One time you where angry and now you want it to happen. What is going on with you woman ? He was starting to get irritated.
She stood up and looked down on her husband as he also looked up to meet her eyes.
This is an embarrassment to the royal house hold. Who does he think he is, I w.....
That's not of much importance right now. He cut her short. But it would have been better if he had agreed to the marriage.
There was a long draw of silence as they both glared intently at each other. The queen having no desire to give up, his Majesty looked away.
He beckoned on a servant who had been all along standing at the far end of the room close to the door post, to go get him a refill of wine.
With the servant gone, he cleared his throat and said..
My days on earth are numbered, you know that right. He looked at her but her face was expressionless.
He continued...
My illness, whatever it is, is killing me faster than I imagined. He paused, then continued not giving her as much as a glance.
I want to give each of my children a future before I die. The Lord of the veil was my hope for the princess but since he rejected her you should find someone else, I know you would make a good choice since she's your daughter.
Am going to make him regret ever rejecting her ! She threatened with seriousness.
The king only looked her way and suddenly blood found its way down his lips through his nose.
The queen quickly rushed for her handkerchief, she handed it over to him as he wiped off the blood gushing down his nostrils.
Thank you ! He said.
She didn't reply. Her once unhappy face changed into worry, her husband was dying.
He dropped the blood stained handkerchief on the table before him.
Upon my death, Prince Lucien and Lady Elara's wedding would occur, I have already made preparations for Thorne to pick a wife by himself.
The queen smiled. That's the best thing you have ever said to me today. She said.
He began coughing, softly at first as she tried to give him water, but it escalated, he coughed strongly and harder.
The guards outside heard the commotion going on inside as the queen called upon them, so they immediately rushed in, about three of them as they were always stationed at the entrance of the king's Chambers.
They helped the king to his bed as one of them quickly went for the royal physician but before he was helped into his bed, he motioned for the guards to stop midway the cough still slightly shook his body.
He turned to the queen and said;
When Lucien becomes king, Thorne would be his "hand" ( a hand is someone who advices the king and who can temporary rule in the stead of the king of he isn't available ), so make sure he picks a good wife.
The guards then guarded him to his bed leaving the astonished queen.
Queen Sarephina couldn't believe her ears, did her husband just say Lucien was going to be the next king instead of their son. It occurred to her that her husband was planning to give the throne to that bastard.
She walked out of the chamber almost bumping into the servant that went to get the king's wine. The young girl quickly fell on her knees apologing but the queen gave her no attention as she stormed away her face filled with pain and confusion.
***
Lady Elara though he would come after her as she left his room but he didn't.
She felt the afternoon breeze on her face, it was warm and cool. She was sitting on a wooden like chair which was attached directly to the ground as if the roots of the plants and trees in the garden had made the chair from underground upwards.
The chair was finely decorated with beautiful plants of green yellow and pink flowers and some finely scented leaf's were scattered on the legs and arm rests.
She so wanted to be part of the royal family.
Maybe she could have just complied to him when he asked her for a walk, the atmosphere she was in wasn't so bad. The air was clean and smelt nice.
She closed her eyes and rested on the chair properly, it was like a bench, it could fit about four person's.
The garden was empty only her and nature, that was while when a shadow hovered around her and leaned in on her so she could feel the breath of another on her face, she was quickly to open her eyes to see who the intruder was, she had already been here for five hours.
Thinking about me, he said still very close to her.
No,...ye...s..No.....She starmard.
He chuckled and covered the distance between them as he took her lips in on his.
She wanted to resist but she couldn't. She moved her hands and rested them on his shoulders while he held on to the back of the bench.
He kissed her hungryly, as if he was very hungry for her lips. Elara moaned into his mouth, he didn't give her a chance to breathe, he kept on with his pace devouring her lips, sucking on them before finding his way into her mouth.
He took in her tongue, savouring every part of her mouth, intertwining their tongues.
She was breathless as he let go of her lips after she banged as hard as she could on his chest. She breathed in air as if she had been denied it as the words escaped her lips.
OH MY GOD ! That was heavenly.
He sat beside her on the bench as she caught her breathe.
Thought I should finish from where I stopped. The said as he licked on his lips.
She looked at him, turning her self before she settled her head on she chest.
What if someone could have heard me, you shouldn't do those stuff outside.
I don't care. He replied. No one is here anyways just you and me.
She smiled. She loved having to be his wife, she couldn't wait to wake up in his arms every morning.
How did you find me ?
I knew you would be here. This is where we had our first kiss and also first met. Then he paused as he stroked softly on her hair. Do you regret that day ?
No ! I would kill for that day never to come to an end. This is our love Garden.
She had forgotten the events of earlier that day. All her anger towards him melted under his soft lips against hers, she loved him, so much she could die for him. He was her first love and the only love she was going to have and soon she would be his wife.