THE SECRET

CHAPTER 1

A secret is meant to be kept.

I am known for being the best secret keeper in the castle, and the fact that I am one of the heirs of the Italy throne next to my sister and brother; they are both 19 and I am just 17 years old. Next year I am going to be officially heir of the thrown. If I was born a couple of decades ago I would not have had the chance to become queen. After world war 3 most of the countries decided to rebuilt the monarchy again but with a different system.

You see, before my great - great grandmother Maria Anastasia; the first child born was the unique heir to the thrown she thought that was very unfair and may I mention she was the oldest of the four siblings. All she wanted was equality and after never giving up on what she believed she gave an opportunity to the future generation of royalty to proof that they are worthy of the crown. I am a lot like my great-great grandma; I fight for what I believe in and never ever give up. And I hope one day queen or not I will make a change in the world for good. There are so many rumors of why Maria Anastasia the first Princess heir of Italy after the big war, wanted to change the law that has been a tradition for centuries, people thought she was crazy for not accepting the crown that was given to her. What they did not understand back then is that the crown has to be earned not given. But we don't know completely the truth of things do we? According to the history teachers in every school around the world including mine, Princess Maria Anastasia died of a weird sickness but according to the book of the royal library in the castle, she was actually murdered and since we are not suppose to touch those books until we are old enough to understand them, I am supposed to pretend they are not teaching us a lie; which kills me. Indeed I read that book because it fell from the book shelf and landed on a very interesting page and I am just a book freak and way to curious so I couldn't help it.

"Hey sis, we have to be ready in two hours for the welcoming of Prince Steven".
My brother Luke told me with a playful smile the one that all the girls felt for and not to mention his good sense of style not to elegant not to casual always with his dark blond hair a little messy and a shine in his dark caramel eyes that held a mysterious gaze.

"What? I thought he was not coming because his sister wasn't feeling good! "
I don't like having gests coming to spend a whole month with us because we can't go to the kitchen in our pajamas or have our room a little messy.

-"Yes, well his sister stayed in England, and a secret source told me that he is really looking forward on meeting you! " He said with a playful tone.

"HA -HA yeah right the feeling is mutual "I said sarcastically.
The truth is that most of the Princes are really nice but arrogant, I guess I shouldn't be judging Prince Steven and to be honest its nothing against him is just the fact that I have to meet a hundred people per month and I get tired of socializing, I mean who wouldn't? Right?

I went to my room to get changed and put on my blue dress and my black short high heels, put on mascara and combed my curly blond hair. I was looking through my window thinking why would they hide the murder from us and what else we didn't know about our past, when a knock on my door brought me back to reality. It was my sister Stefanie, she had her long red dress and her light brown hair pulled up into a pony tail that made her green eyes pop.

"Wow Alexis you look stunning! That pink lips tick looks really good on you! The limo is waiting for us." She said with a cheery tone.

-"Yeah I will be there on a minute and thanks for the lipstick by the way I think I am kipping it." I said teasing her.