Furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next morning, Abril woke up first. Her body felt tired, her legs sore. Upon opening her eyes, the first thing she saw was Alessandro sleeping beside her. He was holding her. She was furious with him for lying. He had told her he would stop if she asked, but he hadn\u2019t, even when she had begged him with tears in her eyes to stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril tried to escape his embrace, but he only held her tighter, his hand moving beneath the sheets to caress her waist. She blushed, realizing she was completely naked, that he was touching her bare skin. Her face burned with shame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Half\u2013asleep, Alessandro mumbled, \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFar away from Your Majesty,\u201d she retorted, her voice hoarse with lingering annoyance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro released her and asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Why are you so upset?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril frowned. She couldn\u2019t believe he had the audacity to ask why she was upset. \u201cYour Majesty lied to me. You said it wouldn\u2019t hurt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI said it would hurt a little.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was not a little! It was a lot! And you said you would stop if it hurt, but didn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro hadn\u2019t expected the usually calm princess to be so angry. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. Next time\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril didn\u2019t let him finish. She shouted, incensed, \u201cThere will be no next time! I will never believe Your Majesty\u2019s words again! You are a liar! I hate you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAbril, you\u2019re exaggerating things a bit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril slapped the king\u2019s hands away as he tried to touch her and said, \u201cI don\u2019t want to see Your Majesty. I want to go back home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAbril, I don\u2019t think it was that bad. You seemed to enjoy it yesterday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was true that she had enjoyed it a little, but she refused to listen to him. Covering her ears with her hands, she stubbornly insisted, \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear Your Majesty\u2019s words anymore! They\u2019re all lies!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril was truly upset. Alessandro got up and collected his clothes from the floor. As he dressed, he tried to calm her down, but she refused to listen. In the end, he had no choice but to leave her alone. As he left the room, he called for a doctor, specifying that it be a woman. He also called for the servants to look after the princess until the doctor arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points >\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Alessandro arrived at his office, he found Sirius. He had gone to bring more medicine for the princess. Seeing him with his clothes disheveled, Sirius asked, \u201cDid something happen, Your Majesty?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife is furious with me,\u201d he replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean the princess?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I have another wife?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is the princess upset?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to tell him what had happened with Abril, but he finally said, \u201cLet\u2019s just say I lied to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s why she\u2019s furious?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s because I told her it wouldn\u2019t hurt,\u201d the king mumbled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you hit her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! What kind of man do you think I am?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night, we\u2026 consummated our marriage. I told her it wouldn\u2019t hurt. Well, I said it would hurt a little. But this morning, when she woke up, she threw me out of the room.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure you\u2019re talking about the princess? I find it hard to imagine someone as calm as her doing something like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe may not seem like it, but she has a temper. She can be quite stubborn when she wants to be. She wouldn\u2019t even listen to what I had to say.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWas it that bad?\u201d Sirius asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, but\u2026 she\u2019s furious.\u201d Alessandro replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro ran a hand through his hair. \u201cDamn it, I don\u2019t understand women. Can you believe she said there wouldn\u2019t be a second time?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe can\u2019t refuse. It\u2019s her wifely duty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried telling her that, but she still threw me out of the room. I\u2019m the king, but it didn\u2019t seem to matter to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really find it hard to believe we\u2019re talking about the same person.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, believe it. She can be a real tiger when she wants to be, and it\u2019s scary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
S\u00edr\u00edus couldn\u2019t believe his ears. This was the king who had faced King Venobich himself, a man considered a demon without fear, and he was saying that the princess, a slender young woman of small stature, was scary?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps if Your Majesty apologizes, she will forgive you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think I didn\u2019t try? She wouldn\u2019t even let me speak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really still can\u2019t believe we\u2019re talking about the same person.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you stop repeating the same words over and over again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro sighed heavily. \u201cIf I can\u2019t even handle one wife, those nobles are crazy if they think I\u2019ll take a second. What do I do to make it up to her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Listening to the king, Sirius realized something. Alessandro was talking like a man in love trying to please his wife. It seemed the king had fallen into his own trap. He was the one who had ended up falling in love. However, given the king\u2019s current state, Sirius didn\u2019t think it was wise to say anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro ordered the doctor to see him after examining the princess. As instructed, she went to his office. He asked, \u201cHow is my wife?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019ll be fine. She just needs to rest for a few days.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd her\u2026 injury?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s almost completely healed, so there\u2019s no problem with that either.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs she still angry?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctor didn\u2019t know how to answer this somewhat strange question and said,\u201dI don\u2019t know how to answer that, Your Majesty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI need the truth. Is she upset or not?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a little upset.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a little?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, she was actually furious. She was cursing Your Majesty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat should I do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExcuse me?\u201d She asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat should I do to make it up to her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, Your Majesty. I\u2019m just a simple doctor. I can\u2019t help you with that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may go.\u201d He replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro spent the entire morning wondering what to do to earn Abril\u2019s forgiveness, but no matter how hard he tried, nothing came to his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian stormed into his office, looking very upset and said, \u201cWhat have you done to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
princess?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re referring to,\u201cAlessandro replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe says she wants to leave and she\u2019s cursing you. She tried to go back to the house she was living in, but I managed to stop her. What did you do to her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just\u2026 consummated our marriage. It was painful, and she got upset because I told her it\u00a0<\/p>\n
wouldn\u2019t be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d Cassian exclaimed angrily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s true that I lied, but it\u2019s unlike her to get so furious. I didn\u2019t mean to lie to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, Cassian felt as if the ground was falling away beneath his feet. He had known this would happen sooner or later, but he never imagined it would be so painful when it did. Clenching his hands into fists, he tried to control himself. Then, without another word about what his brother had just told him, he turned and left the way he had come.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro returned to his room and tried to talk to Abril, but she still refused to speak to him and once again kicked him out. Alessandro returned to his office, feeling like the worst kind\u00a0<\/p>\n
of scoundrel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler entered the king\u2019s office to bring him his tea, as he always did. As he crossed the doorway, the king asked, \u201cMy wife is furious. What can I do to make it up to her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d the startled butler responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cApologize.\u201d He suggested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI already tried that, but she wouldn\u2019t listen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBring her flowers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t tried that. Order our room to be filled with flowers. But no roses. She doesn\u2019t like\u00a0<\/p>\n
those, and none with thorns.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you command, Your Majesty,\u201d the butler replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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