She May be Evil

Chapter 41 King

I wake up when the sun begins to set and i yawn, feeling Circe's dead weight on top of me.

Circes arms are splayed out and her hair is in my face as she continues to sleep peacefully with both of my hands on her back and i smile.

The blankets are pooled up to her mid back and I'm about to drift back asleep but then i hear little rapid bangs on the door and i stare at the door.

"Circe." I begin to rub her back, trying to wake her up.

She barely hums in response, her face still pressed near my shoulder.

"Someone's at the door." I whisper.

"Leave it, they'll go away." She mumbles.

But the knocking doesn't go away, if anything it grows more impatient.

"Circe." I gently call out her name again but she doesn't respond. I think she fell back asleep.

I carefully slide her off me and she rolls on her stomach, her hands under her cheek as she passes back out. I move the hair out of her face before i get up and swipe my pants off the floor, putting them on before I tiredly walk to the door and finally open it.

"Daddy!" I hear two small voices and i look down and rub my eyes before seeing Seri and Syrian standing there with Nimdre standing off to the side.

The same guards who were out here early stay at their posts, staring at the wall like statues.

Nimdre clears his throat with his hands clasped in front of him. His locs twisted into some braid im sure is Cela's doing. "Im sorry to bother you King Kamau but they kept asking for you and Queen Circe."

Seri runs to my leg and hugs it while Syrian just looks up at me with a small teddy bear in his hand.

The twins hair are both in braids, Seri wearing this cute dress that makes her look like a little gothic porcelain doll while Syrian wears this little three piece black set with long white socks.

They look they belong in a creepy old portrait.

"Where's mommy?" He asks.

And then Seri joins in pulling on my pant leg. "Yea wheres mommy?"

I clear my throat and rub the back of my neck. "Mommys sleeping, let her rest." I say before picking up Seri and walking into the hallway closing the door behind me.

(Pictures of Circe's hallway and vibe of the castle in the footnotes.)

"Thank you for bringing them Nimdre, you can leave now."

He nods at me before walking away and im left with the twins in a huge long hallway.

I don't want to bring them in the room because they're probably going to wake up Circe and that would be scary. So I start thinking about where i should take them.

I regret not putting a shirt on before leaving the room but I don't want to bring them back in there.

But then I realize I don't know where anything is.

"Should we explore mommy's castle?" I ask them.

"Yes!" Seri says.

I look down to Syrian to see him nodding and making pick me up hands so i scoop him up in my other arm.

I begin to walk down the hallway, the light wood floors are cold under my feet as i admire the architect. Her walls are made of stone with intricate crown molding and curved pillar arches. Tall windows liter the wall to my right with huge doors spread down the hall to my left. She has long dark red banners hanging from the wall and some old chandeliers helping light up the hallway.