What if... a Eadlyn and Kile story

Enemies to Lovers

I walked down the hall half in a daze. I knew one day I'd have to have a selection . But I guess I never expected "someday " to come so soon and to always be something far far away. I was thinking about how much I didn't want a selection when I ran into my least favorite person in the palace , falling down and landing on my butt. "How are you ever going to rule a County if you can't even watch where you're going, Eadlyn."
"As future queen I demand you help me up." He just laughed at me and continued on to his room.  I got myself up and saw Ahren grimacing at me. "Would it kill you to be nice to him, you know how much he hates it in the palace and you do nothing but make it worse."  Ahren said. "I know he's your best friend but would it kill him to act like a normal human and shower once and while." I spat at Ahren who just shook his head and followed after Kile. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse Josie came bounding up to me in a ballgown looking like a child playing dress up. I sighed to myself... if today is this bad how is tomorrow going to be... Tomorrow my world is going to turn upside down. Despite telling myself I'm the most powerful woman in the world I have no choice but to participate in this selection. I don't understand why my parents think I need a husband. I don't.
I'd been in my office for a few hours when I decided to walk the gardens hoping it would clear my stress.  I had only been there a little while when I realized I made the wrong choice when I saw kile. He was like this omen that appeared at only the worst times. I thought maybe he didn't see me and I could hide behind a bush but he was walking straight for me.
"Eadlyn, I don't really care what you say to me because I don't care enough about your  opinion for it to matter to me, but for the love of god will you stop making Josie cry" he wasn't screaming but he was more angry than I'd ever seen him before.
". She's been crying for two hours about some stupid tiara you took from her and I'm sick of it.". He sounded Almost pleading.
"Kile, she's not 6  anymore , and she's not a princess she had no right to wear one, especially one of mine... she always breaks them anyways . " I yelled at him.

He slammed his fist into his side . " You are such a spoiled brat eadlyn ." He was almost close enough to touch me when General Ledger put his hand on his shoulder and he turned on heels still full of steam back into the place.  General ledger gave me a weak smile.  " you know Eady, I still remember a time when you, kile and ahren were inseparable... as a trio you caused more mischief than even Olsten could dream up." He sounded disappointed in me.
" You should try and get some sleep, tomorrow is going to be a busy day, meeting your future husband and all. " he said, wrapping me in a side hug.

Little did he know that I would not be meeting a husband, I didn't have a plan yet but I knew a husband wasn't it .

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Everything in my selection has been going wrong and it's only been two days.
So far I've had food thrown at me at a parade I planned to show off to the selected, embarrassed myself by trying to show how powerful I am by narrowing my choices down quickly. And I haven't even gone on one date yet!  I'm about to run to my dad's office and beg to find solutions... any solution other than this selection when I hear knock on my door. I open it and it's kile.

" What do you want, Kile. " I said and he walked in without waiting for an invitation and sat backwards on my vanity chair.

"I want to make a deal with you ." He said.
"Why would I want a deal with you?" I sat down on my bed exasperated.
" if my deal works you can get rid of me forever " He said with a sly crooked smile
"Ok I'm listening ."
" It's no secret I hate it here in the palace, but my mom will never let me leave. You need this selection to improve your image, cause the nation thinks you're a brat who can't possibly rule... which is true" i threw my pillow at him and he deflected it onto the floor laughing . I hadn't heard him laugh in so long I didn't know he still could. " I can help you like an inside man. Giving you insider information to make you look good for the public and when this is finished you can banish me so I can finally leave...what do you think?"