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Chapter 8:
I found myself sitting in a chair on the set of The Report that evening. The set up was different from last time. There were two chairs for the king and queen. To the right of those chairs was a throne for the princess and a simple wooden chair for me. True it was not as extravagant as the others but the swirly designs carved into it was right up with them in the beauty.
Maxon had sat down in his chair after talking on the report and held Kriss's had firmly. "Princess Adrianna," called Gavril. "Come over here." Adrianna bounded out of her chair and right over next to Gavril. "I hear that you have a new teacher? Am I right?" I noticed that Gavril left the word aide out, probably because Kriss requested it. "Yes." Adrianna replied, excitement pouring out of her. "Well, I am sure everyone would love to see who this young lady is. Can you go get her for me?" Gavril patted Adrianna on her shoulder as she rushed off to find me.
Adrianna took my hand and dragged me over to Gavril. The camera hadn't gotten and footage with me in it until now and Gavril had his back turned to me the entire time talking. And you could tell he was surprised. "Well," he said. "Lady America, long time no see right." I could see the playfulness in his eyes masking the confusion. But we were on camera and at that time, I could only remember to act at ease.
"So what is it like to be back here at the palace?" Gavril questioned me. "Well," I started. "It is a little weird but I don't let any of it get in the way of teaching Adrianna. She is wonderful by the way." Gavril stared me down. "You are not jealous right? After all, you were competing against Kriss for King Maxon." "No. I fact I am very happy for Kriss. I just knew that they would be happy together. After all, I decided in the beginning that if I was eliminated, I would be rooting for her." I smiled after I answered, glanced at Kriss, looked back at Gavril and hoped no one noticed that I was lying.
We had finished the report a little while ago and now we were in Adrianna's room. And she had plenty of questions for me. "So you were in the selection?" she asked, fiddling with her bracelets. "Yes." I said. "But I really am happy that your mother won The selection." I started looking at Adrianna's bracelet as she moved it. Adrianna was about to ask another question when I interrupted her, seeing something wrong with her wrist. "What happened here?" I asked, removing the bracelet, and finding a burn underneath it.
"Who did this?" I demanded. Adrianna looked down at her bed and I knew who it was right away. Kriss. "Okay." I said angrily. "Is there any where else that this happened?" Adrianna pointed to her back in defeat. I lifted up her pajama t-shirt and found even more burns. Adrianna started to cry. "Don't cry sweetie." I said, "It's okay, your secret is safe with me."
A few moments after Adrianna started reading The Little Mermaid, Kriss stormed into the room. Adrianna let out a soft whimper only I could hear. She moved slightly behind me for protection. "Miss America. Come here with me please." Kriss ordered and then walked out of the room. "One second" I told Adrianna as I got up off of the bed to meet Kriss in the hall.
"You," Kriss snarled, he demeanor changing once the door was shut. "Maxon is mine. Don't you ever tug you ear again. Don't you dare try to flirt with him since this isn't The Selection. He is MY husband. So stay away." A guard passed by to deliver something to Adrianna and Kriss changed her position again unti he left Adrianna's room. "Do you understand me?" I nodded and as she turn to leave, I started talking. "You are just jealous Kriss." I said. "Over the fact that I have a relationship with your daughter that you could never dream to have."
"And you are just a 3 upgraded to a 1, but you don't deserve to be a 1. Making you pretty inside and out is like putting lipstick on a pig. Impossible." Kriss's face started to turn red and I calmly walked away into Adrianna's room and shut the door. Extra loud.
"Look what Daddy sent!" Adrianna exclaimed, showing me a picture. One of us in the garden yesterday. "Beautiful." I said, my mind somewhere else. In deep thought. Like what will happen next. Especially with Kriss.
