Chapter 7

"You ready," I ask Kile as we stand in front of my parents room. It's around eight in the morning and we are about to tell my parents about last night. I and Kile had stayed outside for most of the night when we had finally come in it was around one or two I don't remember, but I do remember what happened last night. Kile had purposed and I had said yes, even though my dad is not going to be happy that Kile purposed and not me I couldn't care less. I'm too happy to care about anything, the only thing that matters is that Kile loves me and I love Kile and we are getting married.

"Yeah this will be easy," Kile says with a wink and I just smile and him.

"Ok here we go," I say as I knock, it feels weird to knock on mom and dad's door, but who knows what they're doing in there and I don't think dad would appreciate us barging in on them. The door opens and I see Aunt May and mom over by the desk, dad opens the door wider and Kile and I walk in. Mom and Aunt May look up from what they're doing and mom smiles and Aunt May comes to give me a hug.

"Hello Eady," Aunt May says pulling me in for and hug.

"Hi, Aunt May," I say as I pull back.

"What's the matter," Mom asks standing and I just smile because nothing in my world is wrong anymore.

"Nothing is wrong, we just have something to tell you," I say taking Kile's hand again.

"Tell us what" Dad say.

I look at Kile then hold out my hand so that they can see the ring. Aunt May and mom squeal and envelope me in a bone crushing hug, I pull back desperate for air, but I'm smiling at their enthusiasm. I look at dad and he smile and gives me a hug.

"I know it, I know you were going to pick Kile" Aunt May say smiling bigger than I thought possible.

"Didn't I tell you, Ames," Aunt May says to mom, and mom nods.

"I thought you also said that about all the other selected," Mom say and I laugh with her.

"Congratulations you two" Mom says to me and smiles so sweetly.

"Thanks, mom," I say looking at Kile and he just shacks his head with that crooked smile of his.

"When did you get engaged," Dad asks.

"Last night," Kile says.

"Where." Aunt May and mom ask.

"You will need to ask Kile he blindfolded me so I have no idea where that place was" I look at Kile and he chuckles.

"It's the little garden on the northwest side of the palace, the little one that is hidden by the little white house," Kile says and Mom and Dad nods, they know the place.

"That garden is beautiful this time of year," Mom says and I nods it is beautiful there.

"Let me see the ring," Aunt May say and I laugh and hold out my hand, her and mom study it with ooh's and ahh's.

"It looks like the ring Maxon gave me when we got engaged," Mom says welling up with tears and dad wraps an arm around her.

"I always loved your ring mom and know I have one of my own" I look up and Kile and he gives me a peck on the lips and wraps his arm around my waist.

"I knew you loved your parents ring, that's why I picked that one" Kile says to me and I lean into him looking at the ring.

"Have you told your parents Kile," Dad asks and Kile shacks his head.

"We wanted to tell you first, were going there after" Kile says.

"Well don't keep them waiting to go tell them," Mom say and I give them each a hug and Kile shacks dads hand, then we open the door and walk out into the hall.

"Well that went well," Kile says and I laugh.

"Yes, it did," I say as we start walking down the hall to the door that belongs to Kile's parents.

"I'm dreading your sister," I say and Kile just laughs, he knows I can't stand Josie.

"Well you're going to be related to her soon so you better get used to it," Kile says and I groan, I am not looking forward to that. We walk up to his parents room and he knocks. Miss Marlee is the one who opens and smiles when she see us, she opens the door wider and we walk in. I have never been in her room and it looks a lot like my parents room, but there are different pictures and furniture. I see Carter in the corner and he stands when he see us and walks over, I look at Kile and he understands, he is supposed to talk to his parents and I talk to mine.

"We have something to tell you two" Kile say's and then looks at me.

"Were engaged," I say with a smile and Miss Marlee erupts with little squeals and Carter smiles at his son. Miss Marlee comes over to hug me and Kile talks to his dad.

"I'm so happy for you two," Miss Marlee says and I just smile wider.

"Not as happy as I am," I say and she smiles too.


I pace looking at the clock and wondering what to say to Hale when he comes to my room in less the five minutes. Dad said that I need to tell Hale about the engagement, and as soon as possibly so after Kile and I left his parents room we walked around the gardens a bit then I went to my room and called for Hale. Our parents were ecstatic for us and I don't think I have ever smiled so much in my life. There's a knock on the door and I open it to see Hale, standing there smiling and my stomach sinks, how can I tell him.

