Allura's POV:

I finally come around after who knows how long. My body is in pain and drenched in rain. I sit up and start looking around me I see Pedro laying passed out a few feet away from me. I have no energy to walk towards him so I crawl to him instead. His head must have collide with a rock because its bleeding a bit.

"Pedro. Pedro open your eyes please." I shake him a few times before he finally opens his eyes. He holds his head while trying to sit up. "We must take shelter the cottage is just up ahead come on. On your feet." I take his hand and help him up as I balance him on my shoulder.

We begin walking and soon arrive at the cottage. Opening the door we walk through the walkway I place Pedro in the lounge carefully. I walk into the bathrooms hoping to find aid kit. After finding it I walk back into the lounge.

I tend to his wound as best as I can. I had to learn how to tend to injuries when I was young I had watch my mother tend to her wounds herself after my Dad would lose control. None of the Maidservants could see those parts of our family for the privacy.

I hate violence, I am very sensitive to everything loud, shouting and I never want to have anyone's anger to be directed towards me. "Ahh" Pedro groan taking me out of my thoughts. "Sorry." This is all his fault now we will be stuck here and I will get in trouble for certain. I finish up with a few bandages. "I need some water could you get it for me." Is he being serious right now. "No. You can get it yourself I have to patch up my wounds." I move up to the other couch and start.

He gets up from the couch and limps all the way to the kitchen and pours a glass of water. "You are going to blame me for all of this aren't you?" Wow can he read my mind amazing. "It is your fault." he whispers something under his breath and walks over to the couch across from me. His presence irks me. "Allura the last time I checked you decided of your own free will to come along with me." he places the glass on the lounge table. I finish up with my bandages and pack up the kit.

"Pedro you liter-" I am stop thinking off how I was suppose to meet with Miguel if only I had waited for him then I would have been safe and not here right now with this imbecile. "I will not engage in conversation right now I wish to sit in silence." He sits back into the chair.

"Why were you at the stables anyway?" He does not understand what silence means of course. "I was waiting for your brother I am quite sure you know. We should get some sleep how many rooms are in here anyway." I walk towards the other rooms in the cottage with Pedro behind me. There is only one room just our luck.

"I will take the floor then." Pedro take a blanket off the bed along with a pillow placing them on the floor. "Are you not going to freshen up you will catch a cold." He stops his movements for a minute and then starts walking towards me leaving very little space between us. "Do you care or do love keeping your perfect face." I stay silent as I consider what he just said. "What do you mean by that?" I ask trying to make time to think of an answer. "You always act perfect in front of everyone what is your true face?" what does he mean "perfect". "This is my true face and its nowhere near perfect but of course you would take genuine kindness for fakeness considering your taste in the company you keep."

He backs me up into the wall and he doesn't once break eye contact. He was always known to be a flirt. "What is it with your obsession with my love life, what would you like to be accommodated in it?" So pathetic. "Maybe years ago naive little me would have jumped at this opportunity sadly your highness that me has long died." His jaw tightness. "Still as naive as ever. You should freshen first I need some air." There is much emotion in his eyes I can't figure it out. He walks out the room and I finally breath.

I have no idea what that was about, I shouldn't even entertain anything from Pedro I can't go back to feeling anything for him at all. After taking a shower Pedro shortly goes in for his and I just settle in the bed. He walks out shortly without his shirt, I try not to stare but I guess I failed miserably. He settles on the floor next to the bed.

"Are you in love with your future husband " he asks from besides the bed. "I will learn to love him." I answer bluntly, "You do know love is not a study right...right?" He sits up and looks at me from the floor.

What does he know about love? "I am sure that love will find a way in the end." Bluntly answering while trying to get some sleep. "Is that from one of your books? That's not how it's works just saying?" He tone sounds so proud to say that.

"Pedro what do you know about love to advice me? Maybe you might not be able to find genuine lobve but that doesn't mean that others will meet your fate." The words seem harsh but seriously who does he think he is. "I never once said that I love Cara so if you are using as a standard of my capacity of loving that is your problem."

