"He was in her room before dinner", a maid said, she was in her late thirties.
"Doing what?". It was the queen.
Why wouldn't she intrude on her son's relationship with women. Even though it was only one woman she knew about. But why this Celine.
The maid was uneasy at first, before she spoke. "Seems like he had kissed her, your highness", she said. The queen herself stood and gave her a slap.
What happens when a very ambitious person, a queen to be exact slaps you?
The maid was on the floor looking so pathetic and suddenly in need of water. She was bleeding from her nose.
"Why would say such a thing, Zipporah , tell me you're lying then I won't behead you", the queen said rather quickly.
She was obviously worried.
"It's true, your majesty, afterwards she told him to leave and she keeps avoiding him", she said not knowing if she should clean the blood on her nose or the tears that trickled down her face.
The queen Thalia sat back and mopped her brows in worry. She was going to call lady Gwen to stay for a while. Maybe a week or two.
Maybe she should send the lady Celine away.
_ Don't you dare.
That sentence lingered in her full brain. She hadn't exactly tried her son, but, she knew what the hell he was capable of doing. He mostly showed the serene part of him.
The dangerous part...
"Send word to king Zhallia, I need his daughter to pay us a little visit", she said and the maid nodded .
This was going to be a long day...
***
After they had eaten, she was still avoiding him. Celine locked herself in her room. This was too much.
After he had cleaned her mouth, he sat beside her, too close that she thought she would faint, but lucky enough, she didn't.
"The palace was actually very boring until you came. I suddenly feel like my 'miserable life' is brightening up a bit", he said. She was drinking at that time and she spat it out... On him.
Why did he have to say that, he even emphasized on the ' miserable life' . She had said that to him when she was drunk and exact thing happened only that she threw up on him the last time.
"What..."
"I apologize" , she said. And it dawned on her that he never said sorry. He either apologized or felt what he did was right.
"Is it still brightening up, your highness?" She asked feeling quite miserable herself.
Celine stood and bowed like a maid. " I'll leave first, your highness. I wouldn't show up for dinner, my apologies". And without waiting for him to analyze what had just happened, she ran ...
" Cute"
___
Her plan was just to complete her mission and take her sister, she didn't consider love.
What if he were a strong and loyal lover, she wouldn't even have the heart to break up with him. Or even take Mellitus afterwards.
Then if he were brutal, she was done for, the thoughts of breaking up would be null and void in her brain storage system. If she eventually did...
All those books she read about from slave to lover, from pauper to princess would be a from lover to slave issue on her part.
Once more looking for who to curse, she found out that it was only the crown prince Logan that was there to curse and she cursed him.
Celine didn't know when evening reached until a maid came calling her for dinner.
" I told the prince that I wouldn't eat with him tonight", she said suddenly realizing that her jewelry was still on her. She began removing them.
***
The maid cameto the crown prince Alexandro and bowed low. " She said she had told you that she wasn't coming , your highness ", said the maid.
The maid watched as he scoffed. He seemed to be lost in thoughts. Then suddenly he turned to her. "Tell her that she should be here, it's an order", he said and the maid left.
"Young lady..."
" What is it now, has he demanded that you behead me . I was soon to die, anyway ", she said putting on her nightwear. The maid was confused for a time before she got herself.
" He said you should be there, that it is a royal order", the maid said and she groaned. "This beast, what do I do with him", she said subconsciously. The maid gasped.
Uh oh, my bad
" I meant my zip. This nighties are no longer my size. They're short and revealing", she said and the maid looked at her.
" They are perfectly fine though revealing ", she said looking at the top of her breast. What could she do, this was a royal order .
Celine marched like that to the dinning. Who cared what he thought as long as she did her mission well, it was a win win for her.
" You look quite revealing tonight, lady Celine", he said not minding that she took his time. " I was already in bed. But since it was a royal order..." She shrugged.
"Right", he said.
They began eating and she that said that she was already in bed ate like she hadn't eaten all day. She needed to stop fooling herself and go on with the plan.
Make him fall and break his leg... Heart.
"For someone who was in bed, you eat quite a lot", he commented,but she ignored him.
" Why then did you show me your face", he said and she stopped eating. " What do you mean by..."
" At the party, the first time we met, why did you keep appearing to me, now you're running. Am I so much of a monster to you?" He asked.
Those words were touching to her, but his face was rigid and void of any soft expression.
"You wanted to see so badly", she said and he scoffed. "Because you were a weird woman, a woman who couldn't dance and curtsy like a proper lady"
" Wait... What?!"
He smirked, " You don't,but, I find it really sexy". It was blunt, he wasn't hiding it. He wasn't hiding that he wanted them to give it a try.
So rude.
" Coming from you, sounds like a total lie, no offense your highness. You must feel bad for me", she said and caught the serious gaze he gave her
It made her shiver.
" I don't feel bad for people. I've never", he said then stood to go. He reached her and whispered into her ear, " See you tomorrow, my lady"
My lady.
His voice was like heaven's very own spring that lost its flow and started pouring down on earth.
It was a total bliss.
Wait, his hands caressed my chest!