Kings and Queens Of Crime

7.

It was bad, he seemed to know I was going to kill him or attack him at least. I was inching towards failure. I shook away the thought as I put on the best of the clothes my mother in law thought would be appropriate for this family. My red dress ended right below my ankle as a woman curled the last strands of my hair. Being a Hermes I was always surrounded by nearly two women and three men who stood outside my door all the time. The oval mirror gave me a clear picture  I was decked in red from red to toe, the perfect symbol of the Hermes power. I couldn't look at myself. 

"Mistress" Rebeca's voice came from the door. "Yes," I asked as a woman tied my hair in a low bun and another placed a ruby necklace on my neck. "Breakfast is ready and Master would like for you to join him," she said. I turned around with a small smirk, this was my chance. "Tell Mr. Hermes I would like for him to accompany me down, it isn't proper for him to just give commands," I said as I caught her smiling a bit.

"I will," with that she was already walking down the stairs. "Would you like red lipstick?" the woman with blonde curls asked. "She would," came his voice. The two women immediately stood up and bowed to me, "you may go," I said as they walked out of the room. 

"Good morning husband," I said with a smile still looking at the mirror. I watched him stand behind me, "good morning, the princess still planning on killing me?" he asked. I turned around and placed my arms on his shoulders, "well, not unless you escort me down and you too weren't innocent love" I said.  He sighed and leaned closer, my breath caught as I watched his every movement. He took the red lipstick from my dresser and looked back at me.

Not a word passed between us as he ran his thumb against my lips slowly parting them. It was something about him, something that pulled me closer to him, something that made him irresistible.  He slowly dragged the lipstick over my lips, his eyes never left mine. 

After he was done he slowly turned me around, "red is your color," he said. "I think not" I looked at myself, "I look better in green," I said. "You would think you look perfect once you saw yourself from my eyes," he said stepping back. I turned to see him with his hand towards me. "Shall we go, Mrs. Hermes?" he asked. "Of course, Mr. Hermes," I said taking his arm.

I walked down the stairs instead of red, the things were peach in color some even white. I looked at him when we reached the table it had my favorite flowers and he had a smile. He winked at me and pulled my chair, I  sat as he slowly pushed it towards the table. He kissed my hand before taking a seat right across me. 

We were served breakfast and I noticed all my favorite delicacies starting from cranberry orange pancakes to baked eggs. I watched him pretend not to notice me staring at him. "You may leave" he said as all the servants left leaving just the two of us.

"Stalking is illegal" I said cutting my pancake. "Nothing we do is legal my love" he said taking a sip of his juice. I shook my head as he continued "and taking care of my wife's preferences isn't harmful on the contrary it is considered to be impressive" he said. "Well impressing me is quite a challenge" I said. I watched his eyes sparkle with amusement "I like challenges" he said. "I hope you do otherwise it would be an extremely boring marriage" I smiled. "We are never getting boring princess" he said. 

After a pause I said, "well I do like the change"  "This is our home, Alexandra, you are the mistress of this place everything should be according to your liking we have enough houses to symbolize our power this is your place, our place. Feel free to change it as much as you like," with that his phone rang. He disconnected it and by the third time he picked up. "I am having breakfast with my wife handle the situation for gods sake'  he said. The person on the phone seemed to continue. He held the bridge of his nose, "hold him,"  he said getting he walked towards me. "I need to go to work" he caressed my cheek. "I will be back by evening" 

I watched him go talking to his phone, "Kill him I will be there in a moment" he closed the door and heard a gun go off. My husband was out doing his work. I watched his black car move out of the gate, "Mistress do you want me to show you around the house?" Rebeca asked. "I would love that, Rebeca" I asked. "Yes Mistress?" she asked her head still low. "I need you to tell me all about the Hermes" I said.