Queen of the Dragons

52

I walked hand in hand with Loche as papa lead the four of us down to the sitting room. Dinah was not looking at any of us and Juni kept looking back towards the door where Cael and the rest of the guards were. I was nervous and so were my sisters.

Yes I am Queen and I should not be upset about my papa yelling at me but it was going to be in front of Loche! Tis very embarrassing, especially when I do not know what I am being yelled at for!

Papa was walking very slow and I feared for his health. Instead of us walking quicker, we all kept papa's pace so he would not become embarrassed for walking so slow.

As we walked I glanced to Loche to see him watching my papa then the other guards around us closely. I am used to Loche looking at me with heated eyes but I suppose it could look a bit intimidating for other people who do not know him. The fae guards seemed a bit terrified of him.

"Does he have to come too?" Dinah complained as she glanced to Loche.

Papa nodded his head. "Yes he is apart of the family now." Dinah scoffed and I held Loche's hand tighter.

Once we made it to the tea room, papa let us all in first. He held out his hand for Loche and with a tight smile Loche shook it.

Loche pulled me towards the chair that two people could sit at and I thought I was going to sit next to him before he sat me right on his lap.

Papa stared at Loche as did my sisters. My cheeks warmed and my husband growled gently.

"My son, would you mind having my daughter sit next to you? I do not want her distracted."

The growl Loche gave was not one of agreement, before he let me go. "Not a problem." I quickly sat next to him and gave him a nervous smile. He did not look happy at all.  Juni sat next to me, and Papa and Dinah sat across from us.

We were silent until the maids came in with tea. I grabbed Loche's saucer and looked at all of the different types of tea. I knew Loche did not like sweet so I went for a more mild like flavor and then quickly fixed it for him. I only added a spoonful of sugar and some sica honey.

I smiled once I gave him the cup. "How do you like it?!" I beamed, as he took a sip. Everyone one was watching us and I hoped that he liked it. He was my husband and I was supposed to know what he liked!

Loche seemed surprised, "It actually is good." I glanced to my papa to see him smiling. Yay! Papa watched Loche closely as he drank the rest of the tea and then set it down on the table. Dinah was staring wide eyed and Juni rolled her eyes muttering that he was still a ruffian. I leaned in and kissed his cheek quickly before I noticed my entire family was staring at me.

"So Estelle how are things-"

"-Father why are we in here? What did I do wrong specifically? And you are bed ridden! How can you just get up and start to walk. What is happening?!" Dinah demanded as she clinked her spoon against her cup rather loudly. Dinah did that often when we were all in trouble...

Our papa sighed, wiping a hand over his face. Juni glanced at me nervously and I took a deep breath, ready for whatever papa had to say. "I am ill yes but these past few weeks I have been pretending to be bedridden to see how everyone reacts, how you my three little lights would handle yourselves."