Forgotten Wife

CHAPTER 16: FIRST NIGHT TOGETHER

Setherian stayed in his office until late thinking about what his brother had told him, the princess was not supposed to have magic, he had verified it with his own eyes, however, he doubted that his brother was lying. The next day Setherian called back his brother and a doctor to check on him, just as Romano had told him, the doctor confirmed that he was feeling better, that his condition was much improved. When they were alone Romano told him.

-Seth, I wasn't lying to you, I don't know what the princess has, the only thing I know is that thanks to her I have improved, so don't kill her, because if you do you would be condemning me to live in pain.

-I won't, don't worry.

After Romano left, Setherian sent for the butler and told him to see to it that the princess was in her chambers that night.

The butler went to fetch Rebecca as it began to get dark, the maids bathed her and put her in a light white strapless nightgown, then took her to the king's chambers and told her to wait for his majesty. Rebecca was very nervous, she was afraid that her life would end that very night, she stood completely still in a corner of the room staring at the door waiting for the king to enter.

The king was taking long,Rebecca was tired of standing, she squatted down and in the end ended up sitting on the floor, the hours went by and the king did not appear, Rebecca felt her eyelids heavy, she fought against sleep, but in the end she lost and ended up falling asleep.

Setherian had had more work than usual, in the end he had stayed up late working, when he entered his room he turned on the light, he was tired, he took off his clothes and when he was about to go to bed he realized that there was someone in a corner of his room, it was the princess who had fallen asleep hugging her knees, he had completely forgotten that he had ordered the butler to take her to his quarters that night, he approached her, he tried to wake her up, however, he could not succeed, she was sound asleep.Setherian could not leave her sleeping on the floor, he carried her in his arms and placed her gently on the bed, he stared at her, she was a beautiful young woman with delicate features, Setherian wanted to see if it was true that she possessed magic and there was only one way to do it, he took a letter opener that was on the bedside table and he made a deep cut on his hand, after cleaning the wound he bandaged it and lay down next to the princess. Setherian had a lot of trouble sleeping, sometimes he only slept for three hours because he always had nightmares that woke him up, however, that day he slept deeply as he had not done for a long time.

The next day when Rebecca woke up she found herself lying with the king, he was sleeping deeply and was hugging her, she froze without knowing what was happening, she did not remember how she had ended up in that situation. Her stomach began to growl, Rebecca was starving because the day before she had not been able to have any dinner because the maids had not allowed her to, she wondered at what time the king would wake up and let her go, the only thing she wanted was to go back to her little house in the farthest part of the castle and eat her fill. When Setherian woke up he felt a strange warmth, when he opened his eyes he saw that he was hugging the princess, he thought she was still asleep, he was thinking of getting up slowly when he heard the sound of a growl, it was the princess' stomach, he got up and could see how embarrassed she was, Setherian ignored her as if he had not heard anything, he removed the bandage from his hand and was surprised to see that the wound had healed almost completely, he turned to see the princess and told her.

-Get up, I know you are awake.

Rebecca got up and immediately got on her knees, she was frightened as the king's tone of voice was stern.

-I am sorry your majesty, I have been disrespectful, please spare my life- she told him.

-I said stand up, not kneel down.

Rebecca stood up, she was trembling and did not dare to look at him.

-I'm not going to kill you so stop shaking, it bothers me.

-I'm sorry I don't...

Setherian came closer and said to her.

-Look at me.

Rebecca raised her face in fear, he had a calm look on his face, he didn't seem to be upset despite his tone of voice. He showed her his hand and asked.

-Did you touch my wound?

-No your majesty, yesterday I fell asleep, I didn't know what time you arrived, I woke up a moment ago.

-I see.

Rebecca's stomach rumbled again, she felt embarrassed, her face flushed red, Setherian said to her.

-You must be hungry, I'll order breakfast for you.

Setherian began to change, as he did so Rebecca watched him, she did not look the least bit embarrassed, that bothered him a little and he said to her.

-You must be very used to seeing naked men since you don't show any modesty when you see me without clothes.

-You're wrong, but is there any reason why I should be ashamed? I don't find any, is it wrong to show yourself without clothes?

-What?

-I haven't received a proper education so there are some things I don't handle very well, I only know what I have learned from books, in my books they described many scenes in which the characters were naked and none of them felt ashamed, on the contrary, they said that one should be proud to show his body, your majesty has a good body so show yourself proud.

Setherian was shocked at the princess's words and if she had told him any other day he would have thought she was deceiving him, however, after checking that she did not possess magic, he realized that perhaps she had not had an easy life, he asked her.

-What was the name of that book you learned that from?

-It was called "During the nights of the full moon", there were three volumes.

-Who gave you such books?

-No one gave them to me, I found them in the library of the little palace I lived in when I was a child.

Setherian wanted to see what those books were about before he said anything else so he went to the door and told her.

-I'll tell the maids to come and help you get dressed.

-I don't need it, I can change myself.

-Then I'll just ask them to bring you breakfast.

-Thank you very much, your majesty.

Setherian left and as he went to the office he asked the butler to bring breakfast to the princess and also asked him to fetch the books that the princess had mentioned to him and bring them to his office.