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Nineteen • The Festival
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Benjamin's Bride Twenty • The Festival Part 2
•Heather• A few minutes into the party, Benjamin and I watched the crowd mingle from our throne. Everybody was having a good time as they talked over drinks, but I was bored out of my mind. The guests could only approach us for greetings if we kept sitting here. As much as the royal family scared me to an extent, I wanted to socialize with them and show them that I was part of the family as well. I looked at Benjamin and unlike the night of our wedding, he didn't bother to smile. I could not blame him though. Given where we were seated, it was not hard to spot a few nasty glares here and there. "Your Majesty," I called, making him look at me. "Are we going to interact with the family tonight?" "Do you want to interact with the royals?" he asked, his tone heavy on the term "royals" and it felt like he was correcting me for using the word family earlier. I hesitantly nodded. "But that is only if you don't mind." "I don't." He stood up and offered his hand to me and I receiv
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-one • The Festival Part 3
•Heather• After dinner, we went back to socializing and I was getting pretty tired. Benjamin was talking to a someone that I wasn't familiar with so, I stood next to him with a smile on my face as I held myself from dozing off. I could not wait for the night to come to an end. I didn't have any expectations on how the guests would behave but despite the smiles and laughs, they all seemed to have some sort of invisible barrier around them. My family was definitely not the best but at least we had some moments of warmth. I had Diane to defend me when my father let out his anger on me and she would always play with me when the other kids didn't want to. She stood up for me when I couldn't and being the lovable person that she was, people rarely got angry with her. Even on my worst days, Diane would never stop trying to put a smile on my face. Who did Benjamin have on his worst days? "My Queen," Silvester said as he walked towards Benjamin and I. "You look tired." I smiled at h
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-two • Passions and Burdens
•Benjamin• Would I mind? Of course, I wouldn't. Who would refuse an offer such as this one? I looked at Heather's slender shoulder down to the top of her back. I was laying right behind her but our bodies didn't touch. We were both naked and I wanted to touch her, but scaring her was something that I was not willing to do. My eyes went up to her hair that was tied in a messy bun. I could see that her ears were red and I wondered if she had any clue about how she was making me feel. I wasn't a man who restricted myself and to be honest, I was not going to start any time soon. Although I try to hold myself back when it came to Heather, there was only so much I could do especially when she was naked right in front of me. I moved closer to her and put my arm over her waist. Feeling her tremble against me, I took that as permission to move closer until our bodies touched. Her warm skin was heavenly soft and it smelled amazing. I couldn't stop thinking about how it felt under
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-three • Questions
•Heather• "There's nothing else to do today?" I asked before taking a sip of my afternoon tea. "No. The King hasn't given any duties to you yet," Bridgette answered. I sighed and put my cup down. "Do you think that he is doing this on purpose?" "It's still the week of the festival so, work really dulls down during this period." "I don't believe you." And I really didn't. If work really dulled down, why did I not see Benjamin unless late at night? He looked busy while I had way too much time on my hands than I would have liked. Benjamin has been behaving weird recently and I had no idea why. Our relationship was good enough and I thought that we were going to get even closer especially now that we slept in the same room, but I guess I thought wrong. Ever since we slept together on my second night in his room, Benjamin hasn't touched me. We still slept on the same bed and even cuddled, but that was it. I wasn't complaining but I did not think that he would let me be eve
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-four • More Questions
•Heather• I stared at Scott in mild shock. I have never thought of something like that, but wasn't paying evil with evil wrong? Didn't it make things even worse? "I can already see that you disagree with me," Scott said. "And I don't blame you. It's ridiculous but it takes a thief to catch a thief, right?" "I don't know what to say about that," I answered honestly. "I apologize for surprising you with my words but that's how it looks like in my eyes." "But are there not better ways to sort something like this?" He hummed thoughtfully. "The King might not look like it, but that man's thoughts are all over the place. He tends to overthink things." I furrowed my brows in disbelief. Benjamin and overthinking didn't go together. He always looked like he had everything under control that I couldn't even imagine him dwelling over his thoughts for more than necessary. "What do you think, my Queen?" Scott's question pulled me out of my thoughts and I looked at him. "About wha
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-five • Beautiful Blessings
•Benjamin• "Is this all, your Majesty?" One of the servants who was carrying my luggage asked and I nodded. "You can take them to the carriage," I instructed. The young man bowed and left my room together with three other people who were carrying my luggage. I was preparing for the journey today and it was around six in the morning right now. Going to Wilsur would take up almost six hours by carriage and I was not willing to get there in the evening. With everything that has been happening in Wilsur, moving at night wasn't an option. I received a disturbing letter from the Duke yesterday. Not only were the routes attacked but also the people who lived near them. Wilsur was a small but rich town where our trade flourished the most. It was such a peaceful place that these disturbances almost sounded fake. If it really was the Bluets, solving this would be a pain in the ass. Regardless, everyone in this kingdom was my subject and whoever provoked the people provoked the king. I
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-six • Seduction
•Benjamin• After the long journey, the carriage finally came to a stop in front of a large manor with a beautiful lawn that was stretched out to the fence. I waited as the coachman got off his seat and came to open the door for me. "We have arrived," he said as he stood by the door and bowed. I nodded and left the carriage while Scott followed behind me. I looked ahead and frowned slightly at the sight of the Duke, who stood with Samantha next to him. "Welcome, your Majesty," Duke Percy greeted when I stopped in front of him. "I hope that the journey here wasn't cumbersome." "It was so, I better have not wasted my time by coming here for nothing," I answered, making him chuckle. "It is surely for the best. Your subjects have been having a hard time and it looks like everything that I'm doing isn't working." "I see. We should head there straight away then." "No. We will go early tomorrow morning." Scott frowned. "May I ask why that is the case?" "The King needs to re
Benjamin's Bride Twenty-seven • The Unexpected
•Benjamin• "What do you think?" The Duke asked as he stood a few feet behind me. I stood up from the squatting position that I was in and said, "It's more than I expected." "I figure that it was worth the cumbersome journey?" "Don't get smart with me, Sir Percy," I said as I reached out my hand to a maid who escorted us to the site in Wilsur. She handed a small towel to me and I used it to wipe my hands from the dirt that coated them. "How is the security here?" "I doubled it last week and the attacks reduced." "That's not good enough." "It isn't. The number of traders has reduced drastically since the attacks started and if we don't completely stop this, Wilsur will be abandoned." I hummed and drank in the sight in front of me. Wilsur was right at the border. Not only was it a popular tourist attraction but it was one of Reechidre's top five trading locations. What was once a beautiful city that was filled with culture was now barely standing. The tall buildings were broken w
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