The king raised his hand " Enough!!!"
His gaze swept across the princes , "we will proceed as planned, The test will begin at first light tomorrow " he announced, " Each of you will be given a task , that will determine your strength, character, power , judgment and wisdom "
The king leaned forward slowly , his expression changing into something darker .....
" Whoever fails , looses his chance at the throne ",
" You may leave ",
"Thank you , your majesty " they all said in unison ,
Outside the throne room , devan shoulder purposely collided with adrain's , seeing through his plot , adrain just smiled
, he spoke up softly " You don't have to be on edge devan , I promise to go gentle with you "
" Ha , on edge because of My younger brother, I will certainly remind you of your place by the time , I'm done with you tomorrow " Devan spoke up , chin lifted up in pride,
With a deadly expression adrain , leaned closer to devan ears and whispered " you don't even know what the test Is going to be , just hope it comes in your favor , else ...." adrain stood straight and looked his brother in the eye and smiled , a cold deadly smile , then he walked away.
Devan stood there almost loosing he's composure, scared at what tomorrow might bring .
After few seconds he walked to his room , to gather himself
Meanwhile ,
In a quiet areas of the kingdom, at Elena's home, she sat with her parents enjoying a warm meal , she prepared .
"Elena ", Mrs blackwood called, She carried a warm , sweet expression while looking at her daughter , " How is Kevin "
She asked , smiling so hard.
Kevin is a son of a carpenter, his parents passed away quiet early, he lived nearby , Elena parents took care of him ever since .
Over the years Elena parents watched as Elena and kevin grew close to each other, so enventually the parents betrothed them together.
They were waiting for Elena coming of age ceremony, to get them married to each other.
With a blush on her face "Mama....., he is fine, I actually gave him lunch , just now " Elena responded, "Stop , talking about all these stuff darling , you just made Elena as red as a tomato " Elena father Luke responded softly with a smile on his face
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"Haha haha " Elena's mum rosaline laughed hard , "Mama, papa , stop teasing me you guys " , Elena said running up to her room.
" Look, how much she has grown, I still remember how little she was when I gave birth to her , i can't believe she's about to be an adult" rosaline said , tears rolling down her cheek , as she spoke .
" Come here, darling " luke said , pulling his wife into his embrace , kissing her on the cheek , " She wasn't going to remain a baby forever dear , we can only pray she has a happy married life ", luke consoled his wife softly.
In quiet walls of the house , Elena lay on her bed happily , carrying a sweet smile on her face , her parents really knew how to tease her , she held a rose Kevin gave her , few weeks ago , she brought it up to her nose sniffing it, although the scent Had Long faded , she still clinged to it with love.
She lay on her bed recalling the night , Kevin told her he loved her, although he didn't have much , he was a very good and calm guy , always listening to her even though he is her senior , Kevin is 20 this year , why she's just seventeen, he always buys her chocolate whenever he comes back from work ....
He works at the town's bakery , he has always been extra sweet when it comes to her , though she doesn't mind .
"I can't wait to be 18" Elena thought with a smile on her face ....
Meanwhile (Kevin's home)
In a cold room , Kevin bent low holding a wooden box filled with so much coins.
" I can't wait to marry elena" he thought, smiling to himself as he dropped today's pay in the wooden box , he had been saving this money for years now , he planned to give Elena the best wedding she could ever dream of, he has always liked her ever since they were little, he hoped to be the best man for her . Smiling , he stood up and went to the parlor to eat the food Elena brought for him