Azalea The Queen

Azalea

In my conquest to clear my head and get some much-needed fresh air, I winded up getting lost. So here I was, in some room, I didn't even know belonged to who. I sighed, as I saw two doors. It was the damn doors that lost me in the first place. One door was enough for an exit, but this place had a whole lot and was definitely not used for exits.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my chamber!?" I got startled as a booming voice commanded.

I immediately turned around and came face to face with a naked chest. My first instinct was to push the body away from me in panic, so I did.
The man stumbled back a little, not expecting my attack.

I looked up and saw the prince glaring at me. I swallowed my whole life down my stomach.
I just shoved the prince into his room. Or chamber or whatever.

"What the hell!" He growled.

I took the time to look at him properly. He was half naked, draped in a towel to cover his lower body. His body was glistening with water. He looked like he had taken a shower. He was also barefoot.

"I'm so sorry, I was just-"

"Just what, snooping around?" If it was possible, his glare was more intense than before.

"No- I got lost and entered the wrong room. I was actually looking for-"

"A toilet? How cliche and fucking typical," He turned around and dropped his towel. "Listen here lady, you got your shot at seeing the prince, you can leave now." He stood in front of a closet, stark naked as the day he was born.

"W-what d-do you m-mean?" I stuttered feeling my face getting hot. Was this man serious? "Why are you naked!" I realized I was staring at his ass. I quickly turned around to look away from him.

"Don't act innocent now. We both know the reason you were here was to get an opportunity like this one, well lucky for you, you even got to see me naked." Oh, he was cocky! How dare he!?

"Oh look here you... Prince!- dammnit, could you wear something!?" In my fit of rage, I had turned around to confront the narcissistic and egotistical man but forgot that he was naked. I tried to turn around with the same speed only to twist my legs.

I was falling, but I didn't.

Hands caught me before I could. Large and rough hands were around my stomach from behind. I gasped.

"It just keeps getting better for you, doesn't it?" his breath fanned my neck, and his naked thing poked my butt.

"Oh, my God! What is that?" I immediately pushed away from his grasp. "I wish I never saved you, you ignorant and cocky son of a gun!" I poked his chest before heading for a door.

"That's the bathroom door, the exit is that way." he pointed to another door on the other side. I side-eyed him, making sure to give him a stink eye. He chuckled.

"I knew that!" stormed out of that room. My face was all hot and red. I was furious, embarrassed, and hungry.

I felt sorry for whoever was going to marry that bastard. He was so full of himself and I hated his guts. I wanted to wring his neck and twist till his last breath. How dare he assume! Hell, how dare he just- urgh!

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The selection process took place, and only three women were left to be decided from. I hated this. It felt like I was in some interview or something totally opposite of marriage. It said a lot about the people who lived in this palace.

It was degrading. I didn't even want to be here. The prince wasn't even participating in his own wife's selection process. They made an excuse about him having some business to take care of regarding royalty. Bullshit, he was probably being an egotistical asshole somewhere.

"I can't believe I won't get to meet the prince, how disappointing," Zona whined. I remembered that I had a job to do, I had to get Zona out of this.

If it wasn't gonna be that was chosen, it certainly wasn't going to be her. Which left us with the third girl. She was pretty. Dark beauty is what you would describe her as. She was a little taller and slim. She looked like she belonged to Vogue magazines than in this palace. She was a perfect example of what a royal wife should look like.

I had no doubt she would be chosen.

"Zona, I'll be back, I need to do something." I tapped the smaller girl who was sitting next to me. She nodded with a smile. She was so cute.

Currently, we were being accommodated in one of the luxurious rooms in the palace. I needed to get out of there and go find the one person who put me in this situation and the only person who can help me. Wandering around, I asked every maid I came across the whereabouts of the queen.

After a long time of people looking at me weirdly for asking about such an important person as a commoner, I finally found her.

I knocked gently on the door and stepped back. A wave of nerves hit me as soon as the door opened and instead of the Queen, the door was opened by someone else.

"G-gogo?" I was stunned. The woman in front of me was the same woman who I happened to help at the grocery store the other day. It didn't make sense why she was there, and I was hoping she would explain.

"Ahh, come in. Oh, my child, come come." she ushered me inside with the biggest and possibly the warmest smile I've received the whole day. I was still flabbergasted and lost.

"You must be shocked," she started. Gesturing for me to take a sit, which I did. She looked so different from the lady I saw before. She looked rich. "I was hoping to see you today," she smiled.

"If anything, I'm more confused. I mean not to sound rude but why are you here, in the palace? The last time I saw you.." I didn't finish my sentence, not wanting to sound even more rude than I already did. I didn't want to offend her.

Instead, she laughed a little, brushing whatever I had said off.

"I understand. I am the prince's grandmother," My eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. What the hell?

It seemed I was just so destined to save people from this family. Or rather, royal people. "Meeting you wasn't a coincidence dear, so don't be worried," I wasn't worried. "I wanted to be sure of the woman my daughter-in-law picked for my grandson, and I must say, I'm impressed. She was right about you," About what?

"But I was told that these are the queen's chambers," I started, getting back to my plan of finding the Queen. I don't know what the Queen told this woman but it seemed that she also thought I was going to marry their prince. Yeah, over my dead body was I marrying that arrogant prick?

"Ah, yes I told the maid to lead you here when I heard someone was asking for the queen. Nothing happens in these premises without my knowledge you see," she chuckled like she had said some joke. I nodded.

"So tell me, why did you want to see the Queen?" she asked. This was even better. She seemed and sounded to be more powerful than the Queen, maybe she could help me.

"There is a girl in the top three ladies that I want out of the selection process, could you help me make that happen?" I bit my bottom lip in anticipation.

"Why, may I ask? I mean, you will be the chosen one so I don't understand why," she asked.

I ignored the crazy talk about being the chosen one because that was not happening. So instead I told her everything about Zona.