So he still uses girls this date? It's the mere fact that he can keep face and make it seem to an outsider that he is in love that scares me. When is he ever being true to himself. "Goodnight Hailstings." I end the conversation because I really don't want to be attached to him or possibly open anything I have killed.

The next day

Pedro and I woke up early in the morning and started walking we found our horses and rode back to the acedamy grounds. Pedro took responsibility of taking the horses to the stable for some reason and he said he would explain to Miguel about what happened but all I was thinking about was rushing back to get ready because I was late for class.

I tried searching for Pedro since the first class is Leadership but no luck. I walk into the room and a few minutes later he arrives. The Headmistress went over some notes with us before she let us discuss among ourselves. "Since you have more alliances than me I think you should be the one to initiate conversation in picking the best one."

He finally took something other than girls seriously or maybe perhaps because he is so well known. "I can help you in the negotiation and meeting if you'd like?" I can't trust he to this part of the project alone his skill when coming to this are very horrible. "Do you have to I mean I can handle it besides I want push myself" Pedro wants to push himself ? Something is definitely amiss. He tone when saying that didn't sit right with me, I know he is lying.

"Alright so when will you meet with them?" Trying to get as much information as possible so I can keep my eyes on him. "On Wednesday after the Ratchball hosting every connection will be there." Noted. The bell rings and we pack up to leave. "Prince Hailstings and Princess Bright kindly stay behind I would like a word." The Headmistress announces while everyone walks out and Cara kisses Pedro goodbye on his cheek which he doesn't look pleased about.

Headmistress approaches us and the look in her eyes just paralysis my body to the chair and my breath feels heavy in my chest. "Might you care to enlighten me about why the two of you were of the academy grounds?" my heart sinks to my stomach. I try opening my mouth but nothing comes out and my heart starts racing I feel it beating in my throat. "Well?" Pedro takes hold of my hand and tries calming me down by stroking his thumb over it. Though I don't like this it's does manage to calm me down.

"Headmistress we were just riding the storm caught up to us so we had to take shelter at Kindle cottage that's why were not on the grounds." Pedro answers for the both of us but the Headmistress doesn't seem convinced. "Lady Bright this behavior is unlike you. Be warry of the company you keep one wrong mistake and it could change everything. Now you will be punished still for being alone without a chaperone luckily no one other than me knows about this." Punished?? Well that's one for the books for me.

"I do not do punishments?" Pedro blurts out, he is just gonna pile up the punishment. "Need I remind you of who takes commands between the two of us?" Her face turns stiff and pale. "Apologies." Pedro apologizes thank the heaven for that.

"Mmm. As punishment you two will be volunteering to be guides to the students who will be here at the Ratchball tournament. You will be thier personal servers too. You may leave." We exit the class in a hurry keeping our heads down. I can't believe this, all because of him. "Ped-" "Quiet I don't want you hear it." He interrupts and walks off.

I drag myself to my room for my day break and there I meet my sister. "Oh sister you it's been a while." I go in to hug her but she stops me catching me off gaurd. "Allura, care to explain why you and your fiancé are discussing me?" How does she know did Aden tell her but why would he?

"Father wrote to me saying that your conversation are based on me. Why would you do that? He is yours not mine." Anger consumes her face and tone of voice. "But sister he truly loves you, and the way he speaks of you is so rewarding for people who belive in love. If you could only listen to why it ended perhaps-"

She slumps her plum on the dresser. "Enough Allura enough that is my past what do you not understand. What do you know about love you are so stuck in books that reality doesn't exist to you. And you wonder why Mom and Dad coddle you till today. So please do what you do best and just be quiet and follow with your duties" She shouts. And walks out the room. Her words are hurtful "do what you do best" Why would she say that I thought she would understands me.

I walk out the the room running towards the mass garden not many people go there because it was deemed a "cheap addition" to the acedamy. Once I get there I cry and let every tear out holding in the screams my soul wants to let out. "Lura?" I wipe my tears and turn around to meet Miguel. "Are you crying, what's going on?" He walks up to me and wipes a tear from my eye. I start crying again.

I fall to my knees and he goes down with me. Holding me in his arms I burry my face in his chest as he comforts me. "Its okay let it out. I am here."