Chapter seven: Plan B!
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I'm paralyzed. I can't believe Sara just slapped me. There are a million thoughts going on around my head, but he main one is stop Sara! I run after her, but she is long gone. I hate to admit it but I need my mother's help. I run to her room and knock on the door. 'Mother are you in there?' I hope she is inside and she can hear the urgency in my voice. I knock again and I push my head against the door to try and hear for any movement or noise. Regrettably I do in fact hear noises, but they are moans and whimpers and I quickly push away from the door in disgust. Of course I would hear my parent's having s*x! I leave as quietly as I can, not that I think they can hear me seeing as how I was pounding on her door not two seconds ago, unless... they ignored me, great.
I walk down the hall way and catch up to Elberth who is instructing one of my mother's servant girls to go into the market to fetch something for the Queen, and it occurs to me how I could get rid of Sara for the day. 'Elberth, wait!' I call out and both him and the girl, Mary I think her name is, look at me waiting. 'My sister has requested that you send her, Sara, to the market to get her a new dress and shoes!' I will definitely owe Ellania one after this, not that she is part of this plan at all. 'My prince' Elberth is a bit dubious of my orders but he asks the girl to go fetch Sara and head to the market.
'Elberth you live saver!' I grab hold of his face and kiss the top of his head. ' I don't know why I did that Elberth! Sorry.' I am actually quite embarrassed, I don't know what came over me, I've never been so familiar with the human servants. 'It's ok my prince, just let's not make a habit out of it.' I am relieved that he isn't upset. He seems to have found it quite funny.
'My prince, is something bothering you?' He asks and I can see genuine concern on his face so I decide to tell him the truth. 'Elberth, that girl from yesterday, turns out she's my fated mate. I can't tell her who I am, she can't know I'm the prince. Please help me.' I sound so desperate, is this what a fated mate does to us men? My thoughts have been consumed by this girl and I don't seem to have the will power to think of anything else. 'Is that why Sara is now on her way to market? Because she will tell the girl who you are?' I suppose I really should tell him the whole truth. 'That's a bit more complicated.' I scratch the back of my head and tell Elberth about what happened with Sara last year and he listens to the whole story, gasping when he hears how I slapped her and getting angry on my behalf when I tell him Sara slapped me earlier. 'My prince, what do you want me to do? Instruct all the staff to not tell the poor girl you are the prince? Order them to refer to you as Commander when she is around? What about your father? What if he hears about this?' He keeps rambling on but I didn't really hear anything after he mentioned telling the staff to keep quiet. 'Yes' I said in a far away voice, I'm already thinking of a way to keep my identity a secret from her and rope in all the staff and keep it from my father. 'Let's talk to the staff, and by let's, I mean you my friend!' I smile wickedly at Elberth and he mutters a quiet f**k under his breath.
I'm waiting in my room for Elberth to come back with news of how his talk with the staff went, when my sister comes in. 'I have been looking for Sara everywhere only to find out you've sent her to the market for me? What are you up to Rae?' My sister has our mother's cunning mind and she was always an expert at figuring out mine and Rey's plans when we were children. 'I an't tell you Ella. I wish I could, but nope. You can't keep a secret to save your life.' It's true, my sister is a sieve, if you have a secret do not tell her. unless you want the world to know. 'Hey, I'm not that bad!' She says slapping my arm. 'I can keep secrets, I do keep secrets, oh the secrets I could tell you!' I'm curious to know what she knows but I can't risk it. She will most definitely tell Sara. 'Nope sorry sis.' She pouts like a little child. 'So you don't want to know who was in mother's room earlier?' She says with a sly smile and I know she has me there, purely because whoever was in there was having s*x. I sure hope I wasn't about to discover one of my parents is having an affair.
'Who Ella?' I can tell she's going to make me beg for it that sneaky smile of hers, just like Rey's.
'Well I don't know if I should tell you now, you look ready to murder someone and I'm in the way' Damn it, I take a deep breathe trying to cal myself. 'Ella, I found my mate. I will tell you who it is if you tell me right now who was in mother's room.' Her eyes are open wide and her mouth is hanging open, point to me with the juicy secrets!
'Mother and father were in there having s*x. I heard them, I didn't think they still did that stuff you know, not since Rey died.' She looks sad at the mention of Rey. She was so little, she doesn't have many memories of Rey, but she still vaguely remembers him. 'It's the red headed human who fainted in mother's room this morning.' I blurt it out afraid that if I don't Ella will start crying! She looks like I have seven heads coming out of my neck, her face is a picture and I can't help but laugh. 'A human Rae? You are screwed. No way is father going to break off your engagement to Morwen for a human girl. 'Don't you think I know that? I need your help Ella, not with Father, Mother is handling that. i need your help with Sara.' And for the second time today I find myself telling someone about me and Sara. My sister is watching me the whole time with a smirk on her face and I'm begging to think she already knew. 'Ella? Did you know about this?' I ask her, I didn't have to I could tell she knew but how. I don't think Sara would've told her. 'I saw you dumb dumb. I was the one who broke the twig, I knew Morwen would catch you, I didn't want her to see you and Sara. I was so angry when you slapped her, she didn't deserve that, and had she not begged me not to say anything I would've beaten your arse for hurting her. She was so enamored with you Rae, you really did hurt her. If you want her help, you will have to make it up to her.' My damn sister is so much smarter than I give her credit for. I had a feeling someone had followed me that day, but I never saw anyone. If she wasn't a princess, I swear she would make a great warrior. 'How do I do that Ella?' She smiles, a really really wicked smile and I know I'm going to regret this. 'Idril, your second in command, she is his mate, he won't accept her for fear of our father. Get them together. She will owe you one. And also, don't be a d**k. Apologize to her properly!'
Great, now I have to play matchmaker to get to my own mate.
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