Beastly

Portraits

Who exactly does he think he is?,did he know what this could do to her reputation,she would be called a w***e or probably a mistress and they weren't even married yet ,argh!,how could she possibly leave with someone so.....so selfish, overbearing , arrogant, opportunistic ,huh!,and it was just the first day.

She took a deep breath to calm herself, she would not let anyone no matter how imposing spoil her morning.

She stood from the floor mind listing the things she had to do for today,her bath was prepared but as they made to help her further she declined politely,after which she was given clothes as she had none , the fitting was a little too tight for her,she wondered who they belonged to and after that,her hair was held up with pins.

She was lead to the dinning hall where she had her breakfast of ham and cheese with eggs deliciously cooked to her taste but some reason it didn't taste as good as it looked or maybe it did but she wasn't used to having a meal on her own.

"Richard."she called out to him after a while ,he stood not too far from her just in cause she needed something.

"Yes, milady."he said stepping forward.

"Why isn't he here for breakfast?"she asked.

"he had his in his study, milady."he said with a bow.

"Oh."she said quite disappointed,he wasn't exactly her favorite person but it wouldn't be bad to have some company while she had breakfast.

After she was done with her meal and the maids were clearing the table she spoke again.

"Can you take me to his study?,I really have something important to say to him."she said to the butler and he obliged,the manor was so big , bigger than theirs at home and she wondered again If they were already home,they were probably still on the way,she thought as Richard tapped on a door by the end of the hallway.

"Come in."he said and she did while Richard dipped a bow and left the room.

He was seated behind a desk looking through some papers and just as she stepped in he lifted his head to look at her and he found himself staring,she was dressed in pale lemon muslin with blond lace trims , which did little to hide the beautiful curves of her body,her hair was pa held up with pins and her face looked better than it did yesterday,she looked a little too pleasant to the sight.

"What have you come for?"he asked her.

Thrianna was quite fascinated by the number of books in his study ,she wondered if she could borrow some of them,if he would let her that is.

"Good day milord."she said with a bow, "well I would like to get myself new clothes and shoes, as all that I have were left behind."she said fluently.

"That would be arranged,I would summon the royal tailor to be here by midday."he said getting his eyes back to his work and when she didn't leave he looked back at her to find her looking with longing eyes at his shelves.

"Is there something else you need?"he asked as his voice brought her back to reality.

"No."she said as she turned and left.

For the rest of the day she walked through the palace , examining the place from the west wing ,to the east wing and then to the north and south,she came across a hall adorned with so many portraits that seemed to tell it's own story ,the portraits of old of great grand father's and grand father's and so on,she studied them till she came across the painting of a man and a woman standing together as they held each other's hands and then another of the same man who by now she identified as the last king of Nightfalls with a little boy,he had black hair and similar coloured eyes and the little boy of whom she identified as lord Ivor,they looked distant ,the man was seated on a chair with his legs crossed and a shrewd expression on his face but in the depths of his eyes their was something else, sadness perhaps and to his right stood the boy of about six to seven years of age,he had a blank expression on his face but there was something as well , longing and anger it was a mixture she didn't quite understand,why would a boy so little feel like that?,then next to their portrait was another portrait of a very beautiful woman ,she was the one in the other portrait with the lord of Nightfalls,she must have been his wife,she had brown hair , grey eyes and a very beautiful smile,was this his mother?,they shared a resemblance and those eyes of hers ,he got her eyes,she must definitely be his mother ,then she wondered where he got his character,she waved her head ,it wasn't her business.

Later that afternoon as promised the royal tailor arrived , taking her measurements and preferences on what she would like and what she wouldn't and after he was done it was near evening so she decided to take a walk outside to view the exterior of the castle if there was one thing she noticed it was the fact that there wasn't so much light in the castle,it wasn't as bright as it usually was at home, they left most of it's windows and curtains closed and that was another thing she didn't like about this place. First was the garden which looked magnificent,it was situated at the back ,lord Valot might have an utterly incentive personality but he did have taste, from the decor of his room to the entire palace then his study and now the garden,their was even a huge fountain in the middle and then farther towards the end was a hedge maze,every single thing was so beautiful and at the same time so lonely the whole place had no light to it and when she got to the huge gates guarded heavily, she wondered what could be beyond this castle.