The nine-year-old peered over the edge of the bassinet. All he saw was a tiny baby girl in a beautiful white dress... nothing much different than any other bassinet would hold. But somehow, he knew this was different... and so was the little girl... not to mention himself. He wasn't just any nine-year-old boy. He was a prince. Prince Nickolas the IV. What Prince Nickolas didn't know was that he was practically already married to this girl, to Princess Alexa of Brimburg. They would marry... and as soon as she turned 17. They would marry no matter what they, themselves, wanted. They had 17 years to get used to that fact.