"Hello Hale, please come in," I say and he walks into my room and looks around.

"I have never seen your room," Hale says turning and smiling at me.

"Not many people have," I say walking over to the balcony and breathing in the clean air, it helps me think.

"Is something wrong," Hale asks coming to stand next to me.

"Yes, and no" I say, still looking out over the gardens.

"Your engaged" Hale says and I look at him surprised, how did he know.

"I noticed your ring," He says and I look down at my hand, well this was one way to tell him.

"Yes I am and I asked you here to tell you that" I look at him and see just a little bit of pain in his eyes.

"Does he make you happy," He asks.

"Yes, he does"

"Then that's all that matters if you two are meant to be together then who am I to stand in the way."

"Thank you for understanding Hale," I say and he smiles.

"A little every day, remember. And for the last day I'll give you a lot" I smile and give him a hug, it only takes a second for his to hug me back.

"Your so sweet Hale, you're going to make someone very happy one day" I step back.

"Just not you," He says and I shack my head.

"I'm sorry," I say

"There's nothing to be sorry about you made your choice and you're happy, whatever happens to me I'll be honored to say that I had the privilege of meeting you" I smile and he does too.

"My princess" Hale says with a bow and I curtsey. He walks to the door and I follow him, at the door he turns and takes my hand a places a little kiss there.

"Goodbye, Eadlyn," He says then he's gone, and all that's left is the feeling of that kiss on my hand and a smile on my face.


The next day.

"Where are you two going," I ask as Osten and Kaden try to sneak around the corner. I look at their hands and see a bucket of paint and a bag of flour, they try to hide the things behind their back. They look at one another then at the ground but don't answer me. I walk over to them and take the paint out of Kaden's hand and look at it, the label says that it's a lime green color. I look at them, but they don't meet my eyes.

"What are you two up too," I ask and Osten shuffles his feet.

"Redecorating" Kaden try.

"With lime green paint and flour, I don't think so," I say and Osten sighs.

"Fine, you got us," He says and I know what they're doing.

"You're going to Josie's room aren't you," I say and they look at the ground again.

"What were you guys going to do with paint and flour" They don't answer, and I just sigh.

"Never mind I don't even want to know, just clean it up after you done," I say and they look up grinning.

"Thanks, we will," They say and then run off.

I shack my head smiling, I walk down the stairs and I am about to walk outside when I see Officer Leger coming my way I smile and he nods and walks my way. I smile as he comes and stands in front of me, and he does the same.

"Hello," I say and we start walking together.

"I haven't talked to you in a while, how are you," He asks.

Before I can answer the rebel siren goes off. I turn and run down the hall and press the wall to open the safe room door. I rush inside and run down the stairs into the royal safe room, when I see the guards at the door I relaxed a little, but I still run into the safe room. It's a mad house with maids and guards running around the place, I try to look around them to see if my family is here but there is to many of them rushing around. I walk over to a bench in the corner and stand on it to try and see over the crowd, I look around then see a flash of blue as I catch Kiles' eyes and next to him is my family. I get down and walk over to them, when I get there I look at my two brothers and see that there covered in lime green paint and flour.

"I see your little prank backfired," I say laughing a little.

"The alarm made me jump and the paint and flour kind of fell down," Kaden says lifting up an arm dripping with paint.

"Did you know about their little prank" Mom asks.

"I found them with green paint and flour, I didn't even want to know what there were up too," I say, Kaden and Osten both chuckle.

"Why didn't you stop these two, they put the paint and flour over Josie's door and if she had walked in her room she would have been covered with it" Mom says and I picture Josie covered in lime green paint and flour, and I try extra hard not to roll on the ground with laughter.

"I don't think Eadlyn would mind that," Kile says next to me and elbow him, he's not helping.

"What," Kile says laughing a bit and I just roll my eyes, boys are so annoying.

"Eadlyn," Dad says and I look at him again.

"Sorry, I didn't know what they were up to. And it's not like she would have gotten hurt" I say and dad just shakes his head and mom sighs.

