Our Fated Tail

Anilena

Arkeanus took me to another room and sat me down on a stool in the middle. I sat nervously as he circled me. His eyes were like a hawk’s and I didn’t like the way he smiled. Like he knew something important that I didn’t. The room was small. As the king turned his head, it barely brushed the ceiling. Why was I in here again? What did he want to talk about with me? Did I do something wrong?

“Ray?”

My head snapped up and I blushed. Was he saying something? “Sorry, did you say something?”

He chuckled. “How is your relationship with your family?”

“Um, really good. Why?”

“Well, Georgia talked to me last night and said you missed them. What if I told you that I would let you visit them?”

I was out of the stool and staring at him like he was crazy. “Are you joking with me? Because it isn’t funny.”

He scoffed. “No I am not, child. You are aloud to visit your family if it would please you.”

I let out a loud scream and hugged him. He caught me in his arms, laughing as he hugged me back. The door burst open and I let out a startled scream as Eren burst in with Cobius. Arkeanus held me defensively but let go when he saw who was there. He looked furious. I bit back a laugh as Eren and his friend looked like they wanted to crawl into a hole. Eren opened his mouth to explain but he just sputtered like a fool. Finally, I cracked. I fell onto the floor laughing like a freak. I would’ve started choking on my guffaws if Eren hadn’t shaken me into sanity. His eyes were wide and he looked ready to strangle me.

“You...your faces… oh my…” I went in to another round of giggles as he gave me a frustrated look.

“Anilena! We thought something happened to you! Why are you laughing?”

“Be...because I was fine,” I said as I calmed down. “Your father had just said something that excited me so I screamed. Sorry Eren,” I whispered as I wiped locks of hair from his face. “I didn’t mean to startle you. Promise.”

Cobius coughed and ruined the moment. Arkeanus elbowed his side as we glared at him. Eren picked me up from the sand and held my waist. The king grinned and Cobius pouted at it. I let the prince lead me from the throne room back to his room and he set me down. He said he would be right back and gave Cobius a warning look. The dummy just grinned and winked at me. I didn’t like him. He was cocky and arrogant. If he thought he was going to get anything from me he should’ve thought twice. I wasn’t interested in him at all. His friend on the other hand…

Yes, I know that it was bad. I had known him for like three days and I was already falling for him. How could you not though? He was handsome and sweet. I mean, he saved me from dying. How could you forget something like that. i mean, yeah, he’s a prince and should marry a royal person. But can’t I try? They didn’t make all of those Disney princess movies for nothing. I felt like I was in some twisted version of The Little Mermaid. Eren’s eyes were so beautiful. I mean, the black hair and gorgeous eyes. He could be Eric and I could be a messed up Ariel. I wonder how he would take that. Did he ever think about us? Would he give us a shot? I mean, I wanted to know more about him before I even tested the dating waters. But still, what would he think about this?

I felt a cold finger under my chin, freezing my veins. Cobius lifted my face up to look at me. Before I could blink, his lips were on mine. This was gross on so many levels. I ripped my face from his. Blinded by my anger, I drove my fist into his gut, then gave him a nice and hard uppercut. When I looked at him, his lip was bleeding and his eye looked like it would swell for a while. His stomach was already starting to bruise. I looked down at him in disgust and wiped my lips. He wasn’t even a good kisser. I looked at the door and saw Eren with a slack jaw. His fingers were clenched around a silver tray with food. They were paper white and I immediately went to take it from him.