The wedding took place in less than a week after the negotiations and the mood was like that of a funeral, immediately after the wedding, we left and began our journey to the capital. Dyane started talking to me again and she was the only one, I no longer existed where Gwenn and Orel is, I know that Gwenn understand that it was her duty but she was still too upset to think about it clearly and Orel was angry with me.
We got to the capital yesterday after spending two weeks travelling and Orel helped me down my horse after helping Dyane and ignored me in his courtyard while he barked orders to his servants and warriors. I was taken to his room in his home and there I was awake waiting for him to arrive no matter how fatigued I was, he came in, ignored me and went to sleep, I cried myself to sleep that night and this morning when I woke up without him being around. I got dressed in my trousers hoping to train but knowing that I wi
OREL POV“Have you sent a message to Elison?” Gwenn asked me as I continued to look at the documents before me, catching up on what I have missed in the capital so far.“Yes, that was the first thing I did.” I answered her even though I was too distracted to continue working, I knew that I could not face her. I could not deal with the guilt that I caused her to be banished by my own hands, if I haven’t saved Themis, Gwenn would not be leaving very soon.“Orel look at me.” Gwenn said softly but I shook my head. “Why?”“You know why Gwenn, you know.” I rubbed my hands over my eyes tiredly, I missed Themis but I don’t think I can be around her now not after what she did to one of my closest friends because she was jealous, she clearly didn’t trust my words because if she did, she would not have felt the need to remove Gwenn from my side forever.“You need to stop feeling guilty, it wasn’t yo
“The ladies are what?” I asked glancing at Gwenn who brought me the message with unhidden glee. She wanted to crash that tea meeting and I am the only one she could follow.“The ladies are all meeting and excluding you.” Gwenn repeated.“It isn’t my business.” I muttered beneath my breath as I try to calm myself down.“Did I mention that Estrid is there?” Gwenn added with a grin.“Fetch me Dyane to help style my hair, you might want to get ready too, we are going there.” I stated as Gwenn gave a whoop and left the room not minding that I was ordering her.Thirty minutes later, I and Gwenn was walking through the home of Lillian where the meeting was holding, I dismissed all guards and servants around me since I knew the way to the morning room myself.As I got closer I started hearing snippets of conversation. “…maybe we should send another invite.” A voice said the
The next few days were amazing, the words which I used to described my horrible first day back at the capital to my husband, he made sure of it and although, he could now stand Cale being around him, he refused to allow Cale come close to me and when he did see Lillian, nobody knows what went passed between them but since then Lillian has been scared to be kin the same room with me, the only time that she was in the same room as me was when the noble ladies where gather and even then, she refuse to talk when I was talking, meet my gaze or sit anywhere close to me. Estrid was annoyed at her friend decision to protect her head, she made annoying comments about me and was slowly testing the limits of her boundaries. If Gwenn was present when she said some of the things that she made in side comments, Estrid would have been close to death right now from what Orel will do to her.“What are you thinking of.” Orel said from behind me as he kissed my c
“How Dare you whip a maid who is higher than you.” Estrid said as she got into my face in the middle of the market square the next day when I was walking to get some herbs with Dyane, the guards behind me tensed but I waved them away as I sighed and look at Estrid, it seems like it was not up to two days and she was already falling into a mess, a mess that she would not get out of this time.“Go on your way and I will ignore this happened.” I tell her as Dyane shifted back knowing that Estrid will soon get what was coming to her. I turned to face Dyane only for Estrid hand to come down on my face, she slapped me. “You slapped me.” I asked disbelief clouding my features as the guards closed in around us, she just made herself unable to escape where she just put herself in.“Yes I did bitch. You have no right to tell me what I can and cannot do.” Estrid gripes as she made to hold me by my shoulders.
“Welcome to the council meeting” the dirty old man from the Maiden Hunt said as I nodded in reply. His name was Admon, with Orel description of those in the council with him, I could recognize them all by matching what I was seeing with his description and although his description was a bit funny when he was giving it, I could see that it is right. Admon was not a dirty man as I had first thought. No, his skin naturally was that brown and he has a few scars on his face which made him look fierce and he was fond of grey or brown clothing which was why I had given him that nickname in my head. I glance at the others and took note of the differentiating factors“Thank you.” I replied after wetting my lips, I was nervous because even though I had the time to get used to Orel being a warlord and all, I never thought that I will join the rulers of Dar in their meeting room where they make decisions that affect the empire.“I am sorry for
Waking up early the next morning, I left the bad and walked outside after getting dressed in a gown this time, the people of Sagedge need to see me act like a lady besides I am sure that Gwenn and others will be too busy to give me a sparring lesson. I wasn’t planning on doing much anyway. I stepped outside the room to see that Orel didn’t leave a maid for me and why will he? He knows that I know my way around here more than any maid…I was also suspecting it was more than that. Like he wanted to see the way which the people would welcome me. I snorted at that thought. He will be highly disappointed though because they will not welcome me in any way, they might go ahead to pretend that they are not seeing me as if I was a ghost, it would not take them much to believe after all they already believed that my mother family came from a long line of powerful witches who were somehow missed during the burning times.
OREL POVBoan reported what happened this morning to me as I clenched my fist in anger. I wished that I was there, I would have made sure that the chief would fear my wife anywhere he saw her and I will still make him fear her, he will just have to be stupid enough to confront her where I am. They are always that stupid.“And nothing else happened?” I asked in a deadly calm voice that didn’t fool anyone to think that I was actually calm. The thought of Themis tribe doing this to her makes me boil in anger just like the thought of Themis getting married to that man fills me with bloodlust as I want to erase everything about the man from existence.“Nothing apart from maidens of Lady Themis age group hurling insults at her.”“And you see that as nothing?” I growled at him but he just smiles, I knew that he should not give him the liberty to act this way to me but it wasn’t like I could punish hi
“They what?” I asked Elison who was reporting to me with fury in his eyes, he wanted to attack these people.“They set a pyre, they are demanding for Themis claiming she is a witch and they want to set her ablaze.” Elison repeated himself as I got out of my seat like lightning and left my tent as I growled. “They think that they have a say in the affairs of my army? I have been too fucking lenient on these people.” I marched to front of my camp where a line of my warriors were attacking as a barrier from allowing the villagers from entering into my camp and searching it for my wife.“What should we do warlord?” Gwenn asked through her clenched jaws.“Surround them with warriors Gwenn, they have incur my wrath and none of them are leaving without suffering from it.” I said as Gwenn nodded and left. I took note of the people around me and when I saw Boan, a red haze covered my eyes. “Where is my wife?” I de