Chapter 1
Once upon a time, a beautiful daughter was born to King Auguste and Queen Nicole of the tiny country of Haven. They named the little princess Danielle after the Queen's mother.
Now Nicole had been warned against having a second child after the loss of her first nearly killed her. The doctor told her that she would be too weak to survive another pregnancy
It wasn't too long after the doctor's diagnosis that the Queen had discovered that she was pregnant yet again. The doctor once again warned her that she might not live, but she wanted this baby no matter what the consequences might be.
And so when Danielle was born, complications arose and within hours after the birth, Auguste found that he had lost a wife but that his daughter still lived.
And so the little princess had been raised without a mother for her first eight years, until Auguste married Princess Renee from the neighboring country of Eccol.
It wasn't that Auguste was in love with Renee, but in this case, he wanted Danielle to experience what life would be like with a woman's influence.
The marriage was not to last however as the King suffered a fatal stroke two weeks later, leaving Renee alone with Danielle.
Now Danielle had been engaged to marry Prince Rupert, the son of Renee's older brother, King Roland and his wife, Queen Emily.
Danielle had no idea of the arrangement until she grew into a beautiful young woman. On her eighteenth birthday, the Queen explained that Danielle would marry Rupert in a year's time as had been agreed upon.
But Danielle was not interested in any arranged marriage. She wanted to marry someone for love and was curious to see if this would be possible. And so when Danielle posed this question to Renee, she just laughed and made a bet with her. She had to find someone she wanted to marry all in a month's time. If she didn't meet anyone during that time, she would have to marry Rupert.
She really did not intend to do that at all.
She searched the Internet for all the dating services she could find and found one boy, someone named Henry. They had already met several times, but she never could stay long enough. Now she was on her way to one of those meetings with him. She had to hurry or else she would late.
Once upon a time, a beautiful daughter was born to King Auguste and Queen Nicole of the tiny country of Haven. They named the little princess Danielle after the Queen's mother.
Now Nicole had been warned against having a second child after the loss of her first nearly killed her. The doctor told her that she would be too weak to survive another pregnancy
It wasn't too long after the doctor's diagnosis that the Queen had discovered that she was pregnant yet again. The doctor once again warned her that she might not live, but she wanted this baby no matter what the consequences might be.
And so when Danielle was born, complications arose and within hours after the birth, Auguste found that he had lost a wife but that his daughter still lived.
And so the little princess had been raised without a mother for her first eight years, until Auguste married Princess Renee from the neighboring country of Eccol.
It wasn't that Auguste was in love with Renee, but in this case, he wanted Danielle to experience what life would be like with a woman's influence.
The marriage was not to last however as the King suffered a fatal stroke two weeks later, leaving Renee alone with Danielle.
Now Danielle had been engaged to marry Prince Rupert, the son of Renee's older brother, King Roland and his wife, Queen Emily.
Danielle had no idea of the arrangement until she grew into a beautiful young woman. On her eighteenth birthday, the Queen explained that Danielle would marry Rupert in a year's time as had been agreed upon.
But Danielle was not interested in any arranged marriage. She wanted to marry someone for love and was curious to see if this would be possible. And so when Danielle posed this question to Renee, she just laughed and made a bet with her. She had to find someone she wanted to marry all in a month's time. If she didn't meet anyone during that time, she would have to marry Rupert.
She really did not intend to do that at all.
She searched the Internet for all the dating services she could find and found one boy, someone named Henry. They had already met several times, but she never could stay long enough. Now she was on her way to one of those meetings with him. She had to hurry or else she would late.