Princess of the Silver Ocean - Chapter 66

That he even had no interest in being a prince if it meant him marrying a woman just for the sake of him being a royal member of the family and to produce an heir. He just wanted to spend the rest of his years with Adam because the man was his other half and his soulmate.

“Who is Adam?” Astoria asked, for some reason feeling curious about this man.

“He is a kitsune businessman,” the fox prince said, “One of the most influential businessmen in Chesropis.”

“He is very popular and handsome,” Ai added, smiling, “And a big gentleman. He works with gemstones and creates jewelry for men and women.”

Astoria nodded. Somehow, the man reminded her of Stan. He was also very popular in the police force, especially for his looks. He was also as skilled as her. Her body suddenly slumped as she realized that she had missed her world and her friends. Her friends being Jigger and Stan.

‘Ah, Jigger,’ she thought, pressing her lips together, ‘I do not know if I can call him a friend or even trust him anymore. What if he really did plan to kill me?’

She let out a sigh and placed her palms to her forehead.

‘I really need to go back and figure all this out,’ she bit her lip.

“Everything okay?” she heard the fox prince ask her, causing her to move her palms away from her forehead and sit up straight.

“Uh, yeah,” she replied, nodding quickly, “I kind of just have a lot on my mind.”

“Well, I am here if you wanna talk about it,” she heard him say.

She smiled and nodded. Ai stood up.

“Well,” Ai grabbed her bag, “I am going to have something to eat and then head to bed.”

“Oh, okay,” Astoria smiled.

“Thanks to someone who stole Nexi away from me,” Ai began, a frown on her face as she stared at her big brother, “I had to work extra hard all by myself and was left to die from boredom. Goodnight.”

Astoria softly laughed, and Ai’s brother watched as his little sister’s figure disappeared from them.

“She must be angry that I did not bring you back to her,” he told Astoria, a smile on his handsome face.

“I figured,” Astoria said, also standing up and grabbing the plastic bag on the table.

“We should also get going,” she said, stretching her hands, “I am tired and sleepy.”

Prince Yashiro nodded, and they left. Lara was put in a spare bedroom not far from them. Astoria had stayed with her until she had fallen asleep.

“What a day,” she mumbled as she stepped inside her bedroom to find the fox prince was fast asleep.

She walked towards him and stared at him. He had taken off his sweater, and she could see the bandage that had covered his chest. At least he was healing, but compared to the royal guards who were with him in the mission to eliminate Saxhish, he suffered the most and gained more wounds and bruises than them.

‘I hope you get better soon,’ she thought, smiling down at the fox prince.

She walked to her side of the bed and went under the covers, making sure that she covered herself properly as the night had grown cold. Her body felt as if it was melting when she had touched the bed. All the exhaustion she had begun to take effect. She rubbed her eyes, letting out a soft yawn in the process. She then closed her eyes and was off to dreamland.

She had a lucid dream where she was half awake and half asleep. In her dream, she was in an unfamiliar room. The room was pitch black, so she could not see anything. A bright light suddenly entered the room, and she covered her eyes at the brightness. When her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she examined the room to find that it was empty with only a red carpet.

She saw a door and walked towards it. Her hand rested on the doorknob and turned it, pushing the door open. When she stepped out, she found herself dressed in a red wedding dress. She raised her eyebrows, feeling shocked and confused at the dress she wore. There was a mirror across from her, and when she looked at her reflection, she backed away.

“What the?” she uttered.

Besides the wedding dress she was wearing, she had on red earrings and a ruby-encrusted necklace. Her hair was tied up, and she wore a red veil.

“A-am I getting married? What the hell is with this attire?” she furrowed her brows.

She then heard the sound of wedding bells, and a door to her right opened, revealing a white room. She pressed her lips together and stared at the room. She breathed out and walked into the white room. There, her eyes widened as she found prince Yashiro standing near a priest at the wedding altar, his hands clasped together.

She felt a hand under her own. It was Nexi’s father, and he was walking her to her groom. She could not believe she was having a dream where she was getting married. Nexi’s father left her in front of the fox prince and walked away to sit next to Morvin and

“Dearly beloved,” she heard the priest say.

She looked up at him, and her eyes widened. He had turned into a kobold, a reptilian humanoid creature.

“We are gathered here tonight,” the priest continued, “to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.”

‘Damn,’ Astoria thought, staring at the bouquet of red roses that had magically appeared in her arms, ‘This really is a wedding.’

She stared at the fox prince, who was dressed in a white tuxedo. He smiled at her, his face beaming with happiness.

“Do you, Kuba Yashiro, take Nexi Callan,” the reptilian priest continued, “to be your lawfully wedded wife…?”

‘Ah!’ she bit her bottom lip, ‘What the hell is happening? This dream feels way too real!’

“And do you, Nexi Callan…”

Her eyes widened.

‘What do I say? I mean, I am not Nexi, and what if Nexi does not want to marry him?’

“Miss Callan?” the reptilian priest said, drawing her attention to him.

“Oh, um,” she licked her lips, “I…I…um…”

Prince Yashiro stared at her with a raised eyebrow. The guests watched the scene unfolding and whispered among themselves.

“Does she not want to marry him?”

“Is she having cold feet?”

“Who would not want to marry him?”

“She would be a fool to say no. I mean, it would do her kingdom a whole lot of good.”

These were some of the things the guests were saying to each other, and since Astoria knew that she was dreaming, she could enhance her hearing, so she heard what they were saying.

‘It is easy for you guys to say,’ she thought, fidgeting, ‘You are not trapped in someone else’s body and faced with the biggest choice of your life, which could affect you and the person whose body you are trapped in.’

A few seconds passed, and the door of the room abruptly opened. A strong wind gushed through, causing the wedding altar to fall over and the wedding decorations to do the same. Prince Yashiro immediately pulled her close to him and protected her, his hands wrapped around her waist. She had dropped the bouquet of roses in her hands.

The guests were screaming as they gripped whatever they could find to hold on so that they could not be blown away by the strong wind. Astoria stared at the fox prince wide-eyed. She raised her eyebrow at him, and he shrugged, not knowing what was going on either.

“My, my,” a familiar voice uttered, “What do we have here?”

A strange man walked in, and Astoria gasped, her hand covering her mouth in shock.

“What the?” she breathed out.

The voice belonged to none other than Jigger.

‘What is he doing here?’ she stared at him in bewilderment.

“So you are having a wedding and did not even invite me?” he asked, an evil smirk on his face.

He was covered in a red coat.

“Well,” he said, walking towards her, “I am here now, but what the hell is this I hear? You think I killed you?”

Jigger scoffed and then spread out his hands. Suddenly she was roughly pulled towards him and found herself in his embrace, his arm wrapped around her waist. His eyes were crazy. To her, he looked bloodthirsty and malicious, but what she mostly realized was that he was not Jigger.

“You are not Jigger,” she coldly stated, “so who the hell are you?”

The man laughed loudly, and the room shook. Prince Yashiro pulled out his sword and ran towards them to save her. The man clicked his tongue in annoyance and caused a strong wind to blow him away. This caused the fox prince’s body to roughly hit the wall across them. He let out a groan and clutched his chest.

“Prince Yashiro!” she exclaimed, staring at him with started eyes.

She turned her attention to the strange imposter holding her. Her eyes were narrowed, and she growled.

“Ooh,” the man licked his lips, “I love this look on you.”