Sienna gulped as she recognized S, who was blocking the stairs up! "I was sleeping, but could not sleep well, without you."Sienna heard herself say sweetly."I have to be the most innocent queen ever!" she thought."I had a bad dream and I woke up. Then I could not asleep again, because... I was still thinking about that surprise you promised me,... so I went to look for it. "She bit her lips guiltily and she pulled Ziran to walk up even though S was still standing at the top. She did not want to get stuck in there!
S was puzzled. "A surprise ?" he was thinking a bit shocked. But he did not know, what Sienna and Sharchan had between them, so he was mostly guessing and that meant Sienna could make up almost anything! He got no way to prove her wrong!
S stared at her thinking. She was walking towards him innocently. "And how did you end up here? "he asked patiently, giving her his hand to help her up, on which Ziran felt a bit relieved.
'It was a wild snake. He was all white with blue eyes. I saw him in the corridors. Ziran tried to shus him away but he did not budge, so I followed him because he looked like he wanted to show me something. So, he led me here and showed me your surprise. I really like the room full of snow. You are so amazing!" she smiled and stood next to him already outside of the big metal door.
Ziran was just following after her and closed the door as S and Sienna passed. Ziran stared at Sienna with S, "What a performance. " he thought."She treats S better than Sharchan! She is all sweet!"
"I'm sorry for uncovering the surprise so early..." she said innocently. "But the good news is that can make some ice cream tomorrow! "she smiled so excited.
"Ice cream?"S looked at her.
"Yes, it is my favourite sweet and I did not have any for ages, "Sienna explained cutely.
S looked at her in awe..."What is she talking about?"He expected almost everything apart from this.
"Please don't be upset with me?" she begged cutely and circled his neck with her arms.
S looked into her eyes, " If she saw frozen Sharchan she will be clearly more distressed and confused. But she seems just excited about that snow. Well, they both must be covered surely by now, " he thought. "But I will have to watch her better!" he sighed in his mind.
S nodded satisfied and circled her waist."You should not wander alone at night."He said."You are lucky you had my ring." he noted.
"Yes, that white snake was a bit scary. Can I keep it for now then?"Sienna asked innocently.
"You really should not, it is a kings's ring," S said carefully.
"But you are my king and I'm your queen! Why I can't keep it, till I'm here?"Sienna asked," I like it and it repels wild snakes."Please leave it to me for now, you can manage snakes just with your hiss, but I'm scared when I encounter them," she looked at him innocently."You promised you will give me everything I want!"
S looked at her curiously."It looked like my brother made a lot of promises to his queen! But I can't contradict him much till I'm in his shoes. Besides, she is so cute and innocent ...and reckless...She did not even notice the wild snakes..."..S thought.
"Ok, keep the ring for now and keep close to me then, my queen," he said."I will protect you from everything." he smiled relaxedly.
"Thank you."Sienna kissed his cheek. S felt the wave of pleasure pass his body.
S kissed her lips and started to kiss her passionately but Sienna wiggled.
"What's wrong?" he asked her suspiciously.
"My feet are freezing! My shoes are too wet."Sienna bit her lips.
"Take them off!"S nodded and picked Sienna up to his embrace."Come, let's get you back to bed," S said gently. Sienna just dropped her cold sandals on the floor."They are drenched, take them for me Lord Ziran, please." Sienna asked the burly tiger to help out.
Ziran picked the wet sandals up and followed behind them. S was smiling cheekily. He liked how he carry the queen and the tiger walked with the shoes behind as a servant!
Sienna cuddled up to S, he was holding her tightly and it made her feel safe and very warm. She was happy that S is not suspecting her...She breathed in S's scent and fell asleep again. She was just too tired...
S looked at the sleeping queen in his arms." She surely likes to sleep next to me...!" he hissed a bit amused and a bit resentful.
S put Sienna back in her bed and lay next to her on his side. He watched how she slept and felt confused. He was not sure what she really did in that room and it was making him crazy. "She surely looks innocent enough, but what everything she saw?" the question was stuck in his mind.
S sighed and stood up. He could not handle laying next to her any longer. His mind was torturing him and his body just wanted to mate. It would feel bad to wake her up, so he decided to go.S slipped outside into the darkness. He was still thinking about his secret room and wanted to find out more...
"Come with me!"S called Ziran who guarded outside.S led him down the wide corridors. The tiger was puzzled but followed till S suddenly turned around and smashed Ziran into the stony wall!
Ziran was shocked. He thought S is much weaker, but he realized he was playing with him before! S was strong as Sharchan!
"What were you doing down underground?"S hissed at him.
"I was just following the queen. "Ziran said innocently trying to gather up together from the floor. "The bloody snake has power! "He thought worriedly.
"What did you see in the snowy room? "he asked.
"I did not go inside. I hold the door open for the queen, there was no handle. She wanted to walk in the snow, she was so excited about it. I'm sorry to ruin your surprise. "Ziran tried to explain as he stood up dizzily.
"Pitty!"S smashed Ziran on the wall again even stronger. Ziran felt as if he blacked out, only his tiger was still awake, but he could not move his heavy body. Ziran tried to wake up from all his will!
S picked up the almost unconscious tiger and took him down to his dungeon. There was a special underground cell. It was rebuilt from the old well.The builders of the Snake Castle could not find the spring even after digging for years, so they left the deep hole as it was. The perfect prison cell!
"Here lord Ziran, have a meal till I decide what to do with you!" S threw him down into a deep cell. Ziran felt that he is falling down and changed into his tiger form. He started to come back to himself as he was roaming in the air. He fell on all four on something soft and growled.
"I got you a deer from my hunt as you were going hungry for sure. "S chuckled looking down at him.
Ziran glanced at the dead deer he landed on. It was a fresh kill."S must plan this!"He realized."We fell into his trap. How did he know?" he thought and felt the freeze in his spine. He was worried about Sienna suddenly!
"Please, don't hurt the queen! She is innocent! "Ziran called loudly. His voice was echoing in the gloomy dungeon. He was getting crazy that Sienna was alone with the strong impostor!
"Why should I hurt her? I will mate her! She is my queen after all! "S chuckled and went.
Ziran calmed down."He will not hurt her." he thought and the big stone fell down from his heart. He knew Sienna will be nice to S till he got Sharchan.
"He got the Snake King and me as well. I should be called the gullible bodyguard."Ziran thought resentfully. He felt really stupid! He sat near the dead dear. His tiger was hungry and angry, the deer smelled good to him, so he gobbled it all up.S was kind enough, to get him a bucket of water there as well. When he was getting all this ready?"Ziran was wondering...then he had a look around his cell.
He noticed it was meant to be a well, but it was quite wide with very smooth walls. The burly tiger tried to jump up but kept sliding down. It was cured wall like the one outside the castle. Slippery smooth as a wet tiled floor...
Ziran stood at the bottom and stared up at the bars on the top, "I can break out of those easily if I just can get myself up there..." he thought.