I wake up to the sound of a knock on the door. I then realize that I was in the bed with Liam, cuddled in his arms. I panic for a second because we were about to get caught red-handed. I wasn't sure how I got in the bed with him. The last place I remember being was in the study last night with them, sitting on the couch. I definitely didn't want us to cause anymore drama in this castle than there already was. Liam was sleeping so peacefully and I didn't want to disturb him. My plan was to keep still and stay quiet and maybe the knocker would assume Liam was still in slumber and would leave. All of a sudden, there was another knock on the door. Whoever was there was not going to leave. I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet. I slowly and gently untwine myself from him to answer the door.

"Princess Anna, good morning," Bryan smiles. Crap.

"Good morning, Bryan," I say returning the smile.

"Did you sleep well?" He asks.

"I sure did. I hope you did as well" I say casually trying to not allow any room for him to ask me why I was in here. I honestly couldn't tell him why or how I got in here.

"I did. Thank you for asking, Princess," He says as I nod and he continues, "I came in hoping that Prince Liam would be awake so that I can ask you both what you wanted for breakfast"

"Umm. Liam loves French Toast and I'm in a French Toast mood as well. Can we both have French Toast and fruit in about an hour or two? I want him to get a little more rest before his duties today," I ask.

"Of course, Princess. That's very thoughtful of you," Bryan smiles as he bows and turns to walk away. I politely smile until he was no longer in sight. I then slowly close the door in shock.

I was surprised he didn't say anything to me about being in Liam's room. I turn and head back towards the bed. Before getting in, I decided it was best if I went back to my own designated chambers. I would just return in about an hour to check on Liam. All of a sudden there was another knock. I sigh and guess that it was Bryan who was coming back to ask me to return to my chambers until Liam woke up. I walk back to the door and open it. I was surprised to see that it was Princess Delaney.

"Princess Delaney, good morning," I smile.

"Good morning, Princess Anna. I stopped by your chambers to see if you were awake but you weren't in there. I assumed you'd be here instead and I was right. Goodness, you must be some rule breaker or maybe everyone in this castle just lets you be" She states as I just politely smile. I honestly had no response to that. "Anyway, I just came to say thank you. You were both unaware, but I overheard you and my husband talking last night and I thank you for talking some sense into him. I also really appreciate what you said at dinner last night and what you said to him as well. Before bed he told me of his infidelities. I've selflessly brushed them aside because I love him. I also did it for the sake of the Kingdom and our family. He also talked to King Lowry about his behavior towards Liam"

"Well, no need to thank me and that's good. I'm glad he's finally doing the right thing," I smile with a nod.

"He even promised to take our family on a trip before the coronation. He says that he'll need to make sure the Kingdom is well taken care of before we take our leave" She grins.

"I'm glad to hear that. You deserve it!" I smile hugging her.

"It's all thanks to you. So, thank you again. You seem to be a good influence on my Malcolm," She grins.

"No problem at all," I smile as I turn to make sure Liam hadn't woke up.

"Let me not disturb Prince Liam's slumber. I'll be on my way. Take care, Princess," She says.

"That's so considerate of you. Thank you and take care as well. I'll see you later," I smile as I close the door.

I walk back to the bed and there was another knock on the door. Jeez.

I roll my eyes, head to the door and open it. This time it was Queen Lowry.

"Queen Marissa," I nod politely not calling her mother due to my choice of words from last night. I felt like I had lost that privilege. Oh well.

"Princess Anna," She returns the same nod.

"Liam's still sleeping so, would it be okay if you came back later? He was up during late hours and I want him to rest a bit more before his duties today. I was just on my way back to my own chambers" I say politely.

A smile broke on her lips and she says, "I know you slept together in the same bed last night and I know you both shared a bed back in your castle as well. Rosalinda and I talk a lot and we trust you two to not do anything before you are married. I just told the staff in the castle last night that if you both are seen together in a room, let you two be, but I actually came to talk to you, not my son"

"Oh," I say as I gently walk out of the room and close the door.

