Capítulo 3: moonlit haven

"Princess, the carriage is ready" Isabella informed her. She had been taking care of her since she was a child. Amelia hugged her "Thank you for taking care of me". She was much attached to her more than her parents may be. She pulled herself from the hug "I am going to miss you so much" Amelia felt her heart aching from this separation.

"Where are mother and father" she asked Isabella in the hope that they were come to at least give her blessings. "They are waiting for you at the palace door" Isabella answered, sadness could be seen on her face.

Amelia already knew that her parents were not coming, she hoped maybe they come to see her. She saw her parents standing at the end of the corridor. She approached them. "Be good honey" her mother Queen Eleanor told her. She just looked at her happy face with a blank expression.

"Don't cause any trouble for a prince" her father's voice was serious and strict. She stood frozen as she tried to process her parent's last greetings. She was shocked and amused, they sounded more like they were worried about Prince Adric, not her.

Her parents were always like this, valuing the traditions and duty first and then the others come second. They always treated her like a princess of the Celestria, not like their daughter.

she saw a carriage in white colour decorated beautifully with flowers. She stood before the carriage and looked for her husband, he was nowhere to be seen. "Looking for me, wife" his voice came from back that staled her. She turns around to look at him.

He looked more handsome and perfect in every manner. He looked more handsome than before, his facial features were designed very meticulously. God must have taken a day off to make him. His brown eyes, sharp jaw and high nose breeze perfectly go with his neatly combed black hair. His beauty was marvellous. She never saw anyone like him as handsome.

He opens the door of the carriage and gestures for her to sit inside "Make yourself comfortable, wife" he politely addresses her. She follows him and sits inside the carriage. She thought that they were going together in the carriage but for her amusement, he was closing the door. She burst out "Are you not coming" Her voice was a little loud that stopped Adric. He looked at her in a little surprise then his lips curled in a smile "Do you want me to join you, wife" he said calmly.

She found herself silly after asking a stupid question and she shook her head no "I.. I didn't mean in that way…" she murmured to herself. He chucked on her little deny. "Sorry, wife right now I can't fulfil your wish, but I will make it up for you later," he said before closing the carriage's door.

She didn't understand what he meant but she was sure that he must be up to something.

She was a little disappointed by the fact that he did come with her in the carriage and that was beyond her understanding because she also wanted not to be with him alone but why she feels this way? He must know how to put people in difficult positions.

The carriage starts moving for a long journey from Celestria to Valeria. It took a whole day and night to reach the destination. The silence was so loud inside the carriage that allowed her to think about all of the events that had happened in the past two days, her unwanted arranged marriage and her husband whose mood changes as fast as the weather. Her whole life changed just in one night.

She used to dream of her wedding and her life after the wedding and what she dreamed was very far from reality. She was so heartbroken and hopeless but she decided to accept her faith because Isabella always says "If things are going as your accord is good, if they are not your according then it is god's plan for you". She wanted this will also become true in her case.

Her eyes become heavy, her eyes close and she enters her dreamland. Her body becomes relaxed which was previously aching from tiredness. She adjusts herself on the carriage seat and sleeps.

She woke up after feeling a sudden jerk, and the carriage stopped. She looked outside the window, it was dark the sun was already gone from the horizon. She was not sure where they were. A knock on the door made her look in that direction. "Princess" a manly voice called. She answered softly "Yes" after opening the door. A man in his forties bowed to her "We are going to spend the night in this inn because traveling at night is not safe" he informed her.

She saw a two-tire building; it looked old and was decorated with lights. On a board, it was written, Moonlit Haven.