Thaddeus strode into the Castle and went straight to Samuel's room.
He'll explain all the acts he put up today and why it is coming from him. Why will he try to kill his sister by the horses hooves and make her fall into an unconscious state because of the shock he made rise in her. What's all that about?
No one will argue with Diane again about the refusal of his proposal.
And when I say no one, I mean no one!
Thaddeus knock on the door of his room with force as rain drops off the door.
He looks up...
Wait a sec... This is not water nor rain.
It's some whitish liquid that is hanging on the door frame of his room.
Then white light blazed through the four corners and openings of the door to his room and Thaddeus raise his arm to obstruct the strong brightness.
It's more like a secret passage have been opened after a very long time of not going in.
No one is coming out or heading to the room so Thaddeus first scan the left and right hand side and then lower his sight to the keyhole position, closing his left eye and peeping through the right...
An unfamiliar and unbelievable sight reaches his eyes.
Still in the Castle, Ephesus is seen at the door of Diane's room with his men. Her maids (Esther and the rest), quickly rushed her into the room the moment they saw her unconscious body with Ephesus.
Hearing the door knob twist open, made the heart of Ephesus skip for no apparent reason...
Or maybe there's a reason... Curiousity. To know whether she's alive or not.
He quickly turn to walk into the room, having the thought of pushing her maids aside and walk in, but stopped immediately when the face of Diane showed brightly.
Ephesus eyelashes flutter slowly as he blinked getting the heart of Diane to jump in excitement. It all happened in slow motion.
"A-Are you okay?" Ephesus asks, forgetting himself and holding both arms of Diane with a little force.
Diane's felt warmth radiate round her body.
She have never experienced a male touch, apart from her father and brothers. But here she is.
Seeing that Diane's attention is on his hands that are holding softly to her arms, Ephesus quickly withdrew, making Diane to hate herself for the attention she gave the hands wrapping her arms.
"Yes. I am alright" she answers Majestically and with the Royal tongue.
Esther narrows her eyes at Miles and he just smirks as he eyed her, making her to feel herself melt like wax.
"What happened back there? Did you miss something?" Ephesus asks but without concern showing on his face.
He don't want this Princess to know that he has already started caring for her too soon.
"No. I didn't miss anything... It's that Samuel... He-" She keeps quiet when she remember the woman she saw in the mirror earlier.
It's already night and the time for the tour is due. Everything is happening as if they should cut their brains into departments.
"What... What's wrong?" Ephesus asks and She just shakes her head.
"I... Where is Thaddeus?"
First off, who's Thaddeus?
Three dots appeared on the male heads signifying that they DO NOT KNOW WHO THADDEUS IS!!!
Diane rolls her eyes.
"My brother! The one who was in the rain with us?" she says, trying to make him get who her brother is.
Ephesus remembers. So he just nods and answers.
"Oh, I don't know where he is. He just asked me to bring you to into the Castle and wait for him here"
"I have to find him"
"What? No, I am not allowing you to go anywhere, you're still hurt" He says and Diane stare speechlessly at him.
Even her Father never thought about her health conditions except if it's a chronic sickness.
But this stranger. This liar of occupations that lied that he's a soil tester. Cares for her and her health issues?
She have never experienced love and care in words before because she's aware that people can talk about their emotions and how they feel, but they don't actually mean it.
Especially the betrayers.
But... She feels honesty in the words and feelings of this... Ryan, that he call himself.
"Wait in your room. I'll go get him for you"
The standing Princess watch as her hero and his partners in the hero business walks off deeper into the hallway.
The rain is heavy and one can barely hear what the other person is saying.
When they got to the doorpost of Samuel's room, they found Thaddeus peeping through the keyhold squatting.
And his position is... Kinda funny.
"Prince Thaddeus?" Simon calls and Thaddeus immediately stands upright, whatever is going on in Samuel's room proceeds.
"What are you doing here?" Thaddeus ask, but because of the rain, his voice isn't heard inside the room.
"Your sister asked me to call you"
Thaddeus expression changes slowly at the mention of "Your Sister".
It doesn't turns negative though. It's a positive response.
"Did she talk to you?" Thaddeus asks and Colonel frowns immediately.
If she didn't talk to him, how will he know she needs Thaddeus? I mean what type of question is that ~ Colonel asks himself in his thoughts.
"Umm... I asked her if she was alright and she said yes. And then she said she wants to tell you something"
Just as Thaddeus open his mouth to talk, the door knob of Samuel's room twisted and within the very short period of the twisting of the door knob, Thaddeus, Ephesus, Simon, Colonel and Miles ran all the way to the room of Diane without looking back.
When Samuel came out of his room, the scent of their clothes hit his nose hard and then his eyes widened.
Someone's been here.
Thaddeus and the others pant heavily when they got to the doorpost of the room.
"Phew, that was close" Miles says and Thaddeus nod, but with his mouth open and sweat dropping little by little from his forehead.
Thaddeus twisted the door knob open to see Diane laying on the bed in the room with her maids on every side.
"Brother!"
The young Princess rushed and hugged her brother like it's been years she have seen him.
"Thank you" Diane say with a smile as she withdraws from Thaddeus.
The smile on her face is killing Ephesus.
Her little can kill inside.
Why don't she get that?