I'm Queen, You're a King

The King's Arrival

The King's voyage took him 3 weeks to arrive and that left us three weeks to prepare. I was feeling really uneasy because of his arrival and how I was expected to act around a King, especially a power hungry one. I limited the staff from going all out on his visit and instead of a ball we would just have an nice dinner to welcome them. I didn't think that a conquering King would be really interested in such things as dressing up and I decided to keep my principles and my head by keeping everything simple.

When the ships arrived at the port, we were notified by the Portman and Brutus and his men went to escort them to the castle walls. The majority of the men were going to be staying in a tent camp outside the fortress walls, but King Leif and a few of his men were given rooms inside the castle. I was dragged by Mathilde to the castle's entrance to greet our "guests". "Come my Queen, we don't want to keep them waiting!" Mathilde exclaimed.

 Before the gates stood an army of tall muscular men. They all had black tats that wrapped around their bodies from head to toe. The leader, King Lief moved towards me. I took a step back and he smiled as me. He was the predator and I was about to become the prey...

"It is a pleasure to meet you, my Queeeen..." King Lief articulated in a playful tone.

His voice was like the rumble of the sky after the lighting hits it's unexpecting victim. The tattoos accentuated his lean bulging muscles down has arms and wrapped around his neck in a deadly way. I quickly stopped eyeing him and responded to his teasing words. " Nice to meet you too King Lief", I stammered, unable to keep the nerves out of my voice.

I quickly regained my composure and lead the way for the King and his men towards to castle entrance. "This the way to the dining hall and my men will lead you to your rooms so you can get cleaned up." I informed.

"We won't keep you waiting, my Queeen.." King Lief replied.

I turned and started my way to my room to try and process why HE was making fun of me. What was his prerogative in being here? Couldn't he have left my Kingdom alone as it doesn't have much compare to the others around it. I didn't know what to make of him. He was stern and direct to everyone else in the room, but teased me with a smile on his face. What did he want from me? 

As a royal guest, the seat beside me was taken by King Lief. We sat together with my ladies on my side and his men on his side and the air in the room was thick with tension. I broke the silence as it was expected of me, and welcomed them to the kingdom and hoped they would find our meal prepared for them satisfactory. They all seemed to enjoy themselves as the beer and food was served and the room was silence with only the sound of eating and glasses clinking. 

King Lief then leaned over to me and spoke softly to me. "You are even more beautiful then I was told." 

"Um well thanks." I said with a look of annoyance. 

Why were people talking about me to him? Couldn't he tell that I wanted nothing to do with him? The only thought that I could muster up was that he was trying to become emotionally attached to me so that he could take over my kingdom as well as his. Hopefully this war was only between the two of us and no one else  was put in harms way...

The look in his icy blue eyes the moment I looked into them was the start of him winning, but the fight was not over yet.