Talk to her

Everything around me was vivid in my dream and I can't get a full picture of a man saving me from the maidens shunning faces. They were pushing hardly on me and cursing at me.

Their mocking laughter echoing in my ears louder than my own voice.

I was feeling pressured and angry inside of me but I failed to express them , instead I ended up crying and wimping on the floor.

A man came up to me and lend me his hand.

I looked up to him before catching on it. He looked sad and was looking at me with sorrow but his eyes light up when I caught his hand.

He said " I can get you out of here , come with me "

I sobbed and nodded in response. It was a dream but it feels so real and it left me wonder why I had a dream like this. I'm always used on hearing absurd words from my fellow maids, they always provoke me with but I had never felt devastated and lost like how I felt in the dream.

And this man with intention of saving me from them. I didn't quite see his face in the dream but he seems kind and his gestures completely softened me and I agreed to leave with him.

Always , my dreams no ! my nightmares meant something in my real life , but I didn't know this time if it did mean something different.

I wished this man could be real and come to me with that intention but to think of it at which price he would be able to do that !.

I was sitting at the garden on the same spot where none could see me. I looked up at the cloudy sky , it was nearly noon and the sun was shinning brightly, it's rays blessed my skin and I hurried to cover my eyes from the intensity of them. Someone came over and stood infront of me , preventing the rays from reaching on my face .

More men came and stood by his side.

I looked up to see , It was a prince Asa with his guards.

I rushly stood up and collected myself before I humbly bowed at him.

He looked at me and cleared his throat before he questioned , "What's your name ?"

I pondered for a while remembering him asking me who am I a few times before , he was harsh and intimidating back then but today he seems calm and politely asking for my name.

" It's Maya , Your Highness " I said.

He thought for a while before he spoke again.

"You've got a such beautiful name , maya. Who gave you that name ? "

"It is my mother "

His eyes shaded slightly with sorrow after he heard that.

We both stayed silent for a moment before I heard him speak again.

"Today is such a beautiful day but I'm not in good mood , I would like to have a tea here in the garden "

He was likely not talking to me now because he seems to speak to himself.

He turned to me and said " Prepare the tea for me "

"I...I will , your Highness "

I hurried to the kitchen and cooked a tea with some snacks to eat with.

Some maidens helped with setting a table for the prince and served him a tea with snacks.

I stood nearly incase he needs anything else while observing him eating gracefully.

He seems to enjoy the flavour of the tea while he sometimes sent glances on my way here and then. I wondered why with those pleasant glances.

Asa was again walking around the garden. When he has things to think in his head , he usually spend some time in his garden to overcome his stress. It became his hobby to come here since he was young. Apparently it was his favourite place.

He always walked here alone with his few guards but nowadays it seems that there is someone else interfering with his privacy.

It is her who also interferes with his mind. He approached her after seeing her being bothered by something.

He now understood why she always seems to come here more often.

He wanted to speak to her but didn't know how to start the conversation and it will seem odd if he just jumped right away to the topic and if he did , he had to reconsider his decision. He asked her name instead , a way of knowing each other after all. she told him her name and found out that she was given that name with her mother. Same to him , he was also given his name with his mother. He remembered his mother for a moment before he continued with the conversation.

He was drinking his tea while unconsciously wondered his eyes over her. She was young and she had beautiful eyes which caught his attention. Her sharp nose and rosy pink round lips are the rare features you can get at looking from any girl. He tilted his head after realising what he was thinking and it surprises him to see he was trying to get close to her while that wasn't his former intention.

He had many questions in his head about the unforgiving pain he feels whenever he sees her but also the other feelings he has on her which are difficult to explain.

He might be crazy and still imagining things , maybe he should see his doctor before things became worse.

His guard came to him with the information , snapping him back to his senses.

He stepped closer and inform him about his guest waiting for him in his quarter.

It was lady Chalamet , the daughter of prime minister Xavier whom he already forgot about. He weakly ordered her to be sent there at the garden.

He stood up from his chair when he saw her approaching. She curtsied infront of him before he gestured for her to take a seat.

"How have you been , your Highness. It has been seven years since you left "

Lady chalamet started a conversation right after she took her seat. She seems excited to see him.

"Lady chalamet , how is your father , I don't see him in the court these days" He avoided her question and asked her about her father instead who has been absent for a week now.

" Ahaa...Father is being sick for these few days , he asked me to send his apologies about his absence "

" Well..they've been accepted " He sipped his tea before he ordered for another tea cup for lady Chalamet.

After they finished their tea , he walked her around the garden talking about the old memories.

Lady Chalamet was laughing every time when prince Asa talked to her. He seems to flatter her more with compliments. The whole garden was filled with echoing giggles and laughter of lady Chalamet.

Princess Adrianne was observing them from afar through the window of her bed chamber.

Her quarter wasn't far away from prince's quarter since they were both royalties. Most princesses' and princes' houses are build close to each other in order to connect them as a family.

" He never changed , he always falls for stupid girls " She said while clenching her fists.

She was talking to her personal maid who wad also her court lady.

" His quarter is not far away from here but he never visit even once after he returned" She complained , looking angry and disturbed.

She turned her back to the window and went directly to the mirror and looked herself shortly before she moved to the door. Her maiden stopped her the moment she realized that she was thinking of going to the prince right away.

"Your highness, where are you going looking like that ?!"

" I'm going to his highness ! " she growled after noticing her maid was trying her best to stop her.

" He got no excuses this time playing with other women while ignoring me every time and acted like he is busy , that wasn't fair "

"Listen my dear angel , he is only flattering her . Don't take it to the heart , you are ruining yourself. Look you are the princess , you must not act this way it ruins your pride" she assured her under her worried eyes.

" And what's that pride if I can't make him mine " she said in sorrow.

" Give him time , he is yours. He will always come back to you"

She went to the window and watched again.

The image of them staying together in the palace and laughing like that every day flashed in her mind and makes her blood boil , it irritates her to the point she can't control herself.

She stared at lady chalamet, planning to teach her a lesson when she invited her tomorrow to the women's tea ceremony inside the palace. That's when she will learn to stay away from her man.

She smirked to her own thoughts.