"I am but a simple maiden chosen by his highness." Kaida mumbled. "What right have I to call him by his beloved name?" She braved her prince's gaze.
She wasn't done with her etiquette lessons but she knew that she couldn't very well just call him by his name. Especially not when they were in Telarion. It was intimate and she was nothing but his maiden. Besides, that would mean she accepted him, accepted her new life, accepted to be bound to the man that had taken everything away from her.
"Because I desire you to." He breathed out as he drew closer. "Shouldn't my simple maiden at least seek to grant me this simple wish?" He towered over her and held her by her chin. He had her looking up at him fully, his eyes searched her face before they settled on her eyes. The intensity in his orbs
