Royal blood

chapter 18. new classes?

I grab my suitcase and look at the exit as I finally reach denmark. I notice alex waving at me from the other end of the airport. Jake will spend two other days with his father so I traveled back to denmark alone. queen emilia was standing beside him looking bored and sleepy. we ride a car and return back to the castle.

i enter the castle with Alex and queen Emilia, not with a smile, or a sigh of relief, but with a frown. it's not the home sweet home i was searching for. not the warmth I was searching for, not the family happiness I was searching for. I chuckle at the thought. how i got myself into this drama for just one stupid dream to be royal.

"go change your clothes and head to the study room. you have new classes coming."

"what?! I just got here!" I exclaim, I was expecting warm hugs and helloes.

"you are getting bigger and you have to attend more classes, Rosetta"

"you didn't even hug me! you didn't say I miss you! you didn't show and love to me!" I shout.

"You were away for only two days, Rosetta" she pointed out.

"but also! isnt that how families show love? huh?" i argued.

"rosetta, enough" whispered jade who was beside me watching all this.

"excuse me, aunt emillia, i will go upstairs with rosetta for some time." said alex pulling me. i didnt do anything. i just glared and left him dragging me up to my room.

she glared back, her hard death glare.

"im sorry, rosetta, but you shouldnt have had this fight downstairs" said alex closing the door behind us.

"sorry, i kind of had a total meltdown. i felt no family love in her harsh words" i say buriying my face in the pillow.

"no problem, anyways, where is my pal, jakey?"

i smile at the name having alex to perk up when he saw mefinally smile.

"he is going to spend two more days with his dad in america, then he is coming, what you miss him already?" i ask.

he nodded then sighed looking up at the ceiling. "all the funny memories together. but first, talk to me about your trip" alex said pulling me to sit upright.

"nothing really, but jake's dad is going to have a surgery and no one still knows if he will survive or not." i say looking down.

alex cringed at the thought of it.

"but they seem so close, for some reason, do you have any idea why?" i ask

alex nodded. "jake's dad is a hero, if it wasnt for him, jake could have been dead by now" he explained shaking his head.

"how?"

"he saved jake twice in his life time," i raised my eyebrows at that, alreadr intrested.

"once, when jake was eight years old, he was sleeping peacefully. suddenly, a black figure came and kidnapped him. the next day, his parent were torn apart, realising that their son was lost, crying and searching for him. they found him finally in a deserted building, as the kidnappers were tying him up. the scene was just as if it came out of a movie or book, "come closer and we will kill your beloved son" one of the kidnappers had said when he noticed Jake's parents entering the building. but they didn't listen and came closer, threatening him to touch the kid. but the kidnapper had guts, and pressed the gun towards Jake, who was screaming for life and, guess what happened next?" Alex asked.

I looked at him... "Hmm... Jake died?" I asked.

"yes, that's why Jake is a ghost" replied Alex in sarcasm.