they walked slowly back to the castle, enjoying the warm weather . as they got into the casle , they were stopped by a maid ."Your highness, may I have a word ?"The maid said,"of course asher, what's wrong ?" Julianna said .Asher looked at loki and back at the floor, embarrassed to speak in front of him.
loki cleared his throat and said, "I'll meet you back in the room pet ." he kissed Julianna and walked away .she watched him walk away and then turned her attention back to Asher ." So what's going on ?"She said, watching ashers face fall ."I just found out I was pregnant. " Asher said, growing silent again .
Julianna looked shocked; she was only 14." OK, what can I do to help?" Julianna asked curiously ." I need to figure out some new chores. I'm on laundry detail , and I can't lift heavy things . I was wondering if you could help at all?"
Julianna stood silent for a few moments ."Of course, tell Edina to come talk to me, and you come too ." She said.asher nodded and walked to the staff chambers . Julianna casually strolled back to her room to find loki, arguing with someone. she stopped unsure if she should go in.
"I don't know how any of this is your business...it's time for you to go emily."She heard, loki say . Who's Emily? she wondered . she walked in to see the girl sitting in one of the chairs by the fireplace and loki pacing .
loki looked angry, but he stopped and looked at her when she entered. his face relaxed a little, and he smiled ."Ah, pet, I was beginning to worry." loki said, walking to her . she looked at him with a look of curiosity on her face
he sighed. " Julianna, this is Emily .....Emily, this is my fiance, Julianna. "
Emily's face went sour when loki said this." Well, Emily, was it ?" Julianna looked at her. Emily nodded."it was nice to meet you, but I have a kingdom to run, and I don't need people making the future king mad, so have a nice day ."
At this, loki chuckled, causing Emily to leave slamming the door behind her . Julianna sighed and started to walk away. " I'm sorry, pet she was here when I came back."Julianna turned to him." Who is she ? " She asked, looking at him .loki looked at the floor
"We were lovers ." He said, not looking at her. she walked to the closet he followed .she dressed, not speaking . he watched her not inturpting her, and then a knock sounded . he went to answer and found two maids standing there, one of which was the one who stopped them earlier .
"Ah, Edina, thank you for coming ." Julianna said, coming out of the closet . Edina bowed before speaking, " Of course, your highness Asher said you needed to speak to me ." Julianna nodded before speaking ." I'd like Asher reassigned. " She said, looking at Edina .
"Of course, where would you like her assigned to ?" Edina asked .Julianna looked at Asher. "I was thinking my personal assistant. " Julianna said Edina nodded,"of course, your highness she can start now .." Edina bowed and left .Asher looked relieved .
"Thank you, your highness. What would you like me to do?Asher asked Julianna."Well, to start with loki is future king; you are going to need to get more comfortable with him being around ." Julianna said Asher looked at loki and nodded ." Second, your first task is to go get checked out ." She said
Asher nodded, bowed, and left . loki looked at julianna, confused but didn't say anything . Julianna left the room, and loki followed .Asher came back a couple of hours later and handed Julianna some paperwork . Julianna read it, folded it, and gave it back.
The day went by quietly. Julianna hadn't talked to loki since this morning .dinnertime came around, and loki stopped her in the hall. Talk to me please pet ." He said she looked at him with tears ." Not now, please ." She said he nodded, and they continued to dinner .
loki noticed Julianna load a plate and hand it to Asher. she then whispered something to her, and she left ." How far along ?" loki asked, causing Julianna to choke on her wine ."Excuse me ?" She said, looking at him, he smiled at her .she sighed .
" About 2 months . How did you know ?" She asked . he turned to see Asher come back in." it's the way she holds herself would also explain why she's afraid of me. I'm going to guess it was forced, not consensual. " He said a little anger in his eyes .
"it was, but she won't tell me who it was ." she said .loki sat there in silence who would let their child go through that and at 14 to top it all off .he thought that if he had a daughter, he would kill any man who forced her to do something she didn't want to .
Although he'd love to have a daughter with Julianna or a son, any kids she makes will be perfect .But he said, observing Asher she was watching one of the guards and everything that gaurd looked up, she would look down in fear .
he would bring it up to Julianna later ." Pet, who is the guard over there about three chairs down from the captain with the blue eyes and black hair ?" Julianna looked."That is Marcus. he is the captains eldest son, y ?" She looked at him questioningly,"I will explain later ."He said .