Ruby woke up to the carriage shaking, possibly due to their wheels being on a gravel road. Her eyes opened to darkness surrounding their carriage, yellow lights from the side of the road and soldiers carrying their lamps entering through the slit of curtains. She wondered when she fell asleep, yawning and yawning her hands falling over a chest. Her eyes were now wide awake and her cheeks flushed red as she noticed she was sitting between the King's lap. His hand wrapped around her waist loosely as he stared down at her.
She gulped seeing how he had undone the laces on the back of her dress again. He seemed to have a fondness for untying her laces.
Her cheeks were now red and her chest heavy she tried to move, intending to go back on the seat but his fingers went tight over her waist ma
