The Human Bride

Chapter 11

After lunch, Rosalind stayed in the kitchen with Natasha. She wanted to help her with making dinner but, she had no idea what she was doing. Natasha started her out with something easy, chopping potatoes into bite-size chunks. She managed this with only a few nicks on her fingers which Natasha quickly bandaged and then got back to work. Once they had finished Natasha took Rosalind for a walk around the grounds of the estate. They began their walk in silence until Natasha finally spook

“When Theo comes tomorrow you must stay upstairs until Soren or myself come and collect you” Rosalind eyebrows scrunched together in confusion

“Why?” She asked

“Because the king could take great offence to having humans their upon his arrival so Noah is also to stay upstairs with you” Natasha explained while offering Rosalind her arm. As she hooked her arm through Natashas’ arm her mind raced with questions and fears. They came to a flower garden with a swinging chair with a sun shade above it. The garden itself was extraordinarily beautiful, the amount of flowers and the range of colours pattens and sizes fascinated Rosalind to no end. A large flower that stood proudly in the middle of the garden that grabbed Rosalind attention. She walked up to it and tentatively reached her hand out to touch one of the delicate petals

“Careful little Rosalind” a clam voice spoke up from behind her, making her jump. She turned around to see Soren stood there, hands in his trouser pockets and a dashing smile on his face and his blonde hair tousled on top of his head. “That flower was planted with the ashes of the late queen, it represents her life but also her death. King Theodus mixed her ashes with the dirt then laid single seed of her favourite flower, a lily, into it” Rosalind looked down at the flower surprised. She wasn’t expecting a story like that about a king know for murder and c*****e, but then again she didn’t know him nor did she really want to. He scared her he sounded to her like a man who wanted to eat every human he came across. And she did not want to get eaten.

“You know Rosie my hound has gotten quite attached to you” he said “he is being very protective of you” Rosalind eyes grew wide at the thought

“Really?” She asked not sure whether to believe Soren or not.

“Yes, why would I lie?” Soren mumbled with a frown. Rosalind began to panic, she wouldn’t want to upset anyone especially not Soren as he was, next to Noah, was probably the closest to a friend she had.

“No!” She exclaimed “that not what I meant at all, I was just surprised that’s all” Soren looked at her and smiled. She reached and grasped her face in between his hands. When his hand touched her skin she felt such warmth it. Made her want to snuggle in and go to the sleep. Soren lent down and pressed his lips to her forehead

“I know, thank you little Rosie it means a lot”

“Okay you two we need to go inside come on” Natasha said smiling both hands behinds her back, slightly hunched over. The younger pair followed the older women, Soren slung his arm around Rosalinds shoulders. As they began their stroll back towards the house rain began to fall which was followed by a crash of thunder which made Rosalind jump, she clung too his shirt tighter than she had before. Soren looked down at the young girl and smiled. She was going to be queen one day no doubt about it but she was so timid and frightened of everything.

Soren knew how it worked and he made a promise to Rosalind silently that no harm would come to her as long as he lived. Once they made it to the house. Pair went upstairs to Rosalind's room to look through her clothes, in particular her dresses. Rosalind was use to patches of fabric loosely sown together badly. She had no sense of fashion. However, lucky for her between Noah and Soren they had enough fashion sense to be able pick out a selection of dresses for her to try. Mikhail and Natasha had to choose the right dress for tomorrow. The only problem is that the two couldn’t decided on a dress they like best. The first dress was a navy blue with a light blue corset/bodice, with ruffles at the front, there was a lot of fabric with the dress and was one you would wear to a fancy party or a ball. It had a sweetheart neckline, a corset like bodice with a lace up back, the dress flared out at the waist and the shoulders were puffy and rested on the upper arm and onto the shoulders. The dress reminded Mikhail of Ariel dress from the little mermaid but just navy blue. The second dress was green, this one had way less puffy ness on the skirt that the first dress. Again it had a forest green corset style bodice with a delicate lace, a sweetheart neckline, the skirt flared slightly out from the waist. But what drew Rosalind to it was the sleeves, they were a white see through silk-like material starting from the upper arm and finishing at the wrists with sewn in rhinestone at the wrist.

“This one!” Rosalind exclaimed. The whole room turned and looked at the young girl on shock. They weren’t expecting it from her “well it is my 15th birthday tomorrow” she said sheepishly and Mikhails face just dropped. He had forgotten. Natasha and Noah turned and glared at Mikhail

“You didn’t tell us because?” Noah said anger laced in his voice. As much as he loved Mikhail he knew how forgetful he was but this seems like an important thing that he shouldn’t forget. Mikhail looked down as his feet like a young child in trouble. “You forgot? Seriously, sometime I think its a miracle you remember your own name” he exclaimed throwing his arms up in the air in exasperation. Mikhail a looked at his boyfriend smiled sheepishly and said

“I remember our anniversary”

Soren chuckled at him and and said with a smug expression on his face “ no you don’t I have to remind you every day for about two weeks before so you remember to get Noah something and to make sure you get the right food delivered from Noahs favourite restaurant” Noah looked at Mikhail with a surprised expression, his turn to look at Soren who was laughing. Noah walked up to Mikhail smiled at the embarrassed prince and then smacked him straight across the face. He turned on his heels and then left the room mumbling “what a f*****g arsehole”. Mikhail looked at shocked at Natasha who just shrugged her shoulders as if the say “well you deserve it”

Natasha looked over at Rosalind and said “are you not trying on the the third dress then?” The ginger haired girl shuck her head no “well then get changed then my dear and we will go and have dinner” Natasha turned and looked at Soren and said sternly “you go fix the mess you’ve just made young man and met Rosa, Mikhail and I downstairs with Noah in ten minutes, understand?”

“Yes ma’m” he replied giving her a joking salute