A gentle summer brenze\u00a0<\/p>\n
A gentle summer breeze\u00a0<\/p>\n
425 Fonte\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril didn\u2019t understand the king. He was stern but also sweet, which confused her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro returned the book to her and said, \u201cWhen I speak to you, don\u2019t ignore me. I don\u2019t like it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Your Majesty,\u201d she replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro got comfortable and slipped into bed. He felt something strange moving under the\u00a0<\/p>\n
blankets. He caught it and pulled it out from under the sheets. It was a fox.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d he questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fox, Koda, my pet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what is this ball of fur doing in my bed?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is used to sleeping with me. It\u2019s a habit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro left him on the floor and said, \u201cI don\u2019t want it in my bed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut can he stay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, but don\u2019t let him get on my\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s late, let\u2019s sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
bed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril rested her head on the pillow and said, \u201cThank you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you thanking me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor letting Koda stay with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you I would give you\u00a0<\/p>\n
what you\u00a0<\/p>\n
wanted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, but can I ask, why?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does Your Majesty wish to please my wishes? I don\u2019t understand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t need a reason to do it, and it\u2019s Alessandro,\u201d he replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe agreed that you would call me by my name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro stretched out his hand and gently stroked her hair and said, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you accept\u00a0<\/p>\n
A gentle summer breeze\u00a0<\/p>\n
what I give you without questioning it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I\u2019ve never received kindness from anyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro kissed her and said, \u201cAnyone in your place will take what I give, without questioning\u00a0<\/p>\n
anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to do that too, but I can\u2019t help but think that all this will come at a cost, and I think I\u2019m afraid of getting used to what you give me. Because I don\u2019t know how long this will last. I\u2019ve been alone all my life, and I\u2019ve gotten used to loneliness. I don\u2019t want to get used to this, to Your Majesty\u2019s care, to your concern, only for the day to come when I\u2019ll be back to the way I was before, forgotten in some corner of the palace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat won\u2019t happen. I\u2019ve told you many times.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro hugged her and said, \u201cStop thinking about the past and live in the now, since that\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
what we have right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although the king told her that, Abril couldn\u2019t help but be afraid of what would come.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A month later, Abril\u2019s wound had improved a lot, and with the arrival of summer, her desire to go\u00a0<\/p>\n
outside had grown stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That night, when Alessandro returned to the room, Abril waited for him standing on the balcony, enjoying the soft, cool summer breeze that relieved the suffocating heat of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since the heat had begun, Abril did this every night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first thing Alessandro did when he entered was ask, \u201cWhat are you doing on the balcony\u00a0<\/p>\n
again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hot. I was cooling off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro used his wind magic to cool the room and said, \u201cCome in, I\u2019ve already cooled the\u00a0<\/p>\n
room.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril entered. Alessandro saw Koda sleeping on the bed. He lowered him and asked, \u201cWhat is this animal doing on the bed again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril took him in her arms and said, \u201cHe loves to sleep there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril stroked Koda\u2019s back. Alessandro took off his shirt. Since the heat had begun, he had been sleeping half\u2013naked. At first, Abril had been calm, but when they slept, he used to hug her, and it\u00a0<\/p>\n
made her feel ashamed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
715\u00a0<\/p>\n
A gentle summer breeze\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stared at him and said, \u201cYour Majesty said I could ask for whatever I wanted, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right. Do you want something?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I leave this room? I\u2019m well now. I\u2019d like to be able to go out and take a walk in the garden.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s a good idea.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril lowered her head and said, \u201cI understand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She never insisted. Once Alessandro gave a refusal, she just accepted what he said without complaint. In the end, he felt a little bad and said, \u201cIt\u2019s not that I\u2019m forbidding you from going out, it\u2019s just that I don\u2019t want you to strain yourself until you\u2019re fully recovered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I suppose I will have to wait until I recover to go back to my house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro had not yet dared to tell the princess that she could not return to that house, that she had to stay in the main palace. In the end, he thought it would be better to let her out and make her forget about going back to that house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the afternoon,\u201d Alessandro said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow you can go out for a while in the afternoon, but don\u2019t overdo it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril\u2019s eyes shone with genuine emotion, and she asked, \u201cCan I really go out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril released Koda, gave Alessandro a hug, and said, \u201cThank you so much, Your Majesty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro sighed heavily and said, \u201cYou still don\u2019t call me by my name.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just that I\u2019m not used to it yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should at least try. Lately, you haven\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I\u2019ll try.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That night, Abril slept with a smile on her face. She was very excited. After more than two months,\u00a0<\/p>\n
she could leave that room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day, she woke up early. She was looking for the clothes she would wear when Alessandro woke up and asked her, \u201cWhat are you doing up so early?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t sleep, so I\u2019m looking for what I\u2019m going to wear.\u201d She replied excitedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro could see genuine excitement in Abril\u2019s eyes. She looked like a little girl. He got up and\u00a0<\/p>\n
A gentle summer breeze\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
said, \u201cGo back to bed, it\u2019s still very early, and you\u2019re not going out until it\u2019s afternoon. Your wound\u00a0<\/p>\n
hasn\u2019t healed completely yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, the doctor said my recovery is slow, but it\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve been out of this room. I can\u2019t help but be excited.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not a prisoner in this room. When you have recovered, you can spend all day in the garden if you wish, but for the moment it is best to be cautious, we do not want your wound to open up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril went back to bed, laid down and replied, \u201cYes, I\u2019ll be good. I\u2019m looking forward to getting back to my daily life, working in my garden and relaxing watching the clouds go by.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro changed the subject. Whenever Abril mentioned going back to her life before she was stabbed, he did the same, because he didn\u2019t want to tell her the truth until it was strictly necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wouldn\u2019t be going back to that place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
*****\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro went for a meeting with the nobles. He hated these kinds of meetings. He considered them extremely annoying, as the nobles spent their time fighting among themselves during the\u00a0<\/p>\n
meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upon arriving in the hall where all the nobles were gathered, they stood up and greeted the king\u00a0<\/p>\n
with a bow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They dealt with some matters of the kingdom, such as taxes and the economy. Afterward, Duke Alfonso Vampel spoke. \u201cYour Majesty, I would like to discuss a matter that has all the nobles very concerned, and that is the matter of your heir. Although you have been married to the queen for several years, she has not become pregnant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is none of your business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am only expressing the concern of all those present here, Your Majesty. I have heard that the princess suffered an attack two months ago, and that she was stabbed in the belly. Many wonder if the princess will be able to have children in the future. I believe Your Majesty should seek a\u00a0<\/p>\n
second queen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has always been only one queen in the kingdom of Cosset. What nonsense are you saying, Duke Vampel?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there are things that could change, Your Majesty, since the kingdom of Cosset needs an heir. My daughter was your betrothed. She would be an excellent candidate to be the second queen. She has everything to be a good ruler.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro stood up and said, \u201cI will have an heir soon. I don\u2019t want to talk about this anymore. I\u2019m\u00a0<\/p>\n
A gentle sunny tunese\u00a0<\/p>\n
ending the meeting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
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