She dropped the basket of grocery close to the pantry for the pantler, and hurried back to the kitchen to see what work was left for her to do.
At the kitchen door, she was met by an excited room mate who pushed her back to the corner and whisper screamed.
"Guess what, Violet !" Carmen said, dancing excitedly.
"What?"
"Just guess ."
She stared at Carmen to see if her face would give her thought away." You have just finished your work for the day."
Carmen rolled her eyes "Not that."
"You have a new boyfriend."
"Come on , Violet ! Try harder ."
Violet gasped and widened her eyes in shock , when something else occurred to her " Is it about Cristiano ? Has he finally noticed you?"
Carmen giggled and pushed her back when she stretched on tiptoe and faked cupping her mouth to start telling everyone.
"Shut up ! Not that ." Carmen said her face crinkling into a frown.
The frown soon disappeared , to be replaced by a smile as if it was never there at first.
She stared at the excited Lady in front of her, noticing how her smiles tend to lightened up her whole face, making her appear more prettier.
Violet sighed and gave up trying, taking wild guesses wasn't her thing." I give up. Now, tell me what it is."
"There is rumor going on around that the King has declared a hunt tomorrow morning." Carmen said shaking excitedly.
"A hunt tomorrow?" She muttered, a strange look appeared on her face. She turned to looked in the kitchen to see the head housekeeper instructing the cook.
"Not only that, " Carmen continued "there would also be a feast later in the evening. The King has promised that the winner of the group hunt will get half portion of the game caught by them."
"Oh, wow ! That is good for the guest, at least." She said , striding back to join the others.
Carmen chased after her, she wasn't done talking yet "And for me too."
She skidded into a stop and turned to stare at her room mate with a confused look.
"How?" She tilted her head to the side.
"I'll get to see the prince , I hear he is very handsome ." Carmen replied with a dreaming look on her face.
The image of the man she saw close to the stables flashed in her mind. She remembered the way she felt when his hand brushed on hers , the tantalizing way his voice tickled her ears, doing magic tricks to her senses.
Before she knew it, her heart beat increased. No. She shook her head, pushing aside the thought .
She is here on a mission, and would leave as soon as the mission is complete. It isn't fair if she leaves a broken heart behind, or go with a broken heart.
It wouldn't hurt to know who he is, would it ? A little voice whispered in her mind.
"Have you forgotten all about your dear Cristiano so soon ?" She ignored the voice and asked.
Carmen blinked her eyes and giggled "Never ! I only wanted to see your reaction," She replied, falling in beside her as they walked back to join the others.
"Where did you both girls run off to ?" An angry looking cook asked, as soon as she saw them approaching."We have more than seven dishes to make for dinner, yet you girls saw the time to run off to have fun."
Violet shared a look with Carmen when the cook pushed a full basket of vegetables in her hand.
Carmen hid a giggle before hurrying over to her table.
She turned around and walked back to her section, dumping the basket of grain on the table with a frown. If she had known she was coming to the North to work herself to death cutting vegetables, she would have hurried off to the west to finish the job instead.
All the nobles were done with dinner, and were each holding a quiet discussion with the person sitting close to them. None of them was willing to retire early to bed.
At the head of the table, King Maverick was holding an important discussion with his close associates.
Some of the nobles who wanted something to laugh about, gathered round Duke Rufus. There was the sound of laughter and excited voices coming from his table.
Duke Edward glanced at his right, and saw the far away look on the face of Duchess Veronica. She had been holding this look ever since she returned from her evening walk with the prince . He had been meaning to ask her what the problem was, but had put it off when his wife told him not to prod.
He doesn't think he could take his wife advice any more, his curiosity had gotten the best of him.
"A penny for your thought, Dear," He turned to speak to her "May I know what is eating you up since you got back from your evening walk with the prince ?"
"It is nothing , Uncle Edward," She replied, throwing him a look.
"It is not nothing, my dear," Duke Edward replied, staring at her face " I have known you since you were an infant, I think I can tell when you are happy or sad. And I can tell you right now that you look lost."
"Do you think I would be lucky like my sisters to get married to a prince , Uncle? She asked wriggling her hand on her lap.
" If you can play your cards right, why not," Duke Edward turned towards her " did my Nephew say something to you?"
Duchess Veronica glanced towards the head of the table, where the royals sat close to the King , to look at the prince " He hasn't yet."
She wanted to say more but stopped when Prince Nicholas glanced their way. He squinted his eyes to stare at them , when he saw their eyes on him.
"And he wouldn't , if I can help it."
Her mood improved when she heard the Duke words, she flickered her eyes at the Prince and saw he was still staring in their direction.
"Cousins !"
