By the time Chase let her go, she felt strangely relieved, as if she had just overslept, and woke up well-rested and happy.
"go back to the castle, I'll see you there." she whispered into his ear but he put his arm around her waist and shook his head.
"no way am I letting you go
Alexis." he said as she had tried to walk over to receive her face wrap
"I'll meet you there, it will be fine." she said, putting her hand on his arm but he shook his head.
"just put on your his and go back to the castle as the healer" he said and she sighed
"alright fine, your going to have to let go of me though. You are the king and your married, your can't be seen walking with a dead girl." she said, and he reluctantly pulled his hand away, and they walked back to the castle, faster than they had left. The guard let them back in, and they hurried past everyone. Down the corridor, right, left through another corridor, straight through the room with the art and up the stairs to his bedroom. She stepped in and closed the door behind her and was about to turn the lock when Chase turned her to have him, pinning her to the door with his chest. He kissed her furiously, like he hadn't seen her for ages, which, in a way, he hadn't. Alexis replied the same, her back pressed to the door. She felt his hand leave her waist, heard the lock click shut and then felt his hand on her back. Alexis didn't think that she was kissing a married man, that she was kissing the king. To her, she was finally back with Chase, and that was all that mattered right now. Chase pulled her off the wall, and then they heard a knock at the door.
"I'm busy!" he called, muffled by her mouth, but the person knocked again. Chase sighed and let go of Alexis.
"who is it?" he said
"it's me!" brazillia called back and Chase frowned.
"what do you want?" he says and Alexis could hear brazillia shuffle outside the door.
"well, can I come in?" she huffed and tried to turn the handle
"no hold on I'm changing, what do you want." he said back
"oh that's fine I won't mind, I-"
"what do you want?" Chase cut in, noticing Alexis glaring at the door.
"well I was just wondering if you'll be at the feast tonight" she said, still trying to open the door.
"no, I won't," he said impatiently.
"is that all?"
"well, I- yes, that's all, I'll see you later then." she stuttered, and left, muttering to herself
Alexis was still glaring at the door, so she didn't notice Chase come up behind her, and was surprised when he started kissing her neck.
"why on earth did you marry her? Out of all people, her?"
He chuckled
"don't think I wanted to, I really didn't. Her father says I needed to marry, I said no, and he ignored me, and arranged it. Don't be mad at me, I should be mad at you! How are you even alive! I watched you get buried! And you show up without a scratch!"
He said, and she smiled
"that body wasn't mine. I don't know whose it was our why they thought it was me, but it wasn't. And are you really mad at me? You never stay mad at me." she said, rasing her eyebrow.
"well, If anything, now I should be." he said, getting to look mad and failing.
"what if I made it up to you?" she said into his ear, and he laughed
"you can try. I know your tricks." Alexis moved back and looked at him. His golden hair was no longer dull, but thick and shiny again, but he still has dark circles under his eyes.
"no. No tricks, you need to sleep" she said, and took his hand, to lead him to bed
"seriously? But I haven't seen you for ages, I can't sleep." he says and she shrugged.
"well your going to have to."
He seemed reculant but fell asleep as soon as he lay down, fully clothed above the covers. Alexis smiled and left him there to sleep. He really did need it. After watching him for a few minutes, she went to get him blankets, and when she threw them over him, he grabbed her arm and she smiled. She pulled her arm away and pulled her hood back on. She needed to find her friends. But as she opened the door, she was surprised to see Brazillia standing there. Glad she had put on her cloak, Alexis nodded at the queen and tried to pass by, but brazillia grabbed her arms before she could.
"thank you, really, my husband has been so much better since you came." she says and Alexis nodded.
"I thought he would never get over that peasant, he was spending way too much time looking for her to make a good king. I knew once she was gone he would morn but after he would be fine, and then he could love me! And you did it! Thank you!" sure gushed and Alexis froze. She knew? How did she know they would find her 'dead' if she wasn't even?
Did you know about her death?
She wrote down. And to get horror brazillia nodded.
"well, I sent people to kill her, but they failed, and they got beaten by a girl! So I used a fake body, and he believed it, but then he didn't get over it. I mean, seriously? It happened almost two months ago, and I told him that. I said it so many times but he just got mad at me!" she shook her head as if getting mad at brazillia was some unheard of thing. Alexis was stunned, brazillia planned her death, or tried to, so she could be with Chase? What on earth made her think that murdering his girlfriend would make him love her? She just stood there, frozen with such as brazillia hurried into Chase's room to rearrange his blankets. Alexis felt her hated towards Brazillia grow ever stronger.