After finishing to talk the meeting with the members of the council I headed to my office with Veer,Trevor and Joseph trailing behind me as we arrived i immediately started doing my work while the others just lazied around then after thirty minutes the noisest of all my friends entered with a fuming look and headed straight to the window and looked down and smiled until after a few minutes he looked at me with his usual bright smile.
" So what are you doing good this evening" he asked me as he moved to my shelf and picked up a bottle of wine and took out four glasses and distributed it to us .
" Isn't it to early to drink ?" Asked veer who watch him with a scorn on his face
" Oh come on, how long has it been that we haven't drank together why don't we all drink today" Ethan retorted
"and for once stop being so good, veer I bet he hasn't even touched a woman before" joked Trevor but we all knew it hit a spot on veer.
" Heck, not only veer but also Joseph I have never seen him taken interest in a woman before are you sure you both are interested in women?". Laughed Ethan
" Hey shut it for your information I have someone I really love and I do like women" said Joseph while veer sat blushing as he knew they where right
" Oh so when can we meet her " Ethan asked
" Never " snapped Joseph and then Ethan and Joseph continued to tease them both till the conversation turned to me
" I could have never imagined that Ares of all people will be the first one to get married between us" said Trevor as he sipped his wine
" Yeah I knew I would be the first to marry then Joseph before Trevor then Ares and of cause our forever bachelor veer but I never thought he would be the first to marry " said Ethan
" And your wife is so cute how old is she" veer asked
Not looking up at them I looked at the ceiling and said " she's 15"
all three went silent with dumbfounded faces appart from Joseph who already knew, they where all shocked
" Damn" said Trevor and Ethan in unison
" I never knew that was your taste guy" said Ethan as he patted my shoulder
" I don't love her but on the contrary I am using her as my breeder I need heirs and due to this curse of mine I can't marry any human so I chose her the noblest of all fairies the first princess of the fairy kingdom dehlia to bear me 12 heirs when she would complete her task she would be killed orders by the council and also I pity her as she would be killed after bearing me all those children"
"Then how would you raise the children after her execution" asked Trevor
" I would now marry another woman to raise them , but now there's a problem , I thought she didn't have any magic but our first daughter is a plant fairy and the other children might also be so I decided to hide this truth from the council because if they find out they would execute her"
I turned and looked at Ethan with a sly grin" And you, why don't you tell us about your own love life Ethan have you found the woman you have been so stuck to find" I asked him knowing I would hit a sour spot but I continued his punishment for prying into my matters.
His face contoured with a frown then he just shrugged and then the room fell silent before the chatter continued but with an entirely different topic .
After hours of working ,drinking and talking I decided to go have dinner with Dehlia I looked at my friends each asleep on the couch or the floor heavily drunk but when I scanned the room only one person was missing Ethan.
As I looked around I felt someone creep up to meet from behind and I punched the figure unshielding my sword as I placed it on the intruder neck he flinched in pain with the most familiar voice
" Ethan " I looked at him the placed my sword back .
" Ouch man what was that" he asked rubbing his cheek.
" Your lucky I didn't kill you never do that again I might have really killed you
" Okay fine" I heard him respond as I walked up to the door " where are you going " he asked
" To the empress palace to have dinner " I responded.
" Alright let's go " he said standing up and walked with me to the door
" Hey I didn't say you could come with me " I protested
" Don't care " he responded with a shrug
***
Back at the empress palace Dehlia and Bidellia started thinking of ways to frame Kier when Candace announced dinner and everyone came down and went to the dinning muella and the other children looked apprehensively at the food .
" Oh come on you guys should eat your highnesses" said ilariah as she continued to serve the food " I promise my sister's food is to die for" she winked at Fiona.
Just as they where about to eat they heard Sally gasp and they all turned to look at her
" Sal what's wro---" the words stuck in her throat as she saw Ares entering the door with the Duke of the north Ethan we all stood up and emerald who was in my hand looked up and then saw her father and her face lit up she started scrambling out of my arms then when I left her out she flew into Ares' s arms affectionately calling him ,"Papa" he caught her and he hugged her I walked in front and bowed to him .
" I greet the Sun of the empire may your light shine upon us all"
" Rise "
" What brings you here your magesty" I asked carefully
" I came here to eat dinner and spend time with my daughter if that's okay with you" he asked
" Yes" I answered curtly "hello to you Duke Ethan"
" Hi , sister in-law nice to see you again"
I led them to the dinning room and all the other princesses bowed and greeted them then we all sat down on the 20 seat table.
While conversing with Ares I looked at the Duke who looked around continuously as if looking for someone .
Before I could ask Celestia emerged from the kitchen with the last plate of food some seasoned grilled chicken.
" And this is the masterpiece for to nights dinner my famous grilled chicken I am sure you guys would love--- " she paused mid sentence with shock as she saw the emperor Sally chuckled then her eyes met with the Duke of the north and then her shock turned into a frown.
She bowed then served the food . After eating we all had desert vanilla flavored cake but I could see the Duke of the north continous stare on Celestia and ilariah death glare on him after eating we all headed to the drawing room where I had placed a piano in and then started playing a soft tune with the delight of emerald who soon fell asleep in her dad's arms after the song they all applaud then Ares and Ethan left then after a brief chatting with Bidellia and her sistes we all in living Ila and Sally went to sleep leaving Celestia and Lunaera to clean.
*** Celestia
As I placed the last plates in the drawer I looked at the kitchen which was all clean due to my and Luna's hard work .
"Luna your the best kitchen maid I have ever seen"
" Alright can I go sleep now " she whined yes you can but have the emperor left "
" Yes they have amd everyone has gone to bed " she wiped her hands and yawned "alright good night"
" Good night love" I watched her going to her room I have known the girl only for a day but I already love the girl then as I turned to leave I felt someone behind me then with motion fast as light I was pinned on the wall with my hands pinned over my head.
I used my leg to kick his kneeand hearing that very familiar voice wince I looked up only to see him.
He chuckled as he looked at me with coldly " caught you " he said " I told you that I would end this game of ours byyou being in my arms where you belonged right " he asked .
" Your grace please this is inappropriate please let me go" I protested
After my words he looked ate with anger in his eyes then he suddenly punched the wall.
" Celestia " he yelled " I know it's you I can recognize you even with this brown hair so stop this and come back with me right now"
With those words of his I finally snapped " why ,why should I come back with you huh Ethan, I should go back to that hell and be your maid and secrète lover just so that you and your mother can throw me out of there like some vermine huh no ,never , I would never set foot in that place again and besides why are you claiming me and asking me to follow you last time I checked I was not your lover anymore nor your maid I now work under her majesty empress Dehlia so please don't act so brazenly in her palace do you hear me"
Seeming shocked his grip soften then I pulled my arms away as I turned to walk away I heard him say
" Please what should I do to make you come back huh,I would give everything just for you to forgive me please I am begging you I can't live without you anymore and seeing you work as a maid when I can give you everything breaks my heart"
I paused and looked at him whose head was down and said" nothing I don't want to go back and also please relay this message to your mother ( your plan to kill me after taking ' them' away didn't work some one saved me and now I would not rest till I kill you got me )" with that I walked away finally letting go of that part of my past and concentrating on my future