Royal Blood

Aaron

Mother's angry again like always, why is there nothing good in my life. Well, there is one thing good in my life, Allayah Mai. When my hand accidently touched her, something went through me, something different and it consumed me whole. I want her, for the first time in my life I want something, except for trying to please mother but that can wait. I want her, and I won't stop at anything.

My thoughts are broken by a knock on the door of my office. Jeremy, my right-hand man and also my bodyguard, He steps in and comes towards my desk. He passes me a file.

"Here boss, this is all the information the team could find." Did I assign a whole team of people to find information on Allayah. Yes, yes, I did. I needed to know everything about her. No. I need to know everything about her.

"Hmm, she's Royal Blood."

"Yes, boss, she was also considered a possible candidate for marriage to Prince Cyrus, but she isn't of noble born." 

She was sent to the castle when she was six and has been living with them since, but she recently went to visit her parents. Interesting, I thought they abandoned her, according to the file. I could understand why Cyrus is in love with her, her smile, her eyes which still hold a look of innocence and childhood, which many people still lose after they grow up, but she still has it.

"She's going to college under the same pretext of being a student as you and currently lives with the living royalty in their penthouse." Jeremy continued as I flipped through a file and see a picture. She looks older in this, probably around 10. She's wearing a beige colored dress which has pinks bows all around. She's standing next to a stern looking Cyrus, while she's smiling, he looks like he's ready to punch the photographer. 

An older looking woman is standing behind with a warm smile, her hands rests on both of their shoulders. I wish mother was like this when I was young but no, she only cared about her image. 

"You can go now" I say as he gives a nod and leaves the office. I keep looking at the picture before I decide that I should go down for lunch. I give my office one last look before going, the floor to ceiling bookshelves on both sides, the same leather chair and mahogany desk where my father used to sit before left me. I remember coming up here begging him to read me, bedtime stories, it all seems like yesterday when in fact it was eleven years ago.

I walk downstairs, the ivory pillars on both sides of the hall with long curtains which touch the floor, the marble ceiling with golden archways. It all seems so cold now. I reach the living room where all the servants are serving different types of delicacies to mother.

I sit down on the other side of the table in the middle of the living room, opposite to her. And start eating. The flavors exploding in my mouth but it's nothing different.

"I heard you met the Royal Blood yesterday, son." My heads immediately jerks up hearing her, I strictly told everyone to keep it a secret from mother. I look straight in her eyes not one ounce of love or warmth in them. 

"Don't worry, one of my servants told me." She says stressing on the my and giving a fake smile. I say nothing but how did one of her servants know? Did they see me? They couldn't have known she is Royal blood.

"Is it true son, and that she is a girl." She says as stops eating and looks at me.

"Yes *sigh* mother."

"Well then, invite her over to the castle some time, I'd like to meet the Royal Blood myself." I stare at her in confusion. I expected her to more... agitated and demanding, I guess. I leave the room and stand near the large iron doors. I tell the servants to open them, and I step out.  People everywhere some with their children while other are walking their dogs. I turn to look at the castle only it's not a castle anymore but an apartment building. The place I met Allayah yesterday.

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"Bye Aaron." She says waving her non injured arm before she disappeared with Cyrus.

"Bye Love." I muttered underneath my breath.