Evangeline listened as Azrael spoke to her, but it wouldn't be easy to convince her to stay home and be a good little princess. [i]"You've no idea just how boring it is to sit around all day and eat cake and read books and wait for a rich man to sweep you off your feet and take you away. The girls in the books that I read go on adventures, they find romance on the seas and have grand adventures. I understand that it's all fictional but it sounds a lot more interesting than the life I'm living now."[/i] the princess sighed softly, as if she was dreaming about escaping to a different life. [i]"Besides, life isn't supposed to be easy. An easy life is a life that has not been well lived, if you ask me. It's not like I chose this lifestyle, I was born into it. I am sure that many commoners wish they lived in the lap of luxury, but there is a much darker side to it that they do not see."[/i] Evangeline moved some of her long hair over one of her shoulders and she made her way back over to Azrael, grabbing both of his hands without warning.

[i]"I couldn't bring myself to ask you to look after me, I'd manage just fine on my own. But anyway, I don't think you'd be able to bear seeing me go off on my own, so you would probably feel the need to protect me anyway, correct?"[/i] Evangeline teased with a small smile. Running away was a very serious decision to make, but the princess felt like she was prepared for that.[i]"I don't need anyone to take care of me, but some company would be nice. Keeping my identity a bit of a secret might be difficult, but perhaps I could get a home somewhere on the outskirts of the city where it's quiet, I could manage. I can cook, clean....that's perfect housewife material, is it not?"[/i] Evangeline giggled softly and gently let go of Azrael's hands, letting him have them back for the moment.

[i]"Unfortunately, I'm not worth much to my parents. I'm the only child so all the pressure to produce children is on me, and I must deliver. Providing them with an heir is what I am here to do. Of course, if I was unable to have children I might be cast out into the open, but I'm not willing to get to the point where I find out...."[/i] the princess sighed and grasped Azrael's arm again, leading him into some shade so he could sit down at the stone bench that was under a large tree. [i]"Is being a vampire really that difficult? Will it hurt? You get to live for a very long time, right? You get to be fast and strong...."[/i]Evangeline trailed off and peered up at Azrael with those curious eyes of hers. Perhaps she was just romanticizing when it came to vampires, but she was eager to know more about them. [i]"Vampires don't breathe, do they? I could very well pretend I'm dead and fool everyone in the kingdom~"[/i] for some reason, that brought a smile to her face. Anything to get out of the kingdom, she'd do it.