"I want to say that what you said at dinner wa-,"

"Rude," I say interrupting her and feeling a bit guilty.

"No. Well, yes," She smiles causing me to smile as she continues, "but your mother told me about you and your level of outspoken confidence. Honestly, after what I've seen, I couldn't have been blessed to have you as a future daughter in law. You will be strong to help my Liam through anything. You'll be able to strengthen him when he starts to weaken. You really are his rib. He needs you"

"We need each other," I smile as she returns the same expression and then continues, "What you said last night was needed. I talked to my husband about it last night as well. I've talked to him plenty of times about it and I swear, it never clicks. Believe me, he loves both of his sons. He just has a crappy way of showing it, but what you said last night really stuck to him as a father instead of a King. I appreciate it and I appreciate you for being there for my son and loving him. I admit that I need to spend more time with Malcolm because I've given all of my attention to Liam due to the lack of attention he gets from his father. My husband and I have decided to start focusing on both of our sons equally and we have you to thank for that," She smiles.

"No need to thank me. Malcolm loves you and I know you love him. You two need to bond. I'm also sure that King Randolph loves Liam and I know Liam loves him, so very much. They both need to bond as well," I state.

"We both started last night. Malcolm and I had tea last night together and I'm not sure what Liam and his father were talking about but I heard them laughing. We will definitely continue to work on it. Even royal families have their problems, but I think as parents, my husband and I owe that to our sons even if we are years too late," She says as I nod.

"Don't worry, just pray. Every thing will fall into place. Better late than never," I smile.

She returns the smile and hugs me. I return the hug as I felt a bond growing between my future royal mother-in-law and I. She then heads back to her duties as I close the door again. This time I lock the door and quickly get back into the bed since us being in the bed together was not an issue anymore. Liam wraps his arms back around me, "I missed you. You were gone from the bed too long"

"I'm sorry. Let's get some more rest," I say gently kissing his lips.

His lips break out into a smile and he opens his eyes, "I love you"

"I love you, too. Now, rest," I order.

"Yes ma'am," He grins as he kisses my forehead and closes his eyes.

I turn my back to him and he cuddles into me more as I close my eyes.

This time I was woken up by soft lips. I smile against them as I open my eyes, "Good morning"

"Good morning, my love. Breakfast is here," Liam says sweetly as I look over and see French Toast, fruit, a side of syrup, and orange juice on silver trays.

I sit up and smile as Liam sits a tray on my lap. He then grabs his tray and gets in the bed with me. We pray, eat breakfast, and talk together.

"So, my brother and I talked last night," Liam says.

"How'd that go?" I ask taking a bite of my syrup drenched French Toast.

"It went well. We actually had a civilized conversation and he was really sincere about it. He even asked for forgiveness"

"That's good, baby. It's about time. I'm glad you both talked it out. He came and talked to me, too. He explained how he wants your mother's love and that you deserve your dad's. He even confessed how he loves me and wishes he had me instead, but is glad that you have me and that he's going to focus on his family and not cheat on his wife anymore," I reply.

"Yeah, he told me about that as well. I'm just more surprised that he told you about his adultery"

"You knew?" I asked.

"Yeah. It just never came up in one of our conversations for me to tell you. I promise, it was not a secret that I was hiding from you" He confesses.

"No, I understand. Besides, we don't hold secrets from each other. Honesty, trust, and communication is key to making any relationship work" I state.

"I couldn't agree more, but personally, I do feel like it was best for you to hear it from him, since it was his infidelities to tell," Liam says sweetly.

"I agree. I'm just glad that things are coming together now. Delaney came to the room earlier and thanked me. Your mother also came to the room and talked to me as well. She told me, how she and your father are going to start doing right by you and Malcolm. Apparently, Malcolm and your mother bonded last night over tea and you and your dad had a great time as well" I smile.

