Chapter 205
After cleaning up princess Anse followed Marco to his cabin. “Hi. When did you arrive?” Marco asked confused at the new woman sitting in his cabin.
“Michelle went to the bathroom, I am her friend,” the lady stood up to introduce herself.
“Phoebe?!” Anse exclaimed, throwing herself into her arms.
“Anse!” Phoebe embraces her, surprised to see her without her guards.
Phoebe looked out of the cabin, “Where are your guards?”
“Not here, I ran away,” Princess Anse said, proud of herself.
“Your father must be so mad!” Phoebe laughed.
Michelle arrived back at the cabin at that moment, “I see you have met my girlfriend.”
“Girlfriend?” Princess Anse asked, looking at Phoebe.
“Yes, girlfriend,” Michelle said, giving Phoebe a smooch.
“Ok,” Marco drags out, pulling princess Anse into the cabin and closing the door, “Before we all get locked up.”
“Guess who she is,” Phoebe said once they all were seated.
“One of the stolen princesses?” Princess Anse said since she was looking at the split image of her grandmother.
“That obvious?” Michelle asked.
“You look exactly like our grandmother. So, who is her father?” Princess Anse asked.
“Prince Mano,” Phoebe smiled.
“Are you for real? But she has a tombstone in the garden,” Princess Anse said confused.
“An empty one,” Phoebe said, putting her arm around Michelle.
“By the way, I am Marco,” he introduced himself, feeling left out.
“Hello Marco,” Michelle said with a smile.
Princess Anse gave Phoebe another hug and whispers, “He does not know about our world.”
“Thanks for the heads-up,” Phoebe whispered back.
“I cannot believe what a small world this is,” Princess Anse said.
“Tell me about it,” Phoebe laughed.
“How did you meet? How did all this happen?” Princess Anse asked, wagging her finger at the two of them.
Phoebe told her the short version, leaving out how Michelle was treated, and that Emily stayed with her grandmother.
“Well trust me, Phoebe is right, you are better off not knowing our family,” Princess Anse said.
***
The next morning princess Anse got up early and tried her best not to wake anyone up.
“Where are you off to?” Phoebe asked.
“I have to go work; it is my fare,” Princess Anse explained, getting ready.
“Never thought I will see the day,” Phoebe teased.
“Laugh all you want,” Princess Anse said, sticking her tongue out at Phoebe.
“I take it you ran away without any money?” Phoebe asked.
“It was an impulsive decision,” Princess Anse said.
“Stay, I am leaving in a bit, and I paid for a full ride, all the way to Spain,” Phoebe explained.
“Where are you going?” Princess Anse asked, sitting down.
“Patrolling around the train and the route it is going, making sure there is no danger on the way,” Phoebe explained.
“Oh, yeah, I forgot, you are some sort of hybrid?” Princess Anse confirmed.
“Something like that,” Phoebe smiled.
“Please be on the lookout for my father and my guards; I think if they find me, they will kill Marco,” Princess Anse said, looking over to a sleeping Marco.
“I will,” Phoebe said, before getting up and kissing a sleeping Michelle before leaving.
***
Back at the castle.
Shortly after the meeting finished with the Lycan royals, they all got ready to leave for Italy as it was where princess Anse was last, and everyone agreed that they should trace her scent from there.
“I will speed over tonight and keep you updated,” Wynn said before mind linking prince Deacon
‘Your brothers are all back at the castle but will leave tomorrow again. Princess Anse ran away, I will go to Italy tonight as that is where she was last,’ Wynn's mind linked to prince Deacon.
‘Let her be, she is better off,’ Prince Deacon advised.
‘I know, I am going to make sure she is safe and gets away,’ Wynn's mind linked back.
‘Take Mano with you, give him a new life,’ Prince Deacon requested, just having thought of it.
‘See you tonight,’ Wynn agreed.
***
That evening Wynn sped over to prince Deacon and was surprised to find the enchantress still there, “What is she still doing here?”
