2- Stranger Danger
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'Daddy, I drew this for you!'
Emanuel's focus in his work was interrupted by Princess when she climbed onto his lap in his bed.
Princess has a nursery of her own but she only uses the room to play in, nap times and to get ready for the day. Other then that she sleeps with her Daddy at night. After weeks of trying to get her to sleep in her crib only to wake up with a little in his arms, Emanuel has given up and has given in to Princess's wishes. As he does most of the time.
'It's beautiful, baby. Who's this?' Emanuel asked when he saw three figures in the drawing. She normally only draws her daddy and her and occasionally Martha.
'That's my best friend. He gives me sweets and is nice to me.' she simply replied.
The king knows who she was talking about. The only person who gives her sweets is him and since he was in the middle of the drawing with the word 'Dadi' labeled on his head, she could only mean the guard who gave her the chocolate bar yesterday.
'Princess can I speak with you for a bit?' he said while locking his iPad and setting it on the bedside table, putting his work to rest for the night. Princess too set her crayons and notepad aside.
He pulled his baby closer and kissed her lips several times which made Princess giggle. She loved night time because it's the only time Daddy can get intimate with her before he has to get back to his work.
'Baby, I've told you several times to not take things from strangers. Why have you accepted the chocolate from the guard? If you wanted candy you can always get them from me.'
'But Marcel isn't a stranger, he takes care of daddy's study.' she replied still innocent to what her daddy is implying.
'Yes but I've told you multiple times, you are special to daddy, and Daddy has to protect you at all times because there are bad people who will take you from me. What if there were something in that chocolate that will make you sick, love? I can't let anything happen to you.' he said while the little play with the buttons on the front of his pajamas.
There's a reason why Princess is not allowed to go into the village or accept food from the staff or even play in the castle's garden without at least two guards with her. Emanuel being King means that he has got enemies. And the best way to weaken him is by going after his prize possession, Princess.
The only place that he will bring Princess is the Mondeu Valley where only the elite vampires spend their time at. It is essentially a place where the wealthy shop for new goods such as clothes, shoes, toys for the Littles and other material things. Of course, like the king he can easily have those items shipped to the castle directly but seeing how Princess's face lit up the first time he brought her away from the castle was enough for him to commit to buying his necessities in person at the shops with her twice every month. And maybe with their next visit coming up, he can hopefully buy her a new dollhouse to get her mind off of Marcel.
'But daddy, he's my friend.' she pouted after hearing her daddy's reasoning as to why she shouldn't talk to strangers. It wasn't the first time her daddy has driven away from her chances of making new friends because of his paranoia. But there's only so many dresses and tiaras he can buy her until she gets lonely again. Marcel was the first staff in a long time to have spoken to her so nicely and even offered her a gift. All the other staff is always closed off and cold to her. What Princess doesn't know is that her Daddy had given strict orders to the staffs in the castle to only serve the princess of what she asked for but not to build a relationship with her in fear that they might find out about his secrets and plan something against him and his baby.
'He's not your friend, Princess. You barely spoke to him. Not everyone who gives you something is your friend okay. I don't want you speaking to him anymore.' He grabbed her face gently in his large hands and kissed her nose when he saw her eyes welled in tears. She's tired of trying to find a companion to play with just to have her daddy come in and shut it down.
'Okay.' She whispered as she buried her head in his chest while he rubbed her back to get her to sleep. Unknown to Emanuel, Princess will not be listening to him this time. She had made it a mission to gain at least one friend for her to play with whether her daddy knows about it or not.
She falls asleep in the king's arms with a plan for tomorrow to go seek out her candy friend first thing.
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