I can tell that they want to say more, but a guard comes up and whispers something to dad and dad nods and follows him. I look at my dripping brothers and laugh again, then I walk over and take their hands to lead them to the sink. I wash their hands first then there arms and hair then they tell me that they can do the rest and I don't argue, I wash my hands and walk over to Kile who's sitting and reading a book like always, how did he even get a book. He hears me coming and looks up from the book and smiles, I look at the book he's reading as I sit down and laugh when I see the title 'Marriage'.

"Did my dad give you this or are you just curious." I ask and Kile laughs too.

"Your dad, he said that I have to read the whole thing," Kile says putting the book down.

"That's my dad"

"He gave it to me after he was finished with his two-hour talk," Kile says and I laugh.

"What did you talk about for two hours"

"That's for me to know and for you to find out" Kile gives me a sly smile and I see the mischief in his eyes.

"Oh, and when will I find this out," I ask leaning in a little.

"Well if we listen to your dad then after the wedding, but I don't think I can wait," Kile says leaning in too.

"I don't think I want to wait," I say and Kile leans in and kisses me.

"Eadlyn" I hear dad call and I pull away from Kile and sigh.

"Later ok," I say and he nods and I see in his eyes that I'm going to have fun later. I walk over to dad and the guards, I nod to the maids bussing around and the guards standing at their post. I walk up to dad and he nods then looks at the guards and they leave.

"Eady I'm going to need your help with the wounded guards and maids, there are too many for the doctors to handle. When it's safe to go out can you help with the bandages and things"

"Of course," I say and he nods then look over his shoulder and laughs. I look at see Osten and Kaden walking up with lime green hair, they have new clothes on, but there too big so they look like little aliens walking around.

"Well that's a new look," Dad says and Kaden rolls his eyes. Mom comes up behind then and smiles, at dad.

"It's the best I can do, for now," She says

"I think you two look cute," I say and they groan.

"Wow, you two look... Um... interesting." Kile says coming up behind me.

"I know we look terrible," Osten says and Kaden groans again.

"The color will come out of our hair in time and when it's safe to go upstairs you can get some clean clothes" Mom says and Osten sighs.

"In time," Kaden says.

"Well I guess that's what you get for playing pranks," I say and Kaden mutters something under his breath and the two of them walk off together.

"So you can help Eady" Dad asks and I nod.

"Yeah I can help," I say and he smiles then takes my mothers hand and they walk over to Kile's parents.

"Help with who," Kile asks as I take his hand.

"The wounded guards and maids, the doctor can't keep up with them so dad has asked me to help," I say excitedly because I love helping the doctors I don't know why, I look at Kile and see that he's smiling.

"What are you smiling about," I ask and Kile leans down and kiss's me gently.

"You're so cute when your excited" I laugh as he says this.

"And you're just cute all the time," I say and Kile's eyes sparkle.

"What you guys up to" I look away from Kile and see Josie standing

"Nothing," Kile says and Josie rolls her eyes.

I hear a noise behind me and see that the guards are opening the doors to the safe room. Dad motions to me and I walk over to him, the guards nod as we walk by and up the stairs. When we get to the first floor I see blood everywhere and maids helping the doctors and nurses get the wounded guards onto stretchers to take them to the hospital wing. I walk over to one of the maids and help her lift a guard onto the stretcher, then I follow them to the hospital wing so that I can help there. I walk into a mad house, the hospitable is so full of hurt guards and maids that some are lying in the aisle. One of the doctors walk up to me and I smile, and he does too.

"Your highness, it's so nice of you to help out. We need all the help we can get, follow me and I'll tell you what I need to be done" He says and I follow him to one of the guard's on the floor, he kneels down next to him and I do the same. He hands me some bandages and shows me how to wrap them around the wound, I've done this before, but I don't mind being showed how to do it properly. I nod and he stands up and walks to the next guard as I finish with this one, I look at the guard and I see that he's awake and looking at me, I smile and he smiles back weakly.

"Hello," I say and he laughs a little.

"Hello your highness," He says and this time, I'm the one to laugh.

"Call me Eadlyn, and your"

"Isaac," He says and I smile.

"Well Isaac you're going to be fine, the bullet just grazed your leg so you have a few stitches, but other than that you're good"

"I've had worse," He say.

"Your very brave to run out to how knows what," I say as I finish with the bandages.

"That's what I'm here for," He says and I smile again, I look into his green eyes and he smiles too and I see his eyes light up with humor.

