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Chapter one Continued Arranged Marriage

Princess Lissa's Point of View

As I got off the airplane I went and walked over to one of the guards holding my head high "Hello sir. Do you know where I'm supposed to be meeting Rose?" I say looking at his facial features carefully. His dark blue eyes looking at me with hatred for a second before going back to normal that it kind of frightened me, but I didn't let it show. I know not to show people fear or they will walk all over you even if you are Royal.

"She says she will be waiting in the courtyard for you Princess Vasilisa." He says looking at me carefully before bowing to me.

I hate when people bow to me, but I don't say anything because I know it is a sign of respect. "Thank you sir, I hope you have a good day." I say walking away slowly looking over my shoulder. I wonder why he hates me, it's not like I did anything to him.

While walking towards the courtyard I notice Rose is just pacing back and forth like she is nervous about something. Maybe she is debating on telling me about Mason finally. I know they have been going out for the past six months. I decided to run over to Rose and give her a big hug.

Rose looks a little startled when I run right into her giving her a big hug. It feels a little weird having to bend to her height, but I know not to say anything or Rose will rip me a new asshole for saying stuff about her height.

"So what have you been up to Rose? I feel like I haven't seen you in forever," I say letting go of her while fixing my hair behind my ears because it went into my eyes when I bent to hug Rose.

"You know the usual, looking for suitors. Trying not to be too picky, but you and I both know that's never going to happen. Have you kept up with training? And what have you been up to? Got your eye one anyone yet?" Rose says while trying not to laugh. I can tell by the look on her face.

I just roll my eyes at her and say, "You haven't been looking for suitors. I talked to your brother James to see if you decided on any guys yet." I knew I had to put on a show for Rose so she wouldn't know I already know about her and Mason. I just want her to be happy. I don't want to put a rift between us so I'm going to make it easier on her and say "Why don't you give Mason a chance; you guys were best friends in high school. Plus I think he likes you. I overheard Mason and Edison Castile talking about you a few weeks ago when I went to see Jillian Mastrano for her annual ball. How come you didn't go? All the princes and princesses were there, including your brother," I say looking at Rose confused. She should have been there with us.

I noticed that Rose's father came into the room because a lot of the guards were talking about my annual ball and they were trying to figure out who was going to be guarding the family when they go. By the look on King Abe's face he had a far away look. Maybe he is remembering something about my father. Everyone tells me I look like my father. Rose whispers to me as not to disturb her father, "Why don't we go back to my room so we can talk about boys and finish our discussion?"

I thought about what she said and I wonder if we really should just leave him there. I mean he said he has something important to tell us. So I said, "What about your father? He said he had something important to talk to us about."

Rose looked like she was deep in thought for a moment before she whispered again, "Come on Liss we need to talk, my dad can find us later. We need to catch up; we haven't seen each other in so long," Rose then pulls me down the hall, so I figure I better just go with her than argue. She is probably going to tell me about Mason if I keep hinting at it and I really want to hear it from her. It kind of hurt that I had to over hear it from Mason and Eddie talking.

I looked at Rose carefully and she looked like someone was hurting her. I wonder what is up with that. "Rose, are you all right? You look like someone was hurting you or something," I say looking at my best friend with such a concern. I wonder if I should go over there and try and give her a hug. I don't know though Rose usually isn't the kind of person that likes to be comforted.

"I was just thinking about my family and what is going to happen at your annual ball, because I'm not in the mood to listen to my family yell at me," Rose says punching her fist into the wall making me want to flinch away from her. I feel horrible for her right now because I knew there was nothing I could do to help her.

"I'm sorry Rose, I wish I could help, but I can't because it would start a war with my family getting involved," I say to Rose looking at the floor in shame. I really wish there was something that I could do, but the last time I tried there was almost a world war because of it.

"It's okay Lissa. It's not your fault that my family yells at me," Rose says as we slowly walk into her room. I wonder if I should sprawl on her bed. As I look around I see she changed her room a bit before everything used to be black. I like how she turn it a bit more girly by using blue.

"I know Rose, but I feel bad. You can't be happy at any of the annual balls in my Kingdom. Why they can't get along is beyond me or at least not argue over you. I can tell it upsets you by your aura and by the way you act," I say finally pulling Rose into a hug where she is a bit hesitant before she squeezes me back and lets go.

"Thanks Liss," Rose says while lightly closing the door as to not attract people. I really think she is going to finally tell me about Mason and I'm really happy that she is going to tell me.

I step around the overstuffed blue chair, a new addition to Rose's room, and lay down on her bed trying to get comfortable. Rose joins me on her bed a moment later, sitting on the edge of the pale blue satin comforter.

"No problem, and yeah we should talk about suitors. I mean I think Mason is totally into you and I think you would be a cute couple," I look Rose right in the eyes as I say this to her because I really want her to tell me the truth.

I could tell Rose was nervous to tell me because of her eyes otherwise no one would be able to tell she was nervous. "Liss I have something important to tell you, but you have to promise me you won't get mad at me."

