Chapter 2: Caged, Crown
In an expensive looking room, the light entered as an indication it was already morning, there was a silhouette sitting at the couch, lighting a cigarette and letting out a puff of smoke. The bathroom door opens and a woman who just finished in the shower is now wearing a black halter gown. She is also done with her make up and covers the evidence of the deed last night.
"I am going now, are you still staying here?" She approaches the man and places a hand on his shoulder, she can't forget how these strong arms have held her tightly.
"..." He only took a glance at her hand.
"If you miss me, just call me again." Intently with her flirtations she is looking forward and expecting, those eyes are what will make her lose the diamonds she's aiming for.
"I told you…" Her smile is still wide but later on it curved down to hear the next words he utter.
"I don't sleep with women twice, so begone." Those icy cold eyes that will hit you like a thunder, she never expected that the same eyes looking down at her with passion became different. On the second thought, there's no passion at all, his eyes were void of emotion even when they shared a night.
She tasted the bitter tears that fell, "You will find someone that will tamper with you like you did to me." and I hope when that time comes, you will suffer hundreds of times.
Leaving the room, a deafening silence stayed with him, then the door abruptly opened once again, this time he frowned.
"Your highness, it's time."
"Tsk…" he unwillingly shook his head and sluggishly moved, several servants went in and helped him to get ready. Clad in a formal suit, he was followed by several men in black. Soon the hotel employee opened the car door for him.
"Thank you for your patronage!" bowing politely to him.
"I have been looking for you, guess you were playing with fire last night, who is it this time?"
"It's no one, Georg, don't worry you won't clean up this time." He told the man, he is Georg Economos, the secretary, body guard, intelligence agent, right hand man of the first prince.
"Your highness first prince, Kallistos Sangue!" He called, yes the man in front of him is the eldest son, the first prince of the Sangue Empire.
"Take it easy, it's not like you haven't done it before? You are an expert already." He smiled, but the nagging continued.
"Of course, ever since you learned the affection between a man and a woman, I have been cleaning up with those you left crying, that I am already an expert."
The first prince Kallistos, true to his name, is a beautiful man that every woman would love, from his golden blonde hair that shines, to those sparkling brown eyes and the seductive lips that left every woman asking for. He is not only intelligent but gifted in arts and strength, he has won several horse riding competitions, fencing tournaments and many more. He is the pride of the royal family.
"Screw the pride, you know that I am only a mere prince in title, it will be more fitting if you call me a puppet."
"Prince, don't say it like that, you are just being taken care of by the senate."
"Those old geezers? They just want to control me for their political advantage."
"It is true that they want you politically, however, a royal blood is still a royal, and your lineage cannot be replaced by anything else, so be careful as it will always reflect the Sangue Empire."
"Empire this and that, even commoners have more freedom than I am." This time, Georg has nothing to refute. It is true that the royal family is well respected, however even if hundreds or thousands of years have passed, the monarchy is bound to shake the descendants of the Sangue family.
They are bound with the tradition and rules of the royalty, followed by the media and watched over by hundreds of thousands of people.
"So what have they said about my admission in Amsonia University?"
"Ah that, the Crown Prince, your father approved it."
"I see him… what!?" His eyes widened, he could not believe what he just heard.
"His majesty and royal highness approved it from the recent senate meeting."
"Georg Economos, I know you were having a hard time babysitting a stubborn prince like me, but if this is a hoax I will surely wring your neck!"
"If you know I am having a hard time then stop being stubborn! Plus, this news only came this morning. That's why I have come to pick you up."
"Weird, the senate is usually against a royal going out of the country, what convinced them?"
"Aren't you glad prince? Just like the first princess, you are given a chance to enjoy a normal life outside the empire." Mentioning his sister, Kallistos stiffened and has something in mind, however he did not talk much as it is too early to contemplate on this he is not sure about.
"Then, let's prepare, you're coming with me in Amsonia right?" Though his voice is gentle, there is a hidden truth behind his eyes which Georg did not notice at all.
"Of course Prince! For your independence let's fly right away!"
Two years have passed…
"Don't we have any other models? The authenticity I am looking for cannot be reflected by the previous batch." The director of the shoot complained.
"They are all volunteers from the modelling department, and so far they are the best and mostly elite students who have participated in the fashion contest within the university." Explained by the other student who is checking the portfolio of the models.
"What if we hire ? We have an actual budget for that, we are just lucky to have plenty of volunteers since Kallistos is part of the team, maybe that way we can get what we need better." He looked as if provoking the other man.
"So Ellenor, you are meaning to say we wasted our time because of me?" It was a head on fight with words, Kallistos was well known in the Drama department since he is good looking and talented. Ellenor, an elite student and not far from the specs of Kallistos, sees the other as a rival.
"Guys, don't start a fight, let us just hire, it's not like the volunteers are totally useless, we also have them for some of our minor shoots." Liezl, who is in charge of the costumes, intervened with the two.
"What about that girl?" Jericho suggested out of nowhere that the rest of the team turns their attention to them.
"Who are you talking about?" Ellenor asked.
"You know, she's quite popular, that foreign girl in the Arts department." Jericho tried to give them a hint.
"Ah! You mean her!?" The director and Liezl nodded in agreement.
"Huh? Who are you guys agreeing with?" Kallistos and Ellenor are left in the dark.
Meanwhile the person they are talking about is none other than.
"Juri come here!"
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