Her glances never tore from his eyes which were actually mocking her for going through the route of exchanging her cousin.
Yet, in the end, he can't actually understand why she had to do the same.
"You are angry? Prince Cyrus, aren't you thinking too highly of yourself?" Alice can't but mutter, as her glances were met with amusement from his side.
It gave her the tinge of angry expressions but she left them behind.
"I do have the right to get angry. After all, I was told to marry another lady, and then… you appeared. Too much work." Alice shook her head when she couldn't believe that this monster was actually interested in marrying her sister?
She knew that he and Flora hadn't even interacted with each other once. When Flora asked him, he had politely declined according to what he wished, making Flora's face sullen.
But neither of them reacted and she wasn't in any fool to believe that he cared for her sister.
Nevertheless, he told her openly that he will actually make Flora's life rotten as hell!
Alice's lips were purely sealed when she had no intention to actually converse with his monster, who is now converted into her husband.
Tilting her head in the window's direction, Alice didn't even meet his eyes anymore. But the same wasn't liked by Cyrus.
He kept on blurting and did the same thing as he told her.
"What happened? Don't tell me that you felt pity for your sister and asked her to actually run away from the wedding? Hmm?" Cyrus's inner urges told him to tease this lady to the next height.
If she acts too mighty, maybe this is the time to actually show her the real place.
Alice tried to keep mum, but her patience was written off. 'Is he seriously thinking that I Will think of marrying him?' Was he living in some kind of wonderland?
Without meeting his glance, she answered, "You are most welcome or think whatever you wish to, I won't judge you even. But remember that, no one would have been happier if Flora had actually married you today."
"So are you openly saying that you wanted to put your sister's life in danger? Hmm?"
"Danger?" Alice's lips curve upward into a smile when she repeated, "She herself agreed to marry you. No one forced you or her, Crown Prince. "
"So how can you term this as a forced alliance? You were given the chance to actually react, in the courtroom when the rings were exchanged but you said that you are doing this willingly...didn't you?"
"But that was with your sister, not with you if you need details of the event." Cyrus's words made Alice's teeth grit against each other.
Yes, she might be at fault but he doesn't need to act as if he was at any kind of loss. He was supposed to marry a human, so he did. Why does it matter that it is the second princess of the Kingdom or the Crowned princess?
As Alice lowered her head a little bit down, she couldn't help but feel herself freezing with the constant glare that was over her head.
He was even acting as one of the monsters, she usually described as him. 'Why is it important for him to act like that?'
She shouldn't care, Alice told herself. However, how was she supposed to stop him from staring at her in his devious manner?
At last, the string of her broke down when she finally rolled her eyes and said, "Can you just stop staring at me like this?"
"Why? Does it make you feel the awkwardness Princess? I thought you might be actually used to the same. Seems like I was wrong.." The smile on Cyrus's lips never dimmed.
It was as bright as that of the sun, whose side gave her the sense of worriedness.
While Alice wanted him to shut his freaking mouth, her wish wasn't fulfilled even once. Not only did the man comment over her character, but also regarding attitude and her intention of marrying him.
'Who would ever like to marry this monster?' Unfortunately, Alice had no idea how many vampires were ready to be liked for her young Prince.
When Cyrus noticed that the lady was still intact on her seat, it gave him unusual feelings. His hands were curled into fists as he coughed a bit to gain her attention towards him, "You are the Princess, who have actually chosen to sacrifice your life for his alliance."
On hearing the serious voice of his, Alice's hands clutched the gown from her lap. Lifting Her brown eyes, she stared at his finest face, "Sacrifice will be worth it if my empire stays safe.."
"Even if I torture you and you will have to be met with my other wives?"
"Yes...even after that..."
Alice's determination made Cyrus a bit of un calm. He couldn't even imagine that a girl like her, who was so well settled in her life, was actually thinking of going to this length.
there was no denying the fact that she really loved her empire, and so do her people. 'She is surely made perfect to be a queen of a kingdom...' yes, he had already determined this out in other bodies and talks.
Unfortunately, he isn't willing to offer anything else, neither does he have the power to do so. The lips of us were turned into a straight line which made him ruffle his hair.
"You are stubborn but I'm happy that you are very clear in your mind..this time, you can have nothing else except...the title, the title of being the Queen of the Gazelle Kingdom," he told her honestly.
"I'm not even expecting anything out of this alliance..." Alice answered when she rotated her head to see outside of the window, as her heart grew heavier with the tinge of sadness that put the shade over it. "Moreover, a vampire and a human..can never match and mate. This is too common for me to know.."
The Crown Prince stared at her back, with an arrow that had actually struck his heart. It was very much unknown of him to react but he still tried to maintain calm. 'We can't match or mate..'
'I'm not even allowed to be in love with her..' the words of his father very much cleared his mind.
So were the same in Alice's case who was more interested in keeping the relationship between the two normal.
But she knows that it will take a long journey for them to actually come to a coordinated relationship.
The silence was engulfing the entire cart, making both of them feel suffocated. He doesn't wish to accept but she was beautiful, to the extent where he actually wanted to have a better look.
However, Alice either kept her face away from him or in the direction of the window.
She was as cautious as she could be with this man around her, with the only option that was mentally present, and that was she will soon have nothing.. she would have to deal with tons of things.
But when Alice was engrossed in her own thoughts, did his husky voice enter her ears, "Since you have already decided to come as my Queen, not as the concubine, you still carry the title and I hope you will actually give justice to it."
Lack of response from her side, made him continue, "Moreover, either it is your sister, or you, the terms and conditions will never change. I just asked King Vilas, your father, to actually have you only to save the soldiers, and avoid the war." He gave a clear-cut answer, making Alice bite her lower lip.
While Cyrus's eyes didn't budge from the straightaway, when he had no plans to look at his bride, "Don't bring the misconception in your brain that you will ever hear me saying you anything...I don't do love."
'Anything good can't be even predicted out of you monsters...' Alice muttered in between her breath, avoiding him from hearing her sentence.
"There will be a proper alliance, as we all asked. Perform your duties as you will be assigned and..don't indulge in my personal space. I'm supposed to have women out of this alliance since we all need a child to be born.."
Till now, Alice had already closed her eyes, in the hope of not letting her mind wander in a possible way. Despite knowing that this man was nothing but a monster, the fact that her husband will be entangled with the other woman, crossed her heart to give her the feeling of thunder.
She could feel the chills down her spines, as was converted her fist and the nails were digging into her flesh.
"Affectionate words are not my style. Don't even think that I will leave my harem.... in the near future, I might have to marry other princesses to gain power, so be ready for the same..