Standing afar from the dancing, he admired the masquerade party from a distance. He’d had offers from women that wanted to please him with a dance, but he always refused with a cold ‘no’. He wished not to dance with any greedy women only pleading for a slim chance with the Prince.

That was until his mother, the Queen, forced him to be a ‘gentleman’ and dance with any women that would take him. He could only think how dreadful this would be as he stepped onto the dance floor..