In love with the Princess

~~chapter 3~~ ~Ryder's POV~

Auhtors Note~
Back to Ryder for this chapter I am super excited for Ryder and Lilliann's bond to start up! Comments are always appreciated as usual, and that's it for me! As always with love happy reading!
~Ashlyn
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eight years ago~
I hear a knock at the front door.Why would someone be knocking on our door at ten p.m on a Monday night. My mom slowly rises up out of her chair as she opens the door two guards from the palace stand on the porch with their hands behind their back. My mother begins to talk to them, I go back to playing on my tablet. I was minding my own business when all of a sudden my mother let out a petrifying scream. I run over to my mom to ask what's wrong and she says-
all of a sudden my thoughts are interupted by a blonde headed girl with a stunning dress walk in to the room. She seemed to have been frusterated with something. As I stared at her she looked right back at me and almost immedietly turned her eyes from mine. She walked in front of the five men standing before her and started to say something. Turns out this was princess Lilliann standing right before my eyes and man was she stunning. From her heaed of blonde curly hair, to her ocean blue eyes. She.Was.Stunning. My eyes keep meeting her's every few seconds. I am broken from my trance by her saying "Shall we start the tour." We all nodded "Well alright then, let's go." We followed her as she went up the marble staircase with gold railing. She showed us down the hall where all the helpers stayed on the second floor. She pointed up the stairs to the third floor and said "the royal famiy's quarters are up here." She then led us back downstair to the first floor. This place was so extravagent and modern and giant. We were then shown the ballroom, library, dining room, kitchens, and as this whole thing was going on her eyes kept meeting mine and sometimes we just stared at each other drowning in the beautiful colors in the others eye's. Finally she led us to the guards sleeping quarters before leaving she turned around and faced me and asked me to follow her. Carlos gave me a weird glance as I followed her out and around the corner. Suddenly she stopped and turned to face me. "What is your name" she asked kindly. "Ryder Wells Miss," "Well Ryder, welcome to the palace, you have seem to have caught my eye." I just stared at her I'm sure I looked like a deer in headlights. "I would like to meet you for breakfast at seven a.m toorrow morning, is that ok with you?" "That would be great Miss Lilliann." "Very well I will see you in the morning." She turned and started walking off but she then turned around and said "you may call me Lilliann by the way." With that she left and I just stood there with my jaw dropped and eyes wide, if you were to walk past me at that moment you would think I was a phsyco. I walked back into the guards quarters and Carlos immedietly ran up to me and started asking me all these questions. "What did she want? Are you already in trouble? What did you do? Answer me Ryder!" I just stood there looking at him all I said was "she just said she was looking forward to working with me.". Lie. Carlos looked at me skeptical of my answer but he left it alone and walked to his bed. Carlos and I were sharing a bunk bed he had called dibs on top and I was completly fine with that. I emptied the clothes from my suitcase into the drawers by my bed and set the only picture I had brought with me on the shelf besie my bed. It was a picture of my mother, father, and I when I was eight when we went to disneyland. This was my favorite day ever I had rode rides all day and by the end of the day I felt like a kid in a candy store. I smiled at the thought and realized that ever since my dad had died I hadn't actually been happy. Carlos came down from his bed and started to talk to me about wondering if there were any cute helpers. About and hour later of him and I just talking we headed to the chief guard's office to collect our uniforms and what positions we were to do. In the back of my mind however I couldn't wait till tomorrow morning.

As the five of us walked down talking I had leaned that the others names were, Jacob, Aaron, and Kyle. As we walked down the hall I noticed Lilliann walking toward a photoshoot set as her fiance' held onto her wrist. She seemed to be in pain as she twisted her wrist back and forth in his grip. I watched as they went and talk to the photogrophers. God she was gorgeous. No stop thinking that I yelled at myself in my head. We continued walking to the chiefs office and we arrived. We walked in and he automatically started handing us our uniforms that were a deep blue with silver. I gathered mine and the chief told me that the king wanted to speak to me directly. I walked over to the office next door and knocked three times. I heard a deep mans voice yell "come in". As I walked in I immedietly noticed the marble that was all over the room, and the giant chandelier, and next the big man sitting down at his desk with his glasses on and a collered shirt on and his tie undone a little. "You wanted to see me sir." "Yes," he said. "I have a very important job for you to do and only you." he said calmly. "Of course sir what is it?" " I would like you to watch over my daughters room during the night and stay close by during the day. It seems as though the percent of attacks that may be held on the palace is very high at this moment, and I'm hoping that I can trust you just as much as I trusted your father. Since I haven't even known you a full hour I am placing at lot of trust in you young man. Now, will you be able to handle this task?" he asked this with an intense voice. "It would be my honour to do this task for you sir." I said prideful. "Very well, now off you go." he said with a small smile. I thanked him and left the room. The other guys had already headed back and I would later but at the moment I had a task to do. I walked past where I saw Lilliann earlier to find her just now heading back into the dressing room to change. I hurried up to her quarters so that I was there when she got back up there. About ten minutes later Lilliann turned around the corner meeting my eyes. She walked up and said "And to what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you standing at my door?" I smiled and said "I have been sent on direct orders from the king to watch over you during the night as the chances of attacks on the palace are ever increasing." She looked at me with a smile, "Well then ok, but you aren't going to come into my room and watch me as I'm sleeping because that might be a little weird." as she laughed I laughed too. "What, me, I have never been more offended." We both laughed, and I did genuinly for the first time in a while. "Well, Mr.Wells would you like to come in for tea?" she asked so sweetly. God she was adorable. I smiled "That would be splendid." She guided me into the room and I stood there astonished at the size of the room. Esmay, who I learned is Lilliann's helper looked at me and Lilliann suspicion surrounding in her eyes. "He's my friend Esmay." I know my eyes gleamed as she had considered me her friend. Esmay left and I sat down with Lilliann, still amazed at the size of the room. "It's gigantic isn't it" she said. "It's like the size of my whole house" I said with a small laugh. Soon later Esmay came back in with our tea, said goodnight and left. Lilliann and I talked for what felt like hours. She was amazing. I cursed at myself again for thinking this and looked at the time. Ten thirty! If the chief or king for that matter came and saw me gone I was for sure fired or maybe even dead. I stood up "I hate saying this considering you are a princess and I am only a guard but I should probably get back out there before they see that I am gone." She sighed "yeah you're probaby right." She walked me to the door "Goodnight Miss," however she stopped me "I thought I told you to call me Lilliann, that is now an order." she laughed and so did I. She just made me want to laugh. I looked at her as she was holding her wrist and I noticed the bruises on it in the shape of fingers. I then noticed a red and bruised mark on her right cheek. Something was wrong, however I didn't say anything and shoved this new information into the back of my head. "Goodnight, Lilliann," I said with a smirk. "Goodnight, Ryder," and with that she gave me a kiss on the cheek. I knew that she meant nothing more than a friendly gesture but boy did I most likely take it into a different direction. I smiled and turned on my heel and out the door. Damn what is she doing to me.
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That was Ryder's POV of meeting Lilliann. I am honestly living for this "friendship" at the moment.

Do you think Carlos knew he was lying? What do you think Ryder's dad was to the king since the king trusted his father so much?

Thank you for reading and remember comments and questions are always appreciated I am happy to answer. With love always till next time
~ Ashlyn