Valerie walked into her room with a tray of food for Alan. Alan was cuddled up in a ball in the corner of the room. He smelled the food and automatically thought it was Malphus trying to get him to eat.
"No papa, I don't want any food until mommy comes home." Alan's voice sounded weak like his body was near giving out.
"Oh Alan, but you must eat food. Mommy's fine." Alan's head shot up to see Valerie, he ran to her and squeezed her so tightly that he almost kept air from going to her lungs.
"Mommy, are you really home?! Is that really you?!" He looked up at Valerie with tears rolling down his face, it almost made Valerie cry.
"Of course it is you silly goose, I would never leave you forever." Valerie wiped the tears off his face and handed him the food. He ate everything on the plate within 3 minutes he had bacon, pancakes, eggs, sausage, grits, oats, and a biscuit.
'My poor boy, he didn't eat a thing while I was gone. That must have been painful.' Thought Valerie to herself as she coaxed Alan's hair as he finished eating his last pancake.
It was midday but Alan's favorite food was breakfast food, he would always ask for pancakes and eggs for lunch and dinner. Of course, Valerie would've given it to him, because he had to eat what the King and Valerie ate, but today was special. He hadn't eaten a proper meal in months, of course, he had a vine of grapes every 2 weeks to ensure him to live until Valerie came home.
'He must really love me to have basically starved himself whilst me being gone.' Thought Valerie that night as Alan climbed onto the bed and hugged Valerie tightly, so tightly one would think he thought if he'd let go she'd die.
After a week, things had turned normal again. Alan ate regularly again, and the guards went on through their day without being be scolded for their incompetence when finding Valerie.
Once as Valerie was serving tea to the King, and he was in a bad mood, she mistakenly asked how many sugar cubes he'd like when he hated sugary tea.
She hadn't known the dark side to the man, so she quickly apologized and went to head out of the room only to be thrown towards a bookshelf.
"Sugar cubes? You want to have had something sweet, why not let me have you?" said the man in a calm demeanor, as he inched closer to her face after corning her so that she couldn't leave.
"Ah- sire, I didn't mean to be such a dimwit. Please spare me this once and it shall never happen again." Said Valerie as she tried to pick something else out of what the man said, not wanting to think unholy thoughts about her King.
"Spare you? Hm, that's not what your friend Mariel says when I say I would like to have her," He paused so Valerie could catch on then spoke again "Her eyes would light up in delight, with an anxious smile".
Malphus could see the pure jealousy bubbling in Valerie's eyes, whether the girl knew it or not, she was madly in love with the man that stood inches from her teasing her.
"Enough about her, and more about me, you, and the bed that awaits us in my room." said the man as he saw Valerie's checks give out a light pink color, which made him smile sinisterly.
"My lord, I think it unwise to speak about your affairs out lo-" Malphus kissed Valerie, making her silence her words. Their lips lingered together as time slowly went on, Valerie was too shocked by the gesture to realize who she was kissing, and how passionate the kiss was.
Malphus' tongue slipped into Valerie's mouth to softly tug on her tongue, and she slipped into him to do the same.
After a minute they stopped to take a breath, and once the realization of what she had just did sink in, blood crept up her neck into checks to turn her face pink.
Malphus took his hands down and put them into the pockets of his pants, and just stared at the girl in front of him. 'Just look at that adorable flushed face, how much more innocent could she get?' though Malphus to himself.
Valerie couldn't handle all the tension in the King's study, so she excused herself to her room for the night.
"Mommy are you alright? Your face is pink." Asked Alan as Valerie stepped into the room.
"I'm alright sweetie, just a little tired. Go play with your toys before bedtime." and without another word, Alan pulled his favorites toys, handed one to Valerie, and declared they were going to play race.