Once again we were in the carriage but this time on our way home. 'Home' it seemed strange to think of a place I've never even been to as home . The ride was long , longer than I had imagined and once again dreadfully silent, I couldn't help, but think of what awaited me, I was going to meet the 'Evans family of second Royals'. 'Second Royals', a nickname they were given many years back, when our kingdom had faced great tragedy, after losing both our Emperor and Empress, leaving behind their one and only son, 'Eric Alethea', the crown prince of Trine (the kingdom). The duty of raising him was left to, Lady Marina Evans , Lucas's mother, who was the late Emperor's younger sister and was once the kingdom's princess. The prince was crowned on his eighteenth name day in a private ceremony, his name days were celebrated throughout the kingdom and his coronation day was even greater, yet, not once has he even made a public appearance. "My lady", I had been so deep in thought that I hadn't noticed the carriage had stopped.
* Author*
Lucas was intrigued, his new wife was beautiful ,but silent, she didn't seem like the quiet type though, it was more, like she was being careful. Although, he could see she had so much on her mind she hadn't even noticed that the carriage had stopped for quite some time now. Not wanting to interrupt her thoughts, he silently sat across her, waiting for her to come to, and spoke when he saw through the carriage window that his family had come out to welcome him. "Princess" he smiled, "I did not wish to disrupt your thoughts, but i am afraid it's time to get down", Anna blinked twice, bringing her back to her senses, here she was letting her mind wander in front of this man and why does he keep calling her 'princess'.
*Anna*
I was helped down from the carriage and as I had expected, the Evans home was nothing short of a palace, it was beautiful, the front was a garden, a fountain in the middle, surrounded by flowers , but forget about that, the Evans, were at front and may I say they were beautiful. And when the trumpet blew, I thought that this heaven, fireworks shot into the sky and Lucas wrapped his arm around my shoulder "welcome Anna, to the Evans family of second Royals, you are now officially Anna Evans". 'Second Royals', I didn't know they also called themselves that, there was a round of applause and everything just seemed so perfect , to perfect to be true. When my father first talked about this marriage I hated him, in truth, not more than a few hours back I had regretted not running away from home, but now it all seems so beautiful, as though I've stepped into some sort of fairy tale. That the child's voice I heard was a strong pull back to reality.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy", Louis Evans ran to his father, a little boy, who seemed to be around eight years old, Lucas raised him up as the boy strangled his neck, in the attempt of a hug, " your still up, my boy ", "of course father, we've all been waiting for you". The moment he set his eyes on me, his demeanour had changed from a child to an irritated adult, he scanned me from head to toe, looking clearly unimpressed, before turning back to his father, "and is this your new bride ", he said in a tone, that sounded like he was talking about an ugly piece of clothing. "Yes, her name is 'Anna'" .
Lucas's father, 'Rowan Evans' stepped forward, "welcome Anna, the journey here must've been quite long, I apologize we were unable to attend your wedding, please do come in to our home, as you are now a part of our perfect family.
These people are, did he just say 'perfect'. There were six family members in total , first of all Lucas's parents, that didn't seem old enough to be his parents, then his sister ,which I could tell was a lot younger than Lucas she seemed to be about 18, and then his wife 'Greta' who was the only one with a different colour of hair and eyes. Apart from his mother, she also had a different colour of eyes, a very dark brown, that you would naturally assume are black, with long brown hair. As for his wife, she had pale grey eyes, that made her look calm and black hair that gave her a dark vibe, but made her smile shine even brighter, while the rest of his family held a strong resemblance to Lucas, the all had the same sapphire blue eyes and golden blonde hair, the father's genes must be quiet strong. Truly his wife was a beauty and he seemed to love his son, so what was the need of marrying a second wife?