To Love A Duke

Decisions

Song Recommendation: b****y Mary by Lady Gaga

Society demands a lady go out with a companion.. A Duke demands his lady go out with a dozen footmen..and him!

On the tales of adventures of Artemis , Today she had ventured into the village without telling the Duke, she hadn’t seen the need for a carriage and an armed footman but she had brought them along as a reprieve point in her defense to her very protective husband, he would surely have a lot to say when he heard all about her day, from one of his many spies sent to trail her. the carriage rocked along very slowly so she could reply the greetings the people threw her way as they moved. Some showered flowers through her window, she smiled politely and waved. She no longer felt anxious or nervous around them, she didn’t feel the need up her guard and be uptight, she knew they loved and respected her, and she felt at home with the knowledge. the driver and the footman sat in a box up front as the carriage rolled along suddenly there was a screech and the carriage swerved to left suddenly, she swayed forcefully with the movement and hit her left cheekbone on the hard exterior closed compartment of the carriage, it hurt like hell. When she had righted herself, she touched her hand to her cheek it was painful and sore and would definitely bruise by the morning but other than that she was fine. The carriage had halted to a stop and there was some sort of commotion outside. Then the carriage doors flung open and the face of mike the footman swam before her eyes, he felt the beginnings of a head ache forming and she closed her eyes when she swayed lightly

“My lady are you hurt?” The footman asked wide eyed and in a panic

“I am well, thank you” she replied trying on a smile to reassure him “whatever happened?” She asked him

“We swerved to avoid hitting some woman my lady, daft that one, couldn’t hear a thing, with all the neighing of the horses. If Erasmus hadn’t been quick to divert she would have been trampled” Mike explained “Right he is my lady” Erasmus chipped in from the front of the carriage. Mike set the steps and assisted her down, she walked to the front, the commotion had died down, and said woman was on her way seeming unaffected by the turn of events, it was a good thing she hadn’t been hit, but she wished she got the chance to apologize for the near accident. The driver was blurting apologies and something about the Duke having his head if anything happened to his duchess. She would handle the duke she thought mentally, surely he wouldn’t over react as no one had been hurt, she was about entering the carriage when she saw her.