In the next two years Blair kept contact with Serena, speaking till late night everyday, about her royals duties, the balls, her dresses and how life with Louis was perfect; Serena never talked about Chuck and Blair never asked, was better this way. Chuck remained a a good brother to Eric and Serena, a serious and respected business man, but when it comes to relationships, Chuck had a different girl in his bed every night, sometimes more than one girl; his new reputation as a respectable man for business and family but a irresistible and charming womanizer brought a lot of new clients and investors for The Empire and Victrola, was the perfect balance.
One random day Blair was in her dressing room getting ready for a walk in the Royal Palace Garden when a servant appeared, he was looking very disturb, she started to be worried.
"Princess Cornelia - they called her Cornelia very often, maybe they thought that was more royal - I have very disturbing news for you Princess, I'm very sorry to say that the plane where Prince Louis was traveling crashed and no survivors was reported, my condolences!" the man left; pain hit Blair as an arrow, her tears fell from her eyes and she stayed in the floor expressing her sorrow quietly. Serena, Eleanor and Cyrus traveled immediately to Monaco to be there for Blair and she appeared to be better with them.
In the funeral Blair didn't cried; expressing feelings in public wasn't her thing but her hand stayed squeezing Serena's hand all the ceremony. The first month Blair stayed in her room at the Royal Palace thinking about the good things she spend with Louis but with time her thoughts changed; one night Blair pulled out a beautiful red box with the lock in heart's shape from a hidden place in her room; Blair opened her jewels box, in the deep was a silver key, she took the key and unlocked the red box full of dust in the surface. Blair gave a long and heavy sigh, she looked afraid of what was inside, after a few minutes of meditation she took a gold medallion from the box and inside of it was the photo of the real owner of Blair's heart... Chuck Bass.
In the next days Blair reflected about her return to the Upper East Side, Monaco didn't have nothing to make her stay, her friends, her family... her true love was in New York, this was her chance to go back.