Prince of Evermore | l.s.

Part 8

Five more days passed. All the princes had been sent away and only Valron stayed.

Louis stopped eating and everyone began to worry about his health.

He was pale as a wall and no one was able to make him smile anymore. Leopold, who was away because of some revolt that was happening at the other side of Evermore, had to return back home on king's commandment.

Louis has been lying in his bed for days. He wouldn't talk to anyone, not even his own father.

Since the prince was naturally very slim everyone kept worrying about him passing away at such young age, everyone was losing hope. They knew Leopold was the last chance.

When Louis' older brother came through the door of his chamber he sprout up on the bed from how scared he got.

"Louis! Oh- you are alive. What are you doing brother? What are you doing to us, to your own father." Leopold sat down on the end of his bed.

"I don't want to leave this palace Leopold. I love it here, I don't want to leave. I don't want to live in Daria with my -so called- groom. I would rather stay alone for the rest of my life."

"Louis, you know that's inadmissible."

"You need to keep your head up. You are prince of Evermore Louis William, our men never give up." Leopold said to him.

"Alright brother." the younger one sighed.

"Get up and go eat something, you look like a skeleton."

Louis nodded to his words, finally getting up from his bed after days.
He got dressed with the help from one of the maids, making his way towards the dining hall.

They made Louis sit down, serving him loads of food on his plate.

Suddenly the door opened, relieving prince Valron.

"Louis!" he approached him with swift steps.
Louis got up from the table immediately, turning around to take a look at his betrothed(=fiancé).

"Are you feeling better finally?" Louis faced the ground, nodding.

"I was worried about your health." the prince continued.
"I feel much better, thank you." Louis responded.

"If you need something just tell me, alright?"
"Thank you once more, prince Valron."

"Alright, I will let you eat something now." he bowed before leaving Louis in the didning hall on his own.

When Louis finished eating he walked through the palace, making his way into the library. Suddenly couple of maids and pageboys ran against him, making their way in the opposite direction as our prince.

"Excuse me prince." one of the maids said after she had bumped into him.

"What is happening?" certainly confused Louis asked her.

"We have a visitor. According to our guards Harry Edwards' pageboy arrived just few moments back."

"Why? The ball was two weeks ago." Louis' brows furrowed in confusion.

"We don't know prince. Unfortunately your father -king Philip- and your brother Leopold left to the town to get weapons for the revolt that is happening at the south of our country." she said with her eyes glued to the ground.

"I will be the one who will show him in. I am the one who is eligible for this."

"Of course. I will tell it to the rest." she beckoned her head before she left.

Louis quickly made his way into the dressing room with one of the confused maids that he met on his way there. She helped him into the clothes that he chose. They were silver, adorned by thread of the same colour.

Afterwards he headed straight to the courtyard.

When he began to walk down the stairs one pageboy played the trumpet, announcing his prince's arrival.

"Prince Louis William of Evermore has arrived." all the subjects paid homage to their prince when he finally stood in front of them, right on the last step of the stairs.

"Who are you and why are you here?" he asked the man that was sitting on the -not so massive- horse.

"I am the pageboy of prince Harry Edward."

"Did you come alone?" as soon as Louis asked him that question a robust stallion of black colour came through the gate of the palace with tall rider sitting on his back.

As soon as Louis recognized those curls he began to feel hot all over.

The stallion stopped in front of him, giving him the best view on that tall rider, who was sitting on his back.

It was Henry or- who even was Henry?

Louis was confused as never before. But in that saddle was sitting Henry, that Henry who made love to him underneath the open sky the other night.

"I am Harry Edward, the prince of Eroda." he bowed down with his right hand over his heart.

"What are you looking for here, prince Harry?" Louis pronounced the word prince with clear emphasis.

"I am here because I would like to speak to the second born child of king Philip." he answered confidently.

"You are talking to his second born son right now." Louis said back, trying to keep his cool.

"I would like this to be private conversation." Louis hesitated at first, but in the end he allowed for prince Harry to follow him into the palace.

He led him into the main hall, leaving a guard in front of the door because he didn't want anyone to come inside while they were here together.

As soon as the door closed behind them Louis let his guard down.

"A stableboy?" he chuckled in sarcastic manner.

"Louis-" Harry got interrupted by the blue eyed prince.

"For you it's prince Louis William." he said with anger sparkling in his voice.

"Prince, let me explain." Harry urged.

"Is there something to explain? I think not."

"I wanted to run away when my father had sent me here. I didn't want to get married to some prince that I didn't even know. But then I met you in person. I realized how good of a person you really are prince William. I was crestfallen the morning you left. I went back to Eroda with Damon to tell my father about my terrible mistake. The exact same day I sat on my horse and rode back to Evermore, just because of you my prince."
"I want to apologize for my lies and bad behavior." Louis didn't know if he could believe him. He had lied to him more than once.

"You took my innocence away for good and you didn't even say anything about it." he spitted out later. Those words were stuck on his tongue ever since they entered this hall.

"You lied to me Henry. You are in fact a prince like any of those stupid clowns." Louis huffed while pacing the room just like his father uses to do.

"I came here to repair this. I would like to court you prince Louis William of Evermore. I would like you to become my groom." Louis' already pale skin turned even paler shade as those words left Harry's mouth.

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