Time Flies.

" A bend in the road ,is not the end of the road".

Beautiful lady come and buy from me ,I have fine shoes ,a bald man who was into selling of shoes called for the attention of the lady that was dressed in a yellow long sleeved gown,tailing behind her was her maid ,who seemed stressed as she sluggishly walked behind her lady while yawning continuously .

Taking a look at the shoes that were displayed on the man's counter,her eyeballs looked at the shoes infront of her with admiration , dipping her hand into her dress pocket she removed a sack of coins ,placing it on the counter ,the man helped her package the shoes .

After the man was done packaging the shoes he gave it to the fellow who was beside the lady as he had sensed the girl was the maid of the beautiful lady.

Here you go ,the man said trying to give back the change because he doubt the whole sack of money was his.

"No ,you can keep the change" the brunette hair lady with a brown doe eyeball replied the man who was shocked by the kindness shown towards him.

Thank you my lady ,you are so generous and beautiful he said while almost bowing .it alright,you don't have to thank me she said while smiling before she takes her leave .

Hannah I would appreciate it if you could walk faster she snapped at the maid who was slowly sleepwalking behind her .

I'm so sorry lady Eloise ,she apologized. we've been walking all around the market since morning .I feel is time we head back home the maid mumbled thinking the words was unheard by her lady .

What did you just say ?Eloise asked as she turned back looking at her maid . Me ? I never said anything my lady I was only talking about how the sun could damage your skin ,the maid lied pointing at the redness in the sky .

Thanks for worrying so much about me Hannah but am not done with my business here ,I still have a lot of things to buy Eloise said again .

Now let's keep going ,the lady said again as she happily moved through the crowd not minding the maid who was trying to make her way through the crowd due to the bags of load that were stucked on her.

Three years has passed ever since you've become the crown prince,.you are not getting any younger ,you need to have someone beside you ,the king mother said to her grandchild who kept postponing the marriage selection ceremony .

Grandmother when the right time comes I would bring her to you ,that's what you have been saying since the past two years now zaron .

it is not necessary for me to go through the selection ceremony after all I have someone I'm seeing ,he confessed .

I will not approve of any secret relationship coming from you she stated harshly ,you've to follow the tradition .you can't just pick any random person to be the crown princess ,she has to go through the selection ceremony .we've sent out the invite to every young noble lady in the kingdom and we have over thirty ladies from wealthy family who are still single and willing to contest .

I don't want to argue about this with you anymore ,the selection ceremony will begin has from next week,so get ready to crown your wife she said before dismissing him.

The young miss is here madam the servant announced ,Let her in the madam replied while the servant opened the door.

Good day mother, Lovett greeted as she bowed .what can I do for you mother ?Lovett questioned looking at her mother . The selection ceremony will begin from next week on ,I hope you are aware that different ladies from other high class society are going to be contesting for the ceremony.until then I do not want to hear any rumor that may hinder your chances of being crowned .

You have to do all it takes to be the crown princess Lovett her mother finally stated making the girl look at her .

That is all ,you may take your leave now .Thank you mother ,I will keep that in mind she said politely taking her leave.Are you okay ? Dana who was pacing to and forth awaiting her lady return asked feeling concerned as she saw Lovett step out of the room.

I hope you are fine ?she asked again while sizing her up and down .If she could remember vividly, the last time the lady mother had called her into the room was to punish her for missing her etiquette class as the lady had came out with swollen legs as a result of her mother flogging.

I'm perfectly okay Lovett replied her maid seeing how concerned the maid was towards her .Dana was her only true companion even when the girl saw her bad side she still cling onto her ,Lovett could feel the amount of love the maid has for her but she wasn't someone who could reciprocate same feeling because her mother made sure a boundary was set between the maids and their masters.

Look who we've got here ,we had thought you wouldn't come just like you had always done over the years ,Edgar said calling out others attention.it would be really disappointing not to attend after all it was a brotherly invitation zaron replied half smiling as he knew what his brother was trying to do .

After all you were the one who was keeping us waiting all this while ,Alex who was the son of concubine Martha replied while he release the arrow that went straight to the bull eyes .wow ! Brother you are really amazing zaron praised.

" Bring in the captives" Nicholas ordered the guards who replaced the hitting target with the humans captives.

What are you trying to do ? Zaron questioned his brothers .what does it seem like Alex replied with a scorn in his face .Among all his brothers Alex was the one who has more hatred for him .He knew his brothers were dangerous but he never thought they could be so much cruel.

You can't do that ,he shouted at the guards who were now tying the captives to the drum as his brothers prepared their arrow aiming at the captives who dreaded the fate yet to come .why ?Because you are the crown prince ,your position doesn't affect us Edgar replied .

You should have stayed in your cage ,I mean why would a chicken be in the midst of lions .Isn't the chicken afraid of being eaten by the lions? Alex said letting out a laughter as the others joined him except for Nicholas who didn't find the joke funny as he readied the arrow while shutting one of his eyes close as he aims at the prey Infront of him who shivers at the thought of their death .

"Please don't hurt us"the six captives pleaded to their predators .you don't have to do this ?zaron tried bargaining with his brothers who were having fun.I think you should just focus on your upcoming marriage rather than poking your nose into our affairs.

"Brother zaron is right ,I agree with him" Williams who was the last prince and second to the last child of the king said while receiving a notorious look from his brother Alex .

How dare you ? You are siding with a coward, Alex Said to his brother who was of the same mother with him.I am tired of this archery practice ,I don't want to do this anymore young William said .

Tuuuph!! The arrow sound, as it hit the target who yelped from pain .who did that? Edgar asked as he was sure he wasn't the one who released the arrow before he looked at where the arrow came from.

Ni …Nicholas ! Williams called as he wasn't expecting it to be Nicholas who was again trying to release another arrow before he was pushed down by zaron who had hitted him in the face ?

I told you not to release the goddamn arrow you jerk, he said as he continue punching him before he was stopped by the king guards who had just arrived with the king.

Stop it ! The king shouted as the brothers bowed their head feeling ashamed of the king witnessing the fight that had ensued earlier.

Can someone explain what had transpired earlier?the king asked his son who was on their knees in the punishment room.

Can't anyone of you talk ?the king thundered . I don't know what had happened but I saw the crown prince attacking prince Nicholas,Alex lied.

Wha..what are you saying? Williams asked his brother knowing he wasn't speaking the truth,as he tried explaining to the king before he was pulled down by his brother who motioned him to shut up .

I could see everyone of you is not willing to speak the truth .Assign a befitting punishment to each of them .