Chapter 4

Giselle was the first to open her eyes. She quickly remembered where she was and knew what she was supposed to do. But then the sun seeped through the window, and she realized that they had overslept.

She ran to the window to check if it was her imagination but it wasn't. His eyes widened in horror, and she covered her mouth. Knowing they were in deep trouble, she ran to where her maid was.

"Lily," she tapped her maid who was still sleeping in a hurry.

Lily opened her eyes and looked at her master. She sat up quickly.

"Is it time, princess?” She asked her.

"We overslept!!!" Giselle shouted horrified.

Lily shook her head in disbelief because they were not ones to be relaxed with the enemy. She also ran to the window and then saw the bright light.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have slept at all. I should have watched over you," she started to cry.

Giselle shook her head. " You are not to be blamed. We were both tired, so let's stop passing blame and find a solution before those people arrive," she said to her.

Lily nodded her head and then went to the door. She opened it slowly to peep outside and she saw a lot of maids roaming around the corridor. She then turned back and looked at Giselle .

"Princess," she said , shaking her head sorrowfully.

"Get the robe we made," Giselle said to her maid, but to their surprise, the robe was gone.

They were surprised because they didn't hear anyone come to their room.

"Where is it!" Giselle almost screamed.

Knowing that they didn't have time anymore, Giselle decided to try her powers again.

" Miy....kglo....fort.'For a split second, they were floating, and they felt it was working, only for it to be bland at the end.

They tried a number of times, and it was still the same. Then they gave up and resorted to jumping through the window. Lily was so scared because they were at the top of the castle.

"Princess, we would fall to our death," Lily said with a frightened look.

Isn't it better to die from falling than to let Alcaeus II kill us brutally?" She said in fear.

The name of Royce Alcaeus II scared her more than anything. She had heard how he brutally kills any handlers that trespasses on his land. Even those who come to give him their yearly tribute always make sure to be careful. They always ensured not to see Royce, if not, they would be dead. Giselle ran to the drawer and brought out all the clothes She and Lily tied them together so that they could use them as a rope down the window since the one they. Made has been stolen.

"Princess, will this be enough?'?" Lily asked in fear.

Giselle didn't want to scare her so she just nodded. They tied one side of the rope to the leg of the bed and threw the other side out the window.

"You go first," Giselle told Lily but Lily refused.

" No princess. You should be the one to escape first. I'm just a lowly maid and I should protect you, " Lily said.

Giselle didn't like what she said. " No Lily. You are a sister to me, and I won't let anything happen to you, " she said and pushed Lily toward the rope.

They didn't have much time to argue. Just as Lily climbed out of the window, the door opened, and she fell back quickly.

What are you doing princess," the maid who entered asked.

They couldn't reply because the head maid walked in and started to bark orders.

"Why are you standing there? We don't have time! The wedding starts in two hours!" He shouted so that the whole room vibrated.

Giselle knew that their chances of slipping away were very thin with tons of maids rushing in. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she saw that she was definitely going to die.

"No tears, princess. Our king is not so bad," the head maid said as she began to undress her.

For an hour and a half, Giselle was tossed to and fro; soon, she was dressed in red apparel. Looking at the vague mirror, she saw herself looking so beautiful, but she wasn't smiling because she knew that if she got to where Royce was, she was going to die..

The butler rushed in. "It is time. The bride needs to get to His Majesty," he shouted.

Giselle looked at Lily and saw that she had changed her clothes to those of the maids in the palace. They looked at each other not knowing what to do.

"Can you give me just two minutes of privacy?" Giselle decided to try her luck.

"No princess, there is no time. Our king hates to wait, " the head maid replied.

Giselle gave up and accepted that it was her fate to die.

......

Royce on the other hand was feeling reluctant to move. He was already dressed in his royal wedding regalia but sat on his bed thinking. He didn't know why the woman he had only seen once kept appearing in front of him.

"There must be something about her," he said thinking aloud.

" About who?" " His second in command, asked confused.

"We need to go, Your Highness, time is not on our side," Logan reminded him.

By the time he got to the throne room where they were supposed to be joined, many people were there, and they stood up immediately when they saw him.

He was already getting angry when he realized that the one he was to wed wasn't there yet, and he was about to speak when his bride walked in. It was as if Royce's heart was going to stop when he saw the woman covered in red. Her scent was so delicious that it clouded his mind. He gritted his teeth to be able to control himself. By the time she got to him, he was able to check her out properly. Her silver eyes were sparkling as if they were calling to him to jump into their well, and her silver eyes were sparkling at the moon.

Giselle wasn't shocked that the man she met yesterday was the Alpha king, but she didn't know why the hybrid king was looking at her so intensely. She felt it was time for her to die.