6 Her Sudden Visit
The night arrived very soon.
The lamps were listed in the entire lobby of the palace and proper decoration was done for the two lords to come together and show their presence. Expected by others, for them to discuss the peace treaty and the entire marriage with patience.
King Vilas was currently standing in front of the magnifying mirror in his room, trying to adjust his clothing and the large clock around his body, where Dominic observed his father's delicate actions.
King Vilas and Prince Dominic got ready for tonight's feast. Standing in their palace, Dominic looked serious, "I hope that there is no scheme in vampire words today."
"You think that he will arrive here without a plan in his mind?" King Vilas didn't believe that Vampire's King would come without any scheme in his mind.
Dominic senses the same thing. But before leaving, both of them decided to show their faces at Alice's chamber before leaving for the entire night.
There was a knock on her door when she was in the process of eating her food which arrived just a few minutes ago from the royal kitchen that was specially making the food, just like for others.
Lifting her eyes, she looked confused "Mary, please open the door." Alice spoke politely to which Mary nodded and opened the door of the chamber when she bowed, "My Lord."
Hearing her words, Alice immediately kept her spoon down and stood on her toes, greeting her father with bowed head. "I wasn't expecting you to arrive here… Weren't you both supposed to have the feast alongside the others?"
Alice was steadily surprised by their sudden visit to her chamber. Although her days were going as always boredom, a faint smile curled on her face when she stood with calmness.
"We thought why not to see our Princess first. I hope you are already comfortable here. Am I right?" Prince Dominic halfly jokes, in rep9nse all she did was to pass him an assured smile.
Shifting her attention back to her father, Alice answered with an anxiousness visible in her pretty eyes. "I hope you will watch your stepfather. Please…"
Seeing the fear of the unknown in Alice's eyes, King Vilas stepped ahead and tapped her shoulder lightly. As a child, it was evident for his children to have worry about his life since he has too many enemies who are craving for his head.
"I will… you don't have to worry about the same.." with this as the last words, King Vilas and Prince Dominic left her alone in the room along with Mary.
Despite her father's speech and assured words, it made her wonder if things will go smoothly? Moreover, Flora isn't the one who will agree without creating chaos.
Internally her mind was undergoing a battle. Was she on the path which she is meant to be hers?
Seeing her worry and restless mind, Mary sounded worried, "Princess, you should have your dinner now. It was a long day. You should have a good sleep."
Mary's concern was genuine. Since the last day, she did her best to ignore deeper feelings but many times it was out of control. Looking at the food from the corner of her eyes, she sat once again on the chair.
Consuming her food as fast as she could, without uttering a signal word. The maids took all the utensils away and at last, Mary helped her wear her nightclothes too.
At last, she tugged her inside the blankets. Burning out all the lamps in the room, she bid her goodnight and left the chamber after closing the wooden door.
It was pitch dark in her room with moonlight falling on her face. Alice had taken a blanket to cover her body but she found her eyes not even a bit heavy.
Rather, she felt some unknown forces pulling her out of bed. Her heart was restless, to begin with, yet some kind of negative feelings crept on strangling her throat for longer. Tossing to another side and shifting into a more comfortable position to have some peaceful sleep.
However, her mind didn't achieve success when at last she found her eyes wide open. After such a horse ride too, she wasn't feeling drained. Instead, anxiousness was spreading all around her brian
"I…. need to go and check them once.." mumbling in between her breath, Alice stepped out of her bed and changed her attire back to royal courts.
Taking a shawl with herself to cover from the thick winds, she stepped in the corridor and found her legs making their way towards Flora's chamber, with the intent to have some conversation to clear off her stress-filled mind.
Coming at the end of the passage, Alice took a deep breath. Taking a look inside, what came in her view was her baby sister and her dear aunt, Mrs. Ira.
Knocking on the door, she interrupted their serious conversation, "May I come in… if you both don't mind my presence that much?"
Turning around, Ira's eyes nodded her with a wide smile, "Sure Alice. How can we stop a princess from entering a room of mere people like us?" hearing this, Alice's eyes twisted.
"That's not the truth. All of you are royals too, and that's why you are residing in this place…" Alice replied with the same intensity, to indicate that she wasn't going to tolerate any kind of nonsense.
Taking the stride towards inside, Alice stepped close to the bed where they both stood.
Alice's eyes omitted warmness, which helped Ira to maintain her wide smirk, "Sure. You guys are cousins.. And I heard that the Lord and Prince departed to have a discussion related to the marriage. Is this true...or the rumor?"
"Not a mere rumor. Since the Vampire lord requested the presence of the two of them, they decided to share the feast together for once to clear out things." Understanding the same, Mrs. Ira shakes her head.
At the same time, her cousin, Flora was currently sitting on the bed with her long gown. 'Probably she hasn't changed till yet. ' her gaze averted to her side, passing her a beautiful and assured smile, "You aren't asleep till now?"
"Not yet. There is still time for me and mother to spend some more precious time with hers… before I leave for once and all." hearing her word, reminded Alice that she needs to execute the mission of getting to know her tonight.
With Alice's gaze staying stagnant at Flora for longer than the necessary time, Mrs. Ira's eyes narrowed slightly when she coughed to gain her attention back to her direction. Successfully, Alice's eyes shifted back to her aunt.
With an evident suspicious glint passing via her eyes, she asked in the most doubtful tone, "May I know the reason behind… Princess's Alice's visit in our chamber, out of the blue in the middle of the night?"
