Chapter Three & Four

Princess Carolina sent for Eve. Eve knocked on the door and waited to hear her response. That was no response so she knocked again. There was still no response. She turned the knob of the door and entered the room. A white stuff was inserted in the princess ears and she quickly took it out when she saw Eve.

"Eve? Why didn't you knock?"

" I knocked but that thing was in your ears", Eve replied.

"Thing?" , The princess laughed. "This" , She held the white stuff. "Is called a earpod", The princess told her. "It is an accessory for the phone. This is a phone", She held the object Prince Lex was talking into earlier.

"The earpod is for listening to music, watching a video or receiving a call. The name of my phone is Samsung while that of Lex is iPhone. Do you understand? ", Princess Caro asked.

"Yes, Princess Caro", Eve replied gratefully.

"Would you like to listen to some music? ", She asked.

Eve was surprised to hear that question from the princess. She has no idea why the princess was so nice to her all of a sudden. She nodded her head and the earpods were plugged into her ears.

"That's Just By Magic by Ariana Grande. Nice music, right?" , The princess asked.

"Yes Princess"

The princess sat straight and asked, "How old are you "

Eve removed the earpods in her ears and was surprised once again that the princess was interested in her case. "I am twelve years old but I'm gonna be thirteen in three months time ", Eve replied.

"Oh my gosh!", The princess got off the bed immediately. "I'm so sorry for slapping you. Please forgive me"

"It's okay"

"No, it's not. This must not reach my mother. I thought I was older than you. You look my age. I'm ten"

" I'm so sorry", The princess shook Eve's hand to beg for forgiveness.

Eve forgave her and they began talking as friends. Eve discovered that the princess was actually nice and lively compared to that arrogant brother of hers.

"You can call me Caro when we are alone"

"I think I'll be beheaded"

"When we're alone"

"Okay...C -Caro" , Eve managed to say. She can't believe that she is a friend of the princess she met in a day.

"Eve" , They both heard a distant scream. "It seems like someone calls for you", Caro said.

" Oh! Thanks", Eve said and was about to leave when she added, "I'll be back"

. *

"Why were you not answering me? Why did you answer now?" , Lady Elizabeth asked with a roar.

"Maybe you didn't shout enough. I was-"

*PAAK!!*

"What? How dare you?!!", Lady Elizabeth bellowed angrily. Eve kissed the floor immediately to ask for forgiveness. Her kick made her stumble backward in pain. Eve bent her head and begged for forgiveness.

"Tell the maid to call the royalties for lunch", Lady Elizabeth said at last.

Eve quickly stood up and went to deliver her message to a maid named Isabella. By this time, Her face would have been swollen. That was what Eve had thought in pain. Her whole body hurts now. She began to think why those forsaken royalties came that day. That year was going to be her third year in the mansion and the first time she would be seeing the royals.

It was only Lady Elizabeth she recognized as a special advisor and friend to the queen. It was only once that she had seen the queen and that was when Lady Elizabeth was terribly sick and had no hope of recovering. Mandy was the most happiest and had gone about to kiss everyone she laid her eyes on but it happened! The witch mixed her portions and did the magic of recovering herself back to health.

Isabella went to call the royals for lunch. They came to the dining after some minutes. The prince and Lady Elizabeth were facing each other at the ends of the table while Caro sat at the middle; further from her brother and the witch.

* * *

"Come in", Eve spoke in pain.

" Eve, are you okay? ", Mandy asked with concern when she saw Eve shivering under the blanket. Her lips were pale and turning light blue.

"Oh my gosh! Your hair-You're an ice element", Mandy was excited but she held her health as her top most priority.

"Where's Alexis?" , Eve asked.

"The witch sent him with the coachman to deliver a letter to one of her men", Mandy rolled her eyes in irritation.

Lady Elizabeth is a Casanova that has many men that does things with her every where especially in the mansion. Some of them try to get into the pants of Eve and Mandy, most especially Eve but all the workers in the mansion work together to get them out of the situation.

"Oh God!" , Eve exclaimed. "He was going to bring a drug or something for me", Eve said. "Mandy, no one must know that I am an ice element. Please, don't let the witch take me away", Eve begged in fright.

"Don't worry. This is between us. I don't know what to do. They are having there lunch and I can't sneak in anything. Who knows if that stupid bird is watching us somewhere? "

"Mandy, I feel sick. My whole body hurts"

"Be strong Eve. They will soon be gone. Just two days remaining", Mandy encouraged her.

"I'll get better before evening" , Eve assured her.

"I pray so"

Mandy stayed with her for five more minutes till she fell asleep on the bed. Her temperature was high - she was burning. If she had to report the case to Lady Elizabeth, she might say something harsh. She might even try to take up the case and run some stupid experiments on her that might reveal the fact that she was an ice element.

But the normal words that would come out of her mouth would be, "Leave her alone to keep pretending. If she doesn't get well after a week, then we call a physician"

Lady Elizabeth is hated by everyone most especially by Alexis for many reasons. Everywhere was blank and dark by the time Eve woke up. It seems like her temperature managed to reduce. Immediately she got out of her room, she bumped into Prince Lex.

