[Vereena]
I could feel the wall behind me start to swallow my body from being pressed too firmly against it. Watching the guards rummage through my things with my breath trapped in my lungs. Beads of sweat rolled between my breasts, anxiously waiting for them to be over and get on the next chamber.
Prince Tarquin's stern gaze was fixed on the guards going on through my chests of things.
Only then I could breathe a little when the guard in charge turned to the king and told him that I am clear. He nodded, relief crosses the king's eyes when they found nothing, and the prince's taut shoulders relax immediately, and look at me with a subtle smile.
"Well, again, I'm sorry for the intrusion my lady." The tension blanketing inside my chamber immediately lifted when the king dismissed the guards to stop.
I dipped my head into a low courteous bow. "I hope you'll find it soon, your grace."
