The Son's Selection

Prologue

I was so excited to meet all the women today, though I did not know quite exactly how this was going to work. Me and my twin brother were going through the selection together but we still only had thirty five women to choose from. What if we picked the same girl? I was also so worried that I wouldn't be able to find the one like my father. He and my mother were the most beautiful couple. I am so glad that they found each other. At least the selection worked for him.

Disrupting my thoughts, my brother came in my room wearing an exquisite suit. We were supposed to go down to the dining room with our parents and our sister Celeste to meet the hopeful girls who all think they will be the next princess of Illea.

"Alexander," my twin brother, Ansel, said. "We are going to be late for breakfast. We don't want to keep the lovely ladies waiting, do we?" Ansel was always very proper. He loved it here in the safe castle. I, on the other hand, was adventurous and longed for the outside world. Sadly for me we only went outside when we visited other countries. Even then, we are surrounded by armies of guards.

Ansel and I arrived in the dining room just as Celeste did. We all sat down as the women in the tables surrounding stood to greet us. They all had such huge smiles on their faces and each set of eyes was sparkling with the hope of falling in love.

"Please ladies, everyone sit down. No need to do that." I said. My brother looked like he was so excited to have all these girls staring at him while I was so nervous to do something wrong or say something to upset everyone in the room. The nervous flutter in my stomach stopped as I met eyes with one person. Sitting directly across the room from me was the most beautiful girl in the world. She had honey blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Unlike the other girls, she looked as nervous as I had felt moments before. She looked away quickly but not before I could see the spark between us.
Whoever this girl was, I had to know her name.