Inside the throne room Meili did her best to be inconspicuous, hiding herself away behind a column where she hoped she wouldn't be seen.
"Miss Mei," called the Prince in a singsong voice with a sinister edge to it.
Meili stepped out from her hiding place.
"Yes, your Highness?" she tried her hardest to sound confident, but she suspected that she was failing miserably. Even she could hear the quaver in her voice.
"Come over here and stay close by my side now, little girl. You are to be my wife after all. It won't do at all for you to be keeping your distance from me, will it now? Shouldn't we be getting to know each other?" he smirked.
The sounds of a renewed attack could clearly be heard through the papered doors. Shouts rang out, and the clash of metal-on-metal announced that hand-to-hand combat had commenced.
