𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚 [ 𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ]

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚

After I went down the hallway and took a right, I could hear soft music playing. It was a gentle piano serenade. Lifting my dress so I could at least see my feet, I shuffled to the Women's Room, and as I got closer I could hear chatter from the other girls. I took a deep breath and thought, ''You got this, July, come on.''   I entered the Women's Room. When my high-heel touched the ground, I tripped over my dress, falling on my face. 

''Need a little help?'' said a voice behind me. This wasn't the first time I'd heard this voice. This was the voice that I had listened to every time the Report  was on. I looked up and saw the prince lending me a hand. I grabbed his hand and felt my face turn red like a tomato. He kissed my hand softly and said, ''Are you alright?'' he asked, as his midnight-blue eyes locked into my green eyes. 

''Yes, I'm, um, okay,'' I said, getting lost in my world. I shook my head. ''I'm sorry, I'm July Ambers.''  He smiled, charming me when he said, ''Well, I'm Prince Hunter.'' Awkwardly looking away and running his hand through his hair he said, ''Well, I guess probably you knew that.'' he let out a small laugh and turned towards an advisor to his left.

I figured I was the last one to arrive because I counted thirty-five other girls sitting around the room. There was an open spot between two girls. One had strawberry-blonde hair that was curled neatly. The redness of her hair complemented the rose pink of her dress. The other girl had hair the color of the sun and had platinum blonde highlights running through her hair. She had an ice blue dress on that had an ombre touch to the ends of the dress. ''Do you mind if I sit here?'' I whispered to them, putting a hair that lingered in front of my face behind my ear. 

The girl in the blue dress smiled and whispered back to me, ''Of course.'' The strawberry blonde girl smiled and then focused back on the Prince who was just finishing a quick conversation with an advisor. When he was finished, he turned once again to face us. ''Good afternoon ladies and welcome to Angeles. I'm so glad that you all made it safely here. I wish you all the best of luck;'' He paused his announcement to wink at the group in front of him. ''I'm assuming you all had a very exhausting day, so I'll hurry this up.'' He cleared his throat and then continued. ''Outside of this room, maids are waiting for each of you. They will guide you to your room. Then, when you are ready, dinner is at 6:30 tonight. I look forward to meeting you all later.''  He dipped his head and left the room. 

The advisor observed his clipboard and then looked at us. ''I will now proceed to call your name. Then, your maids will be waiting outside for you. They will then escort you to your room.'' He glanced at his board and then looked up again. ''Now, first we have Lady July Ambers.'' He pointed me to the door where a woman was facing me with a smile. 

This was it. I was in Prince Hunter's Selection.