There was loud knocking on the door of the prince’s chambers. The prince who at that time was climbing back in after his night ride in the woods quickly took off his clothing and threw it under his bed. He pulled the sheets of his bed around to make it looked slept in and went to open his door in only his under garments.

On the other end of the door stood one of his uncle’s sons. Sir Jace, his father’s most trusted knight and when the day came and Alexander took the throne from his father his right hand. Jace handed Alexander a chalice of water and walked into his room. Alexander closed his door and took a sip of the water Jace gave him.

“Your father wishes to see you” Jace said sitting on the prince’s bed

“What does father want at this time in the morning?” Alexander asked confused

“I do not know but he said it was at the utter most importance” Jace replied getting up and taking a white rose from the vase near the prince’s bed and giving it to Alexander himself. Alexander smiled softly taking the flower from the knight

“You should hurry up, he is not in a great mood” Jace added softly and moved to the door only to stop

“Oh and do something about your pillows will you? They for sure look like they weren’t slept on” he said and walked out. Alexander lay on his bed for a few seconds before he went to his bathing room. After his bath he put on some fresh clothing and headed to the kings chambers.

“My son” his father greeted him with a warm hug which Alexander responded to, although with a fake smile.

“You seem to be in a good mood father” Alexander said when his father finally released him from there hug

“Oh I am. Joyous day. Daughter of the king of king’s princess Alicia is coming to our lands” his father said

“What for?” Alexander asked not paying mind to the warning looks Jace was giving him.

“To announce your engagement of course” the kind said still with happy tone

“But father we have spoken about this….” Alexander started

“We have, women don’t tickle your fancy but you need a queen to rule beside you a queen to bore you an heir. And who better to be a queen than a maiden who was raised to be one?” His father said his happy tone being laced with warning

“Father I can’t” Alexander said stepping away from his father

“Are you defying me boy?” his father asked his face being controlled with rage

“I can’t lay with a woman” Alexander said trying to make his shacky voice firm

“And yet you can lay with a man?” his father asked stepping closer to him

“Father I can’t” Alexander said looking away from his father raging features

“You will marry Princess Alicia and you will give me an heir. There will be no further discussion” his father said raising his voice and Alexander’s eyes filled with tears. He looked from his father to Jace who stood on the other end of the room looking to the ground. He then turned around and took off running.

Alexander made his way to the stables and saddled his steed raven and took off into the woods. He rode for a long time till the sun was above head. Around that time he was over heating so he found a lake nearby and washed his face. That was when he heard some voices. He slowly approached the end of the woods to see a small hut. Just when he was about to turn around and go back to his horse a raven headed boy opened the door and ran out to the lake.

He followed behind the boy and found him stripping at the edge of the further end of the lake and once he was bare he walked into the lake. Alexander was worried he would drown because he wasn’t moving his arms and legs at all but the boy laid on the surface of the water just floating there.

Alexander stood there watching the other boy float for a while. He studied his features while doing so. The boy was muscular and his body was littered with scars. The prince quickly deducted that he worked manual labor like most of the commoners. What surprised him were two things. The first being that the other looked peaceful just laying on the water and his ability to do so and the second was that he was enjoying looking at the stranger.

After some time the boy walked out of the water and walked into the woods. He didn’t walk far before he sat down on the ground and leaned against a tree. He looked up at the sky and with a smile he closed his eyes. He dug his feet into the soil and his fingers into the bark of the tree but not in an aggressive way. In way that showed he was in bliss just being in nature. His lips parted and he sighed softly before he spoke.

“I know your there”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to intrude” the prince said softly

“It’s not a bother. You seemed like you were enjoying watching me” the boy said still not opening his eyes

“It’s just that you look so at peace just lying there, you looked so beautiful” the prince replied still gazing on the others glowing body under the sun.

“How could I not be? I’m fed. I have a warm home, loving friends everything a boy could wish for. If I would ask the world for anything it would be…. No forget it” the boy stopped himself opening his eyes.

“What is it?” the raven prince asked. Falling in a trance because of the strangers green gold eyes.

“If I could ask for one thing I would ask what ever god is out there to give me the love I saw between my parents” the boy said

“My name is Alexander” the prince said sitting down

“I know sweet prince” the boy said. Alexander looked away a blush coloring his cheeks.

“So will you give me a name to put with a gorgeous face?” the prince asked

“Magnus” the raven commoner replied opening his eyes and turning towards the prince.

“Well Magnus…I may not know you but I for sure know that you will find love” Alexander said

“And how do you know that?” Magnus asked his eye’s clouding with doubt

“Because I have only known you for a little more than an hour and I’m thinking about taking you as my bride” Alexander said and the commoners’ eyes grew wide and he sat up.

“w-what?” Magnus asked surprise evident in his voice

“My father is forcing me to marry a princess and honestly I’m more attracted to a wet log that her. I can’t say I love you yet but you’re to put it in simple terms my dreams personified. I promise to keep you as happy as I can and to treat you with gentleness and love all I ask if you give me the honor of being my husband and ruling this lands with me” Alexander proposed

“Alexander…” Magnus started

“Give me a chance to treat you like the royalty you are” Alexander offered and with teary eyes Magnus nodded.

Just like that the prince faced his parents with his new fiancé beside him and Magnus was forever treated like royalty by his husband and his husband’s siblings, he also got what he dreamt of all his life.

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