Chapter 217

But Prince Ron remained calm. He had been thinking about how to reject Princess Mariel for a while and the only way was with the truth. It was better she knew now before she fell deeper. She would only end up hurting herself.

"How can this be?" She said, still shocked. It never occured to her that Prince Ron liked men alone. She just assumed that he would like her if she tried hard. She never for once stopped to think that maybe it wasn't her. It was her gender. He just didn't swing that way.

But then, he also said that if she were male, he would still not be interested.

Knowing that she never stood a chance hurt the most. His words about loving only her brother, about his heart belonging to him forever, were like daggers to her soul. She thought she had finally found someone she loved, someone she could spend the rest of her life with but now all those dreams were shattered.

The pain suddenly intensified, morphing into something darker, somethin