10. Simple Favor

Say it like you mean it,

Bones become dust

Gold turns to rust

Say it like you mean it.

"Well I don't know much and I have preferred to keep out of royal politics but I can suggest you gather some allies. Allies not in noble people, but in close friends who you can trust and also can do some spying work. You are the heir and there may be many people in the palace who you trust, who you never thought could hurt a fly, but they turn out to be plotting your death. You have to measure your steps very carefully." Cayden said softly as if trying not to scare me by his words.

"Allies, work, and campaign. I will call some of my trusted people and start indulging in meetings and paperwork of Coledania. No more beating around the bush, we need to focus. I need help with all these things as I am literally new to this royal politics so you will help me, no buts." I commanded before Cayden could give a thousand reasons for not helping me. We stayed in silence until I broke it by asking,

"Did you beat up Bates?" Cayden went stiff next to me.

"Yes, that traitor deserved it. Don't pity him, he roped you to a chair and didn't give you water or food! He locked you up in the dungeon so that no one would come or even think of going there. He tried to starve you!" Cayden fumed. I knew he was terribly angry as he took one of my favorite pencil, I repeat MY FAVORITE PENCIL and snapped it into two halves. He always tend to break things when he is angry but my pencil!

I gasped, "You broke my pencil!" Looking at the two broken halves and then me with a bored expression, he spoke "Can't you order more?"

"Do you know they are custom made? Do know how many trees are cut down to make a pencil? We should save trees.-" As I continued to rant about how we should save trees, I noticed the sudden silence that had taken place in the room, I looked at Cayden. He was looking at me with wide eyes and his mouth opened in surprise. I looked away feeling blush rising my cheeks, I have a bad habit of ranting. I quickly changed the topic before I could further embarrass myself.

"I know, but when he slapped me, it felt forced and I could see guiltiness in his eyes. I don't think he is the real culprit, I think we shouldn't take any further steps before knowing the whole story. Trust me" I stated.

He shook his head trying to push back his anger. He wanted to say something but thought against it. His eyes suddenly filled with the familiar happiness as Cayden happily asked me, "Enough of sad talks. I heard from Uncle Joe that you knocked out all the guards who came to kidnap you. Where did you learn that kind of fighting from?"

"First of all it is not 'fighting', it is called defending yourself. To answer your question, I served in DGSE for three years." I said proudly. DGSE is a spy service in France. After graduating from college, Anne offered me a place in DGSE and I accepted it.

"But I have personally met the people of DGSE and I never saw you! You were under my eyes for 3 years!" Cayden exclaimed while tugging his hair in frustration. I would see him meeting the members, but to keep my cover I never met him.

"Hey, don't sweat it. I told Anne that I wanted to keep a low profile and she made some arrangements for me." I muttered hoping he would not get angry.

"Mom knew! " Cayden boomed. I nervously chuckled hoping no one can hear Cayden shouting on top of his voice. He could be dramatic.

"I don't know whatever is going on inside that brain of yours, but you have to share everything. OK?" Cayden declared. As he was about to head out I asked, "If not secrets then tell me, do you really love Nadia? Maybe in any other reality, could we be together?"

Cayden's whole demeanor went back to the cold-hearted guy, whispered, "I don't know. I am already engaged and I can't break Nadia's heart even if I really want to be with you. Love is feeling that grows, you can't turn up one day and expect everything to go back to normal." Then he headed out leaving me alone in my thoughts. His words kept ringing in my head. Did he really mean what he said?

True that you can't make anyone fall in love with you, but you can always reignite someone's feelings. I was not a homewrecker, my mission was my throne.

For now I had lots of work to do. I opened my phone and dialed two numbers for a conference call.

"Hey, Girls! Can I ask for a simple favor?"