I wake up to my older brother shaking me. "Winter!!!!! Wake up."
"What do you want?" I groan and sit up.
"You are so lucky that mum and dad are not at the castle today. They would have been fuming if they knew how late you slept." He chuckles to himself.
"Wait! What time is it?"
"Almost noon." I sit there shocked. "Mum and dad went down to see how someone got through the gates. Did you know about it?" I quickly shake my head.
He's talking about G. I just know it. So I ask him this. "Do you think this person is dangerous?"
"No idea. I just hope that they aren't." I am about to ask another question but a knock interrupts me.
"Come in." I say. One of the maids comes through the door.
"My princess, my prince. The meeting is staring in an hour." She says. She bows and walks out.
"Oh yeah. I may or may not have forgotten you have to attend a meeting with soon-to-be-princes. Quite a few want to court you." He jumps off the bed and runs out the door before I can say anything.
"But I don't want a royal courtship."
YOU ARE READING
The masquerade
RomanceI look around the room to see all the adults dancing around formally. I sigh and stared kicking my feet. You can not see them underneath this poofy dress. I sigh again before getting up, about to head to the desert table. As I take a step, I almost...
