King Zachary was looking around to find the human girl and noticed her sitting in one corner silently.
He released a tired sigh.
It was going to be tougher than he had expected.
On the other hand, Silja was quietly looking at everyone, who were walking around, and laughing. And were busy talking about each other's dresses and jewellery. Some were praising the king and queen about how amazing all the arrangements were.
Silja sneered in her head. Dragons or humans are all the same in that department. Attending parties and talking about totally irrelevant topics.
A mocking smile spread on her lips.
"You didn't like the party, my lady," Silja heard the voice and looked up.
Henry took a seat beside her.
"Yeah, you can say that," Silja replied. "May I know why?" He asked.
Henry called a maid and got two glasses from her and handed over one to Silja.
"Don't worry it's alcohol-free" he clarified.
Silja took the glass and sipped it on.
"I don't know anyone here," Silja replied to his previous question.
Henry opened his mouth to say something but Silja bit him to it.
"And I have no intention of knowing them at all," she looked at him with pursed lips.
"Maybe I think you should try giving this a chance. It might not be that bad as much as you think, after all, we dragons are not that bad," Henry tried to convince her.
"Honestly I wanted to give a chance but the first thing I experienced after coming to this land was a human being treated even worse than an animal, then a dragon attacking everyone and killing their own people. Not to forget how king Zachary literally forced me to take part here. After all this I don't think there is anything left to give chance," Silja sneered at the end of her sentence.
During the long journey from Atlanea to the North, she had talked to the man for quite some time and she knew that man was a reasonable person. So she didn't hesitate to speak her mind in front of him.
"I understand what you are going through and won't give you a long monologue about that. But now that you are here, use this time to your benefit. Make connections because the time for Atlanea is going to change and you have to be prepared. Don't stay the naive princess you were there," Henry gave her advice and Silja listened to him attentively.
She looked down and thought about what he said and agreed to herself that what he said made sense.
"All these people standing right in front of you are aristocrats and influencers of the northern land. If I know correctly they are all worthy making connections," Henry added.
Henry looked at the young girl who was processing what he said. He knew that even though the human princess looked very young she was smarter and tougher than she looked.
"Now if you, my lady, don't mind, can we have something for your stomach?" Henry commented after some time. She was feeling hungry.
"Sure," agreed and both of them stood up to walk where food was being served.
"How do you like the food here my lady?" Henry tried to make small talk.
"Well, one thing I couldn't deny is that the food is amazing," Silja nodded her head.
"I'm glad you at least like something here," Henry laughed.
After they were done eating Henry took her to the dance floor. Although Silja wanted to deny but she didn't want to embarrass the man so she agreed.
Everyone was back on the dance floor ready to dance the whole night.
On the stage, Donovan also danced with a lady who was trying to talk to him about which the man was least interested in.
His eyes were glued to one figure dancing gracefully just in front of him.
He had noticed her when she entered the hall and after that, his never eyes left her face for a second until she decided to choose one corner to sit in. He didn't see her coming to dance and didn't understand why.
Was she waiting for him? He had thought but when he saw her dancing and giggling with his father's squire that theory was proven wrong.
Well, the woman was odd. While everyone was trying to come and talk to him for one time she didn't even try to come in front of him. Nor did she glance at him even once.
But the oddest thing was that sire Hanry was dancing with her. The man was kind and the best man his father has. But altho man look nobel he was the toughest and hard to get along with. But the way they were talking and dancing it was quite visible that they know each other very well.
During whole this time he didn't pay much attention to the girl, but now it looks like that he should dig deeper.
Donovan was in his thoughts when music changed and every couple started to move to the middle to form a circle.
Total twelve pairs were dancing in the circle, with a small pause in music the women twirled and changed their partners, walking one step ahead. They danced in the sink moving in circles while moving in the same rhythm as each other.
Donovan was dancing with his mother and then his pair changed with Genie who was dancing just beside him with Samuel.
The little girl twirled and jumped around him to the rhythm of the music while giggling nonstop.
Looking at her, a small smile formed on Don's lips.
On the other hand, Silja found herself dancing with a man in a pale purple shirt.
As the music kept changing its rhythm Silja along with all the ladies kept changing their partners according to dance step.
The one who was holding her held her and twirled her before pulling her towards him before letting her free in the middle of the circle, Silja did chaîné across the circle elegantly and found herself gliding in strong arms.
She lifted her head and found a tall, masked man holding her in his arms securely.
Without taking a time of breath she found the man moving her body in the sink with him.
He was tall, very tall, hair was combed neatly behind while leaving some bangs falling on his forehead unruly.
The crisp red shirt has beautiful embroidery patches made from golden threads. Giving him a regal aura.
The identical black mask with his clothes was hiding half of his face. The shadow from the mask hiding the true colour of his eyes.
Silja felt herself small compared to him and became subconscious and looked down. There was no doubt in who he was.
He was the eldest prince of the North, the man whom people feared.
The couple broke the circle and started to dance to their rhythm. He held her from the waist and lifted her diligently and twirled before putting her down.
His eyes were on her without looking away for a second.
Silja on the other hand refused to meet his gaze looking everywhere but him.
"Your gaze is everywhere but on the right person," she suddenly heard a husky male voice ringing beside her ear shell.