Angel Monarch

After a quick explanation, Vicky was really excited to play Truth or Dare. She always loved playing games, but there wasn't anybody who she could play with.

The only person who also loved playing with her was Sam, the human turned goblin. Due to the Second Siege of Rome and various other reasons, she hadn't met him in a couple of weeks.

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Her mood was mostly gloomy, but her new supportive friends made her feel much better. With them all, her worries seemed to disappear, and she slowly remembered how a girl of her age should act.

All seven of them sat down around the coffee table, which they had previously cleaned off of useless items. Only a lone bottle was placed sideways in the middle, waiting for someone to spin it.

Jamie turned towards Vicky, and with a wide, excited smile said, "The newest member spins the bottle first!"

Vicky just shrugged, then gave a gentle spin to the bottle, which for an Evolved meant letting it spin for a good twenty seconds. Eventually, it stopped pointing at Lydia.

The girl looked nervous as Vicky asked the obvious question. "Truth or dare?"

"Uh… Truth!" she said with excitement.

Vicky was glad she didn't ask for a dare, since she had no clue what that implied. She understood the requests supposed to be unusual, possibly repulsive in nature, yet its boundaries remained unclear. Like should she ask the person to lick the floor, or bloody someone up?

Her worldview differed significantly from the norm, so knowing the limits of the requests was crucial. She would've rather avoided making herself look like a fool. With questions, though, she couldn't go wrong!

"Lydia, have you ever seen someone die before your eyes?"

There were indeed wrong questions to ask. This fact settled in Vicky quickly, since every single person stared at her, like she was insane for even thinking about death.

The awkward atmosphere persisted until Henry began laughing. It wasn't from pity, and he wasn't mocking her. The sheer disbelief of Vicky's personality caused his laughter to explode out of him.

With him, the silence broke, and every started chuckling. Vicky just stared at them with confusion, still not fully comprehending why her question brought this reaction. For her, seeing people die was a normal occurrence. Quite a few of them died from her own abilities.

But her thoughts soon came to an end when a hand gently patted her head. She looked to her right and saw Henry looking at her with those remarkable dark blue eyes of his.

They seemed to shine under the room's artificial light. There was a strange gravity inside them, bringing her closer to Henry.

Before she even realized, her hands wrapped around the prince, and she gave him a warm hug. The laughter abruptly ended, and the snickering began between the boys.

Vicky quickly realized what she had done and ended the hug as quickly as she could. Her face burned with a heavy red blush, and she couldn't even look at the others with embarrassment. Luckily for her, Lydia came to the rescue!

"Okay everyone! It's my turn now!… Let's show Princess Victoria how to play the game, so she could enjoy it as well!"

Her voice and tone were so serious, all the boys immediately shut up. She had said nothing threatening, but in a way, all of them feared Lydia.

There were lots of reasons for this, the most prominent being her status as the only female in their group. Also, all of their parents adored Lydia, and they would definitely whoop them, if they offended her somehow.

Without waiting for their answer, she spun the bottle. It only went for a few seconds, even though she put a lot of power into the spin. After making a few rounds, it ended on Dan.

"Truth or dare?" she asked, and the younger brother answered with a smirk. "Dare! Give me the best you've got, Lydia!"

She didn't need to think for long, and with a confident smile, she said. "I want you to go out onto the balcony and pee down from it!"

Dan's eyes widened a bit. The task wasn't unusual, or too heinous, but it was definitely unlike Lydia to ask for it. She usually made requests that were quite boring. Her questions, though, she could use them as weapons of mass destruction.

After the first few games, everyone learnt to only say dare when it was Lydia's turn. She never complained about this and seemed to enjoy their hesitation when choosing between truth and dare.

Dan quickly went out onto the balcony, leaving the door open so they could hear him pee. It only went on for a few seconds before coming back.

Everyone had a good laugh, and Vicky began to understand how the game was supposed to be played. Dan spun the bottle next, and it landed on his brother Jamie.

