Chapter 5: The Prince ( Melanie)

I wake up to a bad headache and slowly get up and then realize my brother is gone and so I get my clothes on and run out of the room as fast as I can and I run down the hallway. I come to a sorry that says Guard Wing which is where the training room is. I open the door and see my brother sleeping on a bed alongside other beds. I creep to him and pick him up and hear a snore and I avoid hitting any of the beds. As I leave and go back to my room he wakes up.

"You are so crazy sister, why would you do that?" he asks

" I have to protect you with all my life so I snuck in and got you out of there" I smile and think of where to hide him.

"The guards talk about you a lot sister, especially the one that grabbed us. He even said he would have taken you right there and then if it weren't for the king" he says.

"Carlos, I want you to hide under the bed for me any time someone comes in okay?" I ask him

He nods "Okay"

At that moment the door opens just as Carlos hides under the bed. The man from the alley stand there with his arms crossed.

"Carlos, I can see you under the bed so get out right now young man" he commands

"No! Carlos please don't go! please don't go!" I run after him but another guard grabs me and drags me back to my room. I struggle in his arms and feel something hard on my bottom and I jump away from the guy with a yelp. He is good-looking for sure and he seems Puerto Rican. I stare up at him and he blushes.

With the door closed I can speak alone.

"Your not from around here are you?" I ask him

"No" he says in an accent

"Can you speak English at all or do I have to speak the Spanish that I know?" I ask him

"Hmmmm....I no know..." he frowns

"¿Quieres que te hable español?" I ask him

He smiles brightly "Ninguna mujer me entendió antes. ¿Quién te enseñó español?" he asks who I learned Spanish from so I tell him.

"Lo aprendí de mi padre porque era un traductor de la cuarta guerra mundial" I tell him how my dad was in the war and how my dad and mom died.