(Logan's POV)
I wake up to a pounding headache, oh wait the pounding is at the door and it's going straight to my head. I wake up with a groan and go towards the door to open it.
" Who the fuck dares ...." I stop mid sentence when I see my friend Hunter at the door with a furious expression on his face.
" The fuck logan I have been calling you all morning, your father will have my head on a platter if you don't attend the dinner, there is only enough time for you to get ready." he comes inside and then notices that I am not wearing anything then he notices the naked woman on my bed, he swears some more, "YOU get the fuck out" he shouts at the woman who runs out naked. " and YOU your bruises aren't still healed who the fuck did you fight yesterday and for fuck's sake cover yourself up, I brought you some decent clothes, go shower" Hunter warns me and shoves me towards the bathroom.
I stand under the cold shower trying to get the hangover out of my system. I get out of the shower in a towel and my friend is holding a suit for me, I wear it muttering curses. " I hate going to these dinners." I exclaim.
" Well you know your father, half of the reason he forces you to go is because you hate them the other half is because he can't bother to go there himself those politicians aren't worthy of his presence according to him." Hunter helps me into a blazer. "The car is ready just stay awake, okay and report back you don't have to speak and please don't break anyone's jaw I beg you Logan your father will have my balls." Hunter pleads.
" Yeah yeah what is it about again." I ask my friend.
"I spent the whole day yesterday explaining to you" he looks at me with irritation." doesn't matter it'll all come back once you wake up properly now leave or else you'll be late." Hunter practically shoves me out the door.
I cross the dark corridor and climb up the stairs to outside of the underground fight club. It's become my usual place, they got boose, women and good fights. I get in the car reluctantly and the driver takes me to the Jaded Palace.
A councilman is speaking,
" we need to lower the voting percentage of low Folks if we want to remain in power."
Recently there have been lots of low Folks that have tried there best to remove the Fey as the head of the country, they wish to appoint someone of their choice to rule, But the Fey are apposed to that, we believe that low Folks are incompetent beings that will lead this country to its doom. And as much as the Fey despise them they also know that the larger part of population is low folks, so they can't just ignore them.
These all plans are useless though the only thing that will make the Folks happy is to give them real freedom and if they want to stay in power than the only thing that will work is to take their right to vote.
Their bickering is only increasing my headache so I blurt out my solution to them.
I hear a gasp and see a woman looks like a server and possibly human, she is in the dark though.
After a while the servers starts bringing us the main entrees and when one of them is putting the food Infront of me I just get up to leave and in doing so I cause the server to fall and all the food is on my suit.
I look up angrily and see the same waitress I was right she is human but her eyes, I have never seen a human girl with orange eyes before, she has a worried look on her face she looks at me for a while and then starts apologizing. I may not have anything against low Folk but I despise humans, they are a selfish and back stabbing specie that have a hole in their hearts that will never be filled, thay are hateful and incapable of love.
The next moment she start to try and clean up the mess she created from my clothes I get even more annoyed and hold her wrist to stop her, I just shove her to the ground a little too hard and ask the other waitress to get the incompetent human fired.
I leave to the restroom, I stare at myself in the mirror thinking about why the hell I agreed to attend this dinner. I take of my coat and fold my sleeves up to my elbow and just then the door opens and that human girl comes inside she shoves me from my arm to face her and her hand touches my bare skin. Her touch is like a fire. She is furious and starts calling me a heartless monster and God knows what but I am just gaping at her with my mouth open just what the hell is happening over here.
Even though she is angry at me and insulting me I can't help but admire her carouge to stand up to me like that she probably doesn't know me.
She starts talking about her family and how she supports them and I feel a little guilty, I shouldn't have asked to get her fired.
She is breathing hard after her outburst and I can't help but admire her beauty I've never seen such features I wonder where she is from. she has big, beautiful eyes and they are ORANGE, smooth olive skin, full lips that are in a frown, straight nose and raven colored hair that are in a bun but I am sure they are as smooth to touch as they look, something is clearly wrong with me, I cannot think like that specially about some human girl. She just leaves after that and I am standing there for a good fifteen minutes wondering about what the hell just happen did I just got my ass handed to me by a human girl.
I come back to the dining area and the owner is there. Instead of apologizing for ruining my suit and dinner he starts apologizing about how he cannot fire the human girl.
" I am sorry Prince Logan but I can't fire her she is new I hope you'll understand and I apologize for the accident." the owner is explaining.
Well I was gonna ask them to not fire her anyway after she explained about her family but who is this owner to her and why does he care about her enough to go against my wishes.
" I why would I do that?" I ask with a serious expression. I know it's none of my business but I am curious to know about her.
"Sir she is a very hardworking girl and she never makes these kinds of mistakes, you see she supports her family by herself and I would really appreciate it if you let her have the job." he explains.
This makes me feel worse why am I such an asshole, I won't get her fired but that doesn't mean I forgive her for insulting me.
