Twisted Fate: The Future Queen’s Mate

Chapter 3

It’s the next day and I’m feeling much better. When I got home last night I went straight upstairs to my bedroom and stayed up all night and thought of all the ways I could make Dante’s life miserable after what he said.

Strangely enough none of it seemed right. I still care for him as stupid as that sounds. Maybe the pressure is getting to him and I was just the person close enough for him to take it out on. Regardless, he can’t speak to me that way. We’ve known each other too long for that. Instead of following through with my ideas to out him to his father I decided to play this game my way. I’ll act as if nothing is wrong to everyone else but behind closed doors I’m going to torture him and drive him wild. I’ll have him regretting calling me weak. By the end of it he’ll be practically begging me to be his.

I peel the comforter off of me and head to the bathroom to get ready for the day. It’s back to palace duties today. I’ll be sitting in on the council meetings with my father and I expect Dante will be there too. I brush my teeth and start on my hair. I decided to curl it today. My brunette hair has tiny hints of red in it when it hits the sun and falls just right above my bottom. When I’m done with my hair I start on my makeup. I don’t usually wear much more than just mascara and lip gloss but today I’m going all out. I go with a dark smokey eye to accentuate my green eyes and bright red lips to make my pearly whites pop.

I head over to my closet and pick out a tight black long sleeve pencil dress. It has a deep, but not too deep v neck and a small slit just above the knees. It’s sexy, and nothing compared to what I usually wear, which is just slacks and a button up. But I figure this is the best way to catch a certain someone’s eyes. Plus it will please my father and the queen who always say I need to dress more like the part. I grab a pair of black strappy heels and put them on quickly before heading back into the bathroom.

I bend down to the bottom drawer and pull out a small light pink vile with a cork on the top. It’s a pheromone essence that Reina gave to me a while ago. She used it to get Scott’s attention and that’s basically how they started dating. She also uses it when he pisses her off to attract other males to make him jealous. I always thought it was kind of silly but here I am. I place a few drops into my hand and rub some just behind my ears and rub the rest into my wrists. We’ll see what happens today with this stuff.

I do one last glance in the mirror before I head downstairs. Damn. I look hot, I think to myself. Why don’t I get dressed up like this more often?

As I make my way down the stairs I can hear my parents at the dining room table. I didn’t get the chance to speak with my father last night about what happened at the river but I’m sure I’ll hear something about it this morning.

“Oh my” my mother smiles and chuckles “and what do we have here?” She says to me as she takes a drink of her tea. I sit down at our big solid oak table. It really is too big for just the three of us.

“Just figured I’d look nice for the council meeting today. Queen Maryam has been pleading with me to dress up more so I thought this would be a nice surprise for her today.” I say smiling.

Our maid comes over and puts my favorite breakfast down in front of me. Strawberry yogurt with blueberries and granola. She also sets down a bagel and some tea. I quickly thank her before beginning to eat. My father still hasn’t said a word to me or even put his newspaper down long enough to look at me. Great. It’s going to be a long day.

“Caspian, look how beautiful your daughter looks this morning. She will make a very gorgeous queen.” She says winking at me. “Ha!” My father snickers under his breath. “Queens don’t run around making fools of themselves with irresponsible morons.” He still hasn’t looked at me.

“Father, please I didn’t even want to —“I start before he cuts me off. “ Reina already came and explained everything to me last night” he sighs as he puts his paper down. I'm shocked that she would come here and do that, she's terrified of my father. She must have seen how embarrassed I was.

“Evie, you’re going to be a queen. You mustn’t put yourself in situations like that . You must always think five steps ahead.” I open my mouth to respond but he waves his hand and shakes his head at me. “Enough talk about it. Finish your breakfast and let’s go.”

That went way better than I had expected. My mother quickly looks at me from across the table and smiles and winks. She must have done a lot of talking on my behalf last night for him to let it go that easily. I sip my tea down and stand and walk over to my father ready to leave for the council meeting.