Kingdom of Alba…
Avery's pov;
After a magical moment he is first to pull away from our kiss . I am left out of breath , not because the kiss was passionate , it was anything but , it was rather soft and gentle portraying his love towards his woman, in this case not me but Ethera.
I am rather out of breath because I can't believe what just happened , what I just let happen.
I let Tobias kiss me but the worst part is I think I even let him in my heart. How did this happen?
Maybe when we kept laughing at random things together , maybe when he stood up for me on numerous occasions , maybe when he kept changing his way of doing and seeing things for me as it he knew who I really was or at least had some doubts.
Sometimes I really do feel as though he knows I am not really Ethera because he acts differently with me and looks at me differently , or is it all just in my head. I don't know.
Somewhere in my heart I do hope he can see me as me and not Ethera but then I also feel like I should not expect this because this is not my story, I am an imposter trying to make my way in here.
Shameless is what I am.
He takes my hand and I look at his sweet gaze one more time and I just can't not want to be here.
This is a feeling I do not wish to abandon as wrong as this can be.
"Let's go feel the water, I am sure that is what you wanted first thing when we arrived" he says , I nod excitedly and we walk barefoot along the coast feeling the water move over our feet.
This is like a movie scenery , walking on a sea coast with someone special, holding hands and just enjoying each other's company with the sun acting like a highlighter on your's skin.
After a whole half a day spent at the beach it is now time to go back to the palace , go back to reality pretty much since we were in our little bubble over here.
"Did you like the surprise? Was it relaxing?" Tobias asks in the carriage.
I smile at him and nod.
"It was really nice, I never got the chance to visit one so it was really a great idea. Thank you"
I am genuinely happy he brought me here , it seems I really needed some space to relax and decompress.
I look at him and he is just smiling seeming happy of our little trip.
We haven't talked about the kiss probably because this is normal for him since he is married to me / Ethera but for me it is not normal because I just kissed a man that I like whom I am not supposed to like because he is someone else's.
Am I a horrible person for doing this? Probably but then again can you control feelings? No.
Even though I want to not feel this because it is unethical I can't because I feel like this liberated me from the barriers I had put up around my heart after Lucas broke my trust.
And you might think Eric did it to some extent but then no , that is the reason I have been putting distance between us.
Eric is a good man I know that but when I am with him I feel this uncertainty and fear , maybe because it gets too intense with him and I loose myself and that is probably why I am scared because when I loose myself with a guy , I don't look out for myself and so the person can easily break me.
With Tobias it is calm , no pressure , no fear it is just us.
I know in the end I can't be with him because he belongs with Ethera but I just want to enjoy the present moment and cherish it.
I will give him back when time comes but not just yet, I am sorry Ethera.
You will probably never forgive me for this and never understand how this happened but it just did.
Love doesn't prepare you it just comes and sweeps you away.
The carriage stops by Ethera's house to drop me off as Tobias has other duties to attend to.
He kisses my forehead softly "Take care of yourself and something will come for you some time today so be prepared" he winks.
I smile and nod enjoying his sweet gestures.
I wonder what he is referring to. Another surprise?
His carriage continues its road towards the main palace block.
I walk back inside the house still day dreaming about my date with Tobias, I am on cloud nine right now and I feel like nothing can stop me from lavishing in this moment.
"I take it you had fun my lady" I look in front of my and see Hygai smiling to himself.
The man is a gossiper for sure but he does wish for me to be happy , genuinely which I appreciate.
I smile back "I indeed had fun , a lot of fun"
"Oh my lady you are reaching the heights , soon our house will have the honor it deserves" He says the walks out , I don't know what he means by that though.
As I walk into the house there is one person I want to avoid. Heizel. Why? Because she is going to want to know what happened and I can't say I kissed Tobias because she will see my as a traitor, she is loyal to Ethera before she is to me so she will hate me if she is to know about it , so for now I have to find something to tell her which will divert from the actual events that took place.
Helton's pov;
I am figuring out my next move on the royal family because we don't want it to get bigger with new born babies , especially considering Tobias has been spending a lot of time with lady Ethera , which means that she could soon rise up in ranks and start making heirs for him which I will not let happen.
Speaking of this young lady , something about her aura in specific seems wrong.
Her spirit is very occupied, there is magic elements mixed in her which is unusual because no one else practices magic except from me in this kingdom.
When I bumped into her the other day I felt weird vibrations coming from her and even her way of speaking seeming unusual from the typical form of speech practiced by the other ladies.
On top of that she looked at me like she knew me in a profound way , she knows something is cooking up but how?
Overall it seems I have a mystery to solve or else I will find myself having a thorn in my foot that may ruin my plans.