Tanya's POV

I could not believe what he said.

I was pacing the floor back and forth trying calm down.

"So what if I was a commoner before we got married. That doesn't mean that I care any less about the kingdom then him. Right?" I said looking over at Urey Snieg.

They were sleeping away.

"Who am I kidding…" I said sitting down on the bed. "What was I thinking going out there by myself? Ivan is right, I didn't know what I was doing." I said lying back on the bed.

A few minutes later Ivan came into the room.

I sat up as he walked in.

"Ivan, Im sorr…" He put his hand up to stop me.

"Im sorry. I had no right to say what I did. I know you care about this kingdom as much as I do and…"

"I shouldn't have gone by myself. I had no idea what I was doing…I probably made things worse." I said looking down my hands.

"The representatives called."

I looked up at him.

"What did they say?"

"I don't know what you did but…They agreed that they were asking too much and decided to cancel their proposal."

"What?"

"Yes. What did you say to them?" he asked.

"Well, I just told them that if they did get more money, than we would have to take it from other villages and it would cause the same problems that they had before, just for the other villages. I told them that the other villages would fall in hard times and not be able to thrive as they are now and it would cause problems for everyone. I told them that I would talk with you and see if in the future about assisting them if the desperately needed it."

He walked toward me and pulled me into a hug.

"You are an amazing woman Tanya."

"I just did what I could. I didn't really do anything."

"You managed to do what I couldn't do in a week. I don't know what I would do without you." He said kissing me.

"What you said earlier…" I said.

"What I said earlier…I don't think that at all. I should have never said it."

"But you are right. What do I know about all this." I said gesturing around the room.

"You don't have to be raised as a prince or princess to have the heart to care for a kingdom like you do. All you need is this." He said putting his hand over my heart.

I smiled and leaned up for a kiss.

*knock knock*

"Come in."

"I'm sorry to interrupt but Princess Tanya, you have a visitor waiting for you in the grand hall." Mikhail said.

"I do?" I said following him out of the room.

"Tanya!"

I walked into the room and May ran up and hugged me.

"May, what are you doing here?" I asked hugging her back.

"Well, I haven't seen you in a while and I thought I would visit for a while."

"Really?"

"Yes, and you remember that guy I told you about that you met at that bar?"

"You mean the one that you said was sexy as hell?"

I looked over a Ivan and he had this look on his face.

"That is her opinion not mine. No one is as sexy as you are." I said to him.

He blushed and turned away.

"Anyway, we started going out and guess what."

"What?" I said looking at her.

At that moment Prince Maxamillion walked in.

"Max, what are you doing here?" Ivan asked.

"I came to visit with May."

I looked at May and then back at Max.

"Wait you mean…"

"Yes. This is him." She said hugging him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"Wow, ok." I said a little shocked.

"So, you and me have a lot of catching up to do." She said grabbing my hand and walking down the hall toward mine and Ivan's bedroom.

"So, how are things for you and Ivan?" she asked.

"Things are going good."

"Really?"

"Yes. I have been helping out with the problems we were having with the villages here."

"Really?"

"Yea, I even went out to one of them and discussed some things that helped Ivan solve one of the problmes he has been trying to work on for the last week or so."

"Wow. You are like a real princess." She said.

"Hey, I am a princess remember."

"You know what I mean. Seeing you go from a commoner Pastry chef to a princess…its amazing." She said smiling at me.

"What about you and Max, how are things."

"Good, we actually just got back from a vacation in the north."

"Vacation?"

"Yea, we went skiing, and snowboarding and…it was just a lot of fun. Here." She said showing me pictures of them."

"Wow."

"What about you and Ivan? Have you guys had any vacations yet?"

"No. Things have been so crazy with everything going on, we just haven't had the time to get away." I said handing the pictures back to her.

"What? But you guys are newlyweds…you need to be having fun." She said.

"We are having fun. We don't need to go away for a vacation to have fun. Its been amazing just being together." I said looking down at my left hand, running my fingers over my engagement and wedding rings.

"Is everything really ok?" she asked looking at me worried.

"Yes, we just got into a fight earlier."

"What happened?"

"When I went out to the village I didn't tell him that I was going."

"OK?"

"He was not happy about it. He doesn't think I should not have gone by myself."

"Wait you sent by yourself?"

"Yes. But that is not what made me mad. He started getting mad and said that I didn't know anything about helping the kingdom since I was born a commoner and not a princess."

"He said that?!"

"Yes, but he came and we talked before you got here and then Mikhail interrupted our make up kiss."

"Really?" she said grinning.

"Anyway." I said blushing. "How serious are you and Max?" I asked.

"I mean, we have been going out for almost 4 months so…"

"No, I mean do you love him?"

"I do. He is the most amazing person I have ever met. He is just…I don't know I can't fine the word." She said smiling.

"I know the feeling. That is how I feel about Ivan."

"Hey Tanya…" Ivan said walking in.

"Yea?"

"Have you seen Urey?"

"I know they he outside when I left this morning laying in the sun." I said .

"Ok."

"Snieg, can you help them find Urey please."

Snieg got up and walked out of the room.

"Everything ok?"

"Yea, me and Max were just going to hunting."

"Ok, just be careful and be back before dark."

"Alright." He said leaving.

"Urey?" May asked looking at me.

"Ivan's other pet wolf." I said handing her a picture.

"Pet wolves? I thought they were just big dogs."

"Yea, he takes them hunting every once in a while."

"Wolves though…aren't they a little….wild?"

"No, in fact. Before when Ivan got sick from staying out to late hunting. I had to go out to a meeting with Max's sister Queen Matilda. I told them to make sure he stayed and rest. They did not let him leave the room."

"Really?"

"Yea, they laid in front of the door."

"Don't they…you know…scare you a little?"

"At first they did but Snieg and I have become good friends. Right Snieg." I said as Snieg came back in and laid down by my feet.

"I can see that." She said.

"So. They men have gone hunting for the evening. What should we do?"

"I don't know, but I know we need to drink and catch up some. Things have been going crazy at the shop."

"I've got an idea." I said getting up and grabbing two swimsuits from my closet.

"Swimsuites?"

"Hot tub and a bottle of wine?"

"You are a genius." She said and we started getting changed.