smile brighter. "Well I'm sure daddy will get you sized and soon you'll have lots of beautiful dresses." She turned around slowly our eyes meeting. "Why would he do that?" She asked making me stare at her confused. "Because you're family now." I said watching her eyes tear up. "Are you okay?" She quickly hugged me. "Paullina?" I said confused gently hugging her back. "I've never had a family thank you." She said pulling back wiping her eyes. "Well sense you are now apart of this family let me promise you that I will always be there for you." I said softly. "I-I'll promise that too."

I felt a tear fall down my face as I quickly closed the curtains and looked down. "I'm still going to always be there for you I promise." I whisper to my self slowly sitting down. "This marriage is what's best for the kingdom Victoria, the kingdom comes first." I told myself trying to keep from crying. "The kingdom is more important." I slowly laid down on my bed gently putting my head on the pillow tears falling down my face more and more.