Later life pt 2

It was the day of the banquet, and Sophia was anxious. It would signal, her first public appearance. There had been countless rumours to where she was. With the kidnapping one being the most discussed, but the Alveraz family had been able to cover it up with someone else being kidnapped.

The official story was that Sophia had been traumatised from the experience, So the commander wanted his daughter home and she stayed their.

All she had to do was stick to the story and she would be fine.

"Mistress Sophia, it is time to g--" the maid went speechless, when she saw Sophia.

Today, the make up artist and fashion designer, aunt Tia had did her absolute best to bring out Sophia's beauty. Her sea blue eyes seemed to glow more than ever, with light make-up that made her seem more other-worldly and the blood-red lipstick that made her like a seductive beauty. She wore a red-gold one piece that hugged her voluptuous figure. The dress came down to the floor,parting at the side to give the eyes a feast. It had small diamonds embedded at the hemline to form entricate pattern around the whole dress and lines of gold making flowers around the waist her creamy white leg surrounded by the red-gold looked even more enticing the the male and female eye.

"M-Mistress, Master a-and Madam are w-w-waiting at the entrance" stuttered the maid as she struggled to articulate herself while blushing heavily.

"I'll be down in a second. aunt Tia, you really outdid yourself with this, I dont know how to thank you," exclaimed Sophia, she felt beautiful and she loved every part of that feeling.

"Honey, it's all your natural look, i didn't do much," said Tia in tears. "Just make sure that you make every male at that party drool at your feet and you would be doing me a favor, knowing my best works will finally be put to work."

Sophia took another last glance before she flicked her soft wavey styled hait that hangled loosely down to her shoulders. she gave aunt Tia a hug before leaving the room to go the entrance of the mansion. when she reached she saw everyone was waiting for her. her high heels clicked and clacked against the marble flooe alerting the family who simultaneously turned their heads and gasped.

she walked up to them and waited for them to break out the trance, they seemed to be in. "helloooo," Sophia waved her hand in the faces, which worked before she was hit with compliments on how beautiful she looked.

"Now, thats my daughter," Theodore shouted with a hearty laugh. " The other boys are gonna be so jealous of the Third prince"

"darling, we are right next to you, do not shout." Warned Lydia with practised ease like she had done it millions of times.

Theodore lowered his head in shame "yes, maam"

Sophia and Charles laughed at their parents antics, they were one of the couples that were faitful toeach other dispite the money and power they all had.

Soon, they had gotten into a rolls-royce hover car. it is one of the most expensive and fortified. capable of going 3 times the speed of sound and still be a smooth ride. built in cinema and everything a rich family could ask for.

It wasn't long before they had reached the royal palace. And it hadn't changed much from the last time she saw it from her play-dates with the princess. The palace was water locked with a one road that could get in. The palace was massive with a tower in the middle that reached high into the sky. it had different wings that was for everything.

When the car pulled up to the drive way of the palace, it attracted everyones eyes as the knew who it bellonged to. The insignia is a dead give away. They watched as Theodore came out first with an aristocratic and oppressive aura around him, his handsome was the object of many womens dreams and fantasies. Then charles came out and many young women swooned as they watched him seep his gaze across them with a cold look. he stepped to the side so Lydia could come out, lydia was a very beautiful and mature so naturally she was the attraction of many impure thoughts, especially, her confidant look that made men want to conquer her.

But the crowd noticed that the door was still open and the alvarez was still waiting for someone to seep out. The discussion was halted when the saw a creamy white leg step out of teh hover car. then the crowd turned breathless including the women and they watched an angel descend from the car.

Sophia felt uncomfartable under the publics scrutiny, shw just wanted to get inside and hide somewhere, so she hooked ger arm around charles's offered one and walked behinf their parents.

She could feel the heated gazes from many people that swam across her body, but she decided to ignore while gripping charles arms a bit too heavily.

"Sophia, can you let down on the death grip, your gonna break my arm" a pained voice reminded Sophia that she was a very strong person. with a boost of confidence, Sophia straightened her back and walked with purpose. She could sense the approval from her parents from her parents as they walked into the palace. Everything was unnecessarily extravagent but it came with thousands of years of heritage like the alvarez family.

They had to walk a while before coming to a massive patform teleporter. It had men in full black and covered faces, checking for invitation. the Alvarec didn't need as they were pretty recongnisable but when it came to her she was stopped and asked for i.d. instantly, her father released immense amounts of dense killing intent. The guards dropped to the knees from the insane pressure. They were the best of the best, the Royal Guards but before her father, they were just ants.

"Who are you to question my daughter" when those words were processed, the other nobles and famous individuals with their companions knew the guards had fu**ed up, even the other guards at different teleporter knew that someone had fu**ed up. It wasn't easy to piss off, the supreme commander and his job required a calm mind for success but when he did get angry, the thought made people shiver.

"L-Lord alverez, w-w-we did n-not know you had o-one alive still" when those words left the guards mouth, he knew he fu**ed up even more.

"Alive. Still alive" Theodore snapped. It had been a sore spot for him that he couldn't protect hsi daughter and everyone knew this bu how he absolutely destroyed the republican fleets when their general had thought it was funny to bring up his old wounds. Theodore disappered from where he stood, appear behind the guard and pick him up by the neck.

