Hidden Princess

Chapter 22:

"Yes she is also an Avalonian fairy." She said while taking another sip of her tea.

"So what you mean to say is that its hereditary? Man don't I wish my father was a fairy and not a hardworking farmer. Not that its bad, don't get me wrong, but he don't got no powers." She said while slumping on her seat.

"Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with me. All my life I have been wondering how I got my powers and now I finally know. I am so grateful to you for solving my lifelong mystery for me." She said with a sarcastic tone. Griselda in turn just rolled her eyes at her.

"Grandma! Grandma! Is daddy home?" Monica asked. She was sweating a lot from all the running. Mark was behind her in the same state that she was in. Monica looked at the woman sitting next to her grandmother. She tilted her head. The woman asked for her to come next to her and she went to her throwing a glance at her grandmother. She nodded her head and she had some confidence. Mark saw that his sister was leaving him so he followed her to the strange woman.

"What is your name little one?" Elayna asked the girl with a soft tone so as not to scare her while giving off a motherly air. She smiled at the woman. "Monica." She looked very innocent. Mark was hiding behind his sister and took a peek at the woman. Elayna saw him and waved for him to come to her. "Monica, what's the name of the little friend hiding behind you? He seems to be a little shy." She turned around and pulled a blushing Mark from behind her and spoke to him in what she thought was a low tone.

"Mark! Daddy said it was it was bad manners to keep quiet when someone talks to you! Answer the nice lady's question!" His blush crept up to his ears. Elayna and Griselda laughed at the two. He walked and stood in front of her. " My name is Mark. I am sorry for my rudeness. Please forgive me."

Elayna bent down and pinched his cheeks. He was way too adorable. Who could be able to stay mad at him? "Don't worry, Mark, auntie Elayna forgives you." She then turned and looked at Griselda. The children knew that it was time to let the adults talk, so they ran off and returned to their game of tag.

"Are those Booker's kids? Oh my gosh! Aren't they the most cutest things I have ever seen?! I just wanna pinch their cute little faces! But, where is their mom, Grizzy? I noticed that one of them looks just like Monica.......no! Don't tell me. They are Booker and Monica's kids? No wonder they are so cute! Where is Monica? It's been so long since I saw that girl." Elayna said while holding  her face in her hands. Griselda looked at the floor.

"She died when giving birth to Mark." Elayna's face fell. She went over and gave her a hug.

"How did Booker deal with her loss. He loved her so much. And from the looks of it, seems like they hadn't spent a lot of time together." She asked and looked at her. "He didn't mourn her loss for long. He didn't even cry on the day of her funeral. He just stood there emotionless holding the kids in his hands. From then, he applied for a  job which gave him a hire  pay. My baby pulled through Layna." She said with a smile on her face showing how proud she was of her son.

"Mom, you won't believe who I saw today. I saw-" Booker looked at the sofa and saw Elayna seated there chatting with her mother. He ran over and sat next to her, behaving how his kids did when he was from work. Elayna smiled at his childish behavior. She looked out the window and saw that the sun was already setting. She stood up and looked at him.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could stay longer but it's getting late." She saw his head drop. "I'll make it up to you one day, I give you my word." His eyes lit up when she said that. She then waved goodbye to Griselda and was walked out of  the house by Booker. He walked out of the house and was wondering why she stopped in front of the gate. He then watched as she opened her arms and big beautiful wings appeared on her back. With one big flap she was high in the sky. His mouth opened wide and he couldn't be able to close it. His mother came and closed his mouth for him and went inside to explain to him.

****Arden Kingdom****

Daryl got out of the carriage with a lot of dread. He hated the annoying brother sister duo. They would bug him the whole time and not giving him any personal space. But well, every prince has to make a sacrifice for their kingdom. But why is my sacrifice so hard to make? The only thing I can do as of now is to hope that they knew how to be less annoying and that the week would end as fast as it came. Bertrum carried Daryl's luggage. He was sent along with him to make sure that things would go smoothly.

Daryl sulked while walking towards the castle. He was very deep in his thoughts when someone clung on to his arm. He inhaled and exhaled, preparing himself for the battle of not losing his sanity to the duo. Guess I was hoping for a lot when I hoped for them to be less annoying. He yanked her hand away from his waist. This girl doesn't seem to know what rejection is. He then walked as fast as he could to the throne room but bumped into the male part of the duo.

"Daryl, buddy! Talk about long time no see! Fate really doesn't want us two best friends to reunite." John said with his arm slung across Daryl's shoulder. These people tend to be touchy.

"Well fate sure does know how to do it's job. Look  here Prince John, I  didn't come here to get annoyed the bloody hell out of me but on business matters. I need to speak to the king." John took his arm off of Daryl's shoulders. He then called for a servant to go and take Daryl to the throne room. He beckoned for Daryl to follow him. He followed behind him and announced him. Daryl got in and the servant left.

"Oh! Prince Daryl. You are finally here......come, come and take a seat." Daryl shook his head and decided to go straight to the point and not beat around the bush.

"Your majesty, this is a message from my father. I came to inform you that you have been short on your taxes for some months now."

Next up on Hidden Princess:

"Melissa! I told you to make the prince fall in love with you but what have you been doing?! You are nothing but a useless princess who can't get a prince to fall in love with you!"

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