"Have a good day and may the Lord accompany you," said the bishop of the chapel, "In the name of father, son and holy spirit," he blessed the people of the chapel.
The mass attendees accompanied him as he spoke."Go in peace and may God be with you.""Thank God," All responded.Then the bishop came down from the altar and his entourage too, following him.Everyone expected the bishop to leave the chapel, as soon as he left, everyone else began to disperse.Dylan knelt on the floor and began to say a little prayer.After about three minutes he got up and walked into the main corridor of the chapel, made the sign of the cross, then bowed and left.He left the chapel gracefully, heading towards the main building of the castle and consequently the place where he would have breakfast with the other nobles.He left and a few steps from the entrance of the chapel, there were some small groups of nobles exchanging conversation."Well..." he looked away, i"Archie? What are you doing here?" Dylan asked, all confused."I should be the one asking it…" said Archie, also being confused."Huh... no...!" Dylan stared at him."What?" Archie asked, all confused."You set this up to be alone with me?""Huh! What?" Archie was completely dumbfounded."I can't believe Archie… how…" Dylan continued to stare at him."What are you talking about Dylan?" Archie asked, completely confused.Dylan squeaked, ignored him and went to the door. He took the doorknob and tried to open it."Huh! It's locked!"Dylan returned to the center of the solar."Why are you doing all this Archie?" Dylan was threatening him with his eyes."What?" Archie was pretty confused."Stop being a fool Archie... you sent Eva to tell me that Alexandra was waiting for me, in order to be alone with me.""Huh!" Archie shook his head, "Who is Eva? Alexandra? Are you talking about the Emperor's first daughter?""Stop playing dumb and sto
"Is this what I think it is?" Dylan asked, all surprised."That's right. The same type of lubricating oil we used."Archie closed the jar and returned it to the wardrobe."And you say you don't know any of this..." Dylan said, still suspicious of Archie.“Honestly Dylan… how many times have I said I have nothing to do with all this bullshit? You read the note those two left yourself,” Archie pointed out to the table."So how do you explain having this oil in the wardrobe? It's not like they know I'm a man... Or do they?" Dylan looked worried."Of course not. This is proof that our escorts are also in league with Alexandra and Scott.""Huh!""The person who bought the oil for us was Bentley... so there's no doubt it's him.""Huh... Are they waiting for us to have sex?" Dylan grimaced.Archie shrugged."And besides, this pot is way too big... it has enough oil for several nights..." Archie said, all innocent.
"Hmm…" Archie took both Dylan's wrists and took a step back, "what are you doing?" he stared at Dylan."Make…" Dylan looked away."What?""Make love to me…" Dylan said, still not looking at Archie."You must be kidding...""Not really…" Dylan finally looked at him."Well… I don't feel like doing it," Archie said, already walking away from Dylan."Huh!" Dylan didn't believe what Archie had said.He simply heard Archie's footsteps moving away from him."Well… maybe I can make an exception…" Archie said.Dylan turned and looked at him, "Really?""Yes," Archie cracked a smirk.Dylan frowned, recognizing that smile. It was the smile he always made whenever he wanted to do something lewd."It's going to cost me something, isn't it?""Not really…" Archie said heading towards the bed.Dylan could tell from the sentence that there really was something behind that
Archie took a long breath and lay down on top of Dylan's chest. Both took deep breaths."I just hope you don't ask me for another round... because this was the fourth and I'm not going to make it through... Unless I also drink that adulterated juice," Archie said, taking a deep breath.Dylan took a deep breath."I don't think I want any more... I'm already super tired...""Fine.""So Archie... You can get off me now. You're heavier than before.""I know… and no. It's the least you can do because I wasted my body.""It's not like you haven't benefited from this...""Yes... but you asked for it. I'm not getting up.""Fine."They both lay there without speaking."Did you throw away your wedding ring?" Archie asked, breaking the silence."No. I kept it.""I bet you took it the day you got back to Greavaria.""Yes I did it.""Wow… do you hate me that much?""No…I don't hate you Arch
Archie was buttoning Dylan's dress."I didn't hear the door being unlocked… did they forget us?" Dylan asked as Archie buttoned his dress."I didn't hear either… maybe they unlocked the door while we were distracted.""It's possible...""I'll see as soon as I'm done here...""Alright."Archie finished buttoning the dress."Done!""Thank you," Dylan said, sitting down in front of the mirror.Archie headed for the door, grabbed the doorknob, and tried to open the door.Unlike earlier, at that moment the door opened."It's open..." Archie said, peeking outside.Dylan sighed, "What a relief..." he clutched at his chest."This floor is empty…" said Archie looking around.Dylan was still there combing his hair.Archie stopped at the foot of the door, leaning his arm on the knob.He saw Dylan combing his hair while being very focused. He cracked a smile."Do you want me to wait for you or can I go ahead and meet me in the carriage?"Dyl
Archie got out of the carriage and sighed."Finally..."At the same moment Dylan also got out of the carriage."Shall we go?" Archie raised his arm."Yes," Dylan hooked his arm through his husband's.Both went out towards the main building of the castle.In the courtyard there were numerous carriages and people of the nobility exchanging words.Both entered the main building."I'm going to my bedchamber... I need to change my dress."Archie looked at him and frowned."And then you say you're not a woman...""This dress is heavy Archie...""Fine, go!""See you in a bit," Dylan released him and started walking toward the castle's alternate entrance.Archie stood there watching him go.The first opportunity he gets to get away from me… he pulls away… I wish I'd kissed him now… but just because we slept together yesterday… doesn't mean we'll get back together, Archie thought .
Dylan swayed from side to side on the bed."God! What is that smell?"He sighed and finally stood up, running a hand over his face. He went somewhere, took a robe and covered his back. Then he went to the door and opened it, taking a peek.The hallway was empty and partially lit by torches at the foot of the wall. He got out and closed the door. He wrapped himself up even more and started walking towards the stairs looking for the source of the smell that was bothering him. He continued to go downstairs and when he reached the last step he saw from a distance that the ground floor room was on fire."God!" he covered his mouth with his hand, looking all terrified, "How come..." Dylan paused trying to figure out how that had happened.Suddenly he started running towards the stairs. He quickly went upstairs passing the first and second floors. He ran to Lizha's room and brusquely opened the door."LIZHA!" He ran to Lizha's bed.Lizha was sleeping peac
Archie pulled back the blanket, covered his head, and tried to go back to sleep.He stayed in the same position for a few minutes and suddenly he pulled the blanket off his body."What the fuck!" he said rubbing his hand over his face, "after all, the feast isn't over yet?" he asked, already getting up.He went to the window, pulled back the curtain and took a peek. He saw in front of the building parallel to his own a cluster of people, made up of men and women."What are they doing there?" he asked himself, looking out the window, trying to understand what was happening there.He looked better and saw that on the ground floor there was fire and there was a line of men who were trying to put out the fire."Huh! Fire?"He finally got real."Dylan..."Archie went to the armchair, grabbed his pants from above, and put them on. Then he sat up and quickly put on his boots. He got up, grabbed the linen shirt that was also on top of the a