Royal Saga 1: ATHENA, Princess of Costavia

(book 2)Capitolo 4

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ATHENA's POV

Upon getting out of the bathroom, I looked at the time. It was still 7 am. I still had 30 minutes before going out of the house to do all my responsibilities for the day.

I went into my walk-in closet and got dressed. Sita already prepared everything that I needed. After I blow-dried my hair, I opened the vanity drawer to get my hair brush when I noticed something. I gingerly took the small box and opened it.

No matter how angry and resentful I was towards its owner, I couldn't stop myself from wearing it. Maybe because I'm used of wearing it for a long time already that I still continue using it.

But during Costavia's day, I purposely didn't wear it because I was afraid that someone might notice that it wasn't my Royal Chastity necklace.

I heaved a sigh and was about to unlock it when I noticed something. Now that I looked at it carefully, Maximus' necklace was almost identical to Franco's necklace.

Even though I only got a glimpse Franco's for a couple of seconds, I knew that they were almost the same. I looked at the cross pendant and touched the letters that were engraved on its back part. MZSV. Until now, I still don't know what those letters stand for.

If the necklaces of Franco and Maximus are almost identical, then Franco's should have letters engraved on his too. But if that was the case, how come that they have the same necklaces?

During those times that I was with Maximus, I never had the chance to ask him about the meaning of his necklace. I never even remembered to ask him if he was the one who took my Royal Chastity necklace or not.

Franco once told me that his necklace was given to him by his mother, the late Queen of Nuevo Imperio, when he was five years old that's why he treasures it a lot.

His necklace was the symbol that he would the next king of Nuevo Imperio. I bit my lower lip. Somehow, I couldn't help but to wonder if Franco and Maximus were kinda related, but then, I shook my head.

"It's impossible. Maximus is just an ordinary man. Besides, Franco doesn't have any sibling. Maybe, Maximus' is just a replica of the necklace of Franco." I said to myself but as I touched the necklace, I could tell that it wasn't an ordinary one.

I groaned inwardly and decided to call Franco. I couldn't take my curiosity anymore. It took two rings before he answered.

"Hi, Princess Athena. This is the first time that you called me and I couldn't help but to get surprised." He sounded enthusiastic.

"I just wanted to ask you something."

"Sure, what is it about?"

"Do you have letters that are engraved on the back of the pendant of your necklace?" I asked and then bit my lower lip.

"Yes, there is. Why?" He suddenly sounded formal.

"Nothing. I was just curious because I saw a documentary on TV about the Imperial family of Nuevo Imperio and they talked about your necklace." I lied. Well, I saw a documentary about them months ago but I wasn't sure if they discussed about his necklace or not.

"Really? There's a documentary like that? Well, mine has my initials engraved on it."

"Ah. Is that so? Okay. I need to go now. I need to be in my office at 8 am sharp."

"Wait, did you call just for that?" There was a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Well, I wanted to ask how are you because we haven't talked for three days now." I lied again. I groaned inwardly. I hate lying but I didn't have a choice.