Chapter 5- A Royal Enigma

GREGOR

"Ten minutes past the hours of seven. It must be time for dinner." I said as I slowly took my gaze off my wristwatch. For the moment that I was off the books, my mind wandered to what had transpired between me and Arianna. "I am not hallucinating at all.

At least not when I could still remember how she behaved before and how she suddenly changed." I said slowly as I looked over the ceiling. I tried to take my mind off the whole issue but I just could not get my mind off it at all. It was as if the more I tried to stop myself from thinking about it, the more I thought about it. 

"What suddenly changed? How did she just become a new person overnight? Forgetting all that had happened in the last years of her life. Was she joking or trying to fake amnesia?" Many thoughts and questions crawled around my chests forcing a slight scoff out of me. I heaved a heavy sigh as I looked at the door. I forced myself to stand up from the chair that I sat down. Just then, a knock came on the door and I was jolted from my reverie.

"Your Highness, I came to inform you that dinner is served. Luna and the children are waiting for you." The maid said in and I nodded, not uttering a single word as I looked away from her. She bowed her head slightly as she walked out of the room. The door made a sharp thudding sound which signifies that the door had been shut.

As I tried to clear out the front of my desk, I could not help but think of the fact that Arianna could really not remember what was going on. Something to make me believe that she was actually going through amnesia, she had never disobeyed me.

I hurried down to the dining table. I noticed that she was already sitting, her eyes focused on the food that was in front of her. I heaved a sigh and as soon as my feet made a thudding sound on the ground, her attention was caught and she tilted her head slightly to look at me in the eyes for a while before she smiled slightly. I gave her a deadpan face as I walked to take my seat on my own side of the dining table.

"You must have a lot to study! Dinner has been served since." I only gave her a skeptical look as I totally ignored what she had said. I tilted my head to look at my twins as they looked at me with all the excitement in their faces.

"Daddy! We have been waiting for you for so long." Jamie said as he tried to frown his face. I chuckled slightly as I looked away from him to look at Julia who was trying to copy his brother's facial expression. "Aren't they just cute and adorable?" I thought and just as I was about to talk, Arianna's voice began to echo and I was forced to remain quiet as she talked. 

"Daddy had a lot of work to do. Perhaps it escaped his mind that it was time for dinner. You just have to forgive him, my precious little darlings." She said while making a baby face at them and they laughed. This was definitely something that she did not forget. How she loved and catered for her children was second to none. Even though there was a nanny to take care of them, she still spent quality time with them. It was so adorable but I still could not bring myself to accept the fact that I was married to her.

"Yeah, my cute little pups. You knew Daddy would always be there for you both." I said, ruffling my finger through their hair and they both squeezed their noses, as they had fun. I tilted my head to look at Ariana and I caught her staring deeply into my eyes. I didn't know what to do at that moment. I felt like questioning her for looking at me like that but there it was, there was nothing I could do about it. 

"Your majesty, it's getting late. I am afraid the twins will not be able to eat this food if it gets later than this." Amber said as she walked into the scene unnoticed. I nodded my head sharply, tilting my head to look at my pups and then back at Amber. She bowed her head slightly as she tilted her head to look at Arianna who had already started to eat. 

"Something is definitely off!" I thought and as if the twins knew what I had in mind, they began to hum, calling the attention of their mother. She didn't waste any time, tilting her head to look at them before she talked.

"Oh, my babies, do you have any problem?" She asked in a soft tone as she looked puzzled and surprised. She looked at me and I, in turn, tilted my head to look at Amber as we exchanged a surprise look. I was sure that at this point, she already knew that something was up with Arianna. 

"Nothing at all. Amber, Feed the pups and put them to bed. Luna is quite tired and stressed to feed the kids right now." I rapidly said, trying to give excuses for her sudden change in behavior. "What exactly is going on?" I asked myself as I placed the fork on the plate. She looked at me keenly like she was expecting me to say something to her. I anticipate being in the room with her. She needed to be asked a series of questions because this was messing with my thinking.

"We want mummy. She does it better!" They both said simultaneously and I was forced to look at them. It was only a matter of time for them to know that something was wrong with their mom.

"Oh, I am supposed to feed them?" She asked and I placed my palm over my head, trying not to let my anger override me.