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Grace POV

I watched as things seemed to whirl around me. I had met with many more people about going to the palace. I wanted to just run away after Justin stopped talking to me. I hadn't even seen him around since the selection. I didn't have anyone to talk to about it and it sucked. My mother was over the moon about all of the attention, my father tried to console both of us, and June was so excited that I was going to be a princess.

"Grace, come in here, Mr. Sandow is here from the palace." my mom called and I sighed. I checked my reflection to make sure you couldn't tell I had been crying, and walked in there. He was a worm of a man, but I forced myself to smile at him. He had a lot of forms for me to sign, ask me redundant or stupid questions, and make sure that my arrangements were correct. I was given a list of rules to look over before coming to the palace, what I could and couldn't bring, and a few other interesting pieces of information. My mother was floored when he asked if I was still a virgin. They were checking for everything. He even took a finger prick of my blood. I knew that my privacy was close to being gone, but now it was beyond violated. I was glad when he was ready to leave.

"Grace, walk me out?" he asked and I nodded. My mom and I exchanged glances before I walked him to the door.

"I didn't want to say this in front of your mother, but you need to be warned that if the prince asked you to do anything you would be foolish to turn him down." he said and I'm sure my expression gave away what I was thinking. He chuckled and left. I felt worse about this entire process now.

A few long days later…

I sighed as I looked in the mirror that morning. I was leaving for the palace today. The town was seeing me off… I was dreading everything since I had meet with Mr. Sandow. I was allowed to bring a few items, but all I had was a duffle bag full of things. I had packed my favorite pair of jeans, some t-shirts, pictures, and my favorite stuffed animal. I didn't really have much else since my family wasn't well off.

"You look very nice." my father said as we got ready to leave. I was in a black pants suit with a blue shirt. I wanted pants since I was going to be in nothing but dresses from now until this horrible charade ended. I just wanted to quit now.

We were picked up in a nice town car and taken to the airport. I knew some people would show up, but the entire town was there. I was pulled on the small stage and the mayor thanked me for being chosen. I didn't know why, because it wasn't like it was my choice. I didn't choose to do this; I wouldn't have. I scanned the crowd and didn't see Justin. I guess he wanted to keep his word and never see me again. I said a few words, hugged my family, and stepped onto the plane. I watched as the world I knew disappeared; I just hoped the one I was stepping into was a little better.

Dean POV

I watched as the palace got ready for our new guest. I didn't care, but my parents were set on this. I knew there was no use to fight it.

"Ready for this?" Seth asked me as I was leaning on the railing that over looked the grand foyer.

"No…" I answered and he nodded.

"I'm sure you will find someone… and maybe I will too." he said with a chuckled. Seth was a player, and I knew that he had not obeyed the 'no sex before marriage' rule. I just didn't care because he was my only friend.

"Dean, meeting." my father screamed at me as he walked through the foyer. I straightened up and followed him into another boring meeting. I wasn't ready to rule, because I never wanted to have to rule.

Grace POV

I arrived at the airport and was greeted my screaming people. I guess I had become popular since the selection. I smiled and waved as I walked by, but I wasn't really sure what to do. I didn't know anything, but I was ushered towards a waiting car. I had guards around me. I had been warned about this, but nothing actually got you used to the idea that 'being alone' didn't actually happen anymore.

I arrived at palace and was in awe of the sheer size of it.

"You are the last to arrive, so you must be Grace." the brunette woman, with the stern expression, told me. I nodded and she motioned for me to follow her.

"You need to be made over. The other girls are already in the process." she said and took me over to the corner of a large room.

"This is Grace… you know what to do." she told them and they all looked at me. I felt like I was their prey the way they were looking at me.

"I'm Nikki, the head stylist, we are going to help you be set apart from the competition. So, any request?" she asked me and I sighed.

"Just please don't change my hair color?" I asked her and she nodded.

I was then pulled, poked, and had everything done to me. I had before and after pictures taken of me. I didn't look completely different because they wanted to play to my natural look and being from the South people didn't wear much make up anyways. I was grateful for that, because I didn't like the amount I currently had on.

"Now, a quick interview." Stephanie said as she pulled me towards a small chair. I sat down as someone pinned my silver name badge to my dress. I went through a short series of question from a reporter and was surprised that it came so easy. I was taken into a room to see 5 other girls sitting around. They had already chosen each other so I was glad to see 2 of them smile at me. I walked over and joined them on a couch.

"You must be Grace, I'm Trinity, and this is Brie." Trinity said and I smiled at them.

"Nice to meet, ya'll." I said and they smiled. I was quickly pulled into their conversation; I was glad to have people I could talk to.

"Girls, attention." Stephanie said and we all turned to focus on her. She gave us our packets and had a guard escort us to our rooms. We were having dinner brought to us, the maids were already in our rooms waiting on us, and we were not to wander our tonight. We were meeting the royal family tomorrow.

I was given a guard and he walked me to my room. I was glad to see that it was tucked in a corner. I noticed that my room was near Trinty and next to one of the other girls I hadn't actually met yet. She seemed stuck up, so maybe I wasn't missing much.

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