Selecting The Dragons Bride

Competition Preparation: Hallway Confrontation

As Amelia wakes up her eyes immediately land on a letter on the bedside table it read 'Announcement:The princes will be holding a talent competition for the ladies in the evening please wear your best,the winner shall have one of their request granted-You shall not request for marrying one of the dragon princes,do well in this talent show and you might catch the attention of one of the princes if you are lucky but emberass yourself you will receive stricter training' Ok who's idea was this,it's ridiculous and request to marry them? She'd request for the opposite now don't get me wrong the princes are handsome,tall and strong but she still didn't want to marry them, She would have to give up her freedom and who knows what will happen after marriage? She'd rather not carry the burden of becoming royalty,sure it's a dream come true for others marrying a prince, becoming a princess,live happily ever after,the end.But that's just not the life she wanted, on top of that there's still a murderer on the loose and they host a competition? They're completely out of their heads.Forget it,she should be worrying about what shoes the mistress will make her wear if she's late to dance practice she thinks to herself,by the gods why don't they marry her instead? She sighs as she heads towards the dancing hall which is already filled with gossipmongers but she gets stopped on her way there as my back hits the wall she squeeze her eyes shut and wince at the pain in her back as she opens her eyes she see's Prince Alexander,he pins both her hands up her head with one of his arms and uses the other to caress her cheek,he lets out a low growl on her ear and licks the shell of it,gross, it's disgusting she wants to slap him but the price for hitting a prince is a price she cannot pay damn it! she thought to herself.Your highness please let go of me! She tells him but he responds with a low chuckle and says 'Oh Amelia why would I do that? You have catched my attention ever since the dinner and seems like you've caught my older brother's as well,too bad I'm taking you tonight. I do not think so brother! A thunderous roar comes towards us and Azrails eyes glow with anger as the scene before him makes his eyes burn with jealousy light surrounds her body and the next thing she knew was her body lifting up and placed down next to Azrail.'Remember your place brother' Azrail growls to remind his brother of his higher rank which causes Alexander to shout 'Damn you! I had her first!' to which Azrail only snorts at and waves him off as to tell him to get out of his sight.Alexander stomps his feet in anger and curses under his breath as he walks away from us.'Why do I always find you with him no matter the time or place?' his gaze lands on her and his gaze softens.'I don't know, forgive me your highness for being impertinent but if I may be so bold as to call your brother a psycho?' reply's Amelia while rolling her eyes and crossing her arms as to which Azrail chuckles at her behavior but then he grows serious again and asks 'Why did you let him touch you?' anger was evedent in his eyes as he asked that question.Amelia sighs and retorts 'Your highness,if I could punch your brother in the face I would but you dragons are stronger in terms of physical attribute than us mages!' 'Azrail' he replies with 'What?' a confused tone leaves her as to why the prince would tell him his name.

'Call me Azrail, not your highness' he says again this time near her ear and licks the shell of it just the same as Alexander but for some reason Amelia did not hate it when Azrail did that then he pulls away but leans in again this time a bit closer,so close that their lips were an inch away from each other. he see's the blushing red face of Amelia,so red it would put a tomato to shame.' alright' Amelia mutters flustered by the situation then Azrail starts to pull before Azrail pulls away he says 'remember,your mine Amelia' making Amelia go redder by the second and he turns and leaves with a smirk on his then Amelia continues to walk to the dancing hall only to get scolded by the mistress when she arrives but that wasn't on her mind right now it was the word that were uttered to her by Azrail-'Mine'.

BALL

Four days have passed since then yet Amelia still can't forget about what happened at the hall that day, now everytime Azrail passes by shivers run down her spine.Though with everything going on it makes her miss her friends, She wonders how Jade, Veronica,Cade,and Heron are doing

Tonight is the night they're holding the ball, and she had a problem,both Azrail and Alexander had sent her a gown,accessories and shoes and the problem was that if she chose a gown over the other, then she would offend the other but what could she do? She sighs and looks at the gowns and accessories spread out on her bed and the shoes at the floor. Azrail's gown he had sent her was a royal red fish tail with a long train and a long slit on both sides which gave it a sexy look,it accentuated the breast with a low cut and as for the shoes he had sent her a pair of black louboutins with gold studs and a sapphire with emeralds bracelet,a necklace made out of diamonds,and ruby red earrings then she looks at Alexander's gown he had sent her a royal blue fitted long with see through sleeves and it was backless,had a long slit down on the chest which was sure to show a lot,the shoes were silver in color with sapphire studs,paired with gold hooped earrings,a sapphire necklace, and an emerald bracelet,then suddenly a messenger owl came with a letter which read Wear everything I have sent you for tonight's ball - Azrail .Ok things got more and more problematic by the second but if she didn't hurry up she would be the one who'd have a problem with the mistress,most of the girls are ecstatic,since the princes would be choosing a dance partner there and if you get picked,most likely it means the prince is interested in you but Amelia could give two shits about it,all she wanted to do was eat and drink and maybe see a bit of drama.At the thought she looks up at the reive a clock they use in the palace then she realizes she was gonna get a scolding again later by the mistress if she didn't get prepared now,she changed into Azrail's gift, since she liked it,red was one of her favorite colors.After changing into the gowns, shoes, accessories,and applying a bit of strawberry lip gloss and a bit of red eyeshadow she heads for the ball room.The room was filled with elegant music played by the staff of the palace, servants attending to the needs of the lords, nobles and princes,As she entered the room her heels clicking on the floor all eyes turned to her since the room had a door so everytime someone came in it would give attention to the person entering the room,eyes widening at the sight of her,jaws dropping,eyes oogling her body and glares from the other women.Amelia heads to the food and drinks table