The rest of the night passed by quickly and soon ended. Though all seemed well, the guests could tell something was wrong somewhere among the relationships of the rulers of the Crepta Continent.
The air around Eros was so suffocating, the chief reporters were unable to breathe. Events like this might only happen once in a person's life and the people always liked to remember so they'd hire writers and artists to document events like this during the celebration.
All that was left was for Eros to give them a stamp of approval and they'd be able to print them in time for the morning paper. All was going well till pictures of Nectar appeared.
Of her entering with Liam, Talking with Luscious at the buffet table, Dancing with Kancor and many other poses. There was her having a pleasant conversation with Athena, talking with Reli and Melanie.
In every single drawing, she had a carefree smile on her lips that only made her more beautiful than she already was. But there was not a single picture of them together and that irritated him even more than the time she spent with other men.
Throwing the pictures aside, he smiled coldly " What do you think about these "? They all remained silent and Eros chuckled, " Since my empress likes to be in the spot light. Print them all out. I want the first copy of every issue ".
They all nodded in agreement, packing their papers and selves from Eros' presence with immediate effect. Eros sighed as he rubbed his temples and Pashidowl appeared by his side, " What exactly do you have in mind this time "?
Eros smiled slightly, " I'm quite sure Nectar still has feelings for me, if she sees the paper filled with pictures of her endeavors with men, she'll fell guilty and beg me to take her back and the plan will be back on track ".
Pashidowl made no comment as he vanished and Eros tapped the table lightly as he waited patiently for morning and Nectar to run in to his arms begging for forgiveness.
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Kancor slowly opened his eyes and realized he'd blacked out in the middle of the courtyard. As he sat up, he felt all the blood rush to his head as he remembered what happened earlier.
He frowned as he felt something damp touch his lips but then he heard a worried gasp as Bonsi ran up to him with a handkerchief, " Kancor are you okay? How much blood did you lose "?
That was when he realized he was having a nose bleed, " Ow ". Bonsi frowned, the tears gathering in her eyes " What do you mean Ow ? You could have been seriously hurt ".
Kancor sighed as he held her wrist gently, " I'm fine. Just a little stressed out ". Bonsi nodded, sniffling slightly " You sure, I can go ask for the royal physician ". Kancor shook his head standing up, " I'll be fine, I just need some sleep ".
Bonsi didn't believe and was about to insist he get checked when he held out a hand to her, " You should get some sleep too, you look very stressed ". Bonsi laughed, taking his hand " Says the one with a nosebleed ".
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Axis wasn't sure why but his sister seemed paler to him, " Are you sure you're alright "? Wrapping her hands even tighter around her body, she nodded " Of course brother, why do you ask "?
Axis nodded and suddenly frowned, " Is it because of that Kancor boy? He just left you and disappeared. I'll give him a thorough bashing when we get back ". Caitlin shook her head vigorously, " That's not true. He already told me he'd be going back because he was tired ".
They continued their sedan ride in silence when Caitlin suddenly spoke up again, " So the one Kancor danced with turns put to be the empress of Lishflour "? Axis sighed as he nodded in agreement, " Yes Caitlin. This is the tenth time you're asking. Sure there isn't a problem "?
Caitlin nodded, looking the other way, [ What have I done? ] She'd just provoked the empress while taking it out of Kancor at the same time hurting her butler [ I'm so screwed ]
To top it all off, her arms were beginning to hurt more and more. She remembered Nectar's sudden comment [ Suffering a hundred fold ] and wrapped her arms around herself even tighter as if it would stop the bone chilling pain she felt from getting any worse.
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" What do you think about the empress Big brother "? Luscious shrugged lightly, " She's quite strange " [ And a shameless bullying thief ] Fay rolled her eyes, " She's alright in my book, maybe she can be of help ".
Lucy tilted her head to the side, claw to her lip " How do we even convince her "? Luscious stretched slightly, " Ask the guy she came with, I think they called him General Soul ".
Lucy shook her head in disapproval, " Nuh uh, he scares me ". Luscious only laughed pointing down at Fay who was walking in between their sedan chairs " Fay can do it ". Fay looked up at him with a sharp glare, " Why me "?
Luscious shrugged lazily, " You two seemed to get along well at the banquet ". Fay shook her head lightly, " I still don't think it'd be best Luscious and we're not that familiar with each other ".
Luscious smirked knowingly, rubbing his chin " Really? But you two look so lovely when you dance ". Fay turned the other way, her cheeks red and they both laughed at her.
Lucy wiggled her eyebrows teasingly at Luscious, " I do remember seeing you dance with princess Nova. You looked so red, like a smitten little kitty ". Luscious frowned immediately, pointing at her, " That meant nothing, stop spouting nonsense ".
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" You shouldn't frown princess, gives you more wrinkles than you already have ". Nova glared at him, throwing an ice dagger at him, " You dunno how much I want you dead ".
Dimitri laughed, kissing the dagger she threw at him, " The feeling is more than mutual. I'm sure you're sister feels the same way ". Nova rubbed her knitted her brows, " This isn't how it was supposed to go ".
Dimitri pouted mockingly, looking at her elegant figure in the sedan chair " Are you giving up "? Nova laughed coldly, griping the handles of her chair " Of course not. She should have played nice though ".
Dimitri didn't quite understand the last part but the evil grin on her face didn't let him probe further. Biting her nail, she thought to herself [ Now I want him....just to see you broken once and for all sister ]