Jonathan found Merin walking through the halls. He put his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"I think we need to talk," said the Prince, "I have a meeting room where we can do so privately.
Merin followed the Prince, glaring at the man who had won the love of the woman who had been promised to him. Jonathan pushed open the door to a large chamber, which was in fact the chamber that Alanna had eavesdropped on that fateful day when she discovered who 'Stephen' really was.
The Prince pulled up a chair to the table and asked Merin to do the same. Prince Jonathan reached for Merin's hand, and got the story from the boy. Merin, who also had the Gift, was protected from Jonathan's prying, if he wanted to be, but he opened, to save explaining time.
It turned out the Merin and Alanna had been betrothed before either of them had been born! Prince Jonathan sighed. He knew that his wish to marry a lady overruled all other claims, but did he want to put Merin through that? He reached for the boy's hand again.
Aha! There it was! The thing, the one loophole, that meant the Alanna and Jonathan could be married. The Prince smiled falsely at Merin. The boy didn't know that the Prince had bypassed all his walls and Gift protection. He knew what Merin was.
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Meanwhile, back in the infirmary, Alanna's maid Delia looked at the sleeping woman. Delia knew the history of her family, of her great-great-grandmother's grandmother. She knew that some purple eyed twerp had taken the Prince away from her family before, and it wouldn't happen again. Too bed Merin had failed his job. She would punish him later. But for now, she had to get rid of Alanna.
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a/n: sorry it's taken me so long to update, I've just been lazy. I've also been busy with resolutions for Model UN and lots of other nerdly extracurricular things. I hope you enjoyed the past few installments!
"I think we need to talk," said the Prince, "I have a meeting room where we can do so privately.
Merin followed the Prince, glaring at the man who had won the love of the woman who had been promised to him. Jonathan pushed open the door to a large chamber, which was in fact the chamber that Alanna had eavesdropped on that fateful day when she discovered who 'Stephen' really was.
The Prince pulled up a chair to the table and asked Merin to do the same. Prince Jonathan reached for Merin's hand, and got the story from the boy. Merin, who also had the Gift, was protected from Jonathan's prying, if he wanted to be, but he opened, to save explaining time.
It turned out the Merin and Alanna had been betrothed before either of them had been born! Prince Jonathan sighed. He knew that his wish to marry a lady overruled all other claims, but did he want to put Merin through that? He reached for the boy's hand again.
Aha! There it was! The thing, the one loophole, that meant the Alanna and Jonathan could be married. The Prince smiled falsely at Merin. The boy didn't know that the Prince had bypassed all his walls and Gift protection. He knew what Merin was.
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Meanwhile, back in the infirmary, Alanna's maid Delia looked at the sleeping woman. Delia knew the history of her family, of her great-great-grandmother's grandmother. She knew that some purple eyed twerp had taken the Prince away from her family before, and it wouldn't happen again. Too bed Merin had failed his job. She would punish him later. But for now, she had to get rid of Alanna.
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a/n: sorry it's taken me so long to update, I've just been lazy. I've also been busy with resolutions for Model UN and lots of other nerdly extracurricular things. I hope you enjoyed the past few installments!