'Why? Why him?', Eve thought in her mind.

"Why me?" , Prince Lex asked after reading her mind.

"Did you just-"

"Yes, I did. You called me arrogant and irritating Prince of Persia back then, didn't you?" , The prince interrogated her and she gulped.

Ah!

She's dead this time.

"Me? No! No" , She denied.

Eve's heart was racing and thumping loudly. "Relax, I'm not a wolf that's gonna eat you up", The prince smirked.

Her throat felt dry and her lips were chapped. Everything was spinning around her and she fainted right there.

***

Prince Lex laid her on his bed and took a long look at her. She seem to have suffered a lot. Her blonde hair has strides of light blue in it. Her complexion looks pale. He was surprised that she was older than Carolina. He was much more surprised that she was an ice element. She is weak because her powers are just coming to her.

He tucked her hair behind her ears and saw a star mark behind her ears. He ignored it and covered her with his blanket. He brought a bowl of cold water and a small towel. He sat beside her on the bed and dipped the towel into the bowl.

!Ding!

That was a notification from his girlfriend, Cecelia. She has been disturbing him lately. He looked at it and rolled his eyes. She missed him so much. He put the cold towel on Eve's forehead to reduce the temperature.

'She's a very beautiful girl', The prince thought but he doesn't do girls like her. He repeated the process ten times and changed the water. He continued the process for another ten times and returned the bowl. He checked her temperature and was glad that it has reduced a bit...thanks to him.

He went for his dinner in the dining. "Lex, have you seen Eve?" , Caro asked her brother as soon as she laid eyes on him.

"Yeah, she's resting. She's just exhausted" , Lex replied.

"Exhausted?" , Lady Elizabeth scoffed. "That lazy girl does not want to do anything", She roared from her seat. She hissed and gestures to a maid to call Eve.

"Leave her be. I told you that she was resting", Prince Lex said with authority. Lady Elizabeth apologized to him and continued eating her meal.

" I will be visiting a small town tomorrow", Prince Lex announced.

"What time would that be?" , Lady Elizabeth asked.

"I should be out by six in clock in the morning" , He replied.

"Why that early?"

Lex raised his head at her question. "Why? You want to follow me to the town? ", Lex asked.

" What? "

"Are you monitoring me now? Am I a kid?" , Lex asked.

"Forgive me. I just wanted you to be saf-"

"I can protect myself, Elizabeth" , Lex spoke rudely but no one was surprised by his remarks.

"Of course, of course", Lady Elizabeth replied and gritted her teeth.

Their dinner was ended with silence.Caro wished Lady Elizabeth a good night and made her way to her room. Lex found his way to his room and realized Eve was awake. She was surprised to see him there. She quickly got off the bed and asked, "What are you doing in my room?"

"Your room? Are you that ill", Lex asked.

Eve took her time to look around and let out a short gasp. She apologized to him and muttered, "I'm sorry. I'll get going now"

"Didn't you notice anything?" , Lex raised his brows.

Eve looked confused. What was She supposed to know that she hasn't known? What was there to notice? The large comfy bed? The amazing room? The spacious room? His annoying face or what?

"No", She shook her head.

"Great, dumb brain. I nursed you back to health"

"Thanks. I'll be on my way now", Eve simply said.

"What? That's it?", Lex arched his brows.

" I'm sorry", Eve bowed her head. She has to get out of his room. He was making her nervous.

"Thank you for nursing me back to health, Prince Lex", Eve said picking her words one after the other and tried her best to sound respectful.

" Good. But that could be better ", He smirked.

Eve was confused. 'What sort of rubbish is this?', She thought.

" Rubbish? No sweetie, this is gonna be interesting", Lex spoke to Eve's disbelief.

"Has anyone told you that you're rude, Mr. Prince? You just invaded personal space without my permission. This is not the first time you'll do this rubbish. You're just arrogant and proud of what I don't see in you", Eve spoke with boldness but regretted what she said immediately.

" Ouch! That hurts", Lex clutched his chest dramatically.

"Leave my room", Lex ordered.

" I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking straight. I-"

"LEAVE MY ROOM!!!" , Lex roared this time. Eve knew she had messed up badly this time. She shouldn't have ran her mouth like that. She took a last look at the prince before walking out.

She met Alexis in her room who said, "I didn't have the chance to take.some medicine. Today was hectic"

"It's okay. I'm fine" , Eve said and stared into nothingness.

"Is anything the matter?" , Alexis asked after seeing her lose comfort.

Eve grabbed Alexis' hand and begged, "I spoke harshly to the Prince earlier. If something happens to me, then it's him. I think I'm dead. Help me!"

" I don't think a dead person is talking to me", Alexis chuckled.

"I'm serious. I'm scared"

"If he wanted you dead, you won't be here by now", Alexis patted her back gently.

"Yeah", Eve replied and embraced Alexis tightly.