Luciana glanced at Freya, then shyly averted her gaze, her hand going to her stomach which was still perfectly flat. "Yes. I am pregnant."Freya's face lit up for a moment, then she frowned. "When were you planning to tell me? I should be the first person you told." "I am sorry. I thought you'd be very excited if I tell you the day you and Elric would leave. You know, something to keep you smiling on your way back."Freya shook her head. "Now I heard from your handmaiden first. I will hold it against you forever." She joked. She then stood up and went over to Luciana. "Congratulations Lucy." She hugged her cheerfully, and Luciana laughed. "You should take Rebecca's advice. I will continue.""You need to rest as well." Luciana urged her, but Freya shook her head."Go on, don't worry. I will be coming in soon. There are still a lot to explore here."Luciana knew that she would not be coming in soon. She knew Freya was desperate, and she would not stop as long as there were still books
Elric's eyes met Freya for a moment, and he sent her a warm smile. He wanted to say something to her, but since it was Luciana's wedding, he should pay her all the attention. "You look beautiful, Luciana." He stated, and she smiled. "Thank you Elric. You look dashing yourself." She then walked to Elric and linked her arm in his. Before they walked out, Dahlia rushed to them and whispered in Luciana's ear; "Fuck him hard tonight." Luciana's eyes widened, but she did not have the time to respond. She noticed Elric's discreet smile and she knew that he heard. But thankfully, he didn't make a comment, he just walked her out of the room. When they got to the front of the double doors of the throne room, Elric stopped walking and turned to her. She too turned to look at him. She wondered if he was still attracted to her in any way. She believed he was now over her. She liked that he was the one giving her away. It symbolizes that he was indeed letting her go, and he seemed satisfied.
Dahlia's eyes were wide open, and Lorenzo could tell that she was afraid. They were about to leave the dance floor, but he held her back, and continued to dance with her, his body covering her."You don't need to be afraid. He cannot take you away from here.""He will disrupt this wedding. He definitely didn't come here to shake hands and make peace." She shook her head."Calm down Dahlia. No matter what he does, he can not take you away. He is not foolish enough to disrupt the wedding of the King and the Queen in their own kingdom. He could lose his life. That would result in war, and your father's men are no match for Durville's army. He would not risk that."Dahlia nodded, but she was still very watchful of her father. She saw him get to the dance floor, picked a girl and began to dance with her."We should alert the King and Queen." Dahlia suggested, and Lorenzo nodded.A servant walked by, and he called her. He whispered something in her ears, and she left.Soon Dahlia noticed an
Malthus came to face Raziel, his gaze brimming with arrogance. "Give me my daughter now, king Raziel, if you do not want me to rain chaos on your kingdom."Raziel was so tempted to laugh, even though he was boiling within. How could the man be so fortunate? "You are lucky, you know that?" If only this was not his wedding, and he would not like to ruin it for Luciana. She was even pregnant, and the last thing he wanted was to stress her out. If only the duke had done this when he was still a prince, and had no care in the world. Perhaps his head would had been rolling on the floor. He was sure that the duke knew that, and that was the reason he chose that day to visit."Where is my wife?" Another angry but annoying voice came from behind him. He turned to see King Ralph. This fool! He almost rolled his eyes.Raziel pointed at him. "Are you not the impotent king? Who invited you here?" He asked loud enough for people to hear, and they burst into laughter.Ralph instinctively recoiled, f
Freya woke up the next day to see Elric sitting on a chair in front of the bed, watching her. He had a look of mischief on his face as their eyes met. He then leaned back into the chair."Good mooorning Freya." He drawled teasingly. "Did you sleep well?"She sat up, her mind blank for the first few seconds. Then snippets of what happened last night began to appear in her head. He carrying her up the stairs, placing her on the bed... She could just remember fragments, but she hoped and prayed that she didn't do something to embarrass herself. But from his teasing look, she guessed that she would had done so."Good morning... Duke Elric." She greeted shyly, avoiding his gaze.He chuckled. "Duke Elric? We have gone back to the formalities again? Isn't that interesting?" He teased, laughing softly. She definitely embarrassed herself."Did anything happen? Did I say anything stupid? Know that I don't mean it." A faint blush appeared on her cheeks, but Elric continued laughing. "Why are you
Luciana and Raziel were stopped by the woman, as she hurried up to them. "Your majesties, please wait."They turned to her, not knowing who she was. She even looked very stressed."Why don't you just come in?" Luciana invited her, but the woman shook her head."I will soon be on my way. I just wanted to know something. I have been searching for my husband for weeks now. I don't know where he is. But someone told me that he was last seen here." She sounded desperate. "Please, I really need your help finding him.""Where are you from?" Raziel asked her."I am from Wesborne, in the kingdom of Vacresh. My husband is a Lord.""Who is he?""His name is Marshall, Marshall Kruger. He left, telling me that he was travelling for some business, but he never came back. They are about to take everything from me. I need him." She was now almost at the verge of tears.Luciana and Raziel expressed the same shock at the mention of Kruger's name. So she was his wife? Raziel looked over to her to know i
"Dahlia, do you still want to become the Duchess after your father?" Luciana asked Dahlia one day, as they had tea in the garden. She remembered that it was one thing Dahlia really wanted and worked hard for. Her desires wouldn't just go away like that."I have let that go. My father will never agree to that. He would never had agreed when I was still living with him obediently, not to talk of now that I have become so rebellious." She laughed. "It is not possible. Besides I am very satisfied with the life I have here now. It is more than everything I could ever ask of you."Luciana smiled. "But if you were still given the opportunity, would you like to take over after him?""I guess so. But not now. Let me enjoy the total freedom I have now without being tied to so much responsibilities. It is not everytime girls like me get to do whatever we want." Dahlia responded."Even when you become the Duchess, you should not let too much expectations tie you down. One thing I learnt from Razi
Freya stared at Elric, wondering if he just said that to get to Lady Kruger. That should be it. It would have been lovely if he meant it though."You don't know her? But she claim to know you. Take a good look at her." He then glanced at her from the side of her eyes. "Or maybe she has become so much more beautiful than the last time you saw her." Freya's eyes widened. Was he on something? "I think the last time you saw her, she was all skins and bones. Look at her very well, and tell me you remember her." The smile in his face had now disappeared, and was replaced with a seriousness that made her a little alarmed. Even Freya was surprised at the sudden change in her demeanor.Lady Kruger then stared at Freya, her brows knotted in concentration. She was about to say that she did not recognize her, until realization suddenly dawned on her. Her eyes circled wide, and she covered her wide opened mouth with both hands. "She... She's the one? I... I didn't know she was yours." She took a g