His Hidden Mate

Four

Chapter Four: The intense stares

There was a very uncomfortable silence that just filled up the entire room and at that moment, it just felt like time had stopped, at least for me. While other people were still nudging each other and trying to have a discussion and be as des crête about it as they possibly can, I was out there feeling like my entire world was frozen.

Why was Ona doing this to me? I mean, she could not be serious right now. How was she going to dismiss this as a joke at the end of the day? Because that is exactly how things had to happen. I already knew what my destiny was and that Ona had to have accepted it a long time ago. But knowing her, she definitely had not done so and this was just her way of trying to get me just the justice that I really did not want.

I was not hoping that this day would turn out like this. I probably should have not been in this room. Perhaps that is what was giving her ideas and how she ended up choosing this destiny. I was still staring at her, trying to get her to understand that she could possibly cannot be doing this to me right now, but she was still so adamant.

“Oh! Oh no my dear, what is wrong with you? Why do you wish to do such things? Why do you wish to actually torture yourself by creating all these lies to avoid marrying Prince Ethan? Do you not see him right now? Look at him! Not only is he the most powerful Prince in all the 8 kingdoms, he gets to be this handsome as well. How can you say no to that?” Queen Kate questions and Ona just stares at her with a blank face before turning her attention back to King David. It sounded like a legit question to everyone, but I know that to Ona, this was not a prize she was interested in winning.

“My King, you are being really deceived right now. There is a Princess right over there and you have every single right to have a fair opportunity to see if you want her to be the one that marries your son as well. And they have been hiding her because they are ashamed of her for whatever reason, right? No reason really”. She turns around and faces her parents and they just look rather really annoyed. Of course nobody could have seen this coming at all . I am certain they were both confident that this would stay hidden.

They were very comfortable thinking that the secret would be careful ever and I was just get to exist within this palace as one of the slaves till the end of my life. But oh never really had already told them that she was going to make sure that this never happens. And of course I didn't believe her. I didn't believe that at some point I will probably meet my maid and that would be my saving grace. But I did not expect it to happen this way. Not this way at all. I did not even deserve to be married to a Prince like him. I had no training and what it was like to uphold royal status.

She was just wasting her breath and I wish she knew that. I wish she knew that she did not have to try so hard to save me.

“So what is really going on here?” Prince Ethan finally asks and Ona just smiles at him.

“I'm so glad you asked that. That right there is my sister. Our sister, My mother gave birth to her a year after me and she has refused to accept her as her child. That's why she is wearing that maid uniform and is not standing here in a gown like the rest of us.” Ona says. And I could just see Prince Ethan's eyebrows knitting together in confusion like he was not so sure if he should believe Ona or not.

I was just hoping that he does not believe her and that everyone just calls her bluff and this all ends. I did not want this much attention on me. I was so averse to having eyes on me like this and this was really feeling like a lot of pressure on me. I could barely breathe with all the stares that were pinned on me.

“Then, since if you are looking so doubtful and Lea inv towards having trust for my parents, I have a very quick solution, I propose a dna test. It should be really easy” Ona suggests, and queen Kate immediately objects, stomping her foot on the ground with rage.

“ There is no need for this Ona, be respectful of yourself, just go with him. What is wrong with you?” She asks and Ona just shakes her head.

“ The competition was not fair at all. You know it, you know it!”, she says very passionately. I could just see how angry she was, how much that situation had infuriated her. King Owen stood up from his chair and shook his head out of disbelief

“you also lie, my dearest daughter, you lie too much. That maid right there is only working here because her mother begged me to give her a job if anything ever happened to her. She was a very sickly old woman and she knew she would not be alive for long. At least she was kind enough to beg for the position for her daughter and I was kind enough to accept it. So she has somewhere to live. Do you want to spoil all of that for her because her adoration for her clouds your mind this much!?” He asked and Ona just narrows her eyes at him.

I was just nervous. My legs could barely keep standing here. It felt like they had just turned into some kind of spaghetti and before I knew it, I was just going to collapse because I could not stand straight and keep myself firm on the ground.

“What kind of story is that? How did you make that up so quickly?” Ona laughs at her father.

“ But of course, you are used to this. You are used to deceiving people. Father, I did not expect anything less from you. You did not get your position by being an honest person. Very few do.” Ona responds and directs her attention back to King David.

“My King, you were being deceived, I assure you”, she says. And that is when King David slams his first on the armrest of his chair where he was seated. He looked Very uncomfortable right now because of everything that was happening, I did not blame him. I mean, everything that was happening right now was just really also confusing, disorderly, nothing that anyone would have predicted, not even myself. I'm pretty sure if the Ona was not planning on doing this. But of course, she was the person that just lived in the spur of the moment. I should have known that at some point, at some point in her life, something like this would happen.

“You! Get down here!” King David, point his finger at me and I'm just shocked. I turn around, hoping there would be someone behind me ready to take that order but I am mistaken, there's absolutely no one behind me and I'm just terrified.

“ Goodness! do not look behind you. Get here now,” he says to me. And I'm just very nervous. Why on earth was he summoning me be down there? But of course, waiting on the King's order was definitely going to be way worse than feeling embarrassed to even go down there. So I had to carry myself down there.

There was a flight of stairs that I had to take in order to get to where they were. And I had just been peacefully watching them from the balcony in this room. I did not want to be down there. I did not want to be that close to such a dangerous man, such an evil man, but now he was calling my name. I was so content knowing that he does not even know of my existence, but now he does. Now he knows me because of Ona. I was shaking, trying my hardest to stop breathing like a panting dog, but that was getting more and more impossible. I was breathing through my mouth, trying to calm myself, tell myself that everything will be okay, but it was not working because I did not believe myself.

How on earth was this going to end up being OK when I already knew what was at stake? I just wanted to get there and end this very quickly. I take my last step and while I thought I had contained my dignity now of this I realized that I could not have been more wrong as I strip on my dress and fall on my hands. Thankfully I was able to break my fall with my hands, otherwise I would have landed flat on my face and injured myself. I felt truly embarrassed. Why on earth was Prince Ethan looking at me like that? It was all his fault. Every single step that I was taking while I was walking down those stairs, it felt like his eyes were just piercing into me, like he could see through my soul and that made me really nervous.

I did not like anyone staring at me at all, let alone it being him, not with that intimidating face that he had. I cussed beneath my breath, feeling deeply embarrassed about this, and of course, I could just hear murmurs behind me. People must have been enjoying this. It was the drama of the season. I mean, things started to get very boring in this palace. Of course, the palace workers were ecstatic that such a thing was happening. Drama, absolute drama on the most unexpected day of all.

I see a hand before my eyes, an open palm in front of me as I try to get myself to stand up from the floor and without even hesitating I take it.

At least I still had Ona to help me. At least I was assuming it was her hand without even paying attention to it. But very soon after my hand falls into the hand and I feel the size and texture of the hand , I realized that there's absolutely no way that this could be Ona’s hand. The hand is rather big, manly and that just leaves me questioning who on earth it could be.

I slowly lift my head to look at who it is that dares to show me this much kindness. He was the kind of person needed me to appreciate them very truly.

“ Thank you”. I say until my eyes fall on his face and my heart immediately beats straight out of my chest. I swallow hard as his eyes pierced straight into mine. Why was he doing this? Why was Prince Ethan offering me a hand?

“ Come on, get up.” He says to me and I just slowly lift myself with his hand and I clear my throat again.