Elena sat on a chair next to the window as her father stood next to her,clapping along to the music and jingling bells that the actors were wearing and dancing too.
"Elena sweetheart why don't you put the book down and look at your sister"
Her father tapped her shoulder
She looked up to see the women in black laughing at the young gentlemen, then the men charged and eat one went up to a lady.
"Well which one is she?"
"Uhm...-"
When the women in white as well as the men went down to the floor,readying to dance they took of their masks
"-ah! There she is!"
Her fathers happiness only grew as he saw Anne and the king intimately converse during the dance.
Though Elena recognised someone else in the dance.
The sapphire eyed man.
He kept looking up towards her as she herself was finding it hard to look away.
Elena then snapped out of it when her fathers asked
"Elena are you alright? You look rather pale?"
"Uhm-" she cleared her through
"-yes,yes I am alright father"
Elena refused to make eye contact with the man for the rest of the play and went back to reading her book.
Refusing to look up at the man who's eyes did not stray from her
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Elena was taking a walk in the gardens of Hever castle.
In her hand was a book a flowers and wild life,her walk was slow so that she could match the flowers in the book to the ones in the garden.
"I've been wanting to meet you"
A deep voice from behind her,made her turn around
It was him.The man.
"And who exactly are you,may I ask?"
Elena asked
"Charles Brandon,Duke of Suffolk"
"Okay,well bye Charles"
Elena said in a sickly sweet voice as she turned away
"No-w-wait"
He called out and she half turned
"You do not care for me?"
"I do not know you"
She retorted
"And do you not care to get to know me?"
Charles teased
"...no."
She flatly responded
"You are a challenge"
Smirked
"I am uninterested"
Elena sassed,she turned again,about to turn round the corner until he called out again and she stopped
"May I at least have your name,bookworm?"
She did not turn,not even a little.
A small smile simply graced her features
"Elena."
And with that she turned the corner out of his sight.
A grin placed itself on Charles face.
Bookworm...Elena...
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Elena stood next to her sister as they walked out to the planes of grass where music floated in the air and joy was in everyone's voice.
The celebration was due to the fact that the princess Mary was betrothed to the king of Spain.
Disgusting in Elena's opinion.Not only
Was Mary a child but the king is her cousin but it's not like she could do anything so she just kept quiet and placed food down with her sister in from of the king and queen.
"Majesties"
Both the sisters said in unison.
Elena didn't miss the kings eyes staring at her sister as they walked away
"What do I do know"
"Put yourself in his way and when you do so and he acknowledges you, act timid and submissive men in power like that"
Anne rushed off with a smile on her face as Elena went to organzine more flower arrangements for the arch above the dance floor and found herself staring back into the eyes of the Charles again her was solemn whereas his wore a smile.
"Miss,miss?!"
The person in-front of her tried to get her attention
"Oh yes sorry,Uhm Let's see,put roses on their,for England of course as well as red carnations for Spain. A symbol of the Alliance"
"Of course miss"
When the person walked away Elena saw Charles still looking at her.
She simply raised her chin and walked away.
I have a job to do which does not involve him!
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