Lady Briseis stormed into the house De-Buccleuch. “You, you there, where is my father?” Lady Briseis addressed the servant with disgust. “Lord Stevano is in his study my Lady, he is awaiting your return,” the servant told her with his head down. Without another word, Lady Briseis stomped away to her fathers study.
As Lady Briseis entered, her father was sat waiting expectantly, “Well, when is the wedding my daughter?” Lord Stevano asked. “There will be no wedding father,” Lady Briseis spat back, “All of this has been for nothing, the Prince is already engaged, he will accept this child as his bastard and nothing else.” Lady Briseis dropped down onto the seat opposite her father in a dramatic fashion and let out a long sigh. “No, he can’t do that, he impregnated you, he must
Aurelia’s face turned a bright shade of red as she looked down and began to fidget her hands. Seraphina had never seen Aurelia flustered before. “Well…” Aurelia looked at Seraphina hesitantly, “There is a man with whom I have been…intimate with.” Aurelia tried to compose herself but, Seraphina could see she was both excited and embarrassed to talk about it. Seraphina gave her a small nod of encouragement. “We have had an intimate relationship for 2 years now but, I met him 4 years ago in my first battle,” She told Seraphina. “Is he a warrior?” Seraphina asked.Aurelia paled. “He is now, he was a prisoner of war when I met him… he was our prisoner of war…” There was a heavy silence that followed. Seraphina quickly composed herself after the shock revelation. &
Grief. Bone chilling, stomach turning, blood curdling grief. That’s all Seraphina could feel. She collapsed and let out a wail that sounded demonic. She clawed at her naked skin and screamed into the night. Her screeches loud enough to disturb the heavens.She wrapped her arms around her stomach, she felt empty, hollow, lost. She could hear the sound of someone laughing at her, she turned her head towards the sound, her eyes reflecting the flames dancing as they were slick with tears. She stood to walk towards the person laughing at her, her hands partially shifted into the claws of her dragon. Ready to tear out the throats of whoever had dared to mock her.“Seraphina, Seraphina wake up!” The voice echoed through her head. &ld
Just then, Lucy entered with a tray and placed in on the bed next to Seraphina. Aurelia moved round to climb onto the bed with Seraphina and placed the tray across her lap. There were 2 pitchers, one containing water and another containing blood. There wa
Being naked in the water with Achilles was torturous for both Seraphina and Achilles. He had never realised just how sensual the act of bathing someone was. Watching the warm, soapy, scented water drip down Seraphina’s neck and shoulders, leaving little trails of bubbles behind had him groaning in response. He moved his hands forward to wash her front and stifled a moan as she gasped in response to his tender touch. “If you hadn’t gone and impaled yourself yesterday, I would take you right now, over this bath,” he growled at her.Seraphina felt the all too familiar burning begin between her thighs. She pressed her legs together in an effort to subdue her desires but, the friction only went to ignite the spark and she felt as though her whole body had become alight with flames. She stifled a moan as she let her head lull back on
“So, what did you and Aurelia get up to yesterday?” Achilles asked her whilst chewing on some freshly picked grapes. “Oh you know, just some basic combat training,” Seraphina replied nonchalantly. Achilles gasped and started choking on a grape, after a fit of coughing and Seraphina smacking him on his back, he finally regained his composure. “She did what?” Achilles thundered and Seraphina burst into a fit of harmonic giggles.Realisation dawned on Achilles and his face set into a smirk, “You know, you almost just signed my sisters death certificate,” he told her. Seraphina rolled her eyes dramatically, “Oh Achilles, you know as well as I that there isn’t a single soldier here who would be brave or idiotic enough to take on Aurelia,” she said with a chuckle.
Seraphina barely had a moment to herself before Aurelia strolled in followed by Rose and Melanie. “I thought we would come and join you for some lunch,” Aurelia announced with a smile as she placed the covered tray down next to Seraphina and jumped on the bed next to her.“What’s wrong Seraphina, you look a little…lost,” Rose smiled softly at her.Seraphina let out a sigh, “Lady Briseis surprised us with her presence earlier,” Seraphina rolled her eyes dramatically. Aurelia glared, “What did that whore want?” she spat.“Easy Aurelia, she’s still the mother of my step-son,” Seraphina weakly tried to defend Lady Briseis.
Seraphina rushed through the halls of their quarters checking every room as she passed them, her heart panged a little every time she was greeted with an empty room. Seraphina reached the room that was being built into a nursery for Achilles’s son, she entered and gasped in awe. It wasn’t yet finished but, beautiful cream silk drapes adorned the windows and in the middle of the room stood a hand carved, ornate, mahogany crib. Seraphina allowed her fingers to trail across the smooth wood, she looked down at the folded blue silk sheets and blankets that were placed inside. She picked them up and hugged them to her chest, her heart warmed as she thought of the child she and Achilles will hopefully one day share. She placed the sheets and blankets back into the crib and placed a gentle hand on her stomach, “One day, soon,” she said to herself with a smile.
As Seraphina approached the DeBeaux Angelo manor, she was greeted by a pair of large golden gates. There were golden angel statues adorning the tops of the surrounding walls. Seraphina stifled a gasped as they drove through the gates and saw the sprawling