Chapter 18. Dance with Me (2)

[2018, December 4th and 5th]

As people filed into the palace’s grand ballroom, CC and Aaron were seated on either side of their parents. CC took the time to accept every birthday wish and gift graciously, as was the duty of a princess. She stunned with the new tiara from her parents topping her high updo in her classical ice blue ball gown, with a sleeveless bodice studded in blue sapphires. Aaron’s gift, a pair of blue diamond earrings, hung from her ears and complimented the dress perfectly. The compliments to CC took so long and were so plentiful that Aaron was getting impatient.

Aaron already knew his sister was beautiful. He had seen her all dolled up a million times. The woman he wanted to see had yet to appear. He raised his head up to look for her in the queue of people coming to pay their respects and this is how Aaron was surprised by the appearance of another woman he should have braced himself for.

“Princess Caroline, many returns on your 18th birthday,