Chapter 42

  “Princess! What are you doing here? I believe the training will start tomorrow.”

  “Oh hello Marcus. Nothing... I was just out for some fresh air” Niya lied to him. After coming out of the royal cottage, she didn’t want to go back and sit in her room. She needed space! A lot of it and so thought the training grounds to be ideal. Different thoughts are crowding in her mind right now. What will Chase tell her? What would be her reply? Should she tell him that she had been eavesdropping?

  “So you have decided to take over the clan?” Marcus asks, silver eyes glistening in the moonlight. Niya is taken aback by the implication of his question.

  “Sorry? What do you mean by taking over?”

  “You have chosen the crown prince for yourself.”

  “NO!..I haven’t chosen anyone yet. We have developed a friendship and he is no object to be chosen by me.”