I sighed and closed my eyes. The next couple of days were a blur. Nothing special happened, Taraji got out of her room but she was still sad about Mark. She doesn´t smile as often as before but that is understandable. Espen and I went to the village hoping to find her a pet. Once we arrived we went to a farmer and gave our horses to stay there for a while. We thanked the farmer who took our horses and went on the pet hunt. We saw a lot of adorable pets but nothing that fits her personality. We started to lose hope, we went to the last pet shop and we saw a puppy.
The puppy is calm just looking at us, while the other pups are jumping and barking. Espen picked up the puppy, and she wagged her tail a bit and licked his face. We knew that she would be perfect for her. We looked around d for an employee holding the puppy. I spotted one behind the counter and went over to her. Her name tag read 'Lucy'. ´Hi Lucy, I would like to adopt this dog please.' I explained to her the circumstances. She smiled and looked at Espen and the puppy. Lucy looked at the dog and smiled widely.
´Sure! Does Your Majesty need help with getting things for the puppy?´ She asked us and we nodded. We followed her around, we got the puppy a collar, harness, bed, food, etc. We paid for everything and tipped her too. We thanked her for helping us, Espen was holding the puppy and I had the other bags. We went back to the farmer who took care of our horses and we paid him for the care. I held the bags in one hand and Espen held the puppy. We returned to the castle, and the pup was looking around with a wagging tail. It took us 2 hours to return to the castle. The guards held our horses for us to get off, once we were off our horses we went inside the castle. ´TARAJI!´ Espen called out for her.
She came sometime later and gasped once she saw the pup. She went up to us and looked at the pup. Espen gave her the puppy and her eyes shined. ´What is the name of the puppy?´ She asked us. ´I don´t know. We are not the owners of her.´ I told her. She looked at us confused. ´That is your puppy Tarji.´ Said Espen with a big smile. Her jaw dropped and tears started to roll out of her eyes. ´Really?' She asked us in a soft tone. We nodded and she hugged us with the puppy. We chuckled softly hugging her back. We let her go and looked at her. She is in love with the puppy. ´So. What is the name of the pup?´ We asked her at the same time. She thought for a while. ´Xena... Her name is Xena.' She said in a soft tone. She placed Xens gently on the floor. ´Oh god, I need to go shopping to get her things!´ She said panicked. We chuckled and showed her the bags full of stuff for puppies. She thanked us before walking with Xena behind her up the stairs into an empty room.
´This is your room, Xena.´ She said before letting go of the leash, Xena walked around and started to sniff around. Taraji, Espen, and I placed and organized the stuff in the room. Taraji wrote some things down that Xena would need more. Once Taraji placed the bed on the floor, Xena jumped and laid down probably for a nap. Me and Espen shared a glance with a soft smile and we walked out of the room leaving them both alone to bond. We saw Arthur and Celestia coming from the garden into the castle. We went down to them and treated them. ´Where is Taraji ??' Asked Arthur. ´She is in a room with Xena.´ Espen told him with a giggler. They looked confused at us and we just pointed at the room where they were. They went up the stairs to the room where they were.
Taraji POV
I can´t believe that Espen and Jackson got me a puppy! She is so beautiful! I heard them leave us alone. Xena closed her eyes and yawned before falling asleep. I heard the door open after a few minutes so I looked up and saw Arthur and Celestian walking in. I placed my finger on my lips before looking at a sleeping Xena. I heard them gasp softly and they sat down on the floor next to me.