The silence between us was hard to break and I fidgeted. Siegfried had unraveled his scarf, setting the bold red fabric upon the seat. He then glanced over at me. “You’re so quiet today, it’s unlike you.” I felt my cheeks grow red. Was he insinuating that I was a loudmouth? Before I could retort, he let out an exasperated sigh. “I really don’t understand you commoners.” I pushed myself up from the couch angrily. “Why do you have to keep saying that?” Siegfried’s eyes widened, then he leaned forward, closing the distance between us. His taller frame had him towering over me, despite my upright position. “You should be grateful to be here! I don’t invite just anyone onto my yacht.” His petulant attitude reminded me that the prince was young. “Well turn it around then,” I said, my voice trailing off as Siegfried moved closer to me on the seat. I suddenly remembered that he was royalty. I felt embarrassed that he could get under my skin so easily. His icy blue eyes looked at me flashing brilliantly with anger, but he also looked confused. “Are you ordering me around now?” His deep voice had dropped dangerously low. Shrinking back on the couch, I looked desperately to the side, trying to escape the potentially damaging situation. He followed my movements however, his arm almost touching mine as he predatorily stalked me upon the seat. A knock came on the door then and Siegfried immediately looked over to the sound. “Come in,” Siegfried said and the door opened. Some servants entered, surrounding us and setting down dishes and plates on the table before us. Then as soon as they had come, they bowed and disappeared leaving the prince and I alone again. Siegfried had straightened himself and leaned back from where he had been almost touching me. However he didn’t move back to the other side of the bench, instead seeming content to stay next to where I sat. The food consisted of exquisite looking hors d’oeuvres. Prince von Adler looked frustrated as he turned to face me. “Just eat, and let’s enjoy the view.” Looking out the window I could see the beautiful bay stretching as far as the eye could see. Although the clouds were grey, the view was clear and when I turned back I could see Azolla Pier disappearing behind us. I looked back to the food. The silence was settling in again so to avoid the awkwardness I reached out and picked up a delicate quail egg, popping it into my mouth. The flavors of the truffle topping exploded in my mouth and I couldn’t stop the smile from crossing my face. When I looked up I saw Prince Siegfried was staring at me. His cheeks turned a little pink as our eyes met. “I…” He seemed to not want to open his lips. “I’m sorry, I didn’t want to fight with you,” he said in a rush suddenly, and then he stood up abruptly almost upsetting the platter in front of us. The apology was so unbelievable I choked on my egg.