I made myself look a bit nervous as to what she was going to tell me even though I already knew what it was going to be. I'm glad I'm good at hiding my real emotions from people. "Yes, I promise I will not get mad at you and leave. I love you like a sister even though we aren't blood related," I say while playing with her new comforter.

"I've been dating Mason for the past six months and I've wanted to tell you for awhile, but I was nervous you wouldn't like him as a suitor for me. I mean I like your opinion on things because you are a good judge of character," Rose says looking me right in the eyes while also trying not to look away. I thought this is really weird Rose has never been nervous to tell me anything.

"Rose, I think Mason is a good choice for you. I know I don't know him well, but he seems like a really sweet person. And if he makes you happy then I'm happy for you," I say sitting up on her bed to give her a hug, which she is very grateful. I could just tell because I felt her body relax into me.

"Thanks Liss, that means a lot to me," Rose says as she squeezes me back before letting go.

"You're welcome Rose. Are you all right? You looked like you were in deep thought." I say looking at her carefully again.

"Yeah Liss, I'm good. I'm going to go grab some snacks from the kitchen. You can stay here, it wont take me long to just get a few things," She says while jumping off of her bed.

"Sounds good to me Rose, I'll just stay here. I'm a bit jet lagged from the flight anyway," I say as I sprawl out on her bed yawning while stretching my arms above my head. I know I always do this in Rose's bed it's just her bed is so comfortable.

~A half hour later~

I wonder where Rose is. I feel like I have been waiting for her to come back for awhile. I decided to go and look for her in the kitchens. When I get in the hallway I walk towards the shorter route to find Rose. It should have only taken her twenty minutes at most to get a couple of snacks for us.

As I get closer to the kitchens I see Rose's personal body guard Markus. I wonder if he will know where Rose is. He is supposed to be with her at all times because of what happened when she was younger. Markus is also Rose's uncle and promised he would protect her at all costs, so he quit being a prince to help out his brother. This really shocks me because he would have had the throne in Africa with his wife Carmen, but he chose to help his brother.

"Excuse me Markus, I was wondering if you have seen Rose. She was supposed to get us snacks not to long ago, but it shouldn't have taken this long for her to get back to her room." I say looking at him anxiously trying not to pace because I don't know where my best friend is. I can't even get a vibe off of her like I always have been able to. It's like she's blocking me or something.

"She was just walking by her father's office. I asked Guardian Holt to watch her while I go grab a quick bite to eat. He also said that he would come through on the walkie talkies if she went anywhere else besides her father's office and he hasn't said anything back yet. Sorry if that doesn't really help." He says looking at me with such a concern, but something feels off about him and I can't put my finger on it.

"I think I'm just going to go ask the cook if he has seen Rose and if he hasn't then just go back to her room. Thanks for your help Markus." I say while walking quickly past him. For some reason he was making me a bit nervous and I didn't understand it. He has always been so kind to me.

As I get into the kitchen and look around no one is in here so I decide to look in the freezer to see if Rose is in there getting us some ice cream. When I look in there the cook is the only one in there. "Excuse me have you seen Rose?" I say looking at him carefully to make sure he isn't going to lie to me.

"No I never saw Princess Rose today. I'm very sorry I couldn't help you." He says looking away nervously. I could tell he was telling the truth so I just held the door open for him. "Thank you Princess, you're so very kind to me." He bows his head a little bit to show his respect.

I could tell I make him really nervous even without meaning to. "It's alright thanks for your help anyways. I hope you have a good rest of the day." I say while walking slowly around his middle island to leave the kitchen.

When I'm out of the kitchen I notice Markus is gone, he must have gotten the call that Rose moved. I'm just going to go look in her room to see if she is there and hopefully she is. I run down the hall looking in every room that I pass to see if Rose got distracted. I also walk by her father's office to see if she is in there, but she isn't.

I start to feel my heart pound faster because I can't find Rose. Where could she be? I know there is a lot of rooms in this castle, but why wouldn't she have came and got me for whatever reason. As I'm running I almost run right past Rose's room. I look carefully in her room to see it a total mess which really shocks me because Rose always has her room clean. She has a maid and sometimes she will clean it herself.

As I look at her bed I notice a letter there. I quickly walk over there to see the letter is addressed to me. I ripe it open and slowly start to read Rose's messy hand writing.

Dear Lissa,

I'm sorry I left in such a rush, but my father wants to do an arranged marriage for me with a prince of Russia. I can't let it happen. I'm not ready to be forced down by someone I don't know. Normally I would stay with you, but I know that is where my father would look first.

I hope I can come back, but after I marry someone who I really want to, which is Mason Ashford. He means the world to me. He has always treated me right.

Love you always like a sister,

Rose

P.S. I hope I will be able to keep in contact with you so you know I am safe and not hurt.

I couldn't believe my best friend is gone. I let the letter drop as I run out of Rose's room to go find her father. He needs to know Rose is missing.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. I know that it has taken me awhile to update so to be nice I updated twice lol even if the chapter is split into two different parts.

Quick question- Who do you think it was that stole Rose? It could be a new character or an old character. Sorry Ashley and Nina aren't allowed to participate again.

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