His Highness's Lover

It was an era where the lands were ruled by strong ones. The strong ones dominated and the weaker ones stayed dominated. There was always a fight for power as everyone wanted to be the strongest ones and was hungry for power. It was the situation of the survival of the fittest. Only the strongest ones survived. The land was divided into three large parts which were ruled by the three strongest kingdoms. They were equal in terms of power and were always on each other's guards. If there were to be war between these three kingdoms, they would be destroying themselves. The smaller kingdoms under their pressure stayed far away from those three kingdoms' political matters and remained neutral. They didn't want to offend those powerhouses. These three biggest kingdoms were The Raven kingdom, The Falcon kingdom, and The Wallace kingdom. These three kingdoms ruled their territory and rarely intervened in other kingdoms' matters. The eastern part of the land was ruled by the Walla

                        Commander Wesley and his squad were responsible for this year's hunting. "Your highness, for tomorrow's hunting, we have prepared about five bows and lots of arrows and some guns. We also have prepared five horses and another extra five horses which will carry carriages filled with food and tents."            King Raleigh was listening to the commander attentively with his right palm placed under his chin. "What about my Midnight?"            "Your highness, he is still not well and the doctor had told us to give him some time to recover."   Midnight was the name of king Raleigh's personal horse. It was gifted to him by his father when he was just thirteen years old. When he first got his horse, the horse was also still a baby. It was a black horse and its mane was long and silky. Because the

                They all soon began their journey to the northeast part of the Raven kingdom where the weather was unstable and coldest. It was the border of the Raven Kingdom with the Falcon Kingdom which was separated by an ice-cold ocean named 'Rose'. As they travelled further, the colder temperature was and the more gloomy the weather was. It was a place where there was no chance for survival if one got lost. They travelled for five hours before finally reaching their destination.       King Raleigh stopped and looked at all of them. "Let's rest for a while. We all can have something to eat and leave. Set up a tent in that area and maids with two soldiers will stay here. Commander Wesley and two soldiers will be leaving with me."      "Yes, your highness."  All of them soon set up tents for everyone. The maids were busy cooking the foods while commander Weshly and o

        King Raleigh looked at the joyous expression on Ives's face when he said he would stay with him until his wounds healed. It was so easy to make Ives happy. King Raleigh smiled at that thought.      "Ah!! you smiled." Ives said opening his eyes widely. King Raleigh's lips which had just curved upward slightly just straightened.        "I didn't smile."       "But I just saw it."       "It was a hallucination. Forget about it." King Raleigh couldn't believe that he had just smiled in front of Ives.        "Are you shy?" Ives asked in a teasing tone.        "What?! No!" King Raleigh immediately denied.        "It's okay if you don't want to smile but you look good while smiling." Ives earnestly said.   King Raleigh was silent and just hummed later. For

                      "Husband... It is such a beautiful word."  King Raleigh knew Ives was just going along with him but still hearing the word 'husband' coming out from Ives's mouth made his heart flutter. His heart was beating so loudly that it felt like it was going to come out from his body. Oh my god... He should learn to control his feelings. King Raleigh put his right hand on his chest and took a long breath to calm his raging heart. He brought back his poker face and entered inside. That soft look before this felt like it was just an illusion. But this was king Raleigh's habit which had been carved deep into his veins since he was a child. Never show your emotions to others. It is your weakness and others may take advantage of it. As a king, king Raleigh must not have any weak points.         King Raleigh sat on a couch as he waited for Ives. He could st