Alice Settle’s In

Alice sat on the edge of the bed the way she did every morning waiting to be let out of her room. While Lar’s had refused to let Heather send her back, but he was still cautious and distrusting of her.  Locking her securely in her room each night and watching her like a hawk during the day especially if she ventured near his other daughters.

Thomas Has A Plan

Danson headed into Thomas’s chamber’s finding the king sitting waiting for him, he immediately noted his old friend looked better than he had in weeks finally freshly shaven and back into his royal garb.

“Your highness” he bowed as was customary unsure if this was business or personal meeting.

Jaedyn Confronts Gabriel.

Jaedyn had allowed the thought’s of Gabriel’s refusal to allow Daisy to marry to fester in her head, she’d tried to block them out. Telling herself that now they had Finian he didn’t need ‘her’  but as the days dragged on his refusal just seemed to prove to her more and more with each passing minute that for some reason he thought at least that he ‘did’ need her.

Eventually it all became to much tottering dangerously close to becoming the irrational and over emotional  woman she used to be. Jaedyn decided she needed to ask him directly, laying Finian down in his cradle she made her way to Gabriel’s chambers.

Downward.

“Have you seen her?” he asked.

Danson turned away from the fire he’d been using to warm himself and looked at Thomas who stood in the doorway and nodded.

“Is she any better?” Thomas asked his voice low, barely a whisper.

The Water Jug

Thomas sat in his nightshirt at the edge of his bed, it was late and he couldn’t sleep. He sighed deeply rubbing his hand to his forehead his throat parched he reached for the jug of water at the side of his bed only to find it empty.

He found the cold stone against his feet refreshing as he stood and wandered towards the window. The stained glass made it impossible to see outside but he stood beside it staring none the less, casually tracing the shapes on the glass with his finger.

Falcon Ask’s Directly

Falcon waited patiently in the hallway of the castle, he’d worn his finest clothing and had his speech prepared. He was going to ask simply and directly for Gabriel to allow he and Daisy to marry. He’d not had the heart to tell Daisy that his second request had been denied she’d been so confused and distraught over the first refusal so he’d decided to sort this out alone man to man.

He’d been there a short while when a guardsman came to get him leading him though a maze of corridors to Gabriel’s study.  The lord was sat behind the desk and seemed to be expecting him.

Abel Sit’s With The King

The King’s study got so dark at night the moon seemed unable to pierce though the small stained glass windows. While the walls seemed to suck the life out of the merrily dancing candles. Still Thomas was somehow comforted by the dark, it allowed him to drink in company without  having to put on too much of a charade.

That was the trouble with being King, everyone expected you to be this strong and unbreakable force, so far away from how Thomas felt right now.

While he’d been left alone with his thoughts for a few days after Holly’s departure, It now seemed Vince had decided he’d mourned his lose enough. Almost every night one or other knight wormed his way out of the woodwork to keep him company. In Vinces best effort to prevent him spending too much time alone.  

Lar’s Makes A Demand

Kaitlyn’s stomach lurched as she entered the lounge to see Lar’s sitting uncomfortably waiting for her. She’d been told he was here of course and she’d hurried downstairs as fast as her legs would carry her fearful he came baring new’s about one of their daughters.

Falcon Ask’s Again

Falcon headed inside the church, since Asha’s burning he’d not quite looked at the church in quite the same way, but he was here for a reason.  Now he knew that Asha was safe and well with Tarik he could relax and start planning his own future again.

“Father” he smiled seeing the young priest.

Abel Takes Care Of Ailana

“You should not have brought her!” Abel growled glaring at his brother, his own anger taking him somewhat by surprise.

“Holly requested that we come” Peter replied smugly.

“You should have ignored it” Abel growled “Her majesty was not in her right mind when she wrote the letter”