Arabella's and Hardin's story continues....
After almost three years of blissful marriage, and reigning as King and Queen, our star crossed lovers can't find a single fault in their perfection of a life.
Then, it gets even better with a special deli...
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As I rounded the hallway corner in search of my two best friends, the sound of loud sobs and sniffling attracted my attention from the library.
The door was already cracked open, so I all I had to do was push. Light streamed into the dark depressing setting, the curtains drawn shut and the lights all dimmed to nothing.
I crept slowly, stilling when I found Rory bawling her eyes out, Flo desperately trying to console her. "What happened?" I frantically rushed over, wrapping my arms around my best friend.
"It's her fault." Rory sobbed, mascara streaming down her ivory skin. I eyed Flo with pure confusion, frowning as she flashed me a guilt ridden smile.
"I'm leaving." She finally confessed. Jaw dropped.
"What? How can you leave? I don't understand."
"I'm pregnant Ari," Her hand was circling her flat stomach. "We just found last week and...well I know the rebels have gone but it just doesn't feel safe anymore, or right to raise a child here. I don't want Charlie growing up surrounded by politicians and angst."
I settled my hand on my own bump and looked down at it. "But...my child will be."
"And Ajax." Rory added, wiping her eyes. "We've always said we would raise our children together, here, where we could help them deal with the politics and the drama and crazy."
"I know and I feel terrible about this but Daniel and I made this decision for our family. We had to think about was best for the kids and we're going to move to the country, he found a house just a little outside of primrose."
"But that's hours away?" I exclaimed.
Slowly, I was losing one of my closet friends. It started when she married Daniel and left the castle, then I gave her the job as my lady in waiting, and yet her duties made me hardly ever see her. Charlie always drew her further away and I had a bunch of shit going on like my husband coming back from the dead which pulled me back too.
But this? Moving halfway across the Kingdom would break us. We would be those distant people she knew. I would no longer be Auntie Ari, just your Majesty. A title I was sincerely beginning to hate.
"I know and I'm so sorry. Living in the countryside has always been my dream, and we'll visit." Yeah once a year if I was lucky.
"What about the tour?" One of the pivotal reasons I was looking forward to the thing was because Flo was coming with us.
When she cringed, I knew my hopes of reconciling and bonding over the trip had just been squashed. "Elliot is going instead because we're moving in by next week. I already discussed it with him. Sorry."
Great. So I would be stuck in a metal tin with my almost husband and actual husband.
"Flo, I am happy for you really. I'm just going to miss you so damn much."
