On the way back to the castle all I did was admire my beloved and my ring. The ring was beautiful, it was shaped like a rose and was silver with rose gold accents and a sprinkle of little diamonds. The band curled around my finger like vines and the ends had leaves.

Peighton put his hand over mine and entwined our fingers, making me look up at him.

Gosh, I love this man.

When you fulfill your destiny your skin is supposed to change color, pink for sweet, purple for poison, red for spice, etc. So when Peighton got crowned Prince of Flavor (after his flavor was chosen) they had a huge celebration in his honor.

When the clock hit midnight his skin color changed to the pale pink color that it was today. I thought the color wouldn't suit him but the pink brought out his sapphire eyes that I had grown to love.

I smiled at him, but even though my happiness the daunting words still haunted me at the back of my mind.

He will be your immediate downfall...

"I can't wait to tell my parents" My excitement dripped from my words and I was unapologetic about it. My parents had been so desperate for us to get married and now that this had happened they would finally get off my back on not, and I quote, 'seducing the prince enough'.

"No need" I frowned in confusion "Yours and mine helped me plan it out" My smile dropped from my face immediately. D-did he propose to me because they asked him to?

My face dropped in pure embarrassment, the ring on my finger suddenly feeling very heavy. This ring didn't feel like mine "Baby what's wrong, you look upset?" My eyes pricked with painful tears.

"Oh no it's nothing, time rings a bit tight" He looked down and my hand and used his hand to cradle mine. He then cursed silently underneath his breath.

"That kid is dead" I looked at him in confusion. He just smiled at me and continued to hold my hand.

I'm happy. He's in love with me and I love him. Nothing's wrong.

"OMYGOSH ITS HUGE" Yvette hadn't let go of my hand since I stepped on palace grounds. Sometimes I wish she was a poison so we could spend more time together. But I knew if she was anything but a spice her life would shatter.

"Calm down, it's not that big..." I looked back at the ring and my eyes widened in shock, I swear it wasn't that big when I put it on. The more I stared at it, the more I found a reason to fall in love with it more.

"Okay, you can admire your ring later, your glam squad has been waiting for you for so long" She dragged me through the dazzling castle hallways to my room. I wasn't pronounced as the queen formally so until I was I would stay I the guest wing and then when I got married to Peighton me and him would move to the royal suite.

Where for a week, every waking moment we'd have se-

"Great we're here!" She flung open the door and shoved me inside. I stumbled in my heels but I didn't have time to compose myself because I was already being grabbed from all angles by the twelve members of the 'glam squad'.

They started removing my sundress and pulled my hair out of my ponytail. I felt like a ragdoll as they all dragged me to the bathroom. The dumped me in the water and started scrubbing me raw. I sniffed the water and my nose crinkled in confusion.

"Leilani" The silver-haired girl looked at me with wide eyes.

"Yes, your majesty?" I held up one of the soaps they were using.

"Where are the honey ointments?" She bit her lip and looked at the others for help.

"Um His majesty demanded we use bubblegum products on you since your engagement has moved your housing" I thanked her and dropped the soap. I guess I am no longer Honey of The House of Honey. Even though my previous title did sound quite funny. I don't know what my parents were thinking.

They started on my hair. All of their nails excessively digging into my scalp, removing all the dirt that I'm sure I washed out in the morning. I decided to zone out and let them do their thing. One thing I learned when I was first given a 'glam squad' is that they were told not to speak to me (even though I made sure to try to make conversation with them whenever they were here).

After a lot of scrubbing, they brought me out of the tub and wrapped me in a fluffy pink towel. They pushed me into the room and sat me down for my makeup. In the hurry to all grab things that I usually didn't use on a daily basis one of them knocked over my ring, making it fall on the carpet.

"I'm so sorry your maje-" "Oh no its fin-"

We both reached for the ring and touched it at the same time. I ended up letting her grab it and she held it in her hands, staring at it for a few seconds before handing it to me. "I'm terribly sorry your highness" She apologized, quietly underneath her breath "Your ring is very beautiful" She complimented, handing it back to me.

I gave her a sincere smile "Thank you" I slipped the ring back " And don't worry, look its good as new!" I said briefly gesturing to my hand. She smiled back at me "What's your name?"

She tucked a strand of her curly black hair behind her ear "Kehlani mam".

I nodded in acknowledgment "Well Kehlani, you can call me honey, all of you can actually" They all smiled at me before continuing their work. The glam squads for nobility were entirely made up of Salt and Peppers. They were known to be very submissive and didn't have a rank in power and instead took the title as normal citizens.

In the middle of them styling my hair, my mother walked in. "Oh my baby! let's see the ring" The girls bowed their heads and took a step back, letting my mother through. I showed her my ring and she immediately squealed in excitement. "IT'S BEAUTIFUL I just knew Peighton would choose right" I blushed lightly.

"Thanks, mom" But she wasn't listening, instead she was ranting about something, pride dripping from her words.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, MY DAUGHTER? THE QUEEN?!" She squealed and pulled me into her, hugging me tightly "I'm so proud of you sweetie" She kissed my cheek and rubbed my hand supportively "Your perfect, the best daughter I could have ever wanted".

I smiled back at her. Oh if only you knew.

"Now I'm going to leave your beautiful glam squad to make you look like the princess you are" She squeezed my hand lightly before leaving. "You're going to make an amazing queen!" She yelled behind her shoulder before closing the door.

I smiled to myself and looked down at my hand. I'm going to be an amazing queen.