Chapter 72

' I鈥� I accept to be your queen, but only on one condition. ' She stated
' Which is?" He asked. ' I am ready to do anything as far as it makes you happy."
' Let the rogues go back home, and I promise you with my life, I will be your loyal queen, I will stand by your side and I will serve you with all my heart until my last breath. '
' Consider it done, my love. ' He accepted without a second thought.
Soon after, he ordered the release of the remaining rogues back home.
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' They are back!!!" Someone announced and everyone marched out to see the survivals walking hopelessly to the camp.
' Open the gate." Christabel said with happiness.
But some thing wasn't right.
Matt of all people will never let a prisoner go, why the sudden change of attitude??
Or鈥� Was this a trick?
' Close the gate!!" She ordered, and the gate was shut before the rogues could get close. ' We don't know if this is a trick. I don't believe that asshole can let his prisoners go. Examine them, and if there is nothing suspicious with them, then you let them all in."
She walked back into her office. ' We should be happy those rogues are back. You really do think Matt had tricked us?" Miss Meyers asked.
' I just don't trust his simplicity. Whatever reason he's got for saving them, I don't think it's something to rejoice in." She sat on her favourite chair.
The door opened soon after. ' You need to hear this." One of the authorities said as he barged in.
' What is it?" Mrs Christabel asked, curious.
He ushered the rogue in. ' Tell them what you told me." He ordered him to go ahead.
' W鈥� we weren't freed because of prince Matt. It was the idea of Lady Desse." She said.
The both ladies's eyes flew open. ' Lady Desse? How is that possible?" Mrs Christabel questioned.
' Prince Matt requested for her hand in marriage, and they will be wedded on the same day of their coronation. So, in order to be his queen, Desse gave him a condition. We are her condition."
Christabel nodded. ' Thank you for the鈥� information. You can go now."
She left.
' What was she thinking?" Miss Meyers grunted.
' Since she gave a condition like this, I think she knows what she is doing. We just have to believe in her."
' That is a risky choice she made. If eventually Matt finds out her real motive, he's gonna have her dead for sure."
' I know."
' Then we should do something about it, or she dies, especially now she hasn't realize what she is."
' We don't have to do anything, we just have to sit and watch. She has chosen her fate, we should let her live with it."
Miss Meyers sighed, worriedly.
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Matt made her sit opposite him. For the first time since she started serving him, this was the very first time he was asking her to have a sit.
' Since you have accepted to my proposal, I was suggesting that we should make out tonight on my bed."
Her hand soaked wet instantly. ' But sire鈥�"
He interrupts her. ' First, I think we should drop the odds. We will be mated by next week, rather we should call each other sweet names."
Desse forced herself to smile. ' I am not good at sweet names."
' Don't worry, you will get use to it soon." He smiled back. ' So, what do you say about us鈥� on my bed?"
She scratched the back of her neck, ' I don't want to look disobedient to your highness but, I've learned and I have seen many times that such period is meant when the new couples are legally joined together."
' I know. I'm just so curious to have you on my bed. But, since you said so, I will wait until you are ready."
' I have some thing to say to you." She said after a brief silence.
' Go on, I'm listening."
' It's concerning the鈥�" Before she could say the next word, there came a knock on the door.
' Who dares to interrupt my moment!" He yelled.
' Forgive me sire, but your visitors awaits you at the meeting chamber. What should I tell them?"
' Let them wait. '
' And if they can't wait any longer, what should I tell them?" He asked again.
' They are free to leave."
' Your high鈥� My Lord," she corrected, he looks at her. ' You should go meet them, we'll have this discussion some other time." She gave him an assuring smile. ' Not every one are good at patience."
He sighed thoughtfully. ' Since you said so, I'll go."
She smiled wider.
The way he played loyal towards her, she wondered if actually this was the same Matt who had murdered her home.
He got to the door, then stopped, turning to her. ' I'll order the maid to get you cleaned up. You don't have to put on those anymore." He said, referring to the maiden dress she was putting on.
' Thank you, My Lord." She thanked, with her head slightly bowed.
He smirked.
Desse could feel the guilt burning in her. If not the knock hadn't distracted, she was going to tell him everything about the beast.
She wiped her both cheeks with her palms, sniffing hard.
