Chapter - 26

"You don't treat the great king brothers like kings, instead you treat them like they are equal to you", she confronted her and before Snow could say anything, Flora replied, "Yes I don't treat them like kings and why would I? They are not the great kings to me, they are just like me, they are my family. Why would I respect them like a stranger?"

Aura was speechless as Flora was right but somehow deep inside she knew that she can't take her place. Flora further told Snow to leave them alone as she needed to talk to her. He left.

"I know you love Snow and you don't like me because he is attentive towards me but I can assure you that he only treats me as his family, not like the one you think"

"I am sorry, highness, I was blinded by my ego and jealousy. I got inspired to achieve my dream of being a designer from King Snow but when I saw that he designs for you, I started to dislike you and often make changes to those designs to show my disapproval towards you", expressed Aura and further told her that she was very upset when King Snow scold her when she disregard her. Flora smiled and told her that if she loved him then she should approach him as his partner, it is enough if she loves him and his family. 

The weather gets clear and Snow tells her to leave but Aura asks him that she needs to talk with him. He first denied but when Flora insisted on him, he agreed.

"Say fast what you want to tell me. I can't let her wait for long"

"King Snow, earlier what I said about Highness, I was wrong and I admit that but now I realised my mistake and all that I did was just because..."

He cuts her in between and tells her that it's good if she realised her mistake but he can't listen to any of her excuses as he is getting late. He leaves from there and she gets sad. Flora asked him about Aura but he just scold her for breaking her promised and tells her identity to Aura and they left for Frozen Palace. She understands that their ship isn't sailing yet and she needs to push it for them. When they reached the palace, she asked Mr Rui to do something for her.

The next morning, Snow gets up hearing too much noise and comes out of his room. He saw servants running here and there, decorating the hall and arranging tables. He saw Flora, giving instructions to them and asked her what was going on.

"You didn't get ready yet? Mr Rui come here and take your king to get ready"

"What is going on? Will anyone tell me?"

"To find your partner, I arranged a competition"

"What competition?"

"You will get to know it soon, so for now just go and get dressed properly"

He was confused and a little scared as he knows that she is the one who brings his huskies on track, so without any doubt she can do anything.

Competition begins and both Snow and Highness sit on the throne. Everyone greets them and Mr Rui announced for the contestants to come forward. Flora tells him that she selected 10 contestants based on his preferences. The competition began and the first round was to show their powers, the second round was to show their talent and the third round was to show their love. After all these rounds, they got 3 finalists- Princess Lucy, Princess Adira and Princess Aura.

Flora looked at them and remembered how she requested them to be a part of her plan. She knows that if she brings other princesses then they can somehow beat Aura but if the contestants were pre-planned then she is sure to win. As expected Princess Lucy beats others in power of shadow galaxy, Adira beats others in the talent of being a powerful pirate and at last it was the turn of Princess Aura to show her love. Flora told them to confess how much they love him and as expected Adira and Lucy admit defeat and withdraw their names from the competition, now Aura comes forward and apologises to Flora for being rude to her earlier and confessed everything to him that she did all this in jealousy and she loves him. 

Snow asked her if he agreed to be her partner and then care about the Highness more than her, will she mind? Aura smiled and replied that if he won't care about Highness then she will do it for him and show her concern towards his family. Snow got the reply he wanted and left the hall, everyone was surprised by this and Aura put on a long face as she thought that she is rejected.

"Why are you standing there putting a long face, follow him, he left because he was shy not because he rejected you", said Flora and signed her to go and get her love.

When she went out, she saw him standing and waiting for her, she quickly ran into his arms and he whispered in her ears "You better leach me about those designs".  

"You mean teach", they both smiled, looked at each other and were about to kiss but got interrupted by Flora.

"You can carry on later, but first let's eat something, I'm hungry"

Flora introduces Adira and Lucy to King Snow and he greets them, they get shocked as he is a king greeting them, but he told them they are future queens of his family so he must bow to them. They all sat down to eat. The new couple was in love, holding hands and looking at each other. Flora teased them that they can continue after she leaves. Aura asks her to stay more with them as she is getting close to her but Flora told her that after shipping couples, she missed her own partner. She told them all to get prepared for the universal link-up and later they all left for their planets.

On the way, Neil told her that what all that she did in the last few days, King Leo knows everything and is waiting for her at the palace. She was aware of how much he is going to scold her and told Neil to cover for her but he refused as he can't speak in front of him. When they landed, Flora tried to sneak quietly to her room and locked the door "Now I am safe".

"Are you sure", she turned around and saw Leo sitting there waiting for her. She tries to run but he pulls her closer with his magic and on the sofa, he bents closer and she moves away.

"Did you remember what I told you earlier"

"That you love me...", Flora smiles and tries to be cute but that doesn't work on him, "you told me to stay away from strangers".

"Exactly but you were busy exposing your identity everywhere?"

She pushed him away and told him that she is fine and there is no need to worry. He comes forward, kissed her deeply and told her that if she dares to do something dangerous again he will scold her like this only. She blushed.

"Maybe I want to do something dangerous now", she whispered and kissed him back. Their moment was disturbed by the chief as her necklace began to shine and he told her to go as it can be important.

Flora comes to the chief and taunts him that his timing is really bad. She told him that she completed her mission. She asked him why he called her now. Chief replied that there is still one brother left without any partner.

"That's impossible, everyone got their partners. Who is left?"

"King Leo didn't get his partner yet"

"What? You must be joking. His partner is standing in front of you"

Chief reminds her that when she first came to him, he told her not to be in love with anyone here, especially with kings. She asked him the reason and he told her that in universal link-up, all kings gather with their partners to seek blessings from Mother Queen but the one she hates the most is humans of earth.

"But why? We didn't do anything wrong to her and even if she hates them, she should not let their children go for research on earth", said Flora.

Chief told her that because of an earthling, she lost her husband to humans and since then she strictly told her kids to not love anyone from the human clan but somehow they didn't listen to her as for them it's not the fault of humans, it's there father's fault who leave their mother for someone else.

"But I think she is not entirely wrong as she felt that heartbreak from the one she loved and it's right for her to hate humans"

"So, it's better if you find a suitable partner for King Leo soon", said Chief. She was confused and blanked out. She knows that even if she finds someone for him, he will not be ready to leave her. She was in a great dilemma and asked the chief to give an idea. He told her that there is one girl who was earlier said to be a perfect partner for him but later she went to earth. Now she is coming back so that will be perfect. She asked him who this perfect girl is, in an irritated tone as she is upset over the fact that someone else was perfect for him.

"Princess Lily of Toronto Planet in Bright Galaxy, she was said to be the best doctor after King Leo"

"Huh, similar names, same galaxy and even same occupation. What a perfect match", sadly reacts Flora. She told him that she will think about it and leave.

She came back to her room and saw Leo waiting for her and asked her what the chief told her, she told him that he was asking about the mission he gave her to find a perfect partner for all of them. He smiled and said that she indeed completes all her missions perfectly.

"Leo, did you ever regret choosing me? Like you can have many options and they can be even more perfect than me", asked Flora.

He looked at her and asked her if she remembered what he told her, she replied that she can't meet strangers.

"No, I said that I love you", he replied, "I can get anyone who might be perfect than you but they won't be you. I just love you and the only thing I regret is that we didn't meet earlier". She was touched by his reply but deep down thinks that how will she told him about what the chief told her.

They came down to have a walk and Mr John asked Leo to discuss something with him, in the meantime Flora asked Neil to bring her all information related to Princess Lily and make it secret, don't let anyone know. 

...........to be continued.