Thread: The Prince's New Plaything (Valanaer x Forbidden)

Christian was watching the party from one of the far corners, chatting with the occasional woman who came over to him but quickly dismissing them and continuing his inspection of the crowd. There were many from the Kingdom of Heryai, it seemed they all had come for the celebration with the intention to live it up, using their princess' marriage as an excuse to party. Among them were plenty of beautiful women though, Christian's eyes wandering from woman to woman and taking note of some of the more appealing options, especially a cute little redhead. The best part about the women from Heryai wasn't their looks though, it was the fact that once the celebrating was over they would all be going back to their own kingdom, no risk of seeing them or having them become attached, whatever happened would just end, it was perfect, and he was looking around the room figuring out just what women he would have his fun with during the celebration. As the prince looked around his eye caught one woman in particular, a beauty that quite frankly blew away any other female at the party. She had beautiful eyes of deep blue, lustrous black hair, perfect skin, and a figure that only came from a combination of natural beauty and a bit of work. It wasn't until he realized who she was that Christian became really interested though, a smirk rising on his face as he realized she was the princess, the one his brother was to marry. It hadn't been obvious at first, he had watched her for a minute, observing the way people acted around her, those of her own Kingdom showing respect and that combined with her clothing and the extravagant jewelry around her neck. It was marvelous, his brother had hit the jackpot with his bride, she was a definite beauty and although his brother wasn't particularly ugly, he would never have had a chance with her if not for the arrangement, unless of course she enjoyed an overly polite sap, a lot of women did. He continued to watch her as she began dancing with one of the aristocrats of his Kingdom, a young man by the name of Johnathan. He was a first rate idiot that used his looks and money to get women, and no doubt he hadn't realized who he was dancing with yet, only knowing he had hooked himself an attractive one before anyone else. Christian smirked again, deciding he would have some fun, check things out, because what kind of brother would he be if he didn't do a little scouting on behalf of his elder sibling. So, he let them dance for awhile longer, giving Johnathan some time to get his hopes up, the laughing beauty no doubt giving him that impression, but after awhile he pushed himself off the wall and began heading that way. Johnathan saw him coming before he got there though, stopping the dance and turning to look at the man with a clear expression of disappointment. Christian just looked at him and motioned for him to leave, the man nodding and while he was sulking he did leave. With the man gone Christian looked over at the woman and smiled, and there was nothing innocent about his smile, he never tried to hide behind such things, Princess Kirra I assume. He spoke with confidence, a trait he had plenty of, even having the audacity to look her up and down without shame before proceeding, not bothering to introduce himself, It seems your future husband William really lucked out, getting a beauty such as yourself. He couldn't help but decide to push it a bit, Tell me, do you want to marry such a man as William, I mean the prince is a nice enough man but well... He is not exactly what I would call a ladies man, I fear you will be terribly disappointed with him. He was intentionally being rude, he wanted to see her reaction, although he expected the usual response, a simple excuse to get away or false politeness. He just hoped she wouldn't freeze up, some random man not even that well dressed talking to her in such a way, it probably baffled the poor princess, especially since with her looks she probably never experienced anything of the sort.