The King and Duke Edward looked up when they heard the voice of Duke Rufus voice.
"Which one of you will do me the honours of narrating the blood war, that Contributed in making the North the strongest kingdom in magnot , to my dedicated fans over here? " He asked , leaning back on his seat and throwing both of them a glance " I am not that good with words."
The nobles at the table, chuckled at the irony of his words.
"Allow me to do the honors." Duke Edward replied , standing up on his feet ."This is one of the memories I hold dear, that hunts me once in a while."
Nicholas turned with interest when he saw his Uncle stare off into the distance, getting ready to begin an untold tale that was only known to those present at the time of the event.
"It all started when the Hillanian waged war against the Northern ." Duke Edward began telling his tale " It was a war , unlike the one I have ever seen."
The King and his soldiers got down from the horses and led their Stallion on foot through the tremor mountain.
They were careful not to step foot out of the straight path, in order not to set off any tremor rock.
They followed the man they had paid to lead them through the tremor mountain in silence.
The wind in the tremor mountain was rumored to be eerie. Many travellers had speculated, that it was because the souls of all those who had perished in the tremor mountain was hanging around the place.
The soldiers looked around, when the eerie wind blew again, expecting to see a ghost pop out from the air.
It was not an exciting journey to them at all, they had to journey on foot for hours in silence before they got to the bone hill at night.
Everyone was so excited when the king informed them that they were setting camp in the bone hill.
They all threw themselves down on the ground, in the open air, too tired to make their tent.
Duke Edward laid close to his five cousins, staring up at the sky and trying to count the number of stars in the sky when the tour guide brought up a tale about the bone mountain.
"Do you guys know why this mountain is called the bone, mountain?"
Duke Edward turned towards the direction of the voice. He propped up his head on his hand to listen.
"My great, great ,great grandfather ," The tour guide began "told his son and grand children who then told his great ....."
" Just tell us why !" Someone grumbled .
Duke Edward chuckled when he heard the frustration in the voices of the men who had all cleaned their ears to hear an ancient story.
"The last great war between the hunter village and the kai took place some where on this mountain, more than fifty thousand men died that fateful day."
Everyone looked around, curiously.
" Did your forefather fight in the war?" Someone asked.
"No. His parents had escaped with them to a neighbouring town ," Their tour guide replied " we were told this mountain was formerly part of the hunter's people land , before it was turned to a burial ground when the war broke out. "
"What started the war?" Duke Rufus asked.
"No one knew, information was withheld from the people by their clan leaders" Their tour guide replied.
Duke Edward could feel the uncomfortable silence that settled in the camp after the man had told the tale.
They had their meal of roasted deer and whiskey, and turned in for the night, much earlier than usual.
The soldiers took turns keeping guards for some few hours, before another person would go and relieve the person on guard from duty. This is to ensure everyone has equal opportunity of resting.
It was close to midnight when the soldiers keeping guard raised an alarm.
"The Hillanians are rounding in on us!"
Everyone grabbed hold of their weapons and jumped into action.
The night was suddenly filled with the screams of the hillanians rushing in on them.
The clashing sound of swords filled the air as soldiers rounded each other in battles.
After thrusting his sword into one of the enemy's stomach, Duke Edward looked around for his cousins.
He turned around in shock when he heard the clank of two swords, colliding against each other at his back.
"I have got your back!" Duke Rufus said to him, as he blocked the sword of the enemy.
He wore a look of shock on his face before he nodded his head in appreciation , and ran off to look for another enemy.
"Maverick ! " A loud bass voice called out " King of the Northern state. Come out and challenge me, king to king."
The Hillanian king screamed in frustration, when he saw his men reducing by the number.
"Mateo, you will pay for conniving with my enemy !" King Maverick said swirling around and thrusting his sword in the heart of the enemy.
Duke Edward had a look of awe on his face as he turned in the direction of the king's voice and saw their leader, swirling around like a war god.
"Then let us settle this grievances we have with each other , by fighting to the death." King Mateo said.
Duke Edward came out of his reverie and looked around at the faces of all the nobles, staring up at him. They were all expecting him to end the tale, but instead he stood silently, staring down at their eager faces.
"What happened there after, Uncle ?" Prince Nicholas asked curiously.
"Water." Duke Edward requested for a glass of water.
Everyone watched him as he took his time, sipping from the glass of water. The nobles shared a look together when they heard him chuckle as he drank out of the cup.
Duke Edward had the mischievous urge to hold on for some few more seconds , he was enjoying the desperate look on their faces.
"Come on, Cousin !" Duke Rufus chided him "stop keeping my dedicated fans in suspense."
Duke Edward handed back the glass cup to the noble who gave him a drink.
