The Love of a Prince

Chapters 1. Happy tidings ?

Laura looked blankly at the garden from the balcony of her room, the weather was cloudy that afternoon with heavy rain pouring down watering the various plants that grew in the garden.

Today's weather describes how I feel, even they mock me. Laura smiled cynically looking at the overcast sky.

Laura recalled the events of a few hours ago, events that changed her fate from now on and possibly forever.

Three hours ago.

"Laura, are you in the room, baby ?" Mom called from outside the door.

"Yes mama, enter the door unlocked." Laura nodded from within.

Mama opened the door, went inside to join Laura who was sitting on the sofa coolly reading a book that was on her lap.

Laura sat cross-legged folding her legs leaning against the sofa, putting a sofa cushion on her lap making it easier for her to read the book she was reading.

"Being learning, baby ?" mama looked at her son who was reading seriously.

"No ma, Ara is reading a romance fiction novel." Laura replied with a faint smile lifting her gaze from the book looking at Mama who was sitting next to her.

"Papa's looking for you, there's something he wants to tell you."

Laura frowned hearing Mama's words. "Tumben Papa is looking for me, Mama know what papa wants to say ? He's not scolding me, is he ?" The successive questions Laura gave her Mama.

"You just go straight to your dad, there's something serious he wants to tell you."

"Alright, Ara will meet him."

Laura closed the book she was reading placed on the table, the sofa cushion was returned to its original place and stood up to follow Mama who also stood up.

Together the two of them went downstairs to the study where her father was waiting.

Laura opened the door without knocking first.

"Mama told me that Papa was looking for me." Laura asked as she walked into the study and found her father sitting behind his desk.

"Sit down son, there's something serious that Papa wants to talk to you about." Papa walked out of his desk to the sofa in the middle of the room. Laura and Mama sit on the couch.

"It seems like a very serious thing." Laura's comment saw the look on her parents' faces.

"Papa yesterday was summoned by our King, his Majesty Arthur discussed the matter of the marriage of Crown Prince Prince Albert." Papa started telling stories.

"What does that have to do with Laura, Papa ?" Laura frowned asking in surprise.

"The Crown Prince's will be married to the daughter of our family, the George family." Guess Laura who was nodding her head back by Mama.

Laura started to be unhappy with the direction of the conversation that was going on between them.

"Then ?" Laura asked back.

"As per the will, you will be married to Prince Albert" said Papa, a sentence that Laura had feared all this time came out also from her Papa's mouth.

"But Papa as far as Laura is written in the will of the first daughter of our family. The aura of Papa's second child so the will doesn't apply to Ara." Laura protested, not accepting the decision taken by her family.

"You know that your brother can't marry into the royal family because of his poor health." Mama said gently to persuade Laura.

"But Mama, Ara doesn't want to marry into the royal family." Laura's Protest.

It's been imagined in Laura's head how her life later after marrying Prince Albert, the thought of her alone makes Laura horrified.

"Darling you know how our family's fate would be if we refused the King's orders." Mama said gently reminding Laura.

"Why should King Arthur follow the will of the late King ?"

"The testament of the late King was the same as the King's decree that Laura could not refuse." Papa said with a firm tone.

"But Papa -."

"Laura Clarissa George, you can't refuse this marriage. Whether you want to or not you should get married." Papa cut Laura's words in a high tone.

Laura was stunned, tears trying in her custody not to flow out.

Don't cry Laura, this kind of thing don't make your tears flow.

"I won't marry Papa !" Tukas Luara before running out of the room.

Papa just shook his head looking at Laura's attitude while Mama just stared sadly at Laura who ran out.

Three hours later.

Laura realized from her daydream, the rain began to subside but the weather still looks cloudy. Laura let out a long sigh, cursing in the heart of the will.

Why did the late grandfather have to make such a pact with the late King even though they were close friends. Did they not think of the possibility that their grandchildren would not necessarily approve of their wishes.

Albert Philip Seymour, Crown Prince who is handsome and has a lot of wealth but dear in Laura's eyes he is just a cocky man, a man who has never been serious and complementary of all that is himself a playboy.