Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

When princess Ella woke up that morning she noticed the song was already up. This was the first time she had woken up this late.

A small sigh escaped her lips as she walked over to the mirror. She had forgotten about her tears yesterday. If she did not see how red and bit-swelled her eyes were she would have thought she was dreaming. Since the bed was empty and there was no trace of the prince's return.

She looked out of the window and wondered if she had slept so deep that she did not notice when the servant came over to get the prince Sébastien's bath was prepared.

Without much thought, princess Ellen stepped out of the room. Outside the room, she meet the servants standing with water and all that was needed to prepare the prince's bath.

Since the prince had left the room late in the night the servants were unaware of this. So they did not dare take a step into the room. 

"your highness, good morning " all the servants bowed the minute they recognize princess Ellen. They all respected her, after all, she was the first woman to spend the night with prince Sébastien and come out alive.

"His highness is no longer in the room, you can carry on," princess Ellen told the servants before walking over to her chamber. When she got to her chamber her maids were already waiting for her.

"What happened my princess, your eyes are red and swollen?" Rosa asked. She was so worried to see her princess looking that way so early in the morning.

Marina was in the bathroom preparing the princess bath when she heard Rosa's question she came out of the bathroom to take a look.

" My princess did you cry. Did something happen?" marina asked also in a worried voice.

"cry? Why will my princess cry? Is the prince not treating you well. Did he say something to hurt you?" Rosa asked. She looked more worried as she spoke.

After staying in the crown prince Quarter for more than a month Rosa had come to the conclusion that although the crown prince was cold as an iceberg he still treated the princess well. This made her feel relieved. 

Seeing that princess Ella ignore them and started making her way to the bathroom the made followed after her. 

"tell us, princess, the prince did not hit you did her?" marina asked as she run her eyes over princess Ellen's body who was currently taking off her clothes.

"so noise, I was to sock in the bath for a while, why not find out what is made for breakfast and bring it over. I feel unwell," princess Ellen said before walking into the bathroom.

"do you think  hurt her?" Rosa asked Marina she still felt worried. Especially since the princess will not answer their questions.

"No, I had a good look at her body, the prince did not hit her. If he did I would have noticed after all the princess has such soft skin," Marina replied.

"Then what is wrong? Did you not see the princess's eyes she must have cried all night," Rosa did not believe that the princess will cry without any reason.

"well, maybe she quarreled with the prince. Things like that are common. I have heard my parents many times when I was quarreling," Marina said.

"Then I bet the prince said hurtful words to make the princess cry. My poor princess, there is no one to sake justice for her," Rosa said in a low voice.

Unknown to the two maids, One was standing by the door and he heard all they had said. Being curious about what happened to the princess he decided to ask Jeffrey. They have trained since late at night till the sun rose. The prince then gave them a break to rest and eat breakfast.

Since one would not be joining them for the other training session, he decided to look for the princess since it was his responsibility to keep her safe. 

"Jeffery is it true the prince and his wife had a fight last night," One asked Jeffrey after pulling him away from his other brothers.

Jeffrey was surprised by this unexpected question. "what nonsense are you saying?" Jeffery frowns his brows.

"Why are you forming ignorant? I just overheard her two maid's talking about how the princess had cried her eyes out the entire night," One said. He did not really care about what happened to the princess.

He only protects her because he knew the prince will kill him without mercy if he failed at his job. It was her fault that he could no longer join his brothers for training as usual. One felt like he was losing his stand in the group. 

"Are you a gossip? What does it have to with you if  his highness fought with his wife?" Jeffery scolded him. When One heard Jeffery he bowed his head and did not bother to argue.

Although Jeffrey had sounded as though he did not care about what One told him, he was very curious. So he hurried up and catch up with the prince who was trying to get into his chamber as soon as possible.

"your highness," Jeffery called his attention just before his figure disappeared into the corridor to his chamber. Prince Sébastien stopped his step. He felt a bit annoyed as he wanted to get to his chamber and see his sunshine before she leaves the room.

" What? " prince Sébastien asked impatiently.

Jeffrey seeing the prince mood regretted his actions of stopping him just to ask about some random gossip. 

"I overheard a rather disturbing news from some of the maid," Jeffery tried to test the water.

"What?" prince Sébastien asked. He knew Jeffery will not be foolish enough to ask him about some baseless rumor.

"I heard that princess Ellen cried her eyes out last night. They said that her eyes are red and swollen," Jeffery said.

"should I caught of your ears?" prince Sébastien asked in annoyance when he heard what Jeffery said.

"Your highness, how will I attend all the war meetings if I lose my ears?" Jeffery said in a pitiful voice. He was scared that the prince might carry out his threats.

"where did you hear that from anyway?" prince Sébastien asked. He felt a bit concerned after all this news had something to do with his sunshine.

"I am not sure, maybe you should check on the princess, or did you do something to hurt her. Because the gossipers think her tears have something to do with you?" Jeffery said.

When prince Sébastien heard this he decided to walk away. Dealing with Jeffery was a total waste of his time. He need to see his sunshine and find out what made her cry. 

When prince Sébastien got to his chamber he realized that princess Ellen was already out of the room. Without a second thought, he decided to seek the princess in her room. 

Meanwhile, princess Ellen just came out of the bathroom. She was yet to put on her dress. All she had on was her bathrobe when the door to her chamber was suddenly pulled open without knocking.

This made princess Ellen and her maids turn towards the door. When the maid saw who stepped in they immediately bowed their head in greeting. "Your highness,".

"I wish to speak to her," prince Sébastien said. Without raising their head the maids immediately found their way out of the room. "why is he so scary?" marina asked once they were outside the chamber.

"shh!" Rosa placed her hand on her lips. "someone may hear you?" Rosa scold.

Inside the chamber, princess Ellen was self-conscious because she was not properly dressed. Prince Sébastien looked at her. The robe was quite tiny so he could clearly see her fair skin. 

Prince Sébastien's heart raced to see her like that. A certain member of his body had an immediate reaction but prince Sébastien managed to swallow hard and control himself. 

"Why did you cry last night?" prince Sébastien decided to go straight to why he had come to see her. Princess Ellen flushed when she heard him. She felt a bit embarrassed by how weak she acted last night. She did not understand why she came to like him. 

Although her sorrow came from all the misfortune that has accompanied her in her lifetime, what hurt her the most last night was the fact that the prince had a mistress. But she could never tell him that.

"I thought you were going to forsee yourself on me?" princess Ellen found an excuse. It was prince Sébastien's turn to be surprised. He had indeed intended to tease her a little last night, he did not mean to scare her to cry. Why would he force himself on her, he could not afford to hurt her.

"I am not the kind of man to force myself on a woman. If I really want a woman I can get her. So you have nothing to be scared of, I not force myself on you," prince Sébastien assured.

"of course, there are many women to serve you," princess Ellen nodded her head in agreement.

"What do you mean by that?" prince Sébastien did not miss the hint of irritation in her voice.

"What? I am only stating face," princess Ellen responded calmly. She did not even look scared even if she saw how sharp the prince's gaze turned.

"I do not have a lot of women?" prince Sébastien said not having an idea why he felt he should clarify himself. After all, he had never done anything to make her conclude he had lots of women.

"ahh! Then it is just once mistress then," princess Ellen said as if she just found out something important. "if you already love someone why did you marry me?" princess Ellen muttered to herself. Her voice was low but prince Sébastien who has been paying attention to her managed to read her lips.

"love someone? What nonsense are you saying?" prince Sébastien frowns his brows. He was annoyed at what he was hearing.. Who was feeding her with all those information? " he asked himself.