Jamie, just like his younger brother, choose dare. His task was simple: eat something out of the garbage. His choice was part of a banana peel, which he ate with a disgusted expression.

They all laughed again, and Vicky finally understood how far she could go with dares. Truths were still confusing to her, so she observed as the bottle spun in a circle, landing on Henry.

"Truth or dare, dear prince?" asked Jamie, causing many to giggle, while Henry just shook his head while sighing. "Truth."

The smile on Jamie's face was hard to describe. It was somehow both disappointed and cunning. Henry had a bad feeling about the question, but he knew exactly what the dare would've been, so truth was his only option.

"Very well! Do you have a crush on anyone inside this room? Answer honestly, my friend! Nobody likes a liar!"

There it was, the dreaded question. Henry glanced to his left at Vicky. She kept staring at him, waiting for his answer. Her white eyes were full of curiosity. And something else… Hope, maybe? Henry wasn't certain.

He looked down at his hands, then at everyone's faces, except Vicky's. They all knew his answer already. They just wanted him to say it. While watching them, Henry snorted, then turned towards Jamie.

He was raised to be a man of honor. To be a person who people would willingly follow, like her mother. He would never back down when asked an uncomfortable, or not ideal, question. Instead, he would face it with grace and confidence.

"Yes… Yes I have!" he answered, but Jamie wasn't satisfied. "None of this half answer. Just because I technically didn't ask for her name, doesn't mean I don't want you to say it out loud… Come now, don't be a wuss!"

Henry took a deep breath. He hid his trembling hands, then stared into Jamie's eyes as he spoke through gritted teeth. "Victoria…"

The room plunged into silence. Vicky's eyes widened and a small smile appeared on her face, which she tried to hide, but failed miserably when a giggle escaped her lips.

They all exchanged glances, then erupted into loud laughter. Nobody joked or made fun of their obvious connection. They were just poking fun at them, having a great time. None of them wanted to actually offend either Vicky or Henry.

The bottle spun again and again. Several questions and tasks later, Vicky was having the time of her life.

She was playful, mirroring her peers, her new friends. She felt strangely at home, wishing the night would never end.

The bottle pointed at her repeatedly, but she always choose truth. The questions weren't anything too special, at least not for her.

The most interesting ones were: 'What was the strongest monster she killed?' 'Is having Sera as a mother, good or bad?' 'What was killing like?'

She answered each question truthfully, even when it was uncomfortable to say it out loud.

'Her watch couldn't even classify the strongest monster she killed!' 'Sera was the best mother!' 'Horrible, when done to your family and friends, amazing when delivered as justice to bad people!'

The last answer surprised most of them. They all believed that killing was always bad, but when Vicky went into a thorough explanation of its philosophy and morality, their opinions became inconclusive.

Only Henry and Lydia agreed with her fully, but the others didn't try to argue either, since they had no experience with death. Even Max, with his Evolved fathers, knew little about the subject, since they usually kept him away from such topics, and dodged his attempts at learning more.

Other than these questions, they were all having fun, until inevitably, the bottle turned towards Vicky again, and she finally decided to do a dare.

The four boys grinned while Henry tried to dissuade Vicky. She, of course, didn't understand why they were acting so strangely, so she ignored Henry and moved on with the dare.

That was when Dan, with a giggle, said, "I think we all know what the dare is!… Kiss the prince!"

Vicky's eyes widened from shock, and she glanced at Henry, blushing in the process. The prince was about to object to their dare, since Vicky seemed uncomfortable, but before he could, the white-haired girl moved faster than his brain worked.

One moment, she was sitting next to him, blushing heavily. In the next, she was in front of him, pressing a small kiss to his lips. It lasted less than a second, but for Henry, it was like an eternity.@@novelbin@@

Their lips barely graced each other, but he yearned for more. He wanted nothing else but to feel Vicky again.

With a small smile he turned to his left, where Vicky hid her blushed face behind her arms, while everyone else giggled and cheered. In that moment, Henry made the decision… He would marry this girl!