Lillia had barely been able to register the dead body in the room, all she could see was hazel white, before she passed out.
Aiden had quickly caught her before she could fall out of the chair, holding her in his arms tight.
"Livius, get this place cleaned immediately",he ordered, his face stern.
He turned towards the twins, giving them a nod.
"Get the guards ready, make them all train day and night",
Josey and Josie nodded each, giving their approval but Josie face was a little bit sad. She was worried about unconscious lillia who was in Aiden arms.
"Don't worry, older brother would take good care of her",Josey word of encouragement patted her. Josie looked at her sister meekly before leaving the dinning room.
Josey sighed as her eyes trailed after Josie retreating figure, her green eyes where dark, coupled with her emotions.
"I didn't wish for all this to happen once when, I haven't found him yet",she muttered quietly to herself.
She sat at the table, then her eyes found Gaia who was sweating like crazy.
"Does milady fear at the sight of blood?",Josey said, not in a comforting way, more like a ridiculous way.
Gaia looked up at her, that was when Josey saw her frightened eyes, it was way too scared to be just the sight of blood.
Did Gaia do anything stupid?, She thought.
Gaia wasn't in the mood to listen to Josey comment, she wanted to leave the castle quickly, but she couldn't leave in a hurry or less, everyone might suspect her.
She was so engrossed in thought that she didn't know when Josey stood up to leave after giving Gaia a good measurable stare.
The brown haired twin wasn't in the mood to find out whatever gaia had probably did, that wasn't her business as long as none of her family got hurt.
She had barely got far away from the dinning room when she saw peter coming the other way, his eyes trained ahead, strong and hard, it was as if nothing could stop his movement.
Josey let her eyes looked at his body down, his strong chest covered with thick clothes that didn't give anything to the imagination and his strong legs stood rooted to the ground. He was like a king, a ruthless one.
Josey licked her lips a little on seeing this but she so badly wanted to see his face, she wanted to see what lied underneath that mask.
They soon got close to each other and Josey for the first time felt her heart leap when his eyes turned to face her's.
When they finally got to each other, peter bowed a little before going his way but Josey stopped him.
"Hmm...peter?",she called a little shyly. She was surprised at this, she was never the shy type even when she was with good looking men, she never got her heart missed a beat by any of them.
"Yes milady",peter deep voice sent an electric jolt through her body.
"Do you mind if we spar a little bit?",she requested, trying to make her dark eyes light up.
Damn her dark green eyes
Peter didn't reply for a long time as his eyes looked into her's. It was as if he was trying to read whatever she was thinking.
Lillia began to feel like a melted butter under his stare, her face burning red.
"You don't have to agree....",she wanted to retreat her steps.
"Ok milady, I'll be with you in a minute before the sun goes down, I need to see milord first",he said, before leaving.
Josey kept on looking at his back as he walked down the passage, with his feet making clinking noise.
She was really intrigued by the man.
She turned around to walk to the field when she stumbled into her sister. Josie.
"Ouch, sis",she groaned.
"You like him, don't you ?",Josie asked with her eyes looking behind Josey staring at peter retreating figure.
"What are you talking about?,stop spilling nonsense",Josey denied, but her lie was caught on by Josie who also noticed how her sister ears turned red.
"I saw the way you where staring at him, it was like you wanted to eat him up",she couldn't help but tease her sister.
"Whose eating who up?, What are you even doing here?",Josey asked, this time her face went red, ashamed at being caught.
"I was on my way to look for you when I saw you drooling at big brother most trusted man",Josie answered, winking at her sister, her mouth twitched in a big laugh.
Josey had enough of her sister teasing and began to walk, her sister following her. She wasn't ready to deal with her sister's joke.
They soon got to the field, which were filled with the warriors of dradevows.
Few swords where inside big wooden drums round the Fields, small grass sticking out the ground.
Josey and Josie stood at the front, their earlier expression gone, they had a look of a strong warrior.
"We train today to prepare for war",Josey loud strong voice was been heard by everyone.
"Our queen was almost killed by the slough people who disguise themselves as our people. And they are a lot of them, who might even be amongst us, so trust nobody",. Josey went straight towards the point not ready to beat around the bush.
The warriors didn't shake one little bit as they stood strong, their eyes where bloodshot.
This where dradevows most dangerous warriors, warriors that had went to many battles and war and came out victorious, some carried scars on their body as a reminder to each fights.
"BEGIN"this time it was Josie who spoke. Her voice weren't as loud as her sister but it was still enough to energized the warriors.
They all went towards the drum picking out long sharp swords, which shone like diamonds.
Josie and Josey picked theirs too, before going to a corner to spar.
Josey tied her long brown hair into a pony tail, she wore a strong armor to cover her chest and leg. Holding her long sword in her hands, she stared hard at her sister, looking like a beautiful warrior who could beat anyone that blocked her path. Even few warriors looked her way, admiring her beauty.
While Josie, who didn't need to pack her hair, just picked up her sword and armour.
She too stared hard at her sister but she was a little bit different from Josey. While Josey looked like a strong warrior with a very beautiful face, she looked a little bit fragile, even though she too turned heads but many didn't really look at her for her beauty but they looked at her with worry.
She looked really fragile, it was as if with just a single poke she could break and shatter into pieces. And her white skinned face were that of a baby making her look like a little childish.
Many stopped a little to watch their spar, some already deducing that Josey would probably beat up Josie.
Both women completely oblivious of the looks they got began to attack each other.
Josie fired her sword fast at her sister, swinging her sword at her sister side. She used the wind to her advantage, propelling her sword at the right time, attacking with no mercy.
As for Josey, she blocked her attacks easily, using both her legs to kick away some attack.
She did a big flip back to keep a bit distance from Josie but it looked like Josie had predicted her moment, then used her leg to roll off Josey's leg from the ground.
When Josey landed on the ground, Josie didn't give her enough time to get rest, she immediately went for the hit.
Wanting to hit Josey at the chest, but Josey was quick enough to block the attack mid air, then with just the right strength she hit her sister sword, knocking it away from her grasp, sending the sword far away.
When she saw that Josie was open for a few seconds, she aimed to target the neck.
When everyone had thought that Josey would win the attack, Josie did something incredible.
She did a back flip, using her right foot to kick her sister hand hard, causing the blade to fall off. Both where disarmed, at least that was what everyone thought when Josie pulled out a small dagger from under her dress pointing it at Josey's throat.
"And that wins me the dual",Josie announced with a smile on her face.
Everyone had a look of shock on their faces, some where really questioning themselves.
How was that possible?.
"That so like you sis, always being the attacker",Josey said, getting up and picking up her sword from the ground.
Josie looked at her sister then she beamed.
"You are having a spar with peter maybe he might give out few tips....or might give himself",she joked. Josey went red. She walked towards her sister and began to hit her arms, not in a armful way but playfully.
"Ok..I would keep my mouth shut...for now", Josie laughed.
The warriors couldn't help but laugh a little at the twins who looked like they could kill each other when sparing.
Rose, who was at her dad's place watch her dad enter the carriage with some big looking scary men.
Her smile grew as she watched them leave.
It made her happy that lillia would be out of her way in a few days from now.
"I must get back my throne",she muttered hard.