You lived in a village and your father went into town for a festival, promising to acquire a rose for you. Then you found that a prince that lived in a far off cursed palace had taken him as his prisoner.

You begged the prince to let him go in exchange for you instead, and he agreed. Now you live in his palace alone, rarely even seeing him at all.

He walks up to your room, his eyes cold and guarded.

“I want you to join me for dinner. That is not a request.”