Chapter 42 - Lay

"You really are pretty, Orion." The King said to me as we laid side by side. The only cloth I wore is the one around the lower part of my face. 

"I am honoured you think so, your majesty," I said in the sweetest tone I can muster because … honestly, I am do not believe a word he says and I am … tired, to say the very least. 

My whole body aches and I am exhausted. I don't know what time it is, but it seems to be much later in the morning than when it was on the first night. Who knew even breathing could hurt? Ow.

We have to reach this place by ten, but we happened to be ten minutes late and … well … that is not a good thing for me. Just being ten minutes late can result in this then I worry what will happen if I am ever, say … thirty minutes late. 

I honestly shudder to think what would happen if that was the case. 

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