Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Your highness," Julius said as he bowed his head to King Adrian, and the queen smiled as she looked at Adora.

"Your Highnesses, this is Princess Adora and her teammates," Adrian introduced, and the king and queen looked at her before smiling.

"The masked princess, Adora, it's nice to finally meet you," King Julius said, extending his hand, which Adora shook.

"Nice to meet you as well, your highness," she replied.

"Well, I'm glad I finally got to see you, we have heard a lot about you from many people, you are quite the beauty, and this is quite the team you have got here," the queen said, and Adora smiled.

"It's the best, thank you," Adora replied, and Alix looked at her.

"Well, let's cut the cakes," Adrian said, grabbing Adora's arm and pulling her along with them. As the king and queen cut the cakes, everyone applauded, then they fed each other the cake, and Adora opened her purse and handed the king and queen an envelope each.

"On behalf of myself and my team, happy birthday and congratulations on another year of your marriage, I wish you both the best," Adora said and the king patted her on the shoulder.

"Thank you," he said.

"Thank you, princess," said the queen.

"You are welcome," she replied.

"I'm sorry we didn't get any gifts," Nina apologized as Adora turned to face them.

"It's fine, I didn't tell you guys to get any because it's difficult to please royals at times, I am glad you didn't get anything," she replied, and they smiled as the music began to play and a few people went onto the dance floor and began waltzing along with the king and queen.

"King Adrian did a good job here," Sarah said, "everyone is smiling and just look at the buffet."

"He did a great job indeed, you guys can go eat if you want, the castle will be a noisy place for the night, and when people leave, the royals will probably stay back to drink," Adora said, and Alix looked at her then grabbed her hand and she looked at him.

"Can you dance?" he inquired.

"Can you?" she inquired, and he smiled.

"Of course, I can, come on," he said, leading her to the dance floor, and Yan and Nina decided to go dancing too.

"Can I touch you?" he asked, placing his hand on her waist and pulling her so close to him that her breast was bracing against his chest and there was barely any space between them.

"You're full of surprises," she said as she rested her hand on his shoulder, and he scoffed.

"We all need a distraction," he replied, and she smiled as she gently grasped his hand and they began dancing in perfect sync, and Nina smiled as Ayden took Sarah to dance, Eliza went with Aerav, and Cameron joined Olivia in dancing.

"This is kind of embarrassing," Kyllan said and Kyris chuckled as they sat by a table looking at the others dancing.

"Dancing with strangers isn't necessarily a bad thing," Kyris responded.

"Yeah, but we can't risk it right now; we might as well enjoy the food and watch the dance," Zavis said, and Zack agreed.

"He's right, damn," Kyllan replied, and they laughed.

"You are good, dancer," she said as she looked straight in his eyes and he smirked.

"Thank you; I could say the same for you," he responded.

"Huh? Am I not a good dancer?" she asked with a cute look and he scoffed.

"I'm kidding, you're a good dancer as well," he replied, and she smiled.

"I am not that stressed right now," she said.

"I think they're all quite relaxed, too; coming to the party was a good idea," he replied.

"Yeah, I am they are all having fun, it's nice to let loose every once in a while," she said.

"You are correct, it is," he replied when the music changed, and she smiled as the music became faster, and they all began switching partners while dancing to the fast music, tapping their feet on the ground, and Adora chuckled as she wrapped her hand around Alix's.

"Tap dance, it's a nice mix, good thing we train or our legs would have probably fallen off by now, king Adrian sure knows how to keep a royal party interesting," Alix said as the music slowed and Adora exhaled deeply.

"He is modern, this is a modern age, he is different, he is more like my father," she responded.

"Adora is letting loose, this is good," Kyris said.

"You are correct, she has been overly stressed recently," Zack replied.

"I liked how the king blended the various dance themes," Zavis said.

"Yeah, that was nicely done, it's what most royals do now, the old days are gone, they're embracing the modern age," Kyllan replied, sipping his wine as the slow music resumed, except this time they had to switch partners while dancing.

"Be careful," Alix warned as he switched partners with a random girl, resulting in Adora in Cameron's arms.

"Switching partners, this one is a little strange," Cameron commented.

"I know, hang in there," she replied as he twirled her around and someone grabbed her hand and drew her into him as the music slowed a little.

"Hello my lady," the guy said sweetly with a smile on his face as Alix ended up dancing with a hot blonde girl.

"Hello," Adora replied.

"Are you the masked princess?" he inquired.

"Huh? How do you know that?" she asked as Alix looked back at Adora.

"You are hot, I can see why others are looking at you," the blonde girl said as she held onto Alix's hand and he smiled.

'I don't know why but I've got a bad feeling about something here,' Alix thought.

"Thank you," Alix replied as the girl braced herself against him and scoffed because now, he didn't mind or more like didn't care which girl liked him because of his looks, for everyone had their own choice.