Paula's p.o.v
"My queen please think this through, you shouldn't do this," Deby said as I sat upright and glared at her coldly, she quickly knelt down in fear and lowered her eyes to the ground.
"Then want should I do?, Tell me who that woman was, the bastard had guts to dance with her instead of me" I spat as my ladies gasped loudly.
"Please refrain from bad mouthing the king, despite you being the queen and his wife you can be hanged for that" Lauren said in concern.
"That lady you saw dancing with the king is called lady Grace" Amore answered as the door opened.
When Henry walked in, my ladies quickly stood up and bowed in respect.
"leave us" he ordered.
They quickly left the room without a second glance, I lazily stood up and picked my veil from the ground and put it back covering my face.
Despite hating everything about this place, I still had to follow a few rules as the queen, and that included covering my face until the marriage was consummated.
"First you disrespect the crown by throwing it on the floor and secondly you shame me by walking away from your own damn wedding reception," he said in a calm angry voice.
He really was trying to make me seem bad all because of his stupid ego.
" I was suppose to dance with you but I saw that woman take my place smoothly, and so I left" I answered with a smile.
He smirked then took a step closer.
"Her name is Grace, I wanted to marry her because I liked her and saw the greatness that no woman had ever shown, sadly the council wouldn't let me, they wanted someone of royal blood so they forced me to marry you, the disrespectful brat, but I'm happy very happy you now know that Grace is there to take your place gracefully, just like she will in bed," he said as I chuckled softly.
"What a relief, here I was thinking I had to sleep with you just to please the people, it's good that she will take more than my place, but just a reminder my king, I am the queen, if she dares to go beyond her boundaries I will put her back in her rightful place" I answered feeling a bit troubled.
He looked at me speechless then turned and left.
I slowly moved to the bed and sat down, I was upset with his words and how cold he was acting towards me, I didn't want his affection but I wanted his respect and acknowledgment, deep down I knew this was just the beginning of my loveless marriage.
After a minute my ladies entered with smiles.
"He is so handsome", Lauren said.
"Stay here and don't follow me" I ordered as I stood up and left the room.
"Let's Follow her" I heard Lauren say to the others.
I ignored her words and walked slowly in the passage as they quickly followed me from afar.
I went downstairs and outside where I saw a fountain ahead, I quickly went and sat at the edge with a smile not caring if my wedding dress would get dirty or that anyone might recognize me.
As I stared in the water all my past memories came back crushing on me, my eyes were filled with tears that I couldn't hold back, I felt so sad and very lonely.
"Should we approach her?" Debby asked from afar.
"No, leave her now, for now, let's all go back" Lauren answered sadly.
I was so grateful to have such an understanding lady around, for a few minutes I cried my heart out and felt a little better.
"Excuse me, lady, are you fine?" a strange voice asked. I stood up and turned.
"Oh it's you, my queen, pardon my manners, I thought of you as a stranger," she said with a quick bow.
"Well I am a stranger, after all, seeing how the king sleeps with everyone but can never look at me" I murmured softly.
"No my queen that's not true," she said loudly.
"It's fine, he likes lady Grace a lot after all" I answered seriously.
"That's not true, my queen you are more beautiful than her," she said as I laughed softly.
"Not in his eyes, in his eyes I'm nothing" I answered sadly feeling a slight heartache.
"That's why you were crying? my queen, you are ten times more beautiful than her and by the way, you are the queen of our land not her," she said as wiped off my tears.
"What's your name?" I asked her in a whisper.
"I'm Carol, one of the royal servants serving in the palace" She answered.
"Will you tell me a little about this place?" I asked.
"Well my queen, this here is a beautiful, peaceful palace, the king is rarely seen and he doesn't talk that much, he drinks a lot too" she answered.
"How did he meet lady Grace?" I asked curiously.
"Well at the ball last year, since that day they have always been very close" She answered.
"You mean as lovers?" I asked.
"I... I..." She stammered.
"It's okay, he told me that himself, so apart from Grace who else is his lover?" I asked.
"My queen to be honest I can't say much, I'm not sure how many ladies his highness had found favor in, all I know is that lady Grace is the most favored" she answered.
"Of course, I knew that" I whispered.
"Pardon my question my queen, but aren't you suppose to be in the king's chamber tonight?" She asked.
"No, Grace is there, he doesn't want me there" I answered sadly.
"My queen believe me when I say you are everything Grace can never be," she said then bowed.
"You remind me of my mother, she was good-hearted and kind, thank you for talking to me," I said seriously.
"I'm honored to talk to you too my queen, please don't think too much, you have a lot to prepare tomorrow so please get some rest and do eat something" she whispered.
"I will, thank you" I answered then walked back to the palace.
