Sleeping With The Devil (sequel to Two Faced Love)

Part 18

You were determined to try and get some of your own touches into the coronation. despite what Paul had said about focusing more on the wedding ceremony that would be taking place before the coronation.

        You knew that the fabric salesman that you had talked to just a few days ago on your little exploration of the city that turned sour was going to show up to the palace. Which is when you would make your move to not just work on wedding things but also the coronation as well. Because just thinking about the older officials taking care of something like the coronation made you shutter. Yes, they knew how the coronation process worked but with what you had to know would be true, and that the officials were possibly human before their descent down into hell, their sense of style and fashion were definitely outdated by a few centuries.

You had mentioned this to Maria as she passed you some tea as you were in the library trying to find any books about the coronation process. You would kill for a television set but knew that that type of technology wouldn't be present here. You knew that one watch of Elizabeth II's coronation from 1953 would answer all your questions. But that would be if they were modeling their coronation after the king and queens of earth.

"hell it'll be just my luck they'll start speaking in tongues and I won't have a shot at understanding them," you said as Maria chuckled next to where you were sitting, making you turn your head quickly at her.

"Sorry, I had no idea you were still here. ok would it be too forward of me to ask if you know anything about Queen Elizabeth II's coronation process, I would kill for a television but I'm thinking with the horse transportation that that is going to be a no-go,"

"Queen Elizabeth II? I've heard of her, way past my time on earth however. But you know what, there might be a cook in the kitchen that had served in her kitchen. Always tells stories about his time as the Queen's chef, I could get him for you, and you could ask all the questions that you want?" Maria asked, as you sat up fully in the chair.

"Now, when you say Queen's chef, like did he try to poison her and that's how he ended up here?" you aid as you gestured with a finger swirl gesture.

"no, or at least I don't think so. Either way he's your way into coronation details of the more modern era,"

"Yeah, 1953 isn't the modern era. But possible more modern than what these guys are possibly planning for this coronation,"

"you have a point, maybe you will be the one to break the mold on that. it's not just them that are stuck in a time-warp but the other high up officials of principalities that are around taking care of territories in the King's name"

"oh so what you are saying is that they need a woman to speak up to change their old-fashioned ways? I think I can do that for sure," you said as you got up looking through the collection of books to see if anything about the queen's coronation would be here. You heard a whooshing sound behind you and looked behind you and saw that standing beside Maria now was Eric. And he didn't look particularly happy.

"you know i was waiting for you out by the stables for thirty minutes?"

"oh crap, sorry. I honestly forgot.Since paul mentioned the wedding, my mind has been on that and the coronation," you admitted.

You thought he would yell at you or something but instead he went to sit on the chair you previously were sitting in.

"Oh, wedding and coronation preparations do trump training. Even though I think Paul would hand me my ass knowing I wasn't making you go and helping you with this instead," Eric said as you turned back towards the bookshelves. Your eyes scan the numerous titles.

"What is she looking for exactly?" you heard Eric asked Maria.

"Something about Queen Elizabeth the II's coronation,'' Maria replied, just as you felt the air around you move and whip past you as you looked to your right where the air whooshed in that direction from the movement. And seeing Eric holding a book in his hand as he walked up to you with a triumphant smile on his face.

"Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, in photos," he said as you looked down at the book, surprised that the library even had something so recent.

"how--" you started to say as Eric cut you off.

"How did the library have this? it has everything you just have to look at. There are secret shelves throughout. But I'm sure you could simply ask Paul and he would've poofed it into existence for you. Since the library listens to him," Eric said as you pondered on that little fact that the library actually would list and give you what you wanted to read.

"well, thanks, I was looking at something like this for inspiration for the coronation. even though he said the officials were arranging everything since political figures would be showing up. I thought I could put in some input as well," you said as you started thumbing through the book and sat back down at the chair.

"if you are looking at this for coronation inspiration what about Princess diana's wedding for wedding inspiration, a long train like hers as you are walking down the aisle?" Eric asked rhetorically as he was there in front of you and Maria one second and done the next as a stack of books started to pile up before your eyes next to you.

" I guess I won't be without inspiration to show the fabric man that will be here soon," you said positively even though a knot started forming at the thought of planning a wedding. You took a few breaths to try and ease your nerves about the impending event.

"drink some of you tea before it gets cold," marai murmured next to you as she opened one of teh books that were on top of the pile and started to look through them as Eric sat on the other side of you and started doing the same thing.

"Love the help, but aren't you guys supposed to be doing something else? I don't want you guys getting yelled at again by Paul," you said as your mind went back to the look on his face that he had when he found the three of you exploring the adjacent town near the palace.

"oh, he didn't yell at us. He apologized for being so angry with us, said it was because he was more worried about all of us than angry," Maria said with a dismissive wave of her hand as she continued flipping through pages of the book that was in her hands.

"He can be a hot head at the moment, but it's just out of concern," Eric added, making your concern go away slightly.

"Plus we are helping you, that is us serving you in a way, so he can't be mad at that. Making sure the future queen is getting the coronation and wedding that she deserves," Eric continued as you felt your face heat up at the word Queen. You didn't think you deserved that title just because of what still happened despite everything.

"hey, stop with that. You are the future queen and you need to start getting comfortable with that title," Maria said gently as she squeezed your hand in an affectionate way.

"Well that just means every second we get we are going to have to just call her Queen then," Eric said, making you smile at the thought of that, but noted that your face didn't heat up this time at the title popping once again.