Centuries ago,
ZELDA'S POV
Most bubbling female teenagers, every spinster, married and unmarried women and even the old women that could still pull themselves to move about, would stand outside large and small stalls in the market area, just to watch when the Crown Prince will pass through.
Handsome, responsible, imperial and a goddamn Prince!
Every mother wanted him for her daughter and every daughter wanted him for herself.
Once upon a time, I had also been one of those ladies who used to swoon over Prince Acheron. And one of those days while he was passing with his almost unending entourage, someone had been seeking the right angle to catch a glimpse of him from behind and had pushed me forward mistakenly.
I was lurched so hard that I rolled off the stairs and arrived at the feet of Prince Acheron’s horse and he was gracious enough to have stopped right in time, to stop me from getting crushed.