Secrets

[This chapter was written whilst the author listened to Beethoven's 5 Secrets - OneRepublic - The Piano Guys in Youtube. Thank you very much.]

~He pets my hair every time he sees me, it's annoying.

He pets my hair every time he sees me, it's annoying.

He pets my hair every time he sees me, it's annoying.~

Olivia's words rang in Maxen's ears like a broken record. All the while he was armed and ready for a faceoff with Nikolai, but life had a way of pulling jokes on you when you least expected it. 

Shortly after the queen of Vuono died, the late king married her divorced sister, welcoming the son she had in her first marriage. The said son was Konstantin Ivanov. 

Lining up the siblings, he was the quietest of them all, always standing on the sidelines, silently supporting the crown's causes.

Some say he was the late king's actual son for Nikai, Natalia, and Konstantin were too identical, as if they came from the same mold.