"Your highness we could use your help over here," A nurse says walking up and I nod.

"Goodbye Isaac, I'll check on you later," I say and he lifts a hand.

"I'll be fine," He says then winces as he moves his leg a little.

"I'm sure," I say with a laugh.

I walk with the nurse over to one of the beds, on it there's is a maid with her arms strapped down. I round the bed and look at her arm there is a hole in it, it's stitched up, but it need to be bandaged. The nurse hands me some bandages and walks to the maid next to me, I get to working on the maids arm and she winces as I lift it up a little to wrap the bandage around. "I'm sorry," I say and she nods her head to me and I continue wrapping the bandage around her arm, I finish wrapping and move on to the next maid.

"Eady" Someone says behind me and I turn and smile at Kile.

"Hi what are you doing here," I say and take his hand.

"Do you need any help," He asks and I laugh.

"Look around, do you need to ask" He smiles and helps me finish bandaging the guard.

"So what other books did my dad give you," I say and Kile smiles.

"You don't want to know," Kile says and I laugh.

"It's that bad," I ask and Kile shudders.

"So are you ready for the report tonight," Kile says and I sigh.

"No, I am not ready for the report. Because once the country knows that we're engaged, ever thing goes crazy. Wedding planners, the engagement party, reporters, everything. I like it when everything is quiet, not all crazy and bustling" I say and Kile laughs.

"Well, at least, it's a good kind of crazy" Kile says and I smile.

"It definitely is," I say and Kile gives me a kiss.

"I love you, Kile," I say and he smiles sweetly.

"I love you more"

"I love you most" I whisper and kiss him again.


"Eady what's wrong" Mom asks walking up to me, I'm pacing around nervously and ringing my hands.

"Kile's not here and we're about to start," I say and mom smiles.

"I'm sure he'll be here soon, don't worry you'll do great"

"So it was easy for you to announce to the whole country who you're engaged to," I ask and mom laughs, which easily my nerves a little but not as much as Kile would.

"Your father did most of the talking," she says.

"Where is he," I ask and mom shrugs.

"Your majesty" We both turn and see a maid "We're about to start you need to take you place, mom nods and then turns back to me.

"Don't worry, he'll be here soon" She hugs me then walks off to her seat.

I look around trying to see if Kile is here he's not and I take a deep breath trying to calm down. I don't need to be so worried I'm not doing anything that I haven't done before, well I have talked on the report before but never about who I'm engaged to. I'm still lost in my thoughts when two strong arms wrapped around my waist.

"Kile where have you been, I was about to have a nurse break down," I say turning around so that I can see his face.

"Sorry, you can blame my mom and about 12 other people. She said that I needed to look good for tonight and had me try on about 20 outfits when she was finally satisfied it was already late." He says and I look him over, he looks really good.

"Well I see it was worth it, you look great," I say and he smiles.

"You look amazing," He says and I smile.

I'm wearing a navy blue dress, with little white butterflies along the top of the dress. It goes to just above my ankles were it stops, I'm wearing a pair of white heels and my hair and makeup are perfect.

"Are you ready," Kile asks taking my hand.

"No, but it doesn't matter if I'm ready or not. I'm going out there whether I like it or not" Isay and Kile chuckles.

"You'll do fine and your only going to be out there for a little before I come out so you don't have to worry," He says and I give him a small kiss.

"Thank you, Kile, you always did know how to calm me down," I say and he smiles.

"There are perks to knowing one another all our lives," He says and I laugh.

"Yeah, of course, there are," I say, then I hear Gavril call my name.

I look at Kile and he smiles and that makes me feel so much better, I take a deep breath and walk out onto the stage. At first I'm half blinded by the lights but I know where I'm going and I make my way over to where Gavril is.

"So good to see you again your Highness" Gavril says and I smile.

"You too Gavril," I say and Gavril turns to the cameras.

"Ladies, and gentlemen. Tonight we are going to find out the one lucky man that has won our princess heart and her hand in marriage." Gavril says and I smile again as Gavril hands me the mic.

"Before I say anything else I want to say that I'm the lucky one here tonight, I found the person that I want to spend my life with. I couldn't be happier than I right know, so without further ado I want you to meet my fiance, Kile Woodwork." I say and the room erupts in applause as Kile walks onto the stage and over to where I take my immediately and I smile as we sit down in the chairs that were set up.

