Lord Lorenzo felt bored and exhausted.
For someone like him, it was extremely hard to feel this way and he wondered if it was as a result of the encounter he has with Prince Aiken earlier that day.
His mother's words wouldn't stop ringing in his ears:
*Someday, you'll become a father and I'm so sure you'll never want to watch anyone hurt your child* he couldn't get rid of those lines.
Become a father? But how?.
How, when he was under a curse? How, when he had lost his previous wives in the process of giving him a child?
He was cursed and was never going to have an heir, a successor. When he dies, his legacy would be gone and rulership passed onto another.
He dropped the feather he was writing with and covered his face with his palms, taking a deep breath. Over the years, he's never felt so torn, so broken.
He was nearly diving into the dark quiet side of him when he heard his door opening. His eyes were still covered but he cou
"Arghhhh!!!" A female's scream was heard.It snapped the distraught out of Lorenzo's head as he heard that familiar voice""Carlotta!" Ginevra shrieked, her eyes dilating in shock as she saw the arrow flying into her leg.She couldn't even stop her from reaching to the ground.Carlotta writhed in pains, her heart pounding heavily as she stared at the arrow stuck in her leg. What just happened??"Oh, goodness! Carlotta, are you alright??!" Ginevra was muddled.Why would Lord Lorenzo shoot the princess?? Did they do wrong by standing there to watch him??She looked up at him and found him just staring at them; then she lowered herself to Carlotta on the floor."It hurts, Ginevra!" Carlotta whimpered."It hurts, just get me some help!"Lord Lorenzo stood and watched them, realizing his mistake. It was Carlotta! He had thought it'd be someone else! Curse the madness, he wasn't even thinking.He noticed as
Ginevra gasped, and Carlotta also flinched when she felt someone lifting her up.There was no way it could be Ginevra. No. The hand felt so cold and hard, and evidently, it was…Lord Lorenzo??He lifted her up in a bridal style and settling on, she could now see his face.Those troublesome eyes of hers widened in shock as they stared at him."What are you doing?" She wanted to ask, but restricted herself, especially without the fact that her lungs had suddenly gone cold.But, what was he doing??? Why was he helping her up???She never expected such from him.Lord Lorenzo could notice the shock on her face, but ignored it anyways as he started walking with her."Oh!" Ginevra muttered and ran ahead of them, so she could lead the way to the room.The few seconds walk she had in Lord Lorenzo's arms made Carlotta feel something different. His arms had been so comforting, cold and hard. Yes, it hardne
Ginevra came into the room with a cup of tea. The physician Lord Lorenzo sent left few minutes ago and the pain in Carlotta's leg had subsided.Ginevra walked closer to her friend and found out how lost she looked."Carlotta? Are you alright? Is the pain still much?"Carlotta sighed and shook her head."No. I'm better. I'm just thinking about what happened earlier. Come on Ginevra, aren't you surprised?"Ginevra shrugged and dropped the cup of tea on the drawer beside Carlotta's bed. "I am but he was just trying to show how sorry he was. Remember? He shot you."Carlotta sighed again. She couldn't get that image off her head. It was actually the first time she would be making a physical contact with Lord Lorenzo. She couldn't forget the way he held her, she felt so safe and small in his arms."Carlotta? You need to take that tea and sleep now. It's late." Ginevra said and Carlotta shook her head."I don't think I can sleep just
Queen Greta sat behind her desk in her chambers, writing on the long brown scroll. She scribbled on it effortlessly as she wrote the letter for her daughter, Carlotta. She could not describe in words how worried she had been ever since she left.*My precious daughter, how are you doing? I hope you been doing great and hope the Lorenzo community is treating you well.I've been worried sick about you my dear. I’ve tried convincing your father about you coming back home but he is not listening to me*The queen continued writing until the whole script got filled up.After pouring her heart into the scroll, she dropped the ink in her hand and folded up the scroll then kept it at a corner on the table. She would send the letter once she was sure the king was too busy to notice it.She stared at the window and stood up, noticing it was almost midday. She wondered what Carlotta was doing at the moment as she walked to the window and parted the
Lord Lorenzo walked steadily to the girls with his expressionless face staring intently. When he moved closer, Carlotta noticed he was staring at her leg and that really made her heart skip."What are you doing out here? Do you ever listen to instructions?" His voice was sharp and hard.Carlotta moved back a bit. "I wanted to get some fresh air." She mumbled staring at her feet.Ginevra was holding her breath as she stood there. She didn't want to breath. She thought it would only make Lord Lorenzo notice she was there too.Lord Lorenzo turned, facing the water. "I can see you are getting better. Get ready tonight. Liam will come and escort you " with that, he turned and started heading back.Carlotta stared after him, her upper lips swollen as she pushed her tongue against it."He's so mean" She mumbled still looking at him.She saw him climb up his horse, said something to Liam and started riding away while Liam stood there staring
"I feel so tired." Carlotta groused as she stepped out of the bathroom. Ginevra was on the bed, already dosing off."Do you think I should go to Lord Lorenzo's room? Should I go and apologize for being disobedient again today?" Carlotta asked but got no reply.She turned to look at Ginevra and rolled her eyes when she noticed she was already fast asleep. She sighed and moved closer to the bed then stared into her friend's face.How long would she continue staying with her here in the palace? She knew Ginevra had things to do too but chose her over whatever that was."Thank you Ginevra. You are such a wonderful friend." She mumbled and smiled then walked to her closet to get dressed.As soon as she finished dressing up, she heard a knock on the door. She turned Wondering who that was."Who's there?"There was no response outside the door.She walked to the door and opened it. Her eyes widened then she blinked twice with surprise
Carlotta was gobsmacked and couldn't kept her surprised face as her arched her brows with her bukgy eyes.Hmm. So the grumpy Almighty Lord Lorenzo can be romantic.Of course, he can never plan all these for her. It's obviously an event planner handiwork - Carlotta thought. She was so sure not to let Ginevra know because she believed no one would believe her as she could not even believe her own very eyes. All Lord Lorenzo of Lorenzo community knows how to do most is Fights that always ends with Bloods.She begrudgingly walked on the roses on the garden beautiful green grasses and she made her way towards the table which was in the center of the garden. Lorenzo was facing the other direction and wasn't looking but noticed she was there already with Liam behind her."Greetings, My Lord" she bowed her head as she got to where he was as his eyes rampages through her. Even a blind man would be awed at Carlotta's beauty. His eyes glinted and almost immediately
Lord Lorenzo walking away without appreciating a greeting is not a new thing to the people but it hurts Princess Emilia. Thinking that Lorenzo was the one he's trying to win and to get to be his man is definitely not something easy."Princess Emilia" Carlotta called."Greetings" Emilia bowed slightly and walked away leaving Carlotta and Diego marvelled at her new attitude."Huh" Carlotta gasped as she turned and watched her walking away."Is she suddenly like that because Lorenzo ignored her greetings""It's obvious" Diego replied and started walking and Carlotta followed suit as it was the way to her chamber."But I think it's not only because of that, there's something suspicious about her""What? You mean she's not just acting like that because of Lorenzo" Carlotta arched a brow and Diego nodded.Hmm. But she doesn't seem suspicious - Carlotta thought.Different thoughts ran through Diego's mind as he thought of how t