“Okay, I guess I will marry him then.” I murmur coldly, just fiddling with my fingers because there’s nothing more that I’m going to be able to do, “and I guess that I don’t need you then. I don’t want you to ruin my relationship with the Prince, do I? I don’t know.”

I hate that I’m even saying this, but I have to walk away from him because I couldn’t do anything else. I wish that I could have done a lot more, wanting to be close to him but I know I’m not going to be able to do anything like that.

I can’t bring him closer.

If I do, I know it will end up destroying everything. I can’t do anything else, but I keep asking myself if this is going to be the right thing for me to do. I’m just hoping and praying that I might be able to have a relationship with someone else.

I can’t do this.

I don’t know if I will ever be able to.

Chapter Two

Ruka

“You’ll like her.” Mom praises the Princess that I’m going to marry, making me feel a little weird about it because I would have never guessed anything like that, “she is a very competent female and I think that you’ll enjoy your relationship with her. If it ends up happening this way, I don’t know but I truthfully think that you’ll be okay with whatever happens between you.”

“Do you think so?” I ask her, feeling a little weird about it because I would have never guessed it, “You’re trying to marry me off because they have a weak kingdom, and you want their assets. I’m sorry but I’m not quite happy with doing that when we’re going to gain nothing but a burden.”

Mom rolls her eyes, “You know your dad died and left me in charge, Ruka. It is up to me to decide when you’ll be taking the position as King, and I want to make sure that you’re going to have someone strong by your side. I don’t know if your relationship will be one hundred percent certain, but I can assure you that you’ll love her. She is sweet and kind.”

“I highly doubt that.” I correct her, seeing how I don’t need to be married, “I am the Dragon Prince. I am respected and feared, and nobody dares to stand in my way. Truthfully, it would be best if we didn’t think about anything else… Okay?”

I don’t know what to say about this because I need to make sure that I’m going to be next to a prissy princess who isn’t going to end up coming from it. She’s going to get me nothing from it, and I’m going to have to keep her at a distance no matter what. If I do this the wrong way, then I’m sure that I will gain nothing from it. I just have to make sure that I’m doing this the right way.

I just hope I can do this one hundred percent.

“We’re here.” Mom murmurs, making me look up.

It is a simple castle, that much I have noticed already. It’s nothing too fancy, that much is clear to me. It makes my stomach churn because it is like nothing else that I would want to deal with. I see the King and Queen standing in the front, making me feel a little weird. I don’t see the Princess though.

I don’t see her at all, hoping that I can do a lot more from it. I see that she can’t even come to see me, that’s not really surprising though. She doesn’t have the balls to face me. It’s not surprising though if you ask me either way.

I don’t know what I was expecting from her.

Nothing truthfully.

It would be best if she just left and never returned, that much is very clear right now and I wish that I could have done a lot more. It makes me want to do a lot more because it’s like nothing else that I have dreamed about. I long to make sure that I’m going to be close to her and make her life a living hell.

I’m going to make sure that she regrets trying to marry me.

Truthfully, I just want to be with someone who is my fated mate, nothing else like that before. I don’t know why mom hasn’t been able to figure that out already and I wish that I could have just kept her to understand why I didn’t want to be close toanother woman like that. I guess there is really nothing else that I’m going to be able to do about it.

I wish that I could do a lot more though.

I wish that maybe I could put a stop to all of this because it would be a dangerous thing if I allowed that woman to take hold of me. I will just play this game until my fated mate walks into my life and I won’t allow anyone else to get closer to me. That would be the right thing for me to do if I’m being completely honest.

I don’t know if it is going to be alright though.

“King William, Queen Stella, it is so nice to see you again.” Mom murmurs, looking at them with a big smile on her face like it doesn’t make me sick to my stomach, “I am glad that we finally get to officially meet and we’re not going to let anyone else stand in our way. We have to make sure that our kingdoms are strong…”

I’m looking between them now, wishing that I could have pushed the distance between them but there’s no way that was going to end up happening. I don’t know what is going to come from it, but I wish that I could make sure that this thing never comes to life.

I wish that I could have pushed them away.

That would be the wrong thing to do.

“And this is my son, Ruka.” Mom introduces me, seeing how the King and Queen look at me like we’re nuts, “where is Jessie?”