His Custom

Chapter 3

Her facial expression soft with a mixture of fear, she turned and looked at her father, "Father what are they doing here?" She questioned trying to hold in her anger. "We stationed guards outside their house and when he stepped out of his house we took him, and his daughter." The king answered, Pheme turned to look at Kova and Eirene, she frowned when she saw the look of fear on the 6 year old girl, Pheme mouthed to them both "It's going to be okay" and they both nodded. "These two will be questioned-" the king started, but Pheme turned and looked at him and cut him off, "No they won't, I made a deal with Prince Flynn, that if I marry him he will let these two live freely." What she didn't notice is that Kova's eyes widened when she said the word "marry". "Well you two aren't married and yes not king." Her father said. Pheme clenched her fists, "Fine then, me and Flynn and I will be married in.." she thinks for a minute, "In six months." She finished. "Great. Nanny Plum will help you plan." The Queen said, Pheme turned to look at Kova and his daughter, making eye contact with Kova. Her heart started racing and she took a deep breath.

Pheme sat on her bed and buried her face in her hands, she sighed as thoughts rushed her mind, mostly about Kova and his daughter who were put in the dungeons. She looked up to see Prince Flynn walk in, "Hey Princess.." he said his voice soft and caring, she didn't respond and he sat next to her. "What's wrong, Princess?" He asked as he put his hand on her arm. "I feel like it's my fault that Kova and Eirene were put in the dungeon." She said as tears slipped out of eyes and rolled down her cheeks, "Hey Wait! No it's not your fault!" He said, he cupped one side of her face with his right hand, "It's not your fault.." he repeated. She didn't reply at all, she still believed it was her fault. He made her look at him, "Hey, Princess, it's not your fault. It's your fathers. He put them down in the dungeon." He comforted her, she opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out so she closed her mouth. But before she could even blink, Flynn's lips were against hers, she was shocked, her eyes were wide and she didn't know what to do.

It was cold in the dungeon, Kova held his daughter in his arms trying to keep her warm but the poor girl would not stop shivering. He was hurt, and he didn't know why. Hearing that the princess was getting married it hurt him a little, and he doesn't know why. He would never believe he was falling for a girl he's just met, he would never believe he was falling at all! He's never loved a girl since Eirene's mother who left him and their daughter back in Paris, the place he was born. He raised his daughter and cared for her. Eirene was born when Kova was 15, when he was young and sensitive, so when her mother left him alone with a newborn baby girl he didn't know what to do. He tried to hide Eirene from his abusive criminal dad, the same man who gave him a scar over his eye for being "lazy" and not like him. He looked down at his sleeping shivering daughter, she looked like her mother except she has her father's hair. He frowned, his daughter has always wanted to go out and play with the other kids but when he became a wanted criminal he was scared they'll use her as a target. The door of the dungeon swung open and took him out of his thoughts, he looked up and saw the queen and the 7 year old princess. "Your majesty.." he bowed his head to them both, "You sir have done awful things," the queen started, "But I cant say I don't blame you, your a single father who hardly has any money to support his young daughter." The queen finished. She and the young princess walked over to them and draped a blanket around both Kova and Eirene, "Keep warm young man." The queen said as her and her daughter left the dungeon, closing the door on her way out. Kova sighed and leaned his head back, he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep with his daughter still in his arms.

Pheme sat in shock, he had kissed her. She didn't know what to think, her heart barely raced like it does when she made eye contact with Kova. She gently pushed Flynn away and he apologized. "Can..can I be alone?" She asked and he nodded, standing up and leaving the room. She sighed and looked around the room, she saw some plain periwinkle pillows sitting on her couch. She stood up and grabbed the pillows before leaving the room.

Kova woke up to the dungeon door opening, he glanced up, his eyes were still blurry from just waking up. "Don't worry it's just me." Pheme said as she walked in and closed the door, "What are you doing here?" He asked in a sleepy tone. "The dungeon walls aren't comfortable, so I brought some pillows." She said as she set the pillows down on the ground. She sat herself down in front of Kova and Eirene-who was still asleep-, "I wish I could get you two out of here faster, but my fathers too stubborn to even listen to me." She said as she looked down at the cold stone floor. "Hey, it's okay, as long as I have my daughter with me." Kova said, but the princess didn't move. He freed one of his hands and placed it under Pheme's chin and lifted her head so she's making eye contact with him. She stares into his steel grey eyes, her heart started racing. "I told you it was okay, I have my little girl with me." He said and stared into her ocean blue eyes, his heart started to race and she nodded slowly. Subconsciously he leaned closer to her, their nose were close together and they could feel their breath against each other's skin. Kova went for it, he kissed her softly on the lips. But for some reason she didn't push him away, she kissed back, for some reason she felt safe and happy around him even though he's a criminal. The dungeon doors opened and-startled-they pull away from each other, they looked over at who opened the door and their eyes widen. "Father..." Pheme said with a gasp.