The Future Queen and King of Dauntless

Chapter 2

Beatrice POV

Since we have never meet the royals of other kingdoms we are to have lunch with them to get to know everyone and hopefully make friendships with our fellow kingdoms insuring a long and peaceful society. We are of course separated, princes with princes, princesses with princesses and parents greeting old friends. I walk into the hall with the other princesses and take a seat next to a tan girl with dark brown short hair on one side and on the other is a blond girl with glasses.

"Hi my name is Christina of Candor" the tan girl says to me.

"Beatrice of abnegation" I reply while bowing my head towards her. I later learn the other girl's name is Cara from erudite. I can tell Christina and I will become good friends. After lunch we were all taken to another hall where we were told to wait for our turn. Christina and I ended up talking to a few other princesses that we also quickly became friends with, and those who we wish not to interact with ever again. We were sitting around talking to Shauna her sister Marlene both from erudite with Cara and Lynn of dauntless. While Lauren of dauntless, Molly and Rose of Candor and Susan of Amity stay in their own little world.

My name is called last.

I walk into the room, the prince's stand except for Caleb. Robert and Matthew of Amity, Peter and Albert of candor, Will and Fernando of erudite, and Uriah, Zeke and Four from Dauntless. I can't help but linger on Four a moment to long, lost in his deep ocean blue eyes as he stand to introduce himself. He is by far the most attractive of all the princes. I began to hope that there is more to him then just his appearance.

As I am talking to Prince Robert my eyes keep traveling to look at the dauntless prince. Every time my eyes wonder to him his are already on mine and I quickly look back at Robert. He just never stops talking and I can't get a word in, I never knew a boy could talk that much. Finally his time is up and a bow my head to him as I should and go to the next prince Albert. He is tall and large with a nice face, but I could never be with a guy like him, I would want someone that can handle me and he seems awfully weak, but he is very nice so we have a good conversation. Will and Fernando we all agreed that friendship is all that is there within the first 10 seconds. Will kept talking about Christina it made me giggle and in the corner of my eye I thought I saw the dauntless prince glare at Will. Zeke and Uriah came together and they were crazy funny. Uriah kept talking about the food in dauntless while Zeke kept talking about the activities and training they go through. It sounds amazing and I tell them so. Only Price Peter and Four remain. I just wish to skip Peter he looks...unkind and it puts me on edge, but he walks over to me so I must be civil.

"Hello Prince Peter" I say while bowing my head.

"Princess Beatrice, it is a pleasure" his lips crawl into a sly smirk. I take a step back involuntarily.

"Thanks" I say unsure.

"So, is it true what they say about Abnegation how they are all so Stiff? It seems like something I would enjoy to find out. Though it might get boring after a while, do you do anything that might keep things interesting?"

My mouth I am sure has dropped to the ground. I cannot believe how rude this man is. I feel my hands ball up into fists, I am trying to keep my cool, but I have always been quick to anger and this man deserves it all.

"How dare you speak to me like that and how dare you speak of my kingdom in such a vile way. You are a horrible man, do not come near me again."

"You dare not speak in such a tone to me young princess I can make your life a living hell even without marriage. I can just as easily ruin you and your family."

I stiffen. I feel like he is speaking the truth, I mean he is candor. I know I will have to keep my eye on him. He is the younger son of Candor so at least he will not rule. I shudder to think what damage he could do to society if he did. I quickly back away, he never breaks eye contact so I must and walk over to the wall. I lean my back against it and rest my head on the wall.

"Hey, are you alright?" Caleb.

"Peter is an ass. He was saying horrible things to me, and threated me and our kingdom."

"Don't worry he was just most likely letting off his frustration, he made it very clear he was not interested in anyone or anything from abnegation. You should have nothing to worry about."

"Thanks Caleb."

"What's family for? Anyway I think you still have one more prince to meet so I will talk to you afterwards when we are home."

He walks away and I walk over to Prince Four. As soon as I see him I feel at ease, safe. I smile. He stands and bows his head to me.

"Hello, I am Prince Four of Dauntless"

"Beatrice of Abnegation" I say while bowing my head in response.

We talk about our likes and dislikes. Then he ask me about what happened with Peter. I decided to be honest and told him the whole story. His jaw visually tenses and his hands form a tight fist. I am worried what he might do. Dauntless men are known to be quick to defend and right now the only thing I can think of is to try to calm him down. I touch his arm. His eyes shoot up into mine and I feel him relax. I give a soft smile, his eyes widen and his face relaxes, but he doesn't smile. I get lost in his eyes and we just stand there staring at each other. After what feels like hours though it was most likely a few seconds or minutes who knows I hear Caleb call to me telling me it is time for me to leave. I bow my head to Four and leave. When I get to the door I take one more look back at him, he is still staring. I smile blush and walk out back into the hallway.