"Why?!" Nukra interrupted, leaning closer with curiosity.
"Because he was just too handsome and charming," Haelia replied.
The girls' faces brightened, and they beamed from ear to ear.
"And then he noticed that I hadn't said anything, so he asked for my name. But just as I parted my lips to answer, not one or two, but an entire group of royal guards came rushing toward him!"
Haelia's voice rose with excitement.
Nukra's eyes widened in astonishment.
"You must be joking!"
"Oh, I wish I were!" Haelia exclaimed before continuing. "They suddenly addressed him as Crown Prince Marcus—the Crown Prince of Weathbrow!"
Dydra's breath caught.
