Chapter 134
Elena’s POV
Changed into more comfortable clothes, I stood beside the window of the living room with my eyes closed, feeling the warm cast of sunlight from the setting sun.
“Ahm… Princess…”
Hearing Zara’s reluctant voice and soft footsteps, opened my eyes and turned to face her.
She’s holding a violet envelope with the royal seal on it. “What is it?” I asked while showing my palm. Shrugging, she handed it to me. “It’s a last–minute invitation from the palace. Will you be attending?”
Reaping the seal off, I read the letter and learnt that it was an invitation for a party hosted by the Grand Princess. My brows furrowed. I heard Princess Geline likes to host many parties, and many noble women admire her. She was even known to be so generous that she allowed her husband to have as many other wives as he wanted.
Though there was an unsettling feeling in me, I shrugged, I guess… Since we got an invitation.”
Sighing, I stood up properly and went to reach for my wallet. “And now I have to look for a gift.”
Since I didn’t know much about Princess Geline and we didn’t have much time to buy something, I decided to look for a generic but elegant gift and went straight to the pack house’s warehouse, where we store old and new gifts we receive and other merchandise we recently brought.
“Oh, you’re here! What can we help you with?” The keeper, Aunt Marie, had known me since childhood and immediately greeted me with an embrace as soon as I got inside her store.
I was walking in the aisle of random things, letting my fingers slide through items, as I replied that I needed a gift for the Grand Princess. Unexpectedly, Aunt Marie gasped, completely taking my attention.
“Is everything alright?” I asked.
She shook her head before she contemplated, but after a moment spoke, “The Grand Princess… You have to be careful of her, Dear. She’s someone not to be battled with.”
“What do you mean?” I asked, completely confused.
She shrugged. “I’m old, and I’ve heard a lot of things. Many say she’s not an angel as she portrays herself to be. Be careful.”
As if on cue, my phone pinged in my pocket.
“Princess, one of the people of Prince Deacon inquired if you’ll go to the Grand Princess‘ party or not.” That’s the message Jayden sent me.
Why didn’t Deacon message me himself, though? Why make it an official inquiry?
After hearing Aunt Marie’s words and the sudden need of Deacon to inquire, I guess the Grand Princess was really not someone to be messed with.
After giving Jayden the go signal to say it, I hid my phone back in my pocket and replied to Aunt Marie, “Well, she hardly has any time to prepare a proper gift. That alone says much about her intentions.”
“Princess, maybe you shouldn’t go?” Zara asked in worry, but I tapped her shoulder and nodded my head to show that everything was alright.
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After half an hour of rummaging through shelves and boxes, Aunt Marie sighed. “I don’t know what kind of gift we can find here…”
I nodded when a sudden thought came to my mind. “I remembered that my senior from Custodes sent a bag of rare tea leaves he especially made before right? It should be on the treasure room.”
“Yes!” Aunt Marie immediately brightened up and went to the back to get it.
“Put it in a nice bag. Oh! And prepare two. One for Princess Gelien and the other for King Desmond,” I ordered Aunt Marie before I went to the other side, where the auctioned jewellery was stored.
“I knew it was here…” I smiled upon seeing some of the most expensive jewellery sets. I walked around for a while until my eyes fell on a diamond necklace with a blue sapphire on it. “This will be a perfect gift for a socialite like Princess Geline.”
I sat in the waiting area with the box of jewellery in my hand, waiting for Aunt Maire. After a few minutes, she went out with two gift bags in her hand, a box, and a huge smile on her face.
Setting down the tea beside the jewellery bags, she handed the box to me. “Princess, do you remember this? You used to love making a lot of this! I still remember you don’t like giving this away, but you somehow gave one to one of ourguestst before.”
I opened the b,ox and a lot of small wooden carvings greeted me. It wasn’t perfectly carved, but it was made to look likea small crescent moon with a small blob on the side that was supposed to be a wolf, but my child’s hand was probably too small to make it perfect before.
I laughed at the memories as I picked some up and played with them.-
Then… like a rush of something, a memory popped into my head. “Wait…”
My voice faltered as I continued, “I think I saw something like this before… With deacon…”
If my memory served me right, I think I saw it on one of his keychain that hung on his waist together with his keys.
