"Am sorry I can't let you do that"Gerald stopped Carolene gripping her hand after they had walked for a while in silence and were now in Fiona's quaters.
"Do what?"she asked wiping tears off her eyes with the other hand.
Gerald opened his mouth to speak when she vigorously shook her head and said
"Let's get out of here".
"Wait...you knew?"
she nodded.
So it was just an act she put up to leave the courtyard safely, Gerald thought feeling relived.For the first time he admired her closely,and a half smile broke across his lips.
Such a smart ass.
"At first I didn't know,what ever that Demon used us both an illusion and dark magic.Actually I fell for that trick until my mother spoke".she paused and her gaze met his then she averted it and walked on.
"My real mother would never tell me to do such thing,I knew her and she wasn't selfish she died during the raid protecting a little child with her back from a spear thrusted at him.She would give her live to protect others,my mother..."Carolene paused again and broke into tears,her back facing Gerald.
He drew closer and pulled her into a hug,the top of her hair slightly rubbing on his chin as she sobbed.
She felt his warm clothes against her skin,his bare chest against her body,she squeezed tightly on his shirt wishing to never let go.She had never been this close to him,he had never held her this way before and now he did she wanted to cry everyday to make him hold like this frequently.
He patted her back gently and spoke in a calm voice.
"It's okay Carolene,it's okay to cry"
Carolene sobbed and wept even more,her hot tears drenching his clothes and bare chest.For some reason having him this close to her eased off the pain she felt but she didn't know why at that point she wished for more pain,she wished the tears wouldn't stop was it because she didn't want to let go?If he would hold her this way each time she was griefstriken then she wished to cry everyday.
For almost an hour they stood in the hallway, Carolene's sob seemed endless as her grip on his shirt tightened and Gerald's pat on her back never seized.
He didn't know why,but he decided he would stay with her until they stopped.
They both sunk to the floor,the knights legs spread out with Carolene sitting in between them.
Gerald continued to whisper comforting words into her ears till Carolene fell asleep.He thought of carrying her back into her room but he didn't know what part of the Emperess quarters she slept in.He didn't want to wake her either or she might start crying again.
As Gerald shut his eyes with his back against the wall, he decided the hallway would be both their bedroom that night.
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Fiona approached Tyran carrying Ramses with smile spread across her face,and sparkling eyes staring into his.She wore a white long garment that exposed the upper part of her breast and her hair was gathered to one side,it's upper part covering a quarter of her face and usual.
Tyran reached out a hand and touched her face softly, he kissed her tenderly and attempted pulling off the sleeve of the gown she wore but she gripped his hand and fixed them on her waist.
She laid Ramses in a nearby craddle and faced him.
"Now you can have me my love,am all yours now, forever and for all enternity."she said.
The Emperor lifted her and threw her on the bed.He quickly undressed her and kissed her intensely,his hand working its way from her hair down to her breast, squeezing on them as he softly kissed her neck.
"Wake up Tyran,we can't be together now"Fiona said staring angrily him.
He raised his head and looked at her puzzled.
"Not now"Fiona said again and Tyran was jolted awake to see himself lying on his stomach with his right hand squeezing on his pillow in place of Fiona's breasts.
He slapped his forehead as he breathed heavily.It was all a dream.
Since Fiona died he had been having these strange dreams,he had not slept a day without seeing her in his dreams and he hated it.He did not despise seeing her but the fact that it wasn't real.
He had to find a way to stop it and also a way to hide his son's aura and fast.
Tyran thoughts drifted to Sheba as he sat up on his bed rubbing on the part of his head he had just hit.There were other sorcerors but Sheba was one of the most powerful and unique in her own way,she was also a royal sorceror.
Asking for Sheba's help,that was one of the last things he thought he would ever do but he was currently in a tight situation for the sake of his son besides she was one sorceror he was certain knew about his son's nature.She might as well know what he is that is if she would even tell him.
He had thought through what Carolene said all day and she was right, suspicions would arise, people would talk if that haven't started happening already but meeting the sorceress,that would be after he investigated the knights who drove Fiona's carriage to the birthhouse.
"Gerald come over"he said through a telepathic link
"Your majesty".Gerald responded from the other end.
From his voice the Emperor could tell he was just waking up.His gaze travelled to his already open window,the morning sun shone high above in the sky,his knight had never slept this late up to his hour before.
"Are you just waking up?where are you?"Tyran asked.
Yes am just waking up and am in the empress quarters with a maid but he couldn't say that.Gerald's eyes travelled down to Carolene whose head still rested on his chest she was drolling and still very much fast asleep.what was she dreaming about?
Their clothes lay over the area her soft breast pressed against his lower trunk but it did not prevent the feel of its softness against his body.Gerald felt awkward,and uneasy he had never been this close to a woman before.
"No your majesty am still in my room,I_"
Just then Carolene growled in her sleep and grabbed his d**k in between his legs making Gerald let out a silent moan.
Gerald's eyes travelled to the spot, what the_
"Are you_"Tyran scoffed amusingly"Are you with a woman?"