"Well, well even I didn't see this coming" Gavril says and we laugh along with the rest of the room.

"I know how you feel," Kile says and I chuckle.

"So princess Eadlyn you're engaged to sir Kile woodwork, someone that you have grown up with your whole life." Gavril says and I smile.

"Yes, Kile has won my heart in more ways than one. After all these years I think I finally know him, he's so much more than the boy I grew up with and through the selection I found that out and I meet someone who I knowI want to be with." I say and Kile's eyes sparkle with love.

"That's so sweet," Gavril says, Kile gives my hand a little squeeze.

"Well, why don't you tell us about how you got engaged," Gavril say and I look at Kile.

Kile tells Gavril how he took me out to the little garden and how he had proposed and all about that beautiful night.

"That sounds lovely, and I have something to show you two" Gavril says and then the screen lights up with a big picture of me sitting down on the edge of the fountain with Kile standing behind me smiling, the next one shows Kile down on one knee with a little black box in his hands and my smile is so radiant, then the one of Kile putting the ring on my finger. Then there's one of us standing up with my arms wrapped around Kile's neck looking into his eyes. Then one of us kissing and of us on the blanket looking at the stars, then one of us laughing and smiling and then one of us walking back to the palace with me leaning on Kile a little while holding hands. The last one is a zoomed in photo of my ring.

When the screen goes black I look at Kile and he smiles, I do too. Seeing pictures of that night is like living it again, the happiness and joy in my body right now are so much that I don't know how I am holding it in. After all the signs, ooh's, and ahh's dye down Gavril talks again.

"That must have been a wonderful night," Gavril says and I have to hold back my sigh, it was a wonderful night.

"Yes, it was," Kile says and smiles at the man I love.


I look up as the door opens and I see Kile walking into my room, I smile then look back down at the paper I'm working on. Kile stands behind me and looks over my shoulder at what I'm working on, I don't think he knows what I'm doing and I don't think I do either.

"What are you doing," Kile asks and I shrug.

"I don't think I know," I say and laugh a little.

"Want to do something fun," Kile asks with his head right next to my ear.

"Maybe, what do you have in mind," I ask turning my chair so that I'm facing him.

He smiles and leans down and gives me a hard kiss, I stand up and wrap my arms around his neck. We fall onto the couch with Kile above me, I wrap my hands into his hair and he wraps his arms around my waist. I undo his tie and throw it on the ground, It's late so I'm in my nightgown, I don't know why Kile isn't in his night clothes, but I don't care either why. I pull back and look into his beautiful eyes.

"Well, this is fun," I say and Kile smiles.

"I thought you might say that," Kile says with a sly smile.

I laugh a little and pull Kile back down for another kiss, he slides his hand up my night clothes and rests it on my hip. I unbutton his shirt and drop it on the ground I slid my hands down his chest then around to his back where I press down. He pulls back a little and looks into my eyes, I smile and Kile puts a hand on my cheek then runs it down to my neck. Then he runs it behind me and undoes the tie that holds my night clothes togeather, he pulls it and then slips it off.

"I love you," Kile says.

"I love you too," I say and Kile kisses me again.

Then he does something I never thought he would do, he moves his hand up my back and undoes my bra clasp. Then he slips the strap off my shoulder, I pull back and look into his eyes.

"Kile-" I start, but Kile shakes his head.

"I'm sorry Eadlyn, I shouldn't have done that" Kile stays sitting up.

"I know Kile, but there is a line that we can't cross yet and if we go too far we can't turn back" I sit up to and reach behind me and reclasp my bra.

"Yeah I know, but I don't know how I can wait," Kile says looking into my eyes, and I lean against him.

"We will have to wait togeather. I love you Kile" I say and Kile looks into my eyes.

"I love you too"

And I kiss the man that I love and I kiss him with all I have, and he kisses me with all he has too. Because we know that we love each other with all we have. He's my life and I believe that I'm his too.

Hi, guys sorry that it took so long to update life has been crazy. Please leave a review on what you think about the story so far, but if you like it and want me to continue the story please leave a review telling me so. Life is really crazy right now and if you guys don't like the story then I won't continue it, please tell me what you think about the story and if you want me to continue it. Thanks, from the author of The Boy.

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