I sat up and drew my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. Athos stroked my back
"Estelle?"
"The Queen has asked me to take a letter to a Spanish messenger at Fontainebleau" I looked over my shoulder at him "She wants for me to take a Musketeer with me for safety"
"I shall be with you" he got up from the bed and paced the floor "She asks this of you, and you have no idea of the way things are done" he pushed his hands through his hair
"I said I would do it for her. Captain Treville has already told me that you won't be the one going" He looked at me "you have the English Envoy coming, you have to be at Treville's side"
"I have to be with you" He came over and braced his hands on the foot of the bed and looked me in the eyes "This is not some easy thing to do; I am not willing to have something happen to you"
"Well, I think you'll find I'm not willing to let something happen to me either" I touched his face "Captain Treville is talking to the others about it"
"I will speak with him" Athos pulled on his pants and grabbed a shirt pulling it over his head as he walked out of the door
"ATHOS" I called after him "Damn it" I grabbed one of his clean shirts and pulled it on and hurried after him the shirt hitting me just above my knee "Athos" the snow burned my feet as I hurried through it on the walkway and into Treville's rooms
"I will be the one to go with Estelle" Athos said firmly "This is a dangerous assignment"
"Athos we know" Porthos put his hand in the middle of Athos's chest
"You have to be at my side Athos" Treville said holding out his hands" you are second in command of the Musketeers your place is at my side for something this import"
"Do you know what the Queen has asked of Estelle?"
"No he doesn't" I said making them all look at me "Captain Treville didn't want to know"
"I have some idea" Treville offered me a warm smile "and please you are shivering come by the fire" I walked through the group and over to the fire
"It is dangerous' Athos put his hands on his hips
"That is why Aramis is going to be the one to go with Estelle" D'artaganan said sitting down on a wooden chair "He is the best shot in the entire Garrison, and he's not a bad swordsman either" he chuckled a little I looked at Athos his. His jaw was set tight and his brow was furrowed. There was a darkness about him that was both attractive and intimidating.
"You know I will not let anything happen to her" Aramis walked over to Athos "You have my word on that" Athos relaxed slightly
"I assume that this is something that the Cardinal would love to discover" Treville looked at me "The red guard will be watching like always"
"Why is the Red guard watching?" I asked
"The Cardinal wishes to control the King; and his biggest challenger is the Queen who hates him as much as he hates her. He will take any chance he has to undermine her and have the King loose faith in her" Aramis said looking at me
"And we are Loyal to the King and the Queen and not the Cardinal" Porthos took a deep breath "We tend to have Red guard following us"
"So why don't you tell me the way to go and I will go on my own" I suggested
"NO" Athos's head spun around
"That's not going to happen" D'artaganan shook his head
"Never" Porthos snapped
"And this is why I will be going with you" Aramis smiled "But we will have to be careful and we will leave before dawn"
"Athos take Estelle and get some sleep" Athos nodded I walked over to him and he put his hand in the small of my back and we stepped out on to the walkway.
I hissed at the icy burn of the snow on my feet. Athos moved and picked me up and walked with me back to his room kicking the door closed behind him; he set my feet down.
"You can't be angry that you are not allowed to be there, Aramis is going to be with me"
"Do you not realize that I will be the one worrying about you while you are gone" he came over to me and held my upper arms
"I'm a big girl Athos. You will find me here when you are done tomorrow" I smiled at him. I pushed the shirt down from my shoulders and let it drop to the floor
"Are you trying to distract me?" he tried not to smile
"Yes" I laughed "Please lets just go to bed".
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Lost in the pages
Storie d'amoreHave you ever got so lost in a book it's as if you were actually there. Estelle Bennett was left a little Old bookstore that used to belong to her grandmother, it was a place that Estelle had loved since being a child and her Grandmother had always...