"Yeah, my father and I really had a great time last night. It was nice" Liam smiles like a cute little boy.

"Aww. I'm glad to hear that, my love"

"You know, I told my father how it wasn't cool how he keeps addressing how he wanted you and Malcolm to be together. I told him that I don't want to hear about it anymore. I also told him that I couldn't imagine you and Malcolm together and still to this day, he doesn't understand why. He thinks you both would have be great together," Liam chuckles.

"Oh, definitely not. Not after all of his sneaking around. I want a faithful husband. Maybe politically we would have been great but everything else, no. Don't get me wrong, nothing is wrong with Malcolm but the only person I want to sleep and be intimate with is you. I can't even imagine being with anyone else other than you. You complete me" I confess.

"Wait, you want to be intimate with me?" Liam smiles.

"Of course. You're going to be my husband. I want to do everything with you," I confess shyly.

He smirks at me as I look away. I look back up at him and he's still looking at me.

"What?" I laugh.

"You said, everything," He smiles.

"Oh gosh," I roll my eyes as he takes our trays and sits them on the nightstand next to the bed.

"It's okay. I want to do everything with you, too," Liam says causing me to look up at him.

"You do?" I ask.

He nods as I shyly smile.

He gently touches my cheek as gravity pulls us together. Our lips touch and the kiss immediately intensifies. I lift up on my knees as I lean into the kiss some more. Liam's hands slide to my waist.  He leans back against the bed as I straddle him. We were then interrupted by a knock.

"I think getting privacy is worse in my Kingdom than it is yours," Liam says in between breaths.

"I agree, but it's a good thing though. The interruptions bring us back to reality," I laugh causing him to laugh with me.

He then gets up to open the door and it was a servant coming to clean up our breakfast trays.

"Thank you," Liam and I say politely together.

We both then look at each other and smile as the servant bows and leaves the room.

"Wait, how did I get in your bed last night?" I ask randomly thinking about it.

"You fell asleep on the office couch and my father excused me from the meeting so that I could put you in the bed and then I went back down," He smiles as he closes the door and gets back into the bed.

"Oh. Why'd you bring me in here and not my own chambers? I nearly had a heart attack this morning every time someone knocked on the door, especially the first time" I state as Liam laughs.

"My mother actually told me to put you in my bed. I was shocked, but I enjoy cuddling with you, so who was I to question it?" Liam asks.

"Well, she knew that we shared a bed in my Castle because our mom's talk all the time, but she did tell me that she told everyone in the castle that if they spot us in a room alone together, let us be" I say.

"I find it interesting how all of these rules are being rearranged and changed for us" Liam smirks.

"Right? But they said they trust us to make the right choices and the right decisions. Maybe it's a test," I state as Liam shrugs getting into the bed.

"Anyway, what was discussed during the meeting? I fell asleep really early on and I feel like I missed the good stuff" I say cuddling into Liam's arms.

"Well, it wasn't any good stuff. It was about a potential war. Apparently, your Kingdom and my Kingdom both fought this other developing Kingdom years ago before we were born. They were apparently known as the 'Scallions'. They thought they could outtake us before forming their alliances and strengthening their men. They started coming and threatening our people and our lands and demanded a war. We fought them for two days and immediately won. Apparently, a few of our knights were out and heard through the fields that during the years, they've been developing and getting stronger for a redo fight, an even bigger war. So, we need to train harder, prepare, and get ready just in case," Liam explains.

"Liam, that sounds terrifying," I say looking at him.

"Hey, no matter what happens. I will protect you and guard you with my life. I can't live without you," Liam says taking my hands in his.

"I don't want you dying for me. I wouldn't want to live without you either, Liam. We're supposed to get married and have a family. I can't do that without the man I love," I confess.

"Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. I'll do whatever it takes to protect you, our Kingdom's, and myself so that I can marry you and live happily ever after with you," He smiles pulling me in for a kiss.

Who knew that after that day, the war was soon to begin.