“I want her to put a spell over you to make you forget where you leave Mano. I want none of us to know where he is,” Prince Deacon said.
“Has anyone ever found out where princess Claire was?” Wynn asked, offended that prince Deacon does not trust him, after all this time.
“When I return to the castle Avery better be there,” Wynn said before picking prince Mano up and speeding off with him.
‘Where to start your new life?’ Wynn thought on his way to Europe. A few days later Wynn left Mano in his new house, with a new life, and compelled him to believe that he was a businessman whose parents got killed in the war and he inherited their fortune.
Prince Mano woke up one morning and all he knew was that he was in the buying and selling of property and that he was calling this foreign land his new home and hopefully starting a family.
Prince Mano went outside of his house and started to walk in any direction to find transport to the nearest town to start doing business. After asking a few people for directions and being pointed toward taxis he made his way over to the town.
“What is that?” Prince Mano asked, hearing the steam train in the distance, his mind telling him it is familiar but for some reason, he can not put his finger on it.
“It is a train,” the taxi driver said, looking at prince Mano as if he was crazy for not knowing.
“Take me to it,” Prince Mano said, eager to see what it looked like as his mind could put the sound to an image.
“It is in town, so we will be at the station shortly,” the driver said, shaking his head.
Prince Mano got to the train station just in time to see it pull in and before it pulled off again, he bought himself a first-class return ticket, from France to Spain and back.
***
On the way to France, Phoebe checked in at night and convinced Marco and princess Anse to travel with them to Spain.
“Why Spain, what is in Spain,” Princess Anse asked.
“We are going to go find out,” Michelle said, excited.
“Actually,” Phoebe said, looking over at Michelle, “We saw news of an outlaw that might be hiding out in Spain so, well, yes, it is an adventure, but I am also on the lookout for one of you.”
“One of us?” Michelle asked the question that princess Anse also wanted to ask.
“A stolen princess,” Phoebe explained.
“So you think an outlaw in Spain is one of us?” Princess Anse asked confused.
“Red hair, blue eye seductress, is what they call her,” Phoebe said.
“Why go after her? Are you rounding us up?” Michelle asked.
“Finding you was by chance, I was not looking for you, however, this girl might be in trouble and need our help,” Phoebe explained.
“And if she is not one of us? Are you still going to help her?” Michelle questioned.
“Yes, I am still going to help her,” Phoebe said smiling.
“Why?” Michelle wondered.
“Well, as you know, my grandmother and I are putting together an army, so,” Phoebe started but got interrupted.
“An army for what?” Princess Anse asked, already knowing the answer.
“You know why,” Phoebe said after a moment of silence.
“My grandmother always loved you as her own, but you are still out to get them, my family, our family,” Princess Anse pointed at Michelle and herself.
“What is she talking about?” Michelle asked.
“You know they killed my father and my mother for no reason!” Phoebe defended herself.
“I want to meet them first,” Michelle said, looking at Phoebe.
“Nothing will stop us,” Phoebe warned.
“And our fathers? Are you going to kill them as well?” Princess Anse asked.
“If they stand in the way,” Phoebe stated flatly.
Before anyone could say another word, Phoebe thought it best to leave, “I need some fresh air.”
Phoebe speed only to the next compartment of the train before walking to the restaurant, ‘Why Michelle insisted on going to the normal class instead of the first class I don’t know,’ she thought entering the restaurant, ready to order the most expensive meal and wine.
As she walked past a man to sit at an available table she paused and gave a step back to look at his face, recognizing him from the paintings at the castle, “Prince Mano?”
Prince Mano looked from his newspaper and when their eyes meet the both of them felt the fated mate bond rip through them. Prince Mano was confused for a moment at the feelings stirring inside of him for this stranger that he thought he have never met. Before he could find the words to say something to this Asian beauty his memories started to flood back in an overwhelming force.
Phoebe knew what she was feeling even though it was the first time it was happening to her. She always thought it will never happen because there aren’t many royal suitors out there. She sat at the chair across from prince Mano and studied his face that seemed as if he was in agony.
