Angeles At the Palace

Christen just got off the Royal Jet. Valentine and Sophia were waiting for him at the palace gates. He gave Sophia a peck on the cheek.

"Hey Soph. How is Markus?"

"He is fine, Chris and sends his wishes."

"Is my room still in the west wing?"

"No. It has been shifted to the East wing for the selection."

"Good. Has Val chosen the girls he wants?"

"No Chris. You know how Mama wanted you both to sit in the library and go through the forms."

"Okay. Ask Val to come to the Library at 2. I am going to rest now."

"Chris, you..."

But Sophia stopped midway as Christen had already started walking away.

"Val, I really don't know what you did that Chris is so angry with him. Well you better go to the library like how he asked."

Valentine nodded and thought back to the last day that they had spoken. It was a few days after Sophia had left.

Flashback

"Val, how could you do that? You know that she worked hard at the palace. She has siblings you know. Because of your lie, now she is god knows where."

"But Chris, she was just a dancer."

"Yeah Val and where did our parents find her. On your bed. You wanted to have a Casanova image so you did not tell the truth and the poor thing was terminated. I think you should tell dad or at least mom. I am leaving tomorrow. So make your decision soon."

Present(At 2 o clock)

Valentine walks into the room. Christen is already there.

"Here Val, now during, the selection, we do not want anyone to know of our relationship problems. So I will talk to you normally. Today onwards till the end of the selection we have to act like how we used to be an year ago."

He signalled to a chair near him. Valentine went and sat next to him."

"Now what? How do we select the girls?"

"Okay Val. What we will do is that we will select a girl from each province and check with the other whether he approves of her. Then we select her. So if I choose a girl and you approve of her. She is in the selection but in my wing of the palace. Once I reject her, she moves to yours. Same goes for you. So first we will start with Pearl."

The forms were strewn on the floor and the two brothers were searching for the girls they want.

Valentine POV

There was a girl in an emerald green gown. Her smile caught my eye. I picked up her form.

Name: Anya Mellark

Caste: 6

Age: Around 21-22

Birthday: Unknown

Family: Unknown

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Italian

Talents: Dancing and managing orphanage where she lives.

She is an orphan. I looked at a list where the number of girls from each caste we had to pick. From 6, we could pick 2.

"Chris, what do you think of her. She is a 6. But we have to pick at least 2 from 6."

"She looks pretty. If that is who you want. I am okay. By the way, what do you think of this girl? She is also an orphan but the daughter of a duchess who married a teacher. She is a 4."

Chris passed me the form of a girl called Kianna. There was a sparkle in her eye that made me love her instantly.

Name: Kianna Bliss

Caste: 4

Age: 18

Birthday: May 16

Family: Duchess Louisa Williams-Mother-Dead

Languages spoken: English, French

Talents: Drawing

"Okay, yeah she is fine. So we are done with Pearl. Kianna Bliss and Anya Mellark."

"Yup. Now we will look at Winter. I selected this one. What do you think about her?"

Name: Avalon Frost Shade

Caste: 2

Age: 19

Birthday: January 30

Family:

Mother: Amy Shade

Father: Robert Shade

Brothers: Brendan and Sam

Talents: martial arts, very knowledgeable in maths and archery

"Hey isn't she your guard's daughter? The one you used to spy on when she came to the palace?"

Christen was blushing hard.

"Well do I have any choice. Anyway mom has put a note here that we have to select her as a tribute to the hard work of our gaurds. I chose this girl called Amelia. She is an actress."

"Okay fine. She looks okay."

"Now let's look through the forms from here."

Christen POV

Name: Ayesha Mehra

Caste: 2

Age: 19

Birthday: January 15

Family:

Mother: Nina Mehra

Father: Roshan Mehra

Brother: Kabir Mehra

Talents: Dance, running business, working at orphanages

"Hey Val, isn't she the one we met at Nakshatra when we went to buy the jewellery for Soph."

"Yeah. Well she looks hot and is my next target."

"Hey you did not ask me."

"Well I chose her. You choose one on your own."

Val would never change. I just randomly chose a girl. The forms had already been gone through by the advisors and only the best had come to us and Angeles had fancy girls. So I just chose one. Her name was Sierra Ali.

Soon we chose all the girls from the provinces. Few which caught my eye were a Shivani, a Raylene and a Hyacinth. I loved girls with the name of flowers. I thought it was beautiful.

"Boys, did you select the girls?" asked our mom, Eadlyn. Our uncle Ahren had come to the palace for a visit and was standing next to her. He now lived in France with his Queen Camille.

"Yes mother. We have."

"Well boys, this time there won't be an official announcement. But rather letters will go to the houses. Then once they reach here only will the people see them. This is for their safety."

Author's Note: Dear All hoped you liked this story. Give comments. The following are the provinces that are still open. Please send them in fast. At least by next week. Please check the blog. The link is on my profile. Next we will have the story from all the girls point of view when the letter comes. I felt that the intros were better left alone. So that the girls have some stories to tell one another and for me to write.

Fame: 2 girls

Shine: 2 girls

Oceana: 2 girls

Leah: 2 girls

Carolina: 2 girls

Lakeside: 1 girl

I need some cruel or mean girls now. There are too many good ones. :)

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