Chapter 3 Royal command

He looked up to make a contract with the king when the king made that announcement, he really wondered what this is?

"My king are you asking me to marry my brother's wife?" Desmond asked again to confirm but really hoped that, that is not it.

"Her father suddenly shifted the marriage I can't disappoint him and since he hasn't seen Lucas before go on his behalf, and yesi am asking you to marry your brother's wife on his behalf" the king told him confirming his fears.

"So do we tell them that I am Lucas? Or what?" He said trying to keep his anger.

"Yes untill your brother is headed you are Lucas, and he is Desmond that is a royal command" the king finally said and left the throne room.

Desmond watched his father leave the room where his throne is, this didn't sit right with him, he is not prepared for marriage he really isn't, and besides to his brother's wife does that even make sense?

But he dare not say it out.

"Prince Lucas let's prepare for your marriage" chan said to him still in his kneeling position

"Are you seriously calling me Lucas?" Desmond asked chan with disgust.

"It's the king royal command" he tole him with his head bowed

"Not even you" he said rolling his eyes.

"Let's go your royal highness" Lucas repeated.

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"You look beautiful princess Bella " her father complimented

"Thank you father" she replied him with her head bowed down.

"I heard from your mother that you are against getting married today" her father told her.

"No father, it Is just to sudden and I wasn't prepared for it, So I don't want to disappoint you" she said shaking all over trying not to make mistakes with her words.

"It's okay princess, be well prepared from now to the day after tomorrow, that when you are finally leaving to be a Queen" her father told her and pat her on her shoulders.

"Yes father" she replied him

"If you need anything I would be in my chambers" her father said giving his final statement

"Yes father" she replied him.

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"You must be really beautiful princess Bella, this the first time that he is complimenting you" Nami said standing beside her father the king left.

"He telling me to do a good job with my face" bella concluded.

"His voice didn't sound like that" Nami disagreed

"I feel so tired" bella confessed

"Take a quick nap then, the engagement isn't on until midnight" Nami said parking the table were they did the makeup.

"Sure please get me food I am starving" she begged.

"No you can't you need to look fit in your princess dress, we can't get people think that you are pregnant" Nami told

"It would have digested before then" Bella said almost shouting

"Just a little" Nami told her

"Yeah just small" she agreed

"I would go get it for you so take a nap" Nami said and made her way out of the her room while bella fell on her bed.

This marriage thing is already getting real, right in her presence, and she is just nineteen couldn't they wait a year more?

Her mother is right, she should have come to this world as a prince then she would have authority over this, but she came as a princess instead and now she really getting married, to someone she hasn't seen before nor her parents.

She doesn't know what lay ahead of her, she really doesn't know, let's assuming she knows she would have jumped off her window and ran away.

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"Pa pa pa pa ran ran" the trumpet sounded and the murmuring from the people stopped.

"The prince has arrived" the crier shouted and everyone bowed their face to the ground as prince Lucas (Desmond) Walked into the palace with his people, on their different horses.

They slowly got down from the horse and entered the palace fully, into the welcoming hands of Bella's parents, in front of the the palace building.

"I finally get to see you prince Lucas" Bella's father told him.

"Yes your highness" he bowed his face to the ground.

"Congratulations on your engagement" her mother greeted him.

"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to marry your daughter" he took her hands and kissed it.

"Let's go into the palace to start the merry as the princess step down from her room" the king told them and led the way.

He tried to hide his pain as they walked into the palace, but after seeing the portrait of the princess he stopped.

so the person his brother wanted to get married to is the princess of this kingdom? The princess he had his eyes on?

"Prince Lucas?" Bella's mother called after him.

"Yes?" He replied her

"Shall we?" She said gesturing with her hands for him to move

"Of course we shall" he told her and followed her.

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"Prefect" Nami said as she finished dressing her.

"This isn't perfect, it is heavy" Bella complained

"That is how it is supposed to be, so that you can walk slowly" Nami told her folding her hands.

"What about the heat?" She asked her.

"That's why you shouldn't sit near the fire" Nami gave a solution.

"What about the cold?" She pointed out another complain.

"Cold is better than heat, so shall we?" Nami told her asking her to move out of the room.

"No I don't want to" bella told her stamping her feet against the floor.

"Should I call that king?" Nami said frustrated

"led the way" bella told her and pick up her dress, the last person she would want to see right now is the king.

Nami opened the door of her room and stepped outside, this is really happening she is getting engaged, but she doesn't want to, but she is.

After Nami opened the door she felt like a new chapter of her life as been opened and really it has been opened.

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