Prince Jason reacted before I did. He pounded his fists against the door shouting, " Someone help." He kept repeating this, until I asked, "What is going on?" He rounded on me, his face red from yelling and said, " You locked us in a safe room! And know unless someone finds us we will be locked in for 48 hours." My fear started to drown my anger as I replied, " You are the one who ignored me at the party!"

" You are the one that ran!"

"You are the one that pushed open the door!" I quieted realizing that I was in the a shouting match with the Prince of Illèa.

Prince Jason slumped against the door and I sank into one of the two cots on the far side of the room. For a long while neither of us spoke. Finally, Prince Jason said, "I really did hurt your feelings, didn't I?" I nodded, feeling the build up of tears that would spill out if I talked. I looked in to Prince Jason's eyes. His eyes softened once he saw the tears in mine. He slowly got up and walked over to me. I scooted over and he sat beside me, rapping a strong arm around me. "Prince Jason-" I start before Prince Jason turned my face towards him and says, "Call me Jason." Then he light touches his lips to mine.

It only lasts a second but it felt like years. Jason and me sit next to each other for what seems like hours. Finally my eyes drift shut pull me in to the world of dreams. When I wake Jason is no longer next to me. He was on the other cot sleeping. I got up trying to quiet my rumbling stomach, and headed to the self full of food. I pulled down a bag of dried fruit and sat down. My flimsy night gown sweeping a cloud of dust in to the air. I start coughing, wiping tears from my eyes. That is when I notice what the dust was collected on, an ancient chess set. I smile, a quiet laugh escaping. Chess is one of my favorite games, and if I remember correctly the Prince knows how to play. As I set up the game I hum to my self. Once the game is set up I sit with my back against the wall and wait for the Prince to wake.

He finally woke up, what seemed like an hour later. By that time, I had already finished my fruit and started on another. As soon as the groggy prince sat up, I got to my feet and ran to get him a bag of fruit. I gave him a few minutes of time to eat, before grabbing his hand and pulling him over to the chess board. " I know you can play chess, so why not play it to pass the time." I say looking at him and not the board. He stared in to my eyes and said, " Your move" I looked down to find that one of his white pawns had moved forward. I stifled a laugh and focused on the game.