Bryana thought to herself as she woke and looked by her side with no one there, she wondered where Calix usually slept but obviously with his mistresses.
She was right he had always spent most of his night with two or more mistresses by his side and would dismiss them in the morning.
Bryana ignored her thoughts and then got up from her bed, she pulled off her night dress and then wrapped herself in a white woven towel, before she could head to the bathroom she found two maids present in the room ready for service.
The bath was as usual prepared warm and she felt comfortable and smelled of roses. She got out of the bath while the maid dried her up and styled her hair. They left her a blue floral lace gown.
She slid into it and headed to dining for breakfast, it was quiet than usual, it was only Lexar and the kitchen maid were present.
She had warm lime tea and a nice lettuce sandwich while Lexar had a green salad with smoothly squeezed orange juice, after the meal Lexar had a little chat with Bryana.
So how are you enjoying your stay I guess Calix might be giving you a hard time being his fiancée "Lexar asked worried", you are right but I am loving it here it's just there is know much love but I would get used to it.
I am a princess so I should've seen that coming, I could be the queen or a wife but I would have to share my husband with someone else, it is the life of a princess "Bryana said with a sad look".
That's not true, but with my brother it is but I would never do that to my wife and I know it must have felt hard for her to keep herself innocent till she got married, so it wouldn't hurt for me to wait for her.
If I could wait for her that long why would I go meet someone else when she is there to fulfill my needs, if you were my sister I wouldn't watch my sister get married to a man like Calix.
Bryana was amazed by what Lexar said and felt he had a kind heart and doesn't have a wicked motive in his mind, remembering how much love she sees in his eyes when he stares at Iris.
She wondered what could happen between them after the war of winning back Philadelphia, they both looked happy together and very compatible.
She didn't want it to end just like that.
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Father why are we leaving for Bulgaria when we know our enemies her coming for their kingdom and you still want us to leave Calix asked king Noan curiously.
Calix like you said our enemies are coming for war anytime soon so we are going to prepare and also get assistance from the villagers in Bulgaria and also help from the guards in Bulgaria.
Ok father let's go, Calix said putting on a shining armor with a dark red robe.
Calix and his father both marched outside the castle and rode on their horses to Bulgaria, Lexar knew nothing about their trip back to Bulgaria but never cared, they never told him anything anyways so why should he bother now?
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Kara went to prepare a nice tea for Clinton just like he asked, he had it in his room while reading a book, a while later after taking a sip, Clinton fell into a deep sleep right before Kara.
Lazarus walked past the halls on his way to his room he found Kara running past him in haste, he wondered what had happened, and he noticed she got out of Clinton's room.
He walked towards the room when he found Clinton lying fast asleep, before he could think twice he yelled don't let her out, ordering the guards by the gate.
They had already let her out so they reached out and ran after her immediately, before she could have gotten any further, Lazarus got down from the stairs and took out his sword/ then rode behind them on his horse.
They stopped for a while when they couldn't find her, Lazarus got down from his horse wondering where she could have hidden, he then saw a shadow run behind the bushes outside the castle
Look there he yelled and the guards ran behind him as he lead them into the bushes to catch Kara, a while after so much chasing she was surrounded by Lazarus and his guards.
Why were you running what did you do to Clinton, Lazarus asked as he began to move closer to her with the sword in his hand.
Kara gave no response and just stared while holding a grudge, Lazarus then noticed on her hand Clinton's key chain.
Where do you think you're going with this, Lazarus asked her holding up a tight+ grip around her wrist.
He pulled the necklace off her hands and ordered the guards to bring her back to the castle, she could be a spy sent from Bulgaria, he was curious to know who sent her and what was her goal.
The guards pulled her back to the castle, they got to the castle after a while the guards then tossed her to the ground.
Speak who are you and why are you to steal this necklace, Lazarus asked holding up the key chain.
Later after so much pestering, Lazarus was giving everyone's attention, duchess Esmerelda, duke Buckingham, lady Abigale and a few other of the Duke's wives came out along with Vivian.
What is the matter, duchess Esmerelda asked her son as he was forcing Kara to speak.
She had made Clinton fall into a deep sleep and had also tried in stealing the key to Philadelphia's throne room. (a gasp escaped everyone's lungs).
I knew she was of no good Vivian said.
My name isn't really Kara, it is Evelyn and I was sent here to get the key by prince Calix, I am one of his mistresses so he told me to use some of my skills to win Clinton's heart so I can gain his trust then take it from him.
I thought if I did it and carried out a great job I would gain more respect amongst the other mistresses and I almost had gotten away with it if it wasn't for her this baffling prince.
It seems like you don't seem to know what you've gotten yourself into miss, guards take her to the dungeon and lock her up, "duke Buckingham ordered