Chapter 6
Arthur
Emma's POV
I couldn't stop thinking about the last night. I had so much fun at the party and I couldn't stop thinking about Eadric and how much I was in love with him. Tonight I am going to tell Eadric that I agree to his request to stay with me longer at night. While going down stairs I saw Mario talking to my father about something. I saw someone next to Mario, but I couldn't see who it was. I tried getting a closer look until my father called me. "Emma, come see who came here early!"
After he said that I instantly knew that it was Arthur. "Hello Emma." "Hello Arthur." I was hoping Arthur wasn't telling my father I snuck out of the kingdom. "Emma I was talking to your father about the marriage arrangement."
I started to think to myself about this. Should I tell him and my father that I'm in love with someone else or should I just keep my love for Eadric to myself? "Arthur may I speak to you in private please?" "Yes Emma." We walked back to my room and I closed the door so nobody would hear us. "Arthur there is something I need to tell you. At first I thought it would be ok for you to marry me, but after much thought I decided I don't want to marry you. The reason why is because…" "You are in love with someone else and that someone is Eadric." I was surprised at what he said when he cut off my sentence. "How did you know that?" "I have always saw you as my little sister and I saw how happy you were with him. I understand your love for Eadric but I am not sure how your father would feel about it." "Did you agree to marry me?" "I have not giving you father an answer yet. If I told him yes I wouldn't forgive myself for marring you when your in love with my friend." "So what are you going to tell him?" "I am going to tell him no and as an apology gift, my guards will help protect your kingdom at night." I thought of how nice Arthur is about understanding how I feel but I became confused about his apology gift. "Why are your guards going to protect the kingdom at night?" "There are mysterious monsters out there. They weren't out there before but when Mario was taking me to your kingdom after the party, we saw a village getting attacked. We helped defend the villagers from the monsters and scared them away. We made sure the villagers were ok and asked them what those monsters were. Nobody knew what they were or where they came from but the only thing known about the beasts are that they can shape shift into something or someone else." I was shaking after what Arthur told me and started to worry for my kingdom and Eadric's kingdom as well.