"Theodore, put him down, you can deal with him later but right now we have a banquet to be at" Lydia said in a doft tone that had managed to passify him as he dropped tge guard and walked away with Lydia whispering things that would make people blush. "Come on Sophia".

Sophia was awestruck by her fathers heavy handedness. it was effective and direct. it made sophia's status in people's minds rise higher than it would if they just told them of her existence. Walking through the teleporter was nothing new to Sophia, when she walked out. she saw the hall to the banquet was filled with alot of people with even more still going in.

The massive double front door was encased in gold, unnecessary but it did look good in sophia's eyes. It lead t a massive hall that wasn't even a quater full but already had more than 500 people. soft classical music was playing. it took a couple of hours for the hall to completely fill up with nearly 4000 people there to celebrate the third princes coming of age ceremony.

the royal family members had aleady walked in with the Emporer and Empress walking at the front. Then there was princess victoria, the first born, she was a beautiful women aged 24. She had been heavily involved in politics from the age of 16 and has beenn a very successful politician since. Crown Prince Xavier who was second to be born . He was a very handsome man at the age of 20 with huge amounts of support from the public for his walfare projects. Third to walk in was the star of the night, the third prince Alexander, he was 16 but looked 20 because of how advanced human genes are now after millions of years of evolution. Its rumored that he has a unparalleled talent from military tactics and strategy, he has been working alongside Sophia's father since he was 12. The last to walk in was Sophia's childhood bestfriend before she was locked away, princess Emma. she had been raised humble but was spoilt in every way possible.

The age of coming ceremony was the completion of the quest they had been given by the emporer from the ancient times. The royal family had brought it back thousands of years ago, and had every royal family member do it before they could be considered in line for the crown. The third princes quest was to defeat 3 republican fleets relying on his strategies and tactics. The prince had done it with miniscule casualties. To be married into the royal family was a dream to most people. They practised monogamy. So you could have the status, the wealth and a faithful partner cause the royal familty see cheating as a disgrace.

"Come forth, my son" said the emporer from his throne/ he looked about 40 but his eyes looked older, while the empress still looked youthful and beautiful. "You have completed the quest, my son. Your mother and I are very proud and so we have a surprise for you. My son, i have a chosen a bride for you."

The crowd gasped. It was strange for anyone from the royal family to have an arranged marriage because they were free to date whoever, as long as they marry one person and carry on the bloodline. " Before, you say anything, the women i have chosen for you is a very beautiful person and has as much interest in military than you do. from what i have heard, she is one of the strongest if not thee strongest operatives that we will have, if she decides to join the military." the emporer said that piqued the princes' mind along with everyone else.

"But not now, we must finish the ceremony and open the ballroom before any announcements are made" said the emporer with an evil glint in his eyes as he watched the third grom fustrated.

"How magnanimous of you, Husband," said the beautiful empress with a giggle as watched her fustrated son finish the rest of the ceremony absentminded.

"wifey, this is me being generous to him" replied the emporer with a chuckle. "now that Theodore's daughters back, we can finally officially become family, lets see him deny my invites to drink, when I have his daughter held captive in the palace."

"Is what happened to Sophia true, she looks sane" asked the empress withaq serious tone. she had been observing Sophia the while time she was here subtlely. She was impressed by hoe easily she fit in and adjusted to the situation. They had exchanged glances and Sophia have a bow while the empress just smiled.

"All of it is true, and because of it, she will become a figure of importance in the empire which will solidify our position as the ruling party for even longer" seriously responded the emporer. " I think its time we move to the ball room honey"

"My people, it is time to celebratethis momentous occasion with eating, drinking and dancing" the emporer took the empress' hand led the crowd to the ball-room which was even bigger than the hall . it had been outfitted with tables and chairs with plasma torches giving off blue hue that lit up the ball-room.

Everyone had been assigned seats. the Alvarez family is very close with the royal family, so they would normally dine at the royal table with other respected individuals. Sophia had been objected to numerous heated gazes as she walked past tables to get to the royal table.

Her seat had been assigned next to the third prince. Who had glanced up and took in her beautiful appearance and froze. Princess Victoria, Prince Xavier and Charles had been talking when they saw it and laughed. their laughing has drew attention from surrounding who saw the scene of the third prince who was in adaze staring at his neigbour, who began to blush at his stare.

"Real subtle Alex," joked Xavier, as alexander came out of his daze. he realised that he had made a fool out of himself.

He sent a Xavier a look that meant they were gonna fight before turning to Sophia, who had been blushing from his staring "forgive me, i had been mezmorised by your beauty and had been lost for words, you can call me Alexander or Alex for short," Alexander said

"You can call me Sophia," blushingly said Sophia. Up close, prince Alexander looked even more handsome. "Congratulations on your quest completion, was it dificult for you?"

Alexander noticed the strange wording of the question." Opposite actually, they use the same tactics from a decade ago, so all i had to do was change ours and it was a simple victory."

"But doesn't the republic have 213 different tactics, used for almost any situation. that would mean you trained men to do 213 counter-tactics and some more to catch them off-guard. So u either have an a borrowed elite force or your own elite group, that you trained." deduced Sophia, as she saw the surprise in the geniuses eyes.

Alex looked towards his father, who had been in discussion with Theodore, and saw the amusemant in his eyes. Looking back at Sophia, he realised she had an interest in military, was very beautiful and with the way she had positioned her self on the chair, would allow her to get up really quickly and reach for any weopen she could ne carrying.

This women is his fiance.