When she recalled his statement to her, 芦 I will kill everyone who serves my brother, and you are no exemption.禄 the tears rolled out the more.
' No, I can't. I can't anymore." She wept bitterly, her hand on her chest. ' But, you made me this way."
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Holland ran to the chief maid, who was talking with another maid. ' As from today, you will be Desse's new maid. Understood?"
' Ma'am." She interrupted.
' Holland, not now." She ignored her.
' Please, before she leaves I wish to say something to you." She pleaded.
She rolls her eyes. ' Fine, I'm listening."
' Can I鈥� can I be Desse's new maid instead? I mean, I would heart fully accept to do that."
The woman stared at her, then at the other maid, then back to her. ' And why should I do that?"
' Because鈥�" She took seconds to think of what to say.
' You want to be close to the royal line, isn't it?"
' No, it's not why I wanted the duty." She looks at the other maid. ' Prisca prefers the laundry duty."
The woman gave Prisca a questioning look. Prisca slowly nodded her head.
' Fine. You two can switch." With that, she left them.
' Thank you." She thanked.
' It's nothing." She left too.
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Holland exhaled heavily. She knew this would be her only opportunity to get more closer to Desse and explain things to her.
But when she walked into her room, Desse's countenance was obviously clear that she wasn't in the mood to listen to anything she's got to say.
' If you're here to lecture me on what's right and wrong then please, do me the favour of leaving. ' Desse sternly said.
' Your decision has nothing to do with me. I am only here because the chief maid sent me. ' She lied.
' Better. '
Holland requested for the change of duty because she found it was a good means to talk to her and get her understand that she was taking the wrong decision.
But seeing as her attitude is, she changed her mind." I am not good at the royal styles, so I'm pretty sure you know what to do. '
Holland nod her head. ' Sure, I do. But first, you need a shower."
Desse silently watched as she walked into the bathroom. She could hear the sound of water.
The new room Matt had given to her wasn't as the previous one which had a bathtub in it's bathroom.
This was totally different. It had a pool in it, which normally contains cold water.
But Holland turned on the hot tap while the water runs into the cold water to make it warmer.
She hung the towel on the hanger, then she drops red roses into the water before leaving the room.
' Your shower is ready." She informed.
Desse came back from her thoughts. She stood up, walking into the bathroom. She shuts the door behind her.
While she had her shower, Holland searched for a new cloth. She was still worried why Desse would be such gentle to let Matt into her life.
Why would she believe in his riches and fake promises?
If only she can let her explain, Desse needs to be talked to.
This isn't love he plans to give to her, this was the only way he could make her life miserable.
This wasn't the first time he made such promise to a woman. He has always promised women who were weak to his beauty.
But somehow, his promises to Desse seemed different from the other women.
She sat on the water, her hands playing with the red roses. She loved everything about the room.
She smiled.
Soon, she would become a queen. But unfortunately, her parents, Camila, Mrs Greene and Miss Meyers won't be able to witness it.
She sighed heavily.
She should be happy. She knows she should but鈥� she isn't. Getting married to her enemy, to the very one she wants dead?
Would it be necessary to get married to him when his death is right before him?
What will be her fate after his death?
A queen without a King? How is she to rule a thousand people when she knows nothing about royalty or politics?
But鈥� Is it also necessary to be concerned about that? After all, he has promised to kill her alongside his brother.
Which means, there will be no King and definitely no queen at all.
She was done bathing, she walked out of the shower with a towel tied around her chest.
Holland was testing each dress she brought out on the dummy stand.
' I want the red one." Desse said from the bathroom door.
Holland turned to look at her. ' Okay."
She took the dress off the dummy stand, taking it to her. Desse unfolded the ends of the towel, letting it drop to the ground.
Holland assisted her with the dress, and her hair too. ' Least I forget, his highness wishes to have dinner with you tonight. '
Desse stared at her from the mirror. ' Thanks for letting me know. '
She nodded.
Holland left the room for her. Desse watched her until she was out of the room.
She knows Holland did cared but鈥� right now, at this few period she's got, she has no choice.
He made her this way. He changed her. She always cared but鈥� Not anymore. She loved life, but he made death safer for her.
Who's fault? Probably not hers鈥