Paula's p.o.vEarly in the morning after a bath, I sat in front of my dressing mirror with Miriam combing my hair, while my other ladies were taking care of my room and choosing a worthy dress for me."Pardon me my queen, but you look happy this morning," Miriam said with a smile while she continued to comb my hair.I was more than happy, as much as I hated the stupid bastard's behavior, I wasn't going to let him ruin my mood."Well, what do you expect?, Today is a beautiful morning and we are in a new palace, you know how we have been raised alone in a locked up room, but today I'm a married woman and I'm free, I can go anywhere I want to," I said then stood up and looked at myself in the mirror.I wore a simple beautiful peach dress which showed off my curves, and my hair was nicely let down, in the afternoon I was suppose to change and put on another dress that the Ladies were
Paula's p.o.vToday I dressed up with one thing in mind, to get Henry's attention, I was so happy when jack came to me a few hours ago. Flashback"My queen?" Jack called outside my door.I quickly put on my veil and came out if my bedroom."Are you ok?" he asked Softly."Yes, why," I asked."You seem sad and yesterday some servants were gossiping on how they saw lady Grace leaving the king's chamber's immediately you walked in, I know it's none of my business but is everything ok?" he asked."I'm ok Jack, don't worry about me, everything is going perfectly fine" I answered while trying so hard to smile under my veil."Ok if you say so my queen, I came here to invite you and your ladies to
Paula's p.o.v"My queen, today you are suppose to be happy, the king is returning, you haven't been your usual self since he left, do you miss him?," Lauren asked, I choked on my saliva then laughed."No I don't, I'm actually annoyed at him, can you believe him?, he chose a concubine over me, he is such a disrespectful man," I answered angrily.I had been whining over his act for a week now, I couldn't help it but get upset every time I thought about him."Do you love him that much?" Lauren asked as I blinked in shock."Me, love that man, are you seriously asking me that? What I feel for him is respect because he's the king, I don't love him," I answered then swallowed hard, I really wasn't sure what I felt for him."And by the way where is Miriam, Deby, and Janet?" I asked while looking around."They went to admire the jewels at t
Paula's p.o.vI sat sighing in my room for what felt like forever, I wasn't happy with Henry's words, I was very much bothered by them, but despite feeling dejected I couldn't help myself from thinking about how he looked, I didn't know if it was my eyes or my imagination but he looked very calmer than usual and so handsome, he wore his royal robes without a crown on his head, his hair was brushed back for the first time and it really suited him.I stood up from my bed and picked up my veil, I covered my face and looked at my ladies who were all sleeping on their beds, I felt bad that I was still sleeping with them, technically they all deserved a room each, and my room was suppose to be Henry's but he couldn't even look at me without showing disgust.I slowly walked to the door and opened it carefully after glancing behind to make sure that they
Paula's p.o.v"My queen be reasonable," Laurencried as she and my ladies stood at the doorway."Get out of my way all of you," I demanded as they shook their heads in refusal."You can't go back to your father's house now, you will be made into a laughing stock and they will call you names, they will say you failed to do your duties as a wife and it will bring shame to you and his highness your father," Deby cried."Deby let me go before everybody wakes up," I ordered."No my queen, who will marry you after you leave this kingdom, please think about that. They will think you are impure and tainted when you still are pure," Bridget pleaded."I would rather die pure than stay here with him when I have no duties to his kingdom, for heaven's sake I'm his wife but he treats me like
Paula's p.o.vI woke up and shivered when a cold breeze swept by, I sat upright and looked at Henry who was laying next to me peacefully, it was still dawn and that was a good thing, I slowly moved his hand that was on my thigh then got off the bed and picked up my dress and dressed up quickly.I didn't want to wake him up because I seriously had no energy left in me to argue, I tiptoed and quietly opened the door then got out and rushed to my room.Immediately I entered I breathed out in relief, Lauren sat on my bed looking at me sadly."Paula!, oh sorry, I meant your highness you are back," she said as I walked past her and sat down at the far end of the bed sadly."What's wrong did something happen to you," she asked In concern."You sold me off to him and you expect nothing to happen?" I
Paula's p.o.v"You look pretty," Lauren said while fixing my hair."Good, because I want to look very pretty for Henry this morning," I answered calmly.I felt somehow bad for not talking to him in the garden when he asked me a question. I acted plain rude when all I wanted was to treat him with respect."I'm done," Lauren whispered."You look beautiful," Cleo said softly.I looked at my ladies and smiled happily."Wait for me to return, I want to go and see Henry alone," I ordered."Go your highness, we will be okay," Mirriam answered.I nodded then walked out of my room and went upstairs, I took in a deep breath when I approached his room, the two guards guarding his Chamber's stepped aside then bowed.&nb
Paula's p.o.v"Stand up," Lauren whispered softly.I answered then Shifted to face the other side."Why are you doing this to yourself?. I should have known you were in here crying." She said then moved closer and knelt next to me."Paula talk to me. What's bothering you?" She asked Softly."He really hates me a lot don't you think?. To reach the extent of slapping me, it means he does." I whispered."He hit you?" She asked in nearly a Scream."Yes," I answered then sniffed to hold back the tears from falling."I'm really sorry." She whispered then hugged me closely."It's okay, I guess I'm a huge bother to him." I answered while pulling back with a smile."You aren't, that man just doesn't know how valuable you ar