"What is wrong?? where did Liam rush to in such a manner??" asked Zuph as he looked at Mero.
"Yes, where did he rush to?? is something dangerous happening??" asked Luc as that was the only thing that he could think off that would possible make Liam rush out like that.
"I do not know at all" said Mero as he turned to look at them all.
"But I am sure it must not be that dire" said Zechariah as he looked at Mero.
"Because if it was, he would not have gone alone, he would have asked us all to join him" said Zechariah.
"I agree with Zechariah, it must not be that serious for him to leave in such a hurry without requesting that we follow him" said Elihu as he looked serious.
"It must be a minor issue then" said Elihu.
"You may all be right" said Mero, but he still did not feel like that was the case, for Liam to have said that trouble was at foot, it must have meant that something bad was really happening, but as the boys had said if it was that serious he would have called them to come with him, rather than telling him to tell his betrothed that he would return soon.
"Anyway, I am going to start enjoying my night" said Elihu as he winked at a nearby maiden.
And as if the heavens were not happy with him, they decided to spoil his fun by the appearance of a certain little someone.
"I announce to you the arrival of Lady Diwura Lily Scot, Daughter of Duke and Duchess Scot" came the voice of the announcer that was standing at the entrance of the ballroom to announce the guests as they walked in one by one.
Wura walked down the stairs gracefully, her long curly hair was braided and was arranged with little flower ornaments and her yellow dress swept the floor as she walked.
It seemed that everyone was invested in all of their activities that they paid no attention to her at all, and Wura did not mind that at all, in fact she did not want to be noticed at all, she just wanted to get this over and done with.
Wura was looking for Liam in the midst of all the many other people she could see in the ballroom, the music played lightly, and she furrowed her eyebrows, until she saw someone familiar heading straight in her direction and she smiled.
"Good Evening Sir Mero" said Wura as she curtsied and she smiled.
"Good Evening Lady Diwura" said Mero as he kissed the back of her hand and he smiled.
Wura had removed her gloves and Coat as she entered the Palace.
"Shall we??" asked Mero as he stretched his hands out towards her.
"Of course" said Wura as she put her hand through his and he led her to where he was standing before.
"Sir Mero, where is his highness??" asked Wura as she looked at Mero as they walked.
"His Highness suddenly had an important matter to attend to, but he assured me that he would return soon" said Mero.
"Ahh I see" said Wura as she did not care at all, why should she??? she did not even want to see him, that was a fact!
"Oh good Lord, No, why did she have to arrive now???" asked Elihu as he felt like shedding tears, his fun had not even began yet and she was already here.
"Oh Elihu, you better behave yourself, the Princess is here" said Zuph as he laughed, he was enjoying every second of Elihu's suffering.
"No, because this is surely unfair, this woman has been sent from my village to torment me" said Elihu.
"Oh hush your nonsense" said Luc as he put a smile on his face as Wura walked closer.
"Good Evening Princess" said Luc as he smiled and he bowed.
"Good Evening Sir Luc" said Wura as she smiled.
"Good Evening Princess, it is a pleasure to see you again" said Zuph as he bowed and he smiled.
"Good Evening Sir Zuph, and the same to you" said Wura as she smiled.
"Good Evening Princess, I hope you are well" said Zechariah as he bowed.
"I am well Sir Zechariah, and yourself?" asked Wura as she smiled.
"I am doing well Princes..." said Zechariah as he was cut off by the cough of a certain angry man.
Wura, Mero, Zuph, Luc and Zechariah all turned to look at Elihu, who made no attempt at all to greet Wura and he just stood there looking at the celling as if it was made of gold.
"A good evening to you too Sir Elihu" said Wura as she rolled her eyes and she looked at Elihu, it was clear that he was still upset with her after their last meeting, who knew that he could be so petty??
"Ahhh Good evening Princess, forgive me I did not see you there" said Elihu as he was just plain petty and everyone looked at him with unamused expressions.
"Well then Sir Elihu, I believe that you need your eyes and ears to be checked by a physician if you did not hear neither did you see me" said Wura as Luc could not hold his laughter.
"I am glad that you care for me Princess" said Elihu as he ate back the words he could not possible utter, who did this woman think that she was for her to insult his hearing and seeing.
"Of course I do Sir Elihu" said Wura.
"I am very worried for you... after all I am sure with all the charms you have, you might have attracted some maidens that could charm you themselves and hence why you can neither hear or see properly" said Wura as she looked genuinely concerned.
This was the last straw, even Mero who was keeping a straight face just had to stifle a laugh while the rest of the men let themselves loose, they really liked the Prince's betrothed, she had a very sharp tongue, she was the only one who would dare insult Elihu and get away with it.
"Princess I appreciate your worry, but my charms are more than enough to overcome their charms, and my hearing and seeing are perfectly fine" said Elihu as he did not know when to stop, he was a very proud man that would never admit to defeat, and he was not going to do so with Wura.
"Please Sir Elihu, I do not want you to die an early death" said Wura.
"I am sure that you have heard about that new sickness going around" said Wura.
"And well it passes through...*Ahem*" said Wura as she herself was sure she had gone too far.
"I will have you know that no man in my family has even been subject to..." said Elihu as Zechariah cut him off by putting his hand on Elihu's shoulder.
His expression read "Just let it go Elihu", to which Elihu responded with a sigh.
"Princess, I am surprised that a dignified lady like you would know of such" said Elihu as he calmed himself down.
"There is no class in common sense" replied Wura and Elihu was left speechless and so were the others.
He was already busy imagining how horrible his life would be if Liam dared marry this woman, he was sure to think that all his fun would be ruined.
"You are right my Princess" said Elihu as he bit his tongue and smiled, and Wura smiled at him proudly.
Never in his life had he ever met such an annoying woman like Wura, in all honesty he wished she would keep shut more.