“Your Highness." She looked down at the ground beneath her feet as her face flushed. I didn't know my beauty could be shy.
I smiled down at her bent head and dropped my hand, moving away to give her space. “Can you at least give me a chance? There're still three days left before the selection comes to an end. Let me prove to you that you are the right one to rule by my side."
As perverse as it sounds, the fact that she didn't seem to want it only made me more sure, made me want her even more. While every other young girl in the kingdom would die to take her place, she seemed rather nonchalant about it.
“And how do you plan to do that? I'm sure you know this, us meeting here like this, is against every protocol. If we're found out you might come away unscathed, but my reputation would b
