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VILLIAN 😈

Two weeks passed by with her acting just fine, not trying to escape or to even do something remotely mischievous.

She was lax, just enjoying her freedom to the fullest.

She bounced around the house with delight.

She liked the left wing where he resided due to the library, for she loved books.

She especially loved the ones that he owned.

She also frequented the flower garden and the kitchen.

She loved watching food being made for she was not good at doing so.

She was a disaster at cooking meals.

She also liked the small stream close to the garden, the one running through his manor.

She never thought of escaping via the stream for it wouldn't get her far away from his manor.

She liked swimming in the shallow watercourse and playing at the very edge.

This was because she could not swim and preferred lying in the sun, basking in its warmth.

He knew all of these because he watched her from a distance, wanting to be half sure that she will do just as she had promised him and not try anything funny.

And his suspicion was refluent with each passing day.

It ebbed away, little by little until he could no longer distrust her anymore.

She would keep to her word for a while.

He was sure of it.

She had been giving him the cold shoulder ever since then.

Now, that was the only thing that bothered him, her blatant silence at his appearance.

She would completely ignore him if he spoke to her, no matter what he did to provoke her speech.

She would be stubbornly mute if he cornered her, even when he would kiss her.

She would leave the room instantly if he entered into it.

It was quite frustrating yet rather challengingly fun to him -trying to conquer her resolve.

'What are you thinking about?' the third prince's voice broke into his reverie.

He turned away from the window of his study to his brother, the little prince.

'Her,' was his tired reply to his brother.

'Well, that should not bother you too much for I can see that she is quite promising. She is finally settling in and accepting her fate from what I have observed.'

'Little, I see that too. But, she is not settling well with me. She is putting me out of the picture and that is what bothers me,' he confided in him, going to take a seat.