Freedom's Heart

Chapter 3

Hey, I am Angelina Lamonia, and as of three weeks ago, I am now five years old. My life is going well... for the most part. I did manage to get my mother banned from that terrible baby clothing store with a temper tantrum that will be remembered for years to come. It indeed was a huge step forward for babies everywhere and will make parents think twice about dressing their babies up as clowns. Babies worldwide would sing songs about that day and tell stories of me for generations to come. Unfortunately, my other plan went horribly wrong.

I blame the people that made this game for my failure. They never mentioned the king apart from a brief reference here and there, so there was no way I would have known he would react the way he did. In my opinion, my plan was going well. I started to cry, making my mother fear a repeat of my glorious temper tantrum in the baby store was about to leave, but that was when the king stopped us. I thought he would be like his son. A Controlling, evil, backstabbing kind of person. But instead, he was a loving man who came over to comfort me when he heard me crying. I could not stop myself. He was just so warm and friendly that I ended up smiling and giggling as he held me in his arms.

To make things worse, he noticed my beauty and the engagement I had hoped to avoid was made official. The king said the moment he looked into my eyes, he could tell I would make the perfect bride for his son. To say my parents were happy would be an understatement. My father hugged me for the first time since the day I was born, and my mother nearly fainted with joy. The only person not happy with how things turned out was me. But the king's overpowering joyous aura made it impossible for me not to smile at this turn of events.

Thus, I set out on a new plan of action called "Operation He doesn't Exist," which involves ignoring the prince and appearing to be a boring person around him. The prince's character hated when people ignored him in the game, so I was optimistic that this cause of action would work. But for some reason, as we sit in my family's garden together, it only makes the prince want to spend more time with me.

"Hey, put the book down and talk to me,"

"Can't. Reading,"

I am currently sitting with him having a tea party, but I keep my head buried in my book no matter how much the prince moans. This is the most effective way of ignoring him. He cannot touch me and barely talk to me when I am reading. My short-spoken words also upset him. I hope he will lose interest in me soon and beg his father to break off our engagement.

"Do you like books that much?"

"Some books,"

"What kind of books do you read?"

"Whatever I find,"

It is true. Books are rare and expensive, but lucky for me, my family is very wealthy and has their own personal library. Unlike most people in this world, I can read whatever I like whenever I like. The prince is the same, but he hates reading books and only reads them if he has no other choice in the game. I was hoping that I would get him to leave by reading in front of him, but instead, he only asks me increasingly about the books I read.

"What kind of books do you like?"