Elbore's POV
When I arrived in the castle, thankfully my dress wasn't so dirty and they won't suspect that I went to the cursed forest.
I got down of Elvide and took her to the stable where the grooms took her in charge. I dusted my dress a little bit in case and entered the hall where some sentinels were taking guard. In fact, the protection has been increased since the attack of the vampires, and all the castle was shaking with the idea of having another one, which is going to happen for sure.
One of guard came to me and said :
"Princess! The queen gave me the order to tell that she is waiting for you in her apartments to ask you a favor. She also said that it was so important."
I raised my eyes up and stirred up my heavy dress while getting up stairs. The first door in the right belonged to my mother. So I knocked.
"Come in!"
I opened the door and saw the queen sitting in front of her dressing table her hair getting brushed by her servant, Eleanor.
"Ah, it's you, my love! Was your walk good?"
"Yes, really good mother. But a sentinel told me that you need to see me?"
"Yes. Eleanor, go search a chair for Elobre so she can sit next to me, and continue you work please."
I looked at the young girl walking the head down, like a submitted, to get out to the hall and come back a few minutes later with a chair. I never really knew her or talked to her, but according to the points of Alix it seemed that she is an orphan welcomed by mu mother. For the the first time that this last did a good action!
"Thank you, Eleanor. Come here, my dear, sit down."
I followed her orders and fixed her, waiting for her to talk.
"As you know, as you were present, Sir Liam, your husband, were attacked by a vampire and he surely remembers that traumatic event. The fear that is bothering me is that he tells everything to his parents, and as he goes tomorrow early in the morning, he can tell them in the ride."
"And what do you want me to do?" I elevated my shoulders.
"I want you to go and convince him to keep the secret."
"Like if he is going to obey me! He doesn't love me, mother! He doesn't care about me at all!"
"What are you saying? A man of a good family have to respect the commandments of his wife! If you can't make him shut up, I will go by myself! Now get out and go do your mission!"
She turned away from me and stayed mute. I sighed and send a look on Eleanor, who dropped down her eyes immediately. She was already observing me and I saw her getting red. I noticed that she was so beautiful with rose cheekbones and her long hair a little wavy. She looked more sympatric than Elissa!
I got out to the hall, and went to the room of my husband. Fortunately we didn't shared a room! I didn't took the time to knock at all and entered immediately, to show him that the clap of yesterday didn't get out of my mind. He was in front of the window, watching what was happening out side. When I got in he raised his eyes on me and gave me a sad look.
"Good morning Sir." I did a cold reverence.
"Good morning my love. What is the honor of you visit?"
"I was sent by mother. She wants you to keep the secret of the attack of yesterday."
"Of the attack or of my assailant," He made a mocking smile.
"Of your assailant, God! Can I have your promise?"
He fixed me a few seconds like if he was thinking, than shake his head and said :
"I promise. But I only do that so you can forgive me about my gesture to you yesterday. I was really crazy by beating you, you are a wonderful woman, Elbore, you deserve a husband who treats you well. I only lost myself with the alcohol and I promise that it won't happen again. So if you don't say anything about my shame, I will shut up. Bargain?"
"Bargain."
He smiled and got near to me to take my in his arms. He rocked me slowly while his hot breathing was tickling my ear. His warm and protective hug made me forget all my problems, Harry, The vampires, everything. I passed my arms around his waist to gave him back a hug.
Harry's POV
I run up till Elobre's window as I used to do. I just wanted to apologize and wishing that she will forgive me. I passed discreetly mu head inside the room but it was calm and no one seemed to be inside. But I was sp determined to see her so I jumped in the room. I walked to the door and put my ear against it.
Thanks to my acute hearing I could assure that no one was in the hall. The field was free. I got out without a noise from the room and passed in front different doors trying to hear inside.
It was when I heard an acute feminine voice and a masculine more deep I knew that Elbore was here, without a doubt with the Payne. I pressed myself against the door and heard the conversation. I perceived a few parts from it and understood that they were talking about yesterday. I won't going to enter like that simply and observe them. So I decided to go back to the room of the princess and climb on the front of the room of the prince to hear them from the window.
I did it as quickly as possible and a few minutes later I was sitting on an adjacent ledge on the lethal of Payne. They talked than they stayed mute and I didn't hear anything. The shoes of Elbore didn't knock on the floor, so she was leaving the room. I get near of the opening in the wall to see what was happening. What I saw broke my heart : the new couple having a hug. Since I was a vampire, I never let a tear dropping, but since that girl came in my life it was always dropping , like now.
The heart broken, I decided to get down instead of seeing that torture. I won't lie to myself anymore : I was really in love with Elbore, but this one didn't seem to share my feelings, and I surprised myself to wish of being in the place of Payne in that moment. But, the vampires aren't always clever and I put my foot on an unstable rock. It felt down in a frightful crash while I slipped and could only catch up myself hardly. As my head was always in the same level of the window, and the noise alerted them, the couple turned and they saw my face, surely weak by my tears, with a grin due to the power that I was using to hang myself to some rocks on the wall.
The expression of Elbore changed so her mouth can form a perfect O, while that of Payne became scared but in the same time vengeful. He advanced to me dangerously and noticed that I wasn't hanging really well, He searched my hands which were holding desperately the facade to not fall. A mean smile appeared on his face while he started beating my fingers to make me let go. I heard the princess shooting :
"Sir Liam, are you crazy? Let him!"
But this did nothing and I felt myself falling inevitably on the ground.
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Once Upon A War (EV)
FanfictionOnce upon a time, there has long been a quiet and peaceful castle where lived the princess Elbore. Unfortunately, this is not a fairy tale. Not when you add to that vampires, and an impossible love.