"Don't mess with me, Adrian," I warned.
"Now, Kimi was it?" He said, completely ignoring my threat. Ugh. It was so…Adrian. "I think you should tell the queen you want to assume the Dragomir throne."
"What?" Kimi and I both exclaimed. Lissa merely sat there, scrutinizing Kimi and looking very confused. Adrian smiled and put his hands in his pockets.
"Can't you tell this is her intention? She comes here, out of nowhere, to tell you that she is the true princess. What else could she be here for?" I looked at Kimi
"Is it true?" Lissa whispered to her. I didn't need the bond to tell me she wanted for it to be true, for her burden to be lightened.
"Yeah," Kimi said, fiddling with her short, pleated magenta skirt and looking at Adrian. "But how did he know?" Adrian smiled and shrugged.
"Lucky guess." I rolled my eyes.
"We all know you used spi-" Lissa's hand was suddenly over my mouth. Kimi! She shouted through the bond. Oh. Right.
"So" Lissa said, changing the subject and releasing my face. "You'll take her to the queen?"
"Of course," Adrian said, shaking some of his messy brown hair out of his green eyes.
"You know the queen?' Kimi said, looking at him, eyes wide.
"She's his aunt," I said, not caring to see the queen again. Adrian nodded.
"So," He said. "Shall I be telling all of you or just Rose?"
"Tell us what?" Asked Lissa, giving Adrian a very skeptical look.
"Tell you what I came to tell you, of course."
"Which is?" I asked impatiently.
"Well, am I telling all of you?"
"YES!" We all shrieked, including Kimi.
"Ok, then. Rose?"
"Yes?"
"You'll come with us when we go see Tatiana, right?"
"GET TO THE POINT, DAMN IT!"
"Temper, temper."
"Adrain," Lissa pleaded. "Tell us already." Adrian sighed.
"We have to go the royal court right now. There's a plane waiting an hour away."
"And you didn't tell us an hour ago, why?" I asked. He smiled wide.
"I had to wait."
"For...?"I said.
"I'll tell you later. Let's go."
Kimi stood there, looking very awkward.
"Kimi too," Adrian called, already down the stairs. I sighed and followed, wondering why we had to go to the royal court.