The Choosing

Chapter 10//: Maybe this Choosing won't be so bad

Ahren's POV

[E D I T E D]

♕✿~♕✿~Chapter 10//: Maybe this Choosing won't be so bad♕✿~♕✿~

Watching Madison walk into her room, I wondered what I was going to do now.

Father and mother expected me to spend my time with the Chosen girls. But I didn't have the slightest idea on who I should spend my time with.

I vaguely recalled father mentioning that Alexis Merandus would be a good choice for a powerful queen. It was obvious that Alexis was one of father's favorites because of her powerful abilities. Maybe if I spend some time with her today, father would stop trying to drop hints about her to me.

After asking a couple of maids, I find myself standing in front of Alexis' room door. I breathe in before raising my hand to knock.

I had met Alexis before this competition. Since she was a part of one of the High Houses, I had seen her at the many parties my parents had hosted. Needless to say, she wasn't exactly my favorite company but she was definitely my parents' favorite company.

The door opens before I can knock, and I suck in a breath as Alexis stands there, a frightening beauty. Her eyes seem to widen a fraction in surprise, but she quickly hides it with a sharp smile.

"Your Highness," she murmurs, dipping into a perfect curtsy. I nod back at her. "What a pleasant surprise. I was about to go out to meet with Lady Emily and Lady Fiona. What can I do for you?" she asks me while watching me carefully.

I was already starting to regret this. Spending my day with Alexis, the harsh model who was always landing on the front page of magazines because of something scandalous she did? I couldn't stand to be in her presence for too long. How was I expecting to spend a whole day with her? Maybe I should just follow what Madison is doing and spend the day by myself.

I needed to get out of this situation fast. So I say the first thing that pops into my head that I know will let me leave.

"Lady Alexis, would you like to accompany me on a date this Saturday?" I ask in one big breath. Alexis has no reaction for a moment. Then, a smile stretches across her face. For a moment, I'm caught off guard. Alexis actually looked...genuine for once.

But she quickly hid the real smile behind a fake one. "Of course I would, Your Majesty. It would be my honor."

I nod, already starting to back away from her door. "That's all I wanted to ask, Lady Alexis. See you at dinner," I say, finally turning away from her and walking off. As I walk off, I hear her close her door and see her walking off to meet up with her friends.

I sigh. Okay, that was definitely not one of my best ideas.

I decide it might be best if I go outside for a bit to get some fresh air. The Choosing had only just started, yet I was already feeling stressed with so many girls in the house.

But as I reach the ground floor and start to head towards the garden doors, I hear a gasp of pain followed by the clatter of something made out of metal hitting the marble floors.

I quickly follow the sound, rounding a corner, but stop as I take in the scene before me.

I see Alexis, Fiona and Emily smirking at Madison as she cowers on the floor, looking pale as blood pours from a wound on her cheek.