" Okay, she can keep her job." the owner releases a sigh of relief and I leave the restaurant my father would surely hear about this incident but I doubt he'll care that I got a human fired though he might care that I let her keep the job.
When I reach my apartment Hunter is already waiting for me, " What did you do did you hit a woman "
I get home to my apartment at the fey compound and can't help thinking about the orange eyed human. This cannot be happening it was most probably the cold, yes that was it. It was cold at the restaurant that's why I felt the sparks.
I am lying at my bed when my phone bings and I get a message from my best friend Hector
:Where you at? your father's asking about you he wants the details about the meeting:
Logan ,: I'll be there at dinner for the report.:
I sigh I got to go and pay him a visit too I quickly get up from my bed and get a shower I change into my training gear and head for the Arena, it's where we train, I let out some steam on a punching bag and try to avoid thinking about a particular orange eyed human with smooth olive skin, straight nose that twitches when she gets angry, black shiny hair and pretty lips perfect for kissing " Aaargh fuck not helping" I land a powerful punch on the bag and it splits and the sand flows from it I take it down and hang a new one
' what is happening to me, it can't be, I've never felt that way about anyone since....since her...why am I having these kinds of thoughts about a women and on top of that a human women why couldn't I just like a normal Fey women and just settle like my father has been asking me to. ' I think to myself.
Even though I know why I couldn't settle with any women or why I could never fall in love with anyone, I couldn't because I gave all of my love to HER and even though she betrayed me I can never love anyone except HER I have never felt the sparks I felt when I was with her untill today.
After two hours of training I go back to my apartment and shower again to wash all the sweat then I change into a traditional tunic and pants with a vest and coat all in white, blue and golden, even though we have accepted the technology of the human world my father still insist we honour and follow the olden ways in some aspects of our lives.I get out of the apartment and get to my car and drive towards the Castle.
The Castle is at the highest spot of our city it was originally built on the mountain but as the city developed most parts of the mountain were changed into houses and other buildings, though the Castle is still at the top.
The Castle and the area around it is the Fey compound and only fey reside here and all the facilities here are for the fey, it's not that we don't stay outside the compound but it's considered safer inside.
As I am getting nearer to the Castle the road is getting steeper and circular to get to the top. I reach the big gates of the Castle, the boundary of the Castle is enchanted only those that have accessed can enter the Castle. The gates open for me with a loud sound.
When inside I stop the car in front of the entrance and a servant takes the key from me to park it.
The Castle is Big and exactly the same as it was built but that doesn't mean it's not efficient everything inside works with magic it's probably the most advanced place there is.I enter the big gates and the first person I see is Hector ,
" Glad you made it any more delay and I am not sure if I would've been alive He is angry about something you did at the lunch meeting. plz tell me you didn't punch a councilman and he is coming to declare war on your father." Hector says while greeting him in their usual way with a shoulder bump.
"It was nothing serious just an accident, and it wasn't even my fault." He said with an annoyed look he was again reminded of the orange eyed girl.
" Well someone clearly need to explain that to your father." Hector says.
He starts looking at me weird.
"What ? What is it why are you looking at me like that have I got something on my face? " I asked.
"No nothing like that you look pissed you have THAT expression . Tell me what's bothering you?" He asks.
" There is no expression...this is My Face. Now lets go we don't want to keep him waiting and make him more angry." I tell him.
We both enter the dining room its a big room with a big rectangle table in the middle, my Father is already sitting at the head of it and talking to his advisor that is standing behind his chair. My father's wife and son are also here. Hector and I both bow to him and the Queen then I take the seat to his right, hector takes the seat next to me. my step mother is sitting on my Father's left side and my step brother William is sitting beside her. My mother died when I was ten. It was a difficult time for the King but he got better and remarried in a month. The king eats a grape from the table and when he starts everyone else also starts eating and then the King speaks,
" I heard that you left the meeting in the middle." He said.
The food started to taste stale to me,
" yes My King... I... there was an incident... I had to leave early." I said.
I informed my King about all the things that were discussed at the lunch and then when I was leaving the room with hector I heard the Queen call to me,
" Logan , how are you ? you haven't been home in weeks, are you going to leave already stay the night plz." she said with hope in her eyes.
" I am sorry my Queen but you know that I am more comfortable at my own place and I wouldn't want to bother the family." I said.
She sighed," How many time have I told you to call me mother or better yet just Rachel is fine you of all people don't need to be so formal with me and I know you like your apartment but you could always come and stay a night here in at least a week. You know I'd really like it if you'd bond with William, He is your brother." she said.
"Ok I'll stay if that's your order." I said with a straight face.
" It's just a request Logan it's fine you can leave if you don't want to stay " she said in a sad voice.
I can't stay here looking at their happy little family and feel left out that's why I moved out.
Still I sigh and accept her request.
" Come on I'll accompany you to your room." Hector says and we go towards my room.