Secrets in the Shadows

Chapter Eighteen

Kramer walked into his bedroom and found his things all over the place. A pile of clothes had been thrown all over his bed and some of his other things were on the floor by the door.

" Maev", he whispered angrily.

He walked out of his room and walked straight to Maev's room. He knocked on the door loudly and he heard her say to come in. Kramer entered her room and found her with a towel wrapped around her head sitting with her legs crossed over each other on the armchair in the corner of her room staring at a book . His eyes traveled from her feet up her bare legs, he quickly glanced away from her and then he looked directly at her face. Maev looked at him and she had to stop herself from laughing as she saw the look of annoyance all over his face. She knew he had found the surprise she had left for him and that's why he was standing there looking grumpy.

Kramer saw the smile on her face and that only infuriated him more ,but he didn't snap like usual. Instead, he crossed his arms and looked at her.

" Did you come here to stare at me? What do you want?", Maev asked looking at him.

" I want you to come with me", he answered with a serious tone.

" Where and why?", she answered looking back at her book and even turned the page as she carried on reading.Kramer clenched his fists and took in a deep breath.

" Did you hear me? I order you to come with me!", he said a little louder.

Maev looked at him and noticed that dark look in his eyes. She slowly put her book away and walked towards him.

" You lead the way ... your majesty!", Maev said looking at him.

" You enjoy doing that don't you ... you think you are more superior than me and can do whatever you want! Well, Maev you are wrong!", he said and grabbed her hand dragging her out of the bedroom.

They stood in front of his bed and Maev admired her work around his room and nearly laughed again but she changed the look on her face when she noticed that he was staring at her.

" Well since my wife finds it amusing to mess up my room then, she will have to tidy up her mess and put my things away properly as I want it, if I'm not satisfied she will have to do it again !", Kramer said folding his arms over his chest and looked at her. He wanted to laugh when he saw the smirk on her face disappearing. She looked at him like a child who had just been reprimanded by her parents and was ready to throw a tantrum.

" Well... I'm not your maid...", Maev said to him as she turned to walk out of the room but he stopped her and shut the bedroom door.

" You will be anything I want you to be .. you got that!! Now start cleaning up my room and I will come back soon to check up on you", Kramer said and he walked out of the room and he took a glance at her over his shoulder before he closed the door with a smile on his face.

" You will be anything I want you to be .. blah blah blah...", Maev said mimicking Kramer's voice as she glared at the closed door.

She turned and looked at the mess, she walked into his walk-in wardrobe and noticed a clothes basket, she grabbed it and brought it back to the bed and put as many clothes as she could in there.

" All I can see is black, maybe he needs a little color in his life !", she said as she started to hang the clothes on the hangers. The thought about changing the color of Kramer's clothes crossed her mind, but she knew that she will get into more problems if she turned his clothes into every color of the rainbow.

Kramer came back after 30 minutes and checked up on her and told her that he didn't like the way that she had fixed his clothes and she had to do it over again. Maev nearly burst out in anger as she was nearly half done. He came back after one hour and told her to rearrange his things again.

This time Maev threw some of his shoes at him and Kramer had to rush out of the room. He came back after one hour and she was not there. His things were in order except for the shoes that she had thrown at him earlier. He picked them up putting them next to his other shoes and walked over to her bedroom. He tried the handle and the door opened. He walked in and found her lying down on her bed and she was fast asleep.

Kramer walked out of her room and closed the door slowly. He had already spoken to Octave about his plan to send her back home with someone they trusted to keep an eye on her. She was to spy around the White witch's kingdom and informed them of anything which she might learn about Oliver's death.He had chosen Zurie to go with her, she wasn't only a good friend of his but a trustworthy person. His uncle had agreed to his choice and he had already informed Zurie. I'll inform her tomorrow morning that she will be allowed to go home for a few days...Kramer said to himself as he closed the door to his bedroom.

" I can go home for a few days!", Maev exclaimed as she stood there in front of Kramer’s desk.

She couldn't believe that Kramer was allowing her to go see her father.

" Yes, but Zurie.. will accompany you so that you don't try to run away as you did at the cottage", Kramer said to her. He sat at his desk and looked at her and waited for her reaction. Her face was all lit up, she didn't look like she wanted to have any arguments about why Zurie had to accompany her.Maev was so happy that she didn't even mind the chaperone, as long as she got to see her father and be home for a while. She had millions of questions about her mother that she wanted to ask her father and she hoped that he will finally tell her the truth, everything that she wanted to know.

" You can leave now", Kramer said and without saying another word Maev quickly hurried out of his office to go pack her bag.

" I'm going home, to my room, my house..", she softly said. It's been a while that she had felt so happy like she was feeling at that moment, hurrying down the corridor with a bright smile on her lips." So the master allowed you to go home", someone said bringing her back to reality. She saw Mara standing in front of her. Maev stopped walking and looked at her, she wanted to say something to Mara but she was in such a good mood that she couldn't be bothered about her comments. As she walked on she heard her say, " Don't you wonder why he wants you to go home?", Maev didn't turn to look at her instead she walked away hurrying to her bedroom.

As she closed the door she sat on the edge of the bed, she remembered Mara's words." Is he sending me away so that he could be with her? Is that what she meant?", Maev asked herself and suddenly she felt sad ." Well... then .. I should leave this here..", Maev said as she removed her wedding ring and put it on the bedside table.

She packed her bags and sat down on the armchair waiting impatiently for someone to come get her.

Kramer stood by the window of his office and watched her leave. She didn't even turn to look back at the mansion. Kramer walked out of his office and made his way to his bedroom. He had a meeting with the seniors and he wanted to refresh himself first. He stopped by Maev's bedroom and walked in. The smell of wildflowers filled up his nostrils and he closed his eyes. Memories of that night flashed back in his head and he opened his eyes not wanting to remember anything more about that night between him and Maev. His eyes caught the sight of something shiny on her bedside table. He walked over and noticed the small ring. He picked it up and looked at it." Why did she leave her wedding ring?", Kramer whispered. Thousand of reasons went through his mind and one which annoyed him the most was that Maev could have someone back in her kingdom. Why did the thought of Maev having someone else bother him? Could he be seeing Maev in another way!