He looked like he was from Africa and a few years older than me. I went to the bathroom and came back, and when I came back he was chatting up Thao to...my surprise! I tried to stay hidden and let them finish, but after 15 minutes I realized this guy was really good at this, or she was actually attracted to him. She kept laughing and engaging in conversation with him, this is rare for my very shy conservative fiance. Finally, I approached and broke it up. Thao looked up and said hi like nothing. She pleaded with her eyes for him not to say a thing. “What do you mean? We have more pressing matters to deal with!” he barked at Sam. Sam stared back, looking him square in the eyes. “She’s the Princess.” He stated. Ari’s heart sank, a feeling of panic overwhelmed her along with fear. All the while in the back of her mind the very real situation that pirates were on a nearby ship ready to attack. “What?” Crispin asked incredulously. He stared at her as if seeing her for the first time. A. " The scorn in his voice mirrored the Summer general's. "Are you worthy of your throne? Or are you going to go home and crawl under your bed?"Well, how exactly was a princess supposed to respond to that?It took them twenty minutes to shadow the five men back to their hiding place, which was a clearing near a small river-fed pond. Gabriele released the Flow before three minutes had passed; she couldn't keep control of it and walk at the same time. Marcus, she noticed belatedly, had done the same. I noticed she started sounding somewhat detached – like she was writing to her brother. I wasn’t particularly surprised when I got a ‘Dear John’ letter from her. She blabbed on and on about space, her needs, even her damned identity. I thought I’d be really upset but then I realized that the only thing she hadn’t written about was her selfishness. The more I thought about it, I began to feel relieved. If we had married I knew I would just be an appendage to her … that everything would be about.