Both kings faced each other off in a battle that lasted for close to two hours. They were both king with equal rights and prowess.
They fought, bathing each other with their blood flowing on the ground. By this time, none of the kings were recognisable any more.
The Northerners cheered their King on, beating the drum of battle with their mouth and singing his praises.
They all watched as the King suddenly gathered his last strength and swung his sword, going for the king of the hillanian's head.
There was silent as the head of the Hillanian's king flew up in the air. King Maverick fell on his knee and raised a bloodied face at his men.
"Kill them all !" He screamed with a strange voice.
The screams of men falling to the ground before dying filled the air.
The Northerners, took the battle to the Hillanian's land and wiped out everyone that refused to bear allegiance.
A man in a black hooded cloak threw a furtive look around , before hurrying out of the palace. He strode quickly down the lonely street, the wind rustling the long robe he wore around.
He threw another furtive look around before turning the corners. He had to be careful, he had gotten a message that the Western King had planted a mole in his palace.
He turned another corner and dodged, giving himself some few minute before he peeped out to see if anyone had followed him. There was no sign that he was being tailed .
He sighed and hurried quickly into a condemned building.
"You are on time, Your Majesty." The voice of a man spoke to him from the dark.
"I came as fast as I could, as soon as I saw the message you left me on the dresser." The man in black hooded cloak said " how is she coping ?"
"She is coping fine , your majesty."
"Do you have any idea who the mole is," He asked the man hidden in the shadow.
"I have my suspicion , your Majesty. I will inform you, when I have gathered enough prove. You need to be careful of the type of information you reveal to your royal advisors, your majesty."
He looked startled. "You mean..."
He stopped when the man in the shadow nodded his head. A worried look appeared on his face, he had been giving his royal advisors information about the mission.
"How about the other mole?"
"She is employed in your palace, Your Majesty."
"A she ?"
"Yes, your Majesty." The man spoke from the dark.
"I know what to do," He told his secret spy " Keep a close eye on my daughter, I will handle things from here onward."
"Yes , your Majesty." The man in the shadow bowed and retreated back into the dark.
He adjusted his hood and hurried back to his palace, going straight to his bed chambers . He closed the door gently, careful not to make a sound.
He stepped back from the door and turned around, their was silence in the room when he saw the woman sitting on his bed.
" you are awake, my dear ?" He said quickly recovering from his shock.
"Where have you been, Andrew?" She asked with a frown on her face "did you go off to meet another woman?"
She followed his movement with her eyes, watching as he strode over to the dresser. He silently pulled off his cloak, and then his boot before turning to stride over to the side she was sitting on the bed.
He stood in front of her, staring down at her searching eyes before lowering it to stare down at the frown on her face.
" Honey, you know you will always be my Queen, the only woman in my heart. I have never given you a reason to doubt my love for you."
She pouted her lips"Then, where have you been ?"
She corked her head to the side to stare up at him, looking for signs that he was hiding something away from her.
"Gathering information , my love." He replied, lowering himself to face her and staring deeply into her eyes.
"I will kill her. If you ever cheat on me, I will kill her." She said, holding his handsome face in her palm and searching his eyes.
King Andrew placed his hand on her lips to stop her from making any further threat "Shhhh. I will kill her myself , if I ever cheat on you, my love."
She leaned in to kiss him, and wrapped her hand around him.
He gathered her in his arms and carried her, dropping her gently in the middle of the bed .
Then, he lowered himself on her and started kissing her lips, her neck and then the top of her breast.
She twisted her hips on his hard manhood, trying to incite him to do more.
He pulled open her nightie, and pulled back to stare at her breast. Grabbing the pink nipple with his thumb, he buried his head in the middle of her breast, and began giving her nipple a gentle massage.
She moaned and wrapped her legs around him, begging him to take her to places she had only been to with him.
Her words incited him, he grabbed hold of her nipple and began sucking it hungrily. His hardened manhood, pressed on her, searching for the entrance to her opening.
Her moans filled the room, as they both began to move their hips against each other.
"Make love to me." She pleaded as her needs built up."Now!" She screamed in frustration.
He parted her legs, still holding her nipples in his mouth. Raising himself up a little, he positioned himself in between her legs, and thrust deeply into her clit.
Her nails dug into him and her eyes rolled back into her head. So close. The strength of what was building was staggering . Mind blowing.
The couples kept on thrusting against each other, pleasuring themselves with their bodies, until they climaxed and released.
Slowly, they descended back to their normal self. He kissed her and rolled away from her, pulling her in for a cuddle.
"I can never get tired of having you, my love." He said, reassuring her.
"And me you." She replied , giving him a peck on his chest.