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I make my way quickly to the stables where Hunt is busy cleaning out stalls while another helper is taking care of the Prince's horses. Apparently Hunt is not considered trustworthy enough to actually take care of a horse. All he can do is clean up after them. Considering how often he has cleaned up my messes I cannot help but admit that he is rather good at it. When we walk in he looks up at us and gives me a quick smile before noticing my new friend. I give him a reassuring smile as his falters and wave him over to us. After leaning the pitchfork carefully against the wall, he makes his way over to us carefully. I can tell that me being followed in here by a knight has him extremely nervous. "What's going on?" He asks as he approaches us. "This knight here would like to escort you to the gates that we arrived through earlier." I say. I planned on explaining why but the Knight promptly gives me a sharp jab in the back that he does not even try to hide from Hunt. There is no denyin
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"They were telling the truth Your Highness. With the direction that they entered the town from I cannot see how they could have been involved. It was just bad luck for them that they showed up today of all days." The knight says to the Prince.Hunt is very carefully holding his tongue. Very likely biting it to keep from saying what he wants to say. He knows as well as I do that if he were to say what he was thinking to the Prince then there is a good chance that he would be killed for speaking to him that way. I will just have to explain all of this to him a little later."Thank you. You may go back to the stables." The Prince says waving Hunt away with a hand.Hunt walks away while looking back at me. His face is bright red and furious but there is really nothing to be done about it. It is not like we are together anways. He will just have to deal with what is going on. When I glance towards the kitchen, Mary is watching Hunt walk away with a worried expression as well."Well, I see
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I quickly make my way back out to the Prince with new tankards full of ale. I might need to know how to get out of joining him for the night but I cannot spend much time in there with Mary and the Cook talking about ways to get out of it without the Prince getting upset that I have not returned yet. I am already exhausted after stealing from the castle, walking miles here and now working while waiting on information. I see Hunt glancing my way as I pass one of the windows returning to the Prince. He and his knights are once again chatting with their heads close together until I get closer to them. That is when they all sit back and watch me apprehensively as I walk up with their drinks. Almost seems as if they might be talking about me with the way that they all act as I walk up. They are definitely eyeing me suspiciously but about what, I am not sure."What did you say that your name was wench?" The Prince asks me."You did not ask my name until now Your Highness. I am sorry but my
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For hours the Prince stayed there with his knights talking and drinking. I still never really saw the Prince touch his ale but somehow it always ends up empty with the rest of them. Constantly, I have to get up and get them refills and then when I bring them back I am expected to sit back on his lap with his arm around me. Each time I come back, I swear that they are all talking about me but I have no clue as to what they are saying."Well, I do not know about the rest of you but I think that I am going to retire for the night. Go ahead and find yourselves some company and I will see you all first light." The Prince says pushing me off of him.I try to walk into the kitchen but he stops me with a hand on my shoulder. When I turn to look at him he just chuckles and holds out his hand expecting me to take it. I know that he is the Prince and all but he could definitely work on wooing a girl. Still, I reluctantly take his hand and allow him to drag me to his bedroom. Okay, I walked somew
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As soon as I settle on the bed next to the Prince, I turn my back towards him so that I do not have to look at him the entire night. He is not willing to let me get away with the distance though as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me to him. The fact that he is unbelievably comfortable is not helping me to keep my guard up around him."So, we are just going to lay here and sleep and then you are going to leave in the morning?" I ask to clarify things. "That is the general idea. Unless you wish to come with me. Then you could leave when we leave in the morning." He whispers in my ear.His mouth is close enough to my earlobe that I can feel his lips moving against it. The feeling sends shivers down my body that I try to hide from him but I swear that I can still feel the smug bastard smirking from behind me. He has to know that he has some effect on me. Even if I do not wish to have a relationship with him."Why would I want to do something like that? I just got here." I tell hi
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I wake up to light streaming through the windows. The bed next to me is now empty and all of his stuff is already gone. How did he manage to leave while I slept? I never sleep that soundly. I have had to fight for my life for most of it and being a heavy sleeper would have ended up with my death years ago.Wiping my eyes, I get up and make my way to the door. He did say that they were leaving early. Maybe they have all already left? I will have to go and talk to Hunt before I start my day though. I do not want him thinking that I did anything stupid last night. I mean, I did but not as stupid as what he is thinking.When I get down the stairs I find that Mary is in the kitchen helping to get things set up for the day. She glances up at me in surprise as I walk straight past her and into the stables. If she really does believe our story then that is the first place that I should be going anyways so thankfully, she does not try to stop me.I make my way up the stairs to find that Hunt i
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Hunt hurries through his breakfast and heads straight to the stables before I even get a chance to make it through mine. He does not so much as glance at me when he passes by me. Letting out a sigh, I look at my only half eaten bowl of oats and get up. I cannot seem to get myself to finish my food when Hunt is angry with me.He has never been this upset with me in the past. Even when I went into the castle and stole the crown he was on my side. He did not question me he just showed up to help me get away safely. When I decided to take a job here he happily took one with me to make sure that I was okay. Now, he is upset because I spent the night with a Prince?That is not going to work for me. if he does not want to be here then he does not have to stay. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I have done it plenty in my life. Sure, he has always been there with me but that does not mean that I need him. It might be a lie that I have to keep telling myself but if that is what
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I find the Prince straying into my thoughts for the rest of the day. Hunt never once comes to talk to me so I have the entire day to stew over what happened as well as how to fix it. There is no way that I am going to be able to keep working with Hunt and seeing him every day if he does not allow for me to explain things and for him to hear them out. It is not fair to me or to our friendship for him to do this. It is not like I really betrayed him or anything.For lunch I decide to take it outside and eat it behind the stables. I am not ready to see Hunt look at me accusingly and still continue about his day. Instead, when I grab my food and mumble that I will be back to Cook she gives me a sad smile as she watches me walk out of the door. Hunt passes by me on my way but I keep my eyes down so that he cannot see the hurt in them.I swear that I could almost feel him reach out to stop me but I just keep walking. If he wants to talk to me then he is going to have to do it the right way.
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