Brina shivered. She could sense Louis tighten his arms around her and, by his voice she knew he was aroused.

"Louis, when are we going to Alpha Academy?" Brina asked.

As for now, she doesn't have anything to do. So, it doesn't matter much when they go.

However, the faster the better.

"Day after tomorrow. We all will be leaving early in the morning. It has to be a three hour journey. One hour by plane and next two hours by ship." he huskily said.

At last, his hand found its way into her sleeping robe. When his warm hand touched her cold stomach, Brina couldn't help but shiver.

Blood rushed into her face and soon she became a red tomato. However, it looked so delectable in Louis' eyes that he couldn't help but bite her lips and then soothe them with his tongue.

"Brina, I can't wait" he dangerously whispered into her ears.

Even Brina could feel it as she was sitting on him. He is clearly aroused. His little brother is so active right now and she could feel it.

"I...I didn't ask you..you to wait," Brina said, her voice faintly audible. His hands and nimble fingers aren't letting her breath.

That's right. She had even prepared herself during his birthday. But this unfortunate twist happened to them.

"But, I promised myself that I will wait. Baby, just a few days. If everything goes well in Alpha Academy, there is nothing we have to worry about. After that, we can throw an engagement party and directly go for marriage." Louis said.

Taking a deep breath, he made Brina sit beside him rather than on him. It will cool him down a bit.

"Let's not have an engagement function. We can have it simple, just with our family members present" Brina said.

As for marriage. It will traditionally take place in the church where all the Royal marriages take place. And, no one other than family members will be invited there. It will be simple.

In contrast, the wedding party and many other events will take place for that whole month in the palace. They are going to be very grand… literally very, very grand.

…..

The next day passed in a blink of an eye.

Brina mostly stayed back in her suite. As Eliina and Louis are spending time with their brother, Ethan, she didn't disturb any of them.

Though Harry and Rhianna wanted to visit her, they didn't risk it during day time. As they are guests of Prince Ethan, they have been in limelight. Their absence might be too obvious.

So, Brina invested all her time in talking with Rose about the information in Olivia's phone.

To their disappointment, Olivia has really been cautious. She has deleted everything that could hint them about everything that's related to her grandfather.

But that doesn't mean it's impossible to retrieve the information. She has the most capable people to help her, however, what matters here is time.

They had to be cautious… literally, very cautious. So, Brina had to sacrifice her curiosity and let them take how much ever time they wanted.

Later, in the evening she packed everything for her trip to Alpha Academy. They will be departing the next morning.

Brina is nervous and anxious. She really doesn't know what's waiting for her there and besides that, she is having a bad omen.

It's like her senses are warning her that something really bad is going to happen.

Meanwhile…

At night…

She freshened up. Today's night is going to be indeed very long.

Rhianna and Harry.

Natalie and Ethan.

She and Louis.

Amelia, Daniel.

Eliina, Charlotte…

They would be coming here for dinner and the boys are going to cook today. Tonight's dinner is like a 'best of luck' toast to Brina and Louis.

After all, Alpha Academy is going to be the main phase of the whole competition. Eighty percent of the final results will be based on the ladies performance there.

Amelia is the first one to come. Today she has met Daniel to confess about her love.

"What happened? You look very emotional" Brina asked her, curious and anxious.

"Did you talk to him?" she questioned when she met nothing but silence.

Amelia shook her head. A tear rolled down her cheeks.

"Hey, don't be sad, okay? Take your time and don't push yourself, all right" Brina said, hugging her.

"I actually thought of kissing him and running away. I thought it would give him enough time to think about me while we travel to Alpha Academy. But...but.." Amelia stopped as she clamped her hands on her mouth.

"What happened, dear?" Brina asked in a soft voice.

"Before I could kiss, he kissed my cheek. He.. he said, he always had a special opinion on me because I am different from other ladies here. He said, ``I fascinate him every time," Amelia said, blushing.

As Amelia was very different from other ladies who were power greedy, Daniel used to admire her for her frankness and independent nature.

Unlike many ladies, she climbed up the ladder with her hard work. Her outstanding career, excellent and prestigious degrees are the things that shone her in limelight. Not her background as the daughter of one of the powerful houses.

For that he admired her. However, he never talked with her because he always thought she didn't like interacting with people… especially him.

He mistook her shyness to dislike.

He failed to understand her and it was partly Amelia's mistake too. She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of him, so she used to avoid him.

However, this time it changed, making him confused and elated at same time. Amelia lost her patience of continuing to be shyful and besides this, Brina created an opportunity for her to spend time with Daniel. This eventually made her break through her fear of refusal.

These all made Amelia talk to Daniel willingly. She even spent her free time with him at the ranch.

At first for Daniel, it used to be just admiration and respect for her. It started changing when he saw the other side of her.

She is friendly, funny, energetic and slightly weird. Without knowing, he started liking her, however, he wasn't sure of what this closeness between them might lead to.