Chapter 2

As Clint stepped down from the carriage my head was reeling that this man who came to wed me was the same man who has been visiting me in my dreams for quite a while now.

"How is this the same man? It cannot be! The man in my dreams is loving, kind and gentle, there must be a mistake!"

"Princess Ella, how nice to meet you." He says to me as he takes my hand and kisses it. His gaze pierces into me as if he is undressing me with his eyes and cannot wait till the wedding night. I shiver in anticipation or fear I am not sure which.

"Nice to meet you as well your grace." I hear myself say.

He is dressed all in black and stands with a commanding presence. The aura from him is calm but dangerous, this is a man that no one dares to cross or go against. My father and mother look a uncomfortable in his presences but hide it well.

"King Clint, it is an honor to have you in our home, I hope you enjoy your time here." I hear my father say.

"Yes well, we will be leaving after the wedding. I need to return to my kingdom as soon as possible."

"Yes, Yes let us head inside and get the final negotiations done."

My father follows King Clint in the door and they head to the library. I follow and am stopped by my mother.

"You do not need to go in there, the men will figure everything out."

"I don't have a say in my fate?" I say

"Ella don't be silly what would you know about negotiations and treaties to align kingdoms." Sebastion says. "You are just a silly little girl"

"I am the one getting married and shipped off to a foreign land with someone I have never met before, don't you think I should have a say in anything!" Never met was just a technicality since this man has been meeting me in my dreams. He has shown me that I am not just some push over to be used as a pawn, that there is a power within me to do great things and will be important in time. I don't fully understand that since I have no powers. My siblings can control water, fire and air but me, nothing. Someone has to be the ordinary one, the one everyone looks down upon because she is useless. Which is why I am being married off to a man who doesn't care and is considered one of the cruelest men on earth.

"She may enter with us. Ella has a right to see how her family is just throwing her to the wolves without a care as a bargaining chip.

No one dared argue with King Clint as we all followed him into the library.

"King Clint" my father says "Here are the contracts, please make sure everything looks correct. We agreed that with this marriage you will provide us will 500 men to help us defend against the Nile Kingdom. Also along with that we may call on you to help at anytime to back us against our enemies. Also any children will come live here and raised with us to help with our kingdoms and alliance and we may raise them as we see fit."

My head shot up and looked at my father. King Clint stood there for a moment and said, "Yes well I have been thinking about this contract and do not see that it really is fair. I am taking this useless princess to be my wife, she has no powers whatsoever, so she really is not a benefit to me and you get my men and my power and my children to use for your gains. I have decided I do not like this arrangement."

As I sat there in almost in tears, I could not believe my ears. No one thought I was worth anything other than to help my father's kingdom and bear children. I know this is what women are supposed to do bear children and raise future kings and queens, but I want more. I want to matter and have a legacy. I definitely want to me more than just a fly on the wall, or a animal that will be in a cage and let out whenever it is a benefit to someone.

I sit here and compose myself and listen to Clint and my father go back and forth. Something in me starts to build up and I feel an energy that I have never felt before.