Retiring to bed that evening, Hazel was calmer and still as she sat at the edge of the bed. She could hear the shower running in the bathroom. Luca was in there, taking a shower. She gripped the edges of the bed, sighing and exhaling audibly.Would dinner always get awkward throughout her stay here?It seemed to her the queen was trying her hardest to make her stay difficult.She felt thankful to Lucinda for taking her into the town today, and she was even quite happy that she skipped breakfast.She couldn't imagine having to bear through many encounters with the queen. As much as he hated to the admit it, the Queen was turning into an antagonistic mother-in-law to her. For reasons she could barely understand.Was it because Luca had married her even though she was not of royal or noble heritage?She had clearly implied that she married him for selfish reasons or golf digging.Why she may not be far off from the truth at hand. Hazel did not deceive or lure Luca into an etanglement
Morning came with the familiar sound of birds chirping. Hazel stretched, yawned and rubbed her face with her palms.She blinked her eyes open, sun rays seeping in through the window on her side of the bed. Turning her to left, Luca was absent.She sat up at once, rubbing her eyes. His part of the bed was unmade, ruffled and the the sheets thrown to the side. He had clearly woken up before her.Where is he? She wondered to herself. His laptop screen was on on the study table in the corner of the room. He had clearly left only a few minutes ago then?A flushing sound came from the bathroom, and he stepped out few seconds later.His brows furrowed a little and he gave her a small smile when his eyes settled on her and her ruffled hair. "You're awake?" He asked.She nodded stiffly, her brain seemingly a bit foggy from sleep. Somewhat rebooting."You're hair looks like a raccoon scavenged it for food." He joked, covering his mouth a little as he laughed.Her brows furrowed and she im
The servants had baked cupcakes, made sandwiches and had some chilled juice packaged into the basket. They all gathered to sit down on the blanket.Laz seating by Hazel and Lucinda seating by her mother. Freya on the other hand did not stop clinging onto Luca's arm. "What she we do now? We are all set." Laz turned to his mother.She cleared her throat, tilting her chip upwards a little. "Well I suppose we could start with a game of cards.""Cards?" Lucinda asked, she turned to Hazel. "Can you play cards?" Hazel shook her head, chewing this inside of her cheek. "No I cannot."The Queen shrugged, smiling, "then I suppose you shall seat this one out then." She grabbed a packet of cards and Lucy exhaled weakly as she begun to shuffle and share them. Freya clung to Luca's arm and "remember when we were little, your mother hosted a lot of picnics for us in this garden.""Oh yes I did." The Queen grinned, "you two were so inseparable, anytime you aren't over here then he is over your p
Her stomach begun to ache and growl in the middle of the night. She woke from the pain and discomfort of it, and suddenly regret dawned on her as she clutched the edges of her blanket firmly, close to sobbing.Hazel made a muffled sound in the back of her throat. Why has she chosen to punish herself for something so stupid. It is not as though either Luca or Frey was feeling the extent of her pain, no it is her who is burning from the flames of her own anger. She stirred in bed, turning to where Luca lay beside her. His chest rose and fell evenly as he slept.His face was calm, relaxed, the opposite of the scrunched up expression on Hazel's face as she grimaced in hunger.Not eating dinner had a surprisingly harsh effect on her system, she had only managed to eat the cupcakes they made for the picnic for lunch in the afternoon. That was barely enough to keep her full through the night of course, so now she has woken with this ache in her stomach, unable to sleep anymore. She clos
Her eyes fluttered open slowly the next morning as rays of sunlight attacked them early the next morning. It was rather very brightly sunny the following morning, so much that it stung he poor eyes. Hazel groaned, grabbing a pillow and turning away from the window as she stuffed her face into it. She was not ready or eager to get up yet this morning, I mean, staying up at night and making a sandwich with Luca had cut in on her sleep time and now all she wanted to do was busy her head in these soft, plush pillows and sleep. But the sun was simply too cruel to her this morning, it had already interrupted her sleep, so even as she lay in bed now with her eyes closed, she could not even seen to fall asleep again anymore. She opened her eyes reluctantly, slowly, checking if Luca was still laying beside her, but no, he was, gone, as usual. She had grown to observe that he woke really early, what he went to bed early or not. Was he even human?I mean, he stayed up all night sometimes, an
Hazel came down to stare at the lake, she could not believe it... It looked so surreal, walking amongst flowers. The wind here was soft too, blowing loose strands of her hair across her face.Luca walked quietly towards her, coming to stand behind her. She smiled, feeling his presence behind her. "This is truly beautiful..." She said again, watching the deers feeding in the distance, "I don't even think I have ever really seen a deer in real life before."Luca chuckled lightly behind her, remaining silent. She turned slowly to face him, tilting her chin up to look into his blue eyes. "Thank you for bringing me here." She whispered. He leaned down a little to peer at her. "I am glad you like it." The wind continued to blow through her hair as he stared down at her. Luca took that moment to admire her, the way her small nose scrunched up a little as she observed everything around her. Her lips tilting into a smile occasionally too. The softness and admiration in her brown eyes.
A couple days later, on a blissful, quiet and charming morning, Freya stopped by. And suddenly it was neither blissful nor charming anymore. She was in really tight black pants and a leather jacket. A sack slung over her back.She was standing in the living room, her heavy black foots had left imprints of dirt on the floor and a servant was cleaning it up after her. Luca was busy in his father's study when she arrived, and ordered that a servant go inform him of her presence.Luca came down the staircase with furrowed eyes. Freya stood from the couch with a wide grin, her neck length, curly blonde hair bouncing lightly with her movement."Luca..." She grinned, "how come you are not ready yet?" Luca's brows furrowed a bit deeper. "Ready for what?" He asked, his eyes running down the length of her outfit.Her tight leather pants clung to her skin tightly, accentuating her shapely, strong legs. She had a lightly muscular build, because just like Luca, she too had a passion for traini
HAZEL's P.O.VIt hurt, it hurts so bad. The wretched thing had clawed my arm so painfully.My chest rose and fell rapidly as I lay upholstered in the back seat of our car. I was whimpering quietly, eyes closed."You would need to see a doctor." Luca commented from the front seat, "so the would doesn't get infected."I could see he was upset, very much so. His jaw was clenched and his blue eyes glaring narrowly at the road as he drove. I didn't respond, my entire body hurt from that one fling to a tree. What other vileness exists in these woods? I pondered to myself.What would have happened to me if Luca did not come to rescue me?I let out a shaky breath, gripping the head rest of the front seat.Luca's head tilted to the corner for a moment to check on me, before turning back to the roads."Just hold still" he said, "you will be fine." He assured quietly.I made a sound of acknowledgement in the back of my throat.What a terrible idea I had to go into the woods today, no so well