Ha. That will show that new girl. My prince turned his attention immediately to me instead of him as soon as I called to him. He loves me, you see, and he knows that my attention is far more interesting and important than that of anyone else in the castle. His father is a close second though. I was not, however, at all prepared to be rejected the way I was. No? He didn’t want to hang out with her? He liked this hag more? Just because his father forced him to hang out with this…. Person… didn’t mean he had to blow me off to do it. I was more important after all.

Well tomorrow would be a date and putting it off like this just meant I would get to spend more time with the prince, my prince, tomorrow and there was nothing he could do to get rid of me. Heck, there was nothing he could do to get rid of me today either. I had the shadow passes. That annoying whiny fox darted from the lamp to the legs of the hag’s wolf and curled around, hoping that would stop the slave’s assault but it didn’t. Well, I did though. I don’t have to torment the thing for that long to get the point across. I’m in charge and she has no business being in my head or telling me what to do. I turned back to my prince. “He won’t make you. Nyx will make sure of that.”

That girl interrupted the prince and my moment, and my hand closed around the bun in my hand in annoyance and frustration. The shadow slaves wanted to turn to the girl instead of watching Esi, but they didn’t move. I turned to look at her, forcing a smile to my face – I’ve been told I have a creepy smile, but those people are simply jealous of how great I am at acting – and noticed where the hag’s eyes were pointed. The smile turned real, and more smug than before. She was one of the jealous ones. I flicked my tail at her.

I must say, I was not expecting the offer. I would be a perfect model. I am gorgeous and thin, just like those people in the earth magazines that are occasionally found in my sister’s hoard. It was about time someone asked. But that day. She already knew tomorrow would be my day with my prince. She wanted to step in on my time with Tristan? That was not about to happen. Not for her or for anyone. My prince, not hers. She had all day today with him and she was new. “Nyx would enjoy modeling and Nyx agrees about her spectacular tail, however Nyx’s prince and nyx will be spending all day tomorrow together so Nyx will have to postpone the modeling of Nyx’s tail.”