It hadn’t been more than a week since Prince Orpheus went into the palace. It hadn’t been that long too since he decided to let it all go and make haste in his decisions. And in those few days that he had been in the palace and part of the competition, he had seen the princess more times than the others, and he couldn’t have been happier about it than he was. In all sincerity, he thought that he would be leaving the palace along with the others who were cut of from the competition, but it seemed he had little faith in the princess’s curiosity, which was a mistake on his part. Watching her put on the show at the archery contest was both amusing and filled him with immense pride. And then there was the night of the festival. It went without a say that when she was as calm and relaxed as sh