Royal Replicas by Michael Pierce

Author:Michael Pierce [Pierce, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance
Publisher: ParousiaSix Press
Published: 2017-07-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

I saw Kale once more before leaving on my date with Prince Byron. He didn’t say a word to me, which I took to mean everything with Mina went smoothly. But it didn’t stop me from wondering.

“Are you feeling all right?” Prince Byron asked while we sat in the back of the limousine, on our way to whatever he had planned. “You seem preoccupied.”

“No. I’m fine,” I said. “I didn’t sleep much last night. I was too excited. Except now I’m crashing. I drank quite a bit of tea earlier to wake up until I found out lemon chamomile doesn’t have caffeine.”

“It’s an herbal tea. None of them has caffeine.”

“Good to know.”

The Prince had told me before leaving that I should dress comfortably, so I consulted with Kimera and we’d jointly decided on dark blue jeans and a maize-colored blouse with a wide, off-the-shoulder neckline.

Prince Byron was also dressed casually, in khaki pants tucked into brown boots nearly reaching his knees and a white, button-down dress shirt. The top two buttons were open, revealing a thin patch of chest hair. I swear I wasn’t staring.

“I’ve wanted to ride with you since the first time I met you,” he said. “I wish you hadn’t turned me down that day.”

“I wish I could have gone riding with you that day instead of leaving you with Constance.”

“Yeah… She’s a lot to handle,” he said. “It still gets me how similar you look, but otherwise, you couldn’t be more different.”

“Hard to believe we came from the same genes, isn’t it?” I said and laughed.

“You asked me what I think of it, but you never told me about you. What was it like for you when you found out what you are?”

I thought my world couldn’t be any more destroyed after growing up with the Ramseys, but the Queen managed to do just that. She managed to take away the little identity I had left. The little bit of myself still sacred. I couldn’t tell him that.

“What I am is just another person, like you—like anyone. The Queen’s great revelation didn’t change that. Sure, it was surprising at first—and totally hard to believe—but it didn’t change who I was. I mean, it could have, if I’d let it. If anything, it made me feel special.”

I couldn’t believe how naturally the words were escaping my lips. And maybe there’d even come a day when I could convince myself to believe them.

“You are special,” Prince Byron said and took one of my hands in both of his, which were warm and comforting.

It took about an hour to reach our destination. The back door of the limousine was opened and Edward, the driver from my trip from the train station, lent a hand to help me out. Prince Byron followed.

I was immediately hit by a strong wind, almost masking the sound of crashing waves. We were parked on the side of the road, next to a stretch of dirt that gradually transitioned into a black sand beach. The sun was already lowering over the water.

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