My heart was pounding like crazy. It's kinda surprising that I'm acting so bashful all of a sudden. A person like me, who had spend many years being held by different men, being their toy of pleasure, it's so astonishing for me to have my heart beating faster than usual like a racing horse.
His lips were glued to mine and I felt that the time halted there. My stomach felt kinda funny, it's hard to explain how. The moment I regained my consciousness, I knew I had to prevent him from going further.
A little skin ship is fine but I can't let him go all the way. My tongue knocked on his suppressed lips, making them open for my entrance. I begun to satisfy his urge for my body with the amazing skills of my French kissing.
My free hands roamed around his hair. At that time I gripped onto his soft silky hair like a child, although in other's point of view, I was looking like a savage.
" I hate to stop you there but I'm really tired. Can we go back to sleep now?" Diverting my face away from him, I requested him to end our make out session. Hope he won't get mad at me for this.
" Yeah." He sounded guilty as he was literally pushing himself on me.
Good grief.
Mr. jerk a.k.a my dear husband finally went to sleep. I knew that Timothy isn't that type of guy who would just throw their body on a girl like a beast to satisfy their sexual hunger. So, I'm kinda glad that I have this advantage or more like a blessing to my side.
I'm happy that Eleanor is rotting in the cold palace even though it's not that painful. After her fraud got caught, Timothy ordered her to stay at cold palace. This castle is separated from the main royal palace.
You could say it's a prison for royal people and other higher ranks. But it's way better that an actual prison. You can continue your daily life with three time meals and sleep. It's hardly a punishment.
God! I really want to see her in a real prison where she is caged and tortured like a criminal.
Meanwhile her maid Lily, she's in the prison. There's a possibility that Lily might know about the secrets of Eleanor. She had spent so many years with her, providing the support and help when it was needed. I have a doubt in my mind, more like a fear.
What if Lily is their next target?
What if Eleanor kills Lily to shut her mouth ?
They already killed Grace so why not her?
Lily is just a mere maid who knows the valuable information about the wrong deeds of Eleanor. She may have helped them with many things but at the end of the day, she can be replaced, thrown away like a plastic bag. But I can use her for my own benefits.
She can be the witness to expose the schemes of Eleanor. I can convince her to speak the truth when they will held the trial in royal court.
If she's a smart girl, she will agree to this plan but if she's gonna play the role of loyal faithful servant then I have no other option. That incident has also affected her greatly. Based on that I can assure Lily is afraid to die. I mean, who wouldn't?
Everyone values their life. They don't wanna face death even though they were guilty, even though they had committed grave crimes. The criminals are cowards, they can only hurt people.
Next day as I had predicted, Lily was missing from the prison. Her cell had stains of blood. Timothy was furious as this incident happened again just like when the nanny was found dead. He wanted to catch the culprit as soon as possible. Lily was in the prison for two days yet she didn't gave any crucial information.
After the failed assassin attempt, she was traumatised by that experience which made her mentally unstable. The knights thought that it would be better to interrogate her after few days when she will become calm.
Who would have guessed that another murder would take place so fast?
The royal guards were send to look for her everywhere and after searching like hound dogs they found a body near the edge of river at the west.
It was before the noon time when they found the dead body. The head was separated from the body but the clothes were Lily's.
Unlike my era, people in here don't have any high class technology such as DNA test or other stuffs. They don't have much sources to confirm the differences between the false one and the real one. Which was why they declared that the headless body was Lily.
Without any doubt the main suspect of this brutal murder would be Eleanor. On that day when Lily was brought as a witness to justify the allegations of Eleanor, she told everyone that an assassin was trying to kill her and the assassin mentioned Eleanor's name.
But she is currently captivated at the cold palace. So there's no way that she will perform this hideous slaughter single handedly. At first Timothy also thought that Eleanor is connected to the murder case of Lily but that makes no sense.
Without any solid evidence no one can point a finger on Eleanor. That assassin whom Lily mentioned before he was not caught by the guards. Therefore no one can clarify this case.
It had to be someone else. All the suspicion points at Eleanor but there aren't any solid proof. Only I know that Eleanor is working with Gilbert. On the other hand no one is aware of this information.
She may not have a chance to talk with Gilbert while being trapped into that cold palace but Gilbert can kill Lily as he was also part of Eleanor's crew.
Maybe Martha helped him too, who knows?
" Your highness, do you really think Lady Eleanor killed Lily to silence her?" I was in my room with my maid Anna, sipping on my tea alongside some delicious cookies. We were alone so, Anna asked me this question. The news of Lily's death has reached the ears of everyone around the palace.
The news made Anna little sad which I can tell by her way of speaking. She's a kind soul, even if it's an enemy she feels little bit sympathetic over a death of a stranger.
" If she can kill Grace then why not her?" That's an honest reply. I knew it'll hurt her feelings but I had no other option.
" Well that's tru-"
" But she didn't kill her." I stopped her in mid sentence.
" So the murderer is someone else?" She asked with a frown.
" No. What I mean is, Lily isn't dead."
" What! But they found her body-" Anna widen her eyes with confusion as she exclaimed in wonder.
" Is that really her body? They just confirmed it with her clothes other than that is there any solid proof?" I stated boldly without even a flinch.
" I guess you are right, your highness. I didn't thought of that deeply." As usual Anna was convinced by me easily. How naive.
" Exactly. If it was really Lily why would they cut off her head? The culprit made it look so obvious. People aren't that cautious. They just get to the point without even inquiring further."
" Yes indeed. Your highness is most certainly wise." Anna complimented me with a smile. Oh you silly girl, you have no idea about the truth.
" Anyway I'm not that clever to solve such a mystery. I only said this because Lily is under my care." I blurted our blankly.
" What are you saying, your highness?" Hearing my reply Anna began to look kinda worried. Her eyes were covered with the dark clouds as if something ominous gonna happen. Oh boy! Her blood pressure is gonna rise up again.
" Yes Anna. Come on! Don't look so surprised. Just wait for the night. Things are about to go wild." Winking at her playfully, I tried to calm her down but it seems that she's tensed already.
Jeez! Anna, why are you such a wuss!
" Your highness, I can't really stay calm for once. Every time you make this expression I get a chill in my bones." Oh! So I'm like a scary monster to her? Or some troublemaker child. I know that Anna gets scared easily. She is like a mother to me although we don't have that much age gap.
Funny isn't it? But I'm happy to receive her love and affection.
" Now,now, Anna. There's nothing to fret. I got it all under my control. You just have to stay beside me and provide me with your assistance. Cool?" Getting up from my chair, I rested my weight on Anna while leaning my body on her almost like hugging. It's not normal for people in my position to treat a maid like this. But I'm not gonna follow that bullshit crap.
" I'll even give you my life." Woah there girl! I'm not a freaking grim ripper. Calm your tits honey! You better stop being super serious.
" Tch! I never asked for it. Now calm down. You're sweating a lot." I continued to rest my head on her back. The warmth of her body spread through my body like a summer's morning. I wonder if she's gonna love me the same way after knowing my true identity.
Will she love Lizzy or Lucinda?
It makes my heart ache and stomach curl up in a twist.
~ to be continued