Official engagement
Mr. Shay was participating a lot than usual. He was in charge of the setting at the palace, a palace used by them to announce their engagement in New York, then proceeding to go to India.
His excuse to working with the designers and everyone to rebuild the palace in just two days was, "My boss's engagement should be grand. He was the one who saved our company from huge losses. I'm nothing but grateful to his efforts in bringing back the vigor to the office. His personality is devilishly identical to his old man. Haha!" Spoke the secretary of the beat businessman of the decade into the mic.
The cameras turn to the limousine which parks in front of the palace. The family of the future couple climb down, as well as the couple themselves.
Mr. Shay walks back to his family, hugging his wife and kids as he whispers to his wife, "Doesn't this remind you of our marriage?"
"It does. You were working all over the place to make everything look perfect." She replies to her husband, the male kissing her crown with affection.
"Sir! Sir! Are you going to become the King if you marry the Princess? You're already a businessman—"
"Why, you bothered about my status?" Laughing loudly and in a mocking sense, Aaron walks away as the security manages the flood of reporters wanting to invade their privacy.
Inside, Ravine and Aaron sigh and fall on the bed with the mattress bouncing. In the next few hours, they are required to say their last words before they will be separated by the elders of the house. It was custom, it was tradition.
"Your family is torturing me." Says Aaron, turning around to kiss the woman who was admiring outside the window. The woman chuckles and tells him she cannot act out of her choice now. It's all about the Queen and the traditions of Royals.
*Knock knock*
"If you two aren't busy!~"
Ravine pulls away from the kiss, rolling her eyes at the voice of the King of Eulandia.
Opening the door, she watches the wide grinning male with his little family and Jenna outside.
"What's up with you all?"
"We've come here to pick you up." Says Miranda.
"Wait! No!" As she says, Jenna drags the woman away.
"We had more three and a half hours to begin the separation! Don't do this to me, mother!"
"She's right, your majesty! Don't steal my beloved from me!~" As the two play a skit of Romeo and Juliet, the Queen laughs elegantly but with her whole heart, amused by their childishness.
"The ministers say the words, baby. Come on. You'll see him again in a few days." Queen Jenna says to her daughter who was fake crying.
"But mom, just one kiss. Please." She asks. Gerrard looks at the Queen who sighs and nods her head.
"But we'll stay right here if things... ahem."
"Yeah yeah." As soon as she turns away from her mother, Aaron grabs her wrist and spins her on her heel. The woman lands on his chest, chuckling as she looks up.
"I love you."
"I love you too, princess."
And their lips meet in the cutest way possible.
Which soon turns into a hot make out session...
"Okay. That's good enough." The princess was dragged away by force as they enact the separation again.
"My love, don't go!"
"Save me, Romeo!"
"Juliet!~"
****
The woman was trapped inside the four walls. Her food and all supplies were brought to her by the maids. She wasn't allowed to step outside at any cost and acquaint with her lover, even by mistake.
When Queen Jenna and Miranda, holding her little Jocastia enter Ravine switches the TV off and says, "Are you trying to bake me into a bread in here? Why am I trapped here? Trap him! He's gonna be fine in his room for days!" Yells Ravine, frustrated that she cannot roam around.
Miranda laughs loudly at her irritation while the Queen takes a small tray of rings to select from.
As she presents the princess a set of the most beautiful diamonds of size 21, Ravine's eyes bulge out of her skull.
"Mom... these are..."
"Yes, darling. They're all rings worn by our ancestors since ages. Every royal from the first 9 heirs..." she says. The traditional rings from around five centuries ago...
Her eyes tear up when she sees her father's ring over there.
"And Where's yours... mama?" She asks.
"I want to keep my ring to the grave. He... was my everything. And this is the only memory I have of him." Says Queen Jenna.
A lone tear runs down her face. She confines herself to not select King Versalis' ring, because she doesn't want to take the ring away and dishonor her mother's hand.
The velvet cloth held nine rings, from the previous kings in ruling of the state of Eulandia.
Ravine pats her tears dry and holds the fifth King's ring in her hand.
"I'll give him this." Says Ravine.
"You want to choose that as your wedding ring too?" Asks Jenna.
"Yes. I want him to feel the power of the most diplomatic King of Eulandia."
King Lucien of Eulandia, 1823-1876.
The fifth emperor of the Kingdom of Eulandia.
Everyone knew his tale.
He was the bravest man in all of Europe in his reign.
"It's decided then..." Saying, Jenna kisses her daughter's forehead before preparing the engagement.
As Ravine walks to the centre, the many people from media and reporting join them. She looks into the cameras nervously.
She was in the best of dresses ever designed by the fashion brand Kawaski (Fictional, please). The woman looks in front of her. The upper half of the man was blocked by a sheet of fabric which only allowed his shadow to cast on the screen. She steps onto the higher platform. The palace was a gigantic reconstruction, and it was perfect for occasions for the Royals.
"Both the partners, please hold hands as I say the prayers." Says an old, traditional priest who flew all the way from Eulandia on the request of the queen.
"Now, please exchange your rings. The male may present his ring first." Says the priest.
As she holds her hand out, she couldn't see what ring was being placed against her ring finger.
As she brings her hand back... she was shocked.
