?'s POV

"My Lady." a guard told.

"What?" I asked annoyed.

"Your sister is here, waiting." he told.

"Tell her I am coming." I told the guard.

I was feeling relieved that she was in the castle safe and sound. Lately, many assassinations have taken place. The first assassination was the one of the last North Warden, Joah, and the last was the one of King Rake, the father of the new King. I cannot understand how he died. There were guards everywhere. If you ask me, it was one of the guards.

I shook out of my head these thoughts and put on my clothes. A big blue dress, with priceless gems on it. I hated it, I preferred my hunting outfit. But my mother sais that it isn't appropriate for me, the queen of Orenlands, to wear it. And I had to obey her.

I put on my shoes and got out of my room. I locked the door and walked down the hallway. Ugh, the castle is big, yet I hate it. Why? I can't ride my fucking horse here. Nor can I hunt. And when I manage to get some time and get out of these fucking walls, I have guards following me! Sometimes I want to run away. Leave. Be free. But if I do, the kingdom will corrupt. And it is a big addition to the realm. If Orenlands fall, my family will die. And, we will become like Chaos Realm. A shadow of an old superpower. And nobody wants that.

I entered the living room. Immediately, I spotted my sister get up and hug me.

"It's nice to see you, Everest." she told.

"It's nice to see you too, Gillie." I told her.

We remained hugged for some time until she broke the hug.

"How was the capital?" I asked her.

"It was amazing! Don't worry though, you would have hated it." she told.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"There is no place for you to ride your horse in these walls. Also, nobody except the King's family and of course the King is allowed to hunt in the Rushwoods." she told.

"You are right. If went with you, I would have cursed the living hell." I told and we laughed.

"So... How was the King? Rumours across the whole realm tell that he is a teen. Is that right?" I asked.

"Oh, no, not a teen... He is seventeen years old. Still, you are older than him." she told me.

"Again, he is not even an adult. How did they put him on the throne?" I asked.

"I don't know! I do know that he has an older sister called Eve, though..." she told me.

"Weird..." I just told.

"You have to hear this!" she suddenly told me excitedly.

"What exactly?" I asked.

"Do you remember the family of Whitewolves from when they had visited us?" she asked.

Immediately, my mind got filled up with memories. Two years ago, the family of Whitewolves, that are the strongest people in the North since the death of the North Warden, had come over for business. I wasn't the queen then, my father was on the thrown. Except for the Lord of Wolf's Keep, were three boys and a girl. Ron, Gale, Rocky and Vanessa. The two first are brothers. Rocky is a... bastard... because his father is the Lord and his mother was a whore... And finally, Vanessa was a friend of Rocky. She was a really energetic girl, and we hanged out a lot until they left. Ron was... beautiful... I had fallen for him... Too bad that he left... I don't remember Rocky and Gale. Although I do remember that Vanessa was always looking at him. She had told me that she had fallen in love with him.

"The King... Asked Vanessa out!" she told leaving me speechless.

"WHAT?! TELL ME EVERYTHING! DID SHE SAY YES?" I shouted.

"Of course she said yes, you don't say no to the King..." she told and rolled her eyes.

"But she had told me that she loved Rocky... Weird..." I told her.

"She obviously didn't like the King. Do you know what she asked to let him take her out?" she told and smiled.

"What did she ask?" I asked with my curiosity maxed out.

"To choose the North Warden!" she told and smirked at me.

"Are you telling me..." I started.

"She obviously did it for Rocky!" she almost screamed.

"Rocky? The North Warden?! He will be almost as powerful as the King himself! And we are talking about that miserable little boy!" I told her shocked.

"King Chase is a miserable little boy himself..." she told and I covered her mouth.

"Are you serious? Don't shout these things! Someone may hear you!" I whispered in her ear.

"S-sorry..." she told.

"Anyways, I believe I have a date with my bow and arrow..." I told as I headed to my room.

"Going hunting?" she asked.

"Yes." I answered.

"Try catching a stag... It's been a long time since you caught one." she told me and giggled.

"If I see a stag, the stag won't see the sun again." I told and we both laughed.

"Anyways, later sister!" she told me and headed to her room.

"Bye bye!" I told.

I rushed to my room and took off me the dress. I quickly put on my hunting pants and shirt and wore my quiver. I made sure that it was full, of course. Then I took my bow.

I left my room and locked again. I started creeping on the walls so I could get out of the palace without any fucking guards noticing me. But of course...

"Goin' huntin'?" a voice told from behind me and I felt shivers.

I gasped and turned around. I saw Claine, the head of the guards of the palace.

"Claine, yes. And I am going alone!" I told him.

"Nuh-uh, don't think so." he told.

"You know that I have the power to hang you, right?" I asked and raised an eyebrow.

"Ha-ha-ha! We both know that you won't do it though." he laughed.

I sighed. He was right.

"Fine... But only two guards this time! I don't want civilians to believe that the fleet is coming!" I told him sharply.

"Five." he told.

"Two." I told back.

"Six." he said.

"Three." I told.

"Seven." he told again.

He makes me really angry! The reason why I hadn't hung him yet was that I could never get bored with him around...

"Fine! Five, as you said firstly!" I told and grunted in defeat.

"Ha-ha-ha, don't worry, I just wanted to anger you again. Two, as you said." he told and laughed.

"Thank you!" I told relieved to not have an army behind me.

"No problem my Lady." he told and turned around.

"Hunting with two guards... Better than what I expected..." I whispered to myself.