Alexei's POV:
This was going to be great. No, the greatest. Yes, the greatest prank ever. Vashka, my usually stupid and useless cat, had actually done what it was supposed to do for the first time in its life. Vashka caught a mouse. Sophie, my mother's friend and lady in waiting, just so happened to be terrified of mice. I was crouching down to put it under the door of her room-
"Alexei, dear, may I have a word with you?"
"Uh," I said as I quickly straightened out, after of course letting the mouse into the room to complete its mission.
"Of course Mama."
I heard Sophie screech, a maid rushed out of the room. Through the open door I could see Sophie standing on a table jumping up and down and shouting," Oh! Oh! Marya! Get it! Get it! Oh, help somebody! Come back! Marya!
I smiled and unthinkingly turned to leave, and was met by my mother's "How many times have I told you that boys of your stature do not play pranks Alexis Nicholaevitch Romanov you are in big trouble" look.
"Oh."
"Yes, "oh" indeed. Go apologize to Sophie and convince her to get of the table. Now."
"Oh."
Caught in the act. For some reason my mind flew a couple thousand miles over to Romania. Oh how Ileana would laugh when I wrote to her about this one.
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A Forbidden Royal Love
Historical FictionThe Romanov family went to visit Romania in 1910. Alexei and Ileana met, and soon fell in love. Alexei promised to return and marry her. But four years later horror struck Europe, World War I. Throughout the war Alexei and Ileana's love burned str...
