Once upon a Princess (Atypical Series #1)||✔️

27. Am I a Monster?

ALEXA
Saturday 23rd September

Father was a dirty liar.

It was a month later and I was still stuck in Yurin.

A month since I've seen been in Celayise's sweet warm air and seen Isabelle.

We made it a habit of face-timing everyday-despite the time differences, and with each passing day I saw the radiance and glow in her face intensify.

She was happy.

The funny thing about being in Yurin for the past month for father's business trip was that I was yet to meet the the royal family of Yurin.

Day in and day out Father and I visited the palace and while he met with the household I stayed in the waiting room with Ricardo.

For the whole month.

I was wondering at what degree this will educate me as Father had suggested.

It was 4am and I was wide awake and anxious to return home the next day.

I got tired of staring at purple walls and rolled over to retrieve my phone from the dresser table.

My fingers went on autopilot and I dialed the number I had quickly learned and got used to calling in the past month.

After five rings, his voicemail started to play and I felt slightly disappointed.

For the past month Nate and I had to settle for frequent phonecalls and occasional video chats. I could tell that he was getting irritated by us resorting to this form of communication and I assured him that it was only temporary; but we both knew it was a lie.

Even when I return to Celayise we'd have to resort to over the phone interactions and I could tell that Nate was getting tired of it.

I considered placing my phone back on the dresser and forcing myself to sleep but something at the back of my mind gave me an urge to dial another number.

On the second ring he picked up.

"Hello?"

"Isaac hey! It's Alexa."

There was a slight pause on his end before he answered, "How'd you get my numb- actually never mind. Obviously from lover boy."

"Yeah."

"He's asleep if you were trying to get unto him, was a pretty tiring day for him."

I took a second too long to process his words, and was going to ask him to elaborate when he spoke up again, "So anyways. Nate told me that you're in some magical land called Durin-"

"Yurin." I corrected, with a slight laugh.

"Whatever, still never heard of it. The point is, I heard it's five hours ahead. And.. considering it's after 11 here I'd say it's around 4 am there?"

"Correct. Good for you Einstein!" I chirped.

I could practically envision him rolling his eyes while his permanent grin was etched unto his face.

"Still sarcastic and sassy as ever Lexi."

The nickname jolted me back to the first week on staying with the Hartleys when Isaac would constantly refer to me by only "Lexi".

It's was almos funny at how much had changed since then.

"So why are you up?" He asked.

I sighed, "Isn't it obvious? I can't sleep."