Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

Princess Ellen watched as the maid finished the food but she seemed fine even after some time. Prince Ellen was about to ask her what she used to prepare the soup. Maybe she she add another ingredient, Ellen thought, when someone called her outside.

"your highness we are set to leave," One said standing outside her tent. Ellen nodded her head and walked outside.

"Would she be coming with us?" princess Ellen asked pointing at the maid.

"Yes, your highness," One replied. Princess Ellen simply nodded her head. She had to get to the root of what was in her meal. She hated assumption.

At this point, Jeffery and the prince walked up to where they were standing." Are you ready, " He asked looking at Ellen in a cold tone. 'why is he acting so scary?' Ellen mused in her head.

"Yes,"... She was about to add my prince but princess Sébastien caught her off. "I heard One spoke to you rather rudely yesterday. So I have decided that you choose his punishment," Prince Sébastien said. His voice was still cold and distinct. Like someone wanting to pass judgment. 

"it nothing your highness. I understand if he does not trust me. I am still a stranger and he did what he did to ensure your safety since you were unconscious at that time," Princess Ellen replied. Her voice was warm as she spoke. Making the mem remember when they were kids and their mother will rock them to sleep.

" Why is she talking so nice? " an alarm bell rang in his head. She must be pretending to be kind and nice because the prince is here, " One came to a conclusion. No wonder she is able to easily charm him.

In his conclusion, he forgot that the prince was not someone to care about be kind or forgiving. He was vengeful and will not let go unless he got a pound of flesh. 

"If you say so, but I would still push him, so that others don't take advantage of your kind heart, " Prince Sébastien spoke in a formal tone.

" what nice heart? She is a witch and you are blinded by her Charms, " One wanted to voice out but he swallowed the words back before they got the chance to come out.

" you would serve the princess from now on, as her personal guard," prince Sébastien declared.

Prince Ellen and One opened their mouth to refuse the prince but they both swallowed back their words. 

While princess Ellen felt that One would take that chance to kill her since she suspected that he was the one that asked the maid to add something to her food. 

One feared that the princess will Charm him too if he got too close to her. But they both swallowed their word because they realized that Been close will be the only way to expose the other. 

One made a mental plan to be careful not to get charmed by princess Ellen. While Ellen decided to make him her taster. That way he would not be able to poison her. Or maybe he did get scared and confess the truth to her.

The prince did not miss the look in their eyes. He had thought the two were going to reject the idea or beg him to change his mind. If he had not been paying kin attention he would have missed it.

"keep an eye on those two," he whispered to Jeffery. Jeffrey on the other hand just nodded his head. He felt that the prince said that because he did not want them to have another argument. After all, he had not seen anything wrong with their reactions.

"Let's go, " the prince said mounting his horse. Jeffery walked over to the princess and helped her. It not that the prince forget to help her. He did not just want others to know about how much he cared for her.

He needed her to be safe knowing he has so many enemies. The prince started riding his horse and the Twenty followed. The rest of the men will be staying behind. They would look after samor and see if there were any spies.

The ride was just as fast as the previous one. It was fast and princess Ellen tried to follow. She could feel her eyes turning dizzy but she refused to complain.

She kept trying to keep up and push herself. But her body reached its limits. She had not eaten in the last twenty-four hours. Yet she was pushing herself through so much stress. Something her body was not used to. So she gave in to her dizziness. 

One noticed the way her body was moving. "Your highness," He called hoping to get her attention but the only thing that happened was the princess falling from her horse.

Fortunately, he was close to her and was able to reduce the impact of her fall. 

"Your highness, " He called trying to wake her up but there was no response. The others noticed that the princess and One were left behind so they naturally turned to check on them.

The prince's felt his heart missed a beat watching his sunshine fall off her horse. He races back to where she was, completely forgetting about anyone present.

"Please sunshine, don't leave me," He prayed as he reaches where One held her head up and the new maid sprinkled water on her face.

"What happened?" Prince Sébastien asked looking at the two people close to her.

" I am not sure, I suddenly noticed the princess slowing down and before i could guess what was wrong she fell off her horse," One replied.

The maid said nothing but continued to sprinkle water on her face. 

"What is wrong with her? " Jeffery asked when he got to the spot.

"I think the ride is too fast for her. My guess is she felt dizzy from it," the maid said.

"What ride is fast?" one felt like snapping at the maid. He still remembered her boldly race down to samor. So what changed? " he asked himself.

One was not the only one who would come to this conclusion. After all, they had all seen her ride a horse like a warrior, the previous day so none of them took the maid's words seriously. Of course with the exception of the prince who was already blaming himself for being so inconsiderate.

"How could I forget that my sunshine should not go through sure stress. I should have asked Jeffery to get her a carriage." Prince Sebastian scold himself.

" We have bearly left samor, Jeffrey go get a carriage," the prince instructed, shocking everyone present.