The Hidden Kingdom by Aria Meimeibara (best summer books txt) 📖

i start collecting my self quickly shaking my head i realise what has happened and charge to rin, As i reach her i pick her up quickly and swiftly but making sure i do not harm her and turn to face alexander staring at him and waiting to see his next movement so i can counter it but to my surprise he stands upright and just looks at me and Rin.
" aria " she screeches in a high pitch voice that shoots through my ears, taking a deep breath i try to regain what has been knocked out of me my voice low and gently like the summer breeze blowing through the newly grown blades of grass
" hello rin what are you doing running about the forest on your own?"
" i'm running from them meanie men that are after me i want to come with you " she starts to stroke her small fingers through my jet balck wet hair my ears twitching as they listening for approaching footstep but nothing is heard, gently putting rin down i look at her she is as beautiful as a newly blooming rose the sun shining down on her white hair making it glisten in the light i look into her eyes and go against my better judgement deciding i can not leave her on her own out here,
" ok rin i will take you with me but you must listen to everything i tell you it will keep you safe and alive am i understood" what has made me take this child back with me i do not know she is a possible threat and could very well cause us all harm but i cannot help it when i look at her she reminds me of myself as a child,
" do you think that is wise Aria she is not one of us she is human and at that a human child they will search for her,"
" I do not know if it is wise but i will not leave a child out here on her own she will be my responsibility and i will take what ever judgement is passed on me for taking her into my care" picking rin up i begin to walk back to my home realising that alexander was also trailing a long with us, i did not say anything as i needed to think how was i to convince my mother to let me protect this child and not just let her be left to wonder in the wilderness, as i am thinking i can feel rin stretching on my back trying to reach for my cheeks i move her up my back so she can reach them i feel her tenderly running her fingers over the markings upon my face as i think of my next task a head of me which will be my hardest challenge yet walking through the forest coming close to my home now i realise their is no one on guard at the entrance which is out of the ordinary there is always some one here guarding the entrance, If it was to be discovered then our home would be discovered, i ran through the entrance looking from street to street wondering where everyone is and realising no one is to be seen as terror runs through my body i run to the castle to find my mother our queen the one i had worked so hard to protect, what if she was injured or worse its all my fault i should have stayed i should never have gone out of the castle grounds...


CHAPTER 2

I run through the kingdom searching for any sign that there is somebody, anybody around but nothing not even a mouse is to be seen, all i can hear are the footsteps of alexanderand i hitting the marbled floors as we run through the streets my heart racing as i pick up speed running faster and faster to the castle in the centre of the kingdom, this proud white marbled building so grand, so elegant and over 3,000 years of history built in to it such a beauty to look at every dawn as the sun rises hitting the marble just right and reflecting the colours of a rainbow off of it... As we reach the main gates of the castle there is still no sign of a living thing, we stop to catch our breath i look at alexander with panic in my eyes and seeing the same in his, we set off again running through the winding corridors bursting through every door we go past trying to find anyone just a simple servant would have done but no nothing, we finally come up to the main hall with its doors as tall as the old oak trees that grow outside the kingdom their grand beauty shining brightly with solid gold detail engraved in to them looking as delicate as lace twisting and twinning around the edges. I burst through the doors losing my footing and crashing to the grounds with rin still on my back saving myself from hitting the floor face first, i just manage to put my hands out taking the impact on them, i quickly get up and dust myself off taking rin off my back and placing her on the floor whilst i scan the room looking from place to place till i see her, my mother, our queen sat at her desk i said and look at her as the sun shines through the window behind her eluminating her beauty, her cheek bones so slender yet so defined as she smiles, her skin the colour of a peach rose in the summer glow, those emerald green eyes looking at you with all the kindness in her heart as if she can see right into your soul, her white floor length gown trimmied with silver lace roses hugging her strong but slender body just by looking at her you know she is of great power but still great kindness as well, i soon break from staring at my mother when i fell something tugging at my top looking down i see Rin hiding behind my leg and smiling realizing i wasn't alone i realize that Alexander is still stood at the great doors of the hall, slowly i step forward and bow low to my mother with Rin still hiding behind my legs,
"Greetings mother "
"Greetings my daughter "she says smiling her dazzling smile
"this is prince Alexander from the BlueBlood Kingdom" i say as i straighten and step to the side so she has a clear view of him,
"Greetings your majesty " he says in such a strong and noble voice rich with mystery as though there is more than meets the eye to him, watching him bow to my mother i had not took in his looks before, looking at him i wonder know how i had not noticed his masculine build, his shirt tightly bound to his chest breathing heavily, his face so pure but yet so rugged those cheek bones so defined like they had been sketched by an artist and his eyes so so... well perfect those greyish-pale yellow eyes looking at you so unique so different but perfect for him never before in my life have i seen another like him, his soft chocolate brown hair laying on his wet brow,
"Greetings Alexander and welcome to our kingdom" she gracefully stands and walks forward toward us, her gown swaying gently as she moves with such elegance, such purity,
"please call me Alex your majesty"straightening up he strides forward to where rin and i are stood
"then please call me Chant"smiling as she reaches us i realize rin is still clinging to my leg as i begin to speak my mother waves her hand and smiles, smiling back i already now she knows rin is hiding.
"Hello little one and who are you "smiling warmly at rin she steps forward and holds out her hand, i look down at rin smiling and coaching her forward .
"I'm rin... Arias friend" comes this shaky innocent voice, shyly stepping forward and taking my mothers hand she looks at me in panic but i simply smile back assuring her she'll be fine.
Watching rin holding my mothers hand reminds me of my childhood when my mother and i would walk in the garden together and look at the wild flowers growing, so free, i always wished i could be like them to be able to do as i wish and find my place in life all i wished was to be able to roam as the normal of our kind do,but i never thought this would be my place guarding my mother from the dangers that could face us being on my guard constantly never truly being off duty not even in my sleep, realizing i was not alone i snapped out of my daydream and glanced around to see if i had been noticed not being on my full guard luckily i hadn't deciding it was time for me to wash and rest, Glancing once more at Alexander i turn my eyes upon my mother and cough ever so slightly as to get her attention, turning to face me she smiles Rins tiny hand still in hers i can not do anything but smile as i speak to her.
"mother i will be returning to my quarters now if you may i feel i must rest, i will get Torak to stand guard so as you will be safe "
" of course daughter rest well and i hope to see you at dinner" this was my mothers way of asking if i was joining her for dinner instead of just commanding that i join her, she would put little comments in as to say you will come to dinner but i will not tell you directly, mother had done that since i was a youngster i caught on fast and realized if mother hoped she meant you better had. softly nodding my head my wet hair falling over my shoulder i bid farewell to my mother and Alexander bowing slightly to them both as i begin to walk away i feel something grab at the bottom of my leg making me stumble a couple of steps i glance down out of the corner of my eye to see Rin attached to my leg and not letting go, as i look up i see my mother and Alexander