Mr. Tanaka waved his black glove-covered right hand as a sign I needed to follow him. I followed… to the left stair, to the right, and to the main entrance. Inside I found an even more magnificent foyer with a big chandelier that led to another stair.
"Should I take your coat, your highness?" A sound of a young man little bit startled me when I was admiring the foyer. The curse of a photographer, I imagined myself taking pictures of Arianell in fabulous gowns in the foyer. Long and flowing dresses would fit her beautifully with such a background foyer.
"Oh, yes please…" I gestured myself taking off my black coat helped by him and left me only wearing my black prince suit. I fixed the 'A' cufflinks that possibly wandered from their original places.
Mr. Tanaka stared at me in awe. I frowned, and then he said,
"You're too graceful for this mansion, your highness…" I guessed I made him over-impressed by me. If only he knew how careless I was walking with my jeans and unbuttoned shirt barefooted in my little apartment.
He shoved his right hand again to sign him to follow him.
We took the stair to the left and he pointed his hand to the left direction of the opposite from the left part of the stair while saying,
"That way would be the way to your room. I'll let Wade sit-wait you in front of your door, though you won't be lost because it's the biggest room at the end of the right-wing."
"Mr. Tanaka, you spoiled me…" I whispered with my grin.
"Not at all, Your Highness. It's the least we can do. Since there are only my lady as the hostess and you as the guest of honor, it would just be obvious that you both occupy the biggest room in the mansion."
I slightly gestured my head as a way to say thanks.
"Shall we? " he said while pointing his right hand in the opposite direction of what he said as my room.
It was another slight nod from me to show that I agreed.
"Has Arianell had breakfast this morning, Mr. Tanaka?"
"Oh yes, one of the staff told me earlier that my lady had breakfast at 7 this morning. But she told them she was so sleepy she wanted to go back to sleep. She asked them to let you into her room as soon as you get here."
Good! Then I didn't need to worry that Arianell had an empty stomach because of the things we were about to do. How about my stomach? I could rely on my supernatural side that eating the mist of the incubus would add more Chi to my life force. My human form wouldn't need to complain.
We stopped on the last and seemed biggest door on the left wing. Mr. Tanaka was about to knock but I caught his hand,
"Let me, sir. You may leave and I'll call you if we need anything."
He nodded, "Certainly, your highness. If my lady hasn't woken up yet, and you need anything, use the intercom next to the entrance door. There are plenty of sofas and chairs in the room where you can make yourself comfortable and coffee along with fresh water is also provided in the room. There are some cool snacks in the minibar as well …."
[What a great room service!] I muttered in my mind.
"Now, if you please excuse me …." he bowed with courtesy, and I replied with a slight nod. I let his posture disappear before I knocked on Arianell's door.
I knocked, "Anne? It's me, Akrem …."
There wasn't any answer or reply, so I opened the door in case she was still sleeping and I was reluctant to call her with a louder voice as well, then I let myself in.
Her room was enormous and graceful. I couldn't take my eyes off the surroundings as my photographer's eyes caught all the frames I could take in the room. It could be a pleasant background for many themes I could use as the photos materials. On the right, there were the coffee table and minibar with four chairs and a middle table that could be used as a foyer and a small tea-time meeting room.
While on the left there were two doors one seemed to be the door to the bathroom where I could see the big glass window to look into what inside the bathroom was. I practically could see her whole body if she took a shower in the booth and I was lying on the bed.
There was a jacuzzi inside it while there was a classic white bathtub was placed in the corner of the room next to her huge bed near the windows and door to the balcony. I remembered she liked to soak herself in a bathtub while reading and listening to music. Another door with dimmed light led to a closet that seemed to be the room she had her collection of clothes and accessories.
She lived a very different life that I couldn't believe myself if I compared this room to her tiny and compact apartment in the Main Land. She was perfect for me, a princess and a warrior that she could be anyone, I believed including being the true queen of the Akhmedov clan in the Green Valley. For a second, I doubted myself if I could make her happy.
I must be able to do that. I had sworn that I would protect my Luna, no matter what.
I approached her huge bed, a king-size plus with soft blue layers of fabric on its four-bed posts. I hadn't been turned on, but the romantic ambiance surely would help me to get into that better. I sat on the bed edge and called her softly,
"Anne?" she still couldn't hear me. That beautiful face surely looked exhausted. I'd like to kill the incubus right away, but I needed to cure her first. So I placed my warm right palm on her left cheek and I whispered in her right ear. I let my slightly wet lips brush her earlobe. And also, I called her in my mind.
[Anne, I'm finally here.]
"I'm here, love …."
-to be continued-