Chapter six:Earn my Trust

Queen Denville kept pacing back and forth her chambers, biting on her nails,and shaking her head vigorously.

" Your highness,you'll get dizzy at this rate, you should have your lunch"Ciellé said staring at her lazily from a far distance.

"Come what may, I won't sleep with that old man"Denville said still pacing round the space.

" You already agreed to it your highness, moreover, the king is your husband " Ciellé added causing Denville to abruptly stop. " Ciellé,as my person, there are things you should know,and things you shouldn't,but the overall rule is...stay away from sleeping with the king, the rest follows" she continued pacing. Ciellé dropped the food tray on the bed and stood up" your highness,what exactly are you up to"

Denville turned around and watched her for a while. " .....I cannot sleep with the king, that is all you need to know, I promise to explain the rest to you once this phase goes by".

Ciellé sighed and lowered her head " Di la Di Do Di ri Di hwi" she said and looked up only to meet Denville's burning gaze " how did you know about that?"

Ciellé smiled curtly " you're here for it ,right your highness". " How did you know about it!"Denville yelled at her.

" The late Queen said those words before she passed on, and I saw the scribblings in your diary"

" How dare you go through my things!...how dare you!"Denville yelled again hovering heavily" I had no choice but to do it your highness, pardon my Ill manners,but your actions weren't clear to me" Ciellé said bowing deeply " and you think you can just go through my things?....out!"she ordered. Ciellé looked up surprisingly" your-"

" Get out!"Denville added flinging the food tray away.

" No your highness,no!, I am what you need right now, what do you think?,you think you can just walk into the palace aiming for a soul and walk out alive.... you'll be devoured,just like the late Queen!"Ciellé said staring at Denville intensely.

" What...what...." Denville paused and moved closer to Ciellé slowly " do you mean, like the late Queen?"

Ciellé sighed tiredly " I never thought I'd be saying this...." She paused and looked at Denville " the queen was probably killed because of that sentence ,a sentence she neither could interpret nor could anyone have".she held Denville's hand and drew her closer" you are endangering yourself by having that scribblings, anyone who hears of it dies mysteriously, that sentence is a nightmare, give up on it your highness "

" No I can't!"Denville yelled back.

" Your highness..."Ciellé drawled tearily.

" It is either you are in this with me or you are not, I live for this sentence, and I will unravel the truth behind it"Denville said and removed her hands from Ciellé's hold" even if it means risking my life"

Ciellé rubbed her face frightening " how are you connected to this"

" I am not connected to it, I am the very beginning of it, and so I must end what I've started".

Ciellé stared at Denville for awhile " I don't know what you mean by being the beginning of this mystery,but I would like to go with you on this deadly adventure " she said and bowed" I serve only one master, instruct me your highness ".

Denville didn't know if she was to smile or burst into tears" she was once again on the verge of losing someone else,in exchange for justice....was she taking things too far, but how was that even possible,when the line had just been drawn.

" First, we must fine a way to get out of the palace before the marital rites begin" she said and Ciellé moved closer " how is that even possible,your highness, and what will you do outside the palace?"

Denville finally smiled" someone is yet to swear her loyalty" she said and winked at Ciellé.

" Your highness?" Ciellé creased her brow.

" Follow me Ciellé " Denville said and walked into her chamber .Far beyond the inner chamber was a small dark room" what are we doing here, your highness?" Ciellé inquired. " Shush" Denville grimaced warmly. " Over here" she said pointing at the cracked side of the wall, she picked a small pipe from within it and blew air into it, making a shallow whistle , while Ciellé watched her eagerly. In no time a shallow whistle was heard from the other side of the wall as well.

" Your highness, what was that sound?"Ciellé asked already startled. " Relax Ciellé, he's on our side" Denville replied and smiled. She wrote on a paper and passed it to him through the open space on the wall, a paper came back through the opening as well. She unfolded it and read silently. " It is ready" she said facing Ciellé " it is now" she added and Ciellé nodded slightly, obviously confused about the entire situation.

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Night came and Queen Denville was already getting ready for her marital consummation by her inner maidens. She was dressed in a red strapless satin dress, and she smelled of young primrose . She dazzled in her golden jewelries, and as she sat patiently for her groom she beamed with smile.

Soon, the door opened and king Howard strode in majestically, secretly eyeing the damsel in his front. Even at his age, he could still differentiate a peacock from a hen, and this one in front of him was an angel.

Denville watched him take steady steps towards her, and she couldn't lie that her chest kept sinking,the more he approached . The sound of him unbuttoning his heavy cloak echoed round the room, his heavy breathing wasn't even helping matters. As the bed sunk deeper, Denville could already feel his nearest presence, she moved abit so also did he " are you scared of me my Queen?" He suddenly asked in a low tone. " No your highness,I am not scared but extremely nervous,as it is my first time" Denville replied politely. "Hummm" king Howard sucked in a bit of air with his mouth like a typical pedophile " first times are always memorious, isn't it my queen" he asked burying his nose in her hair " hum..." Denville winced mutely and shifted away abit ' expect you won't make it memorious ' she thought. He moved his hand to her nape and traced her collar bone slowly " you smell so sweet my queen, like the evening primrose" " hummm" Denville winced again and kept moving away. " Don't do that my queen, you should surrender your body to me" he whispered on her neck ,as his hands worked their ways to her back. Denville tilted her head uncomfortably" uhm..your majesty!" She called slowly but got no reply.." your Majesty!" She added. King Howard raised his head and kept staring at her" what is it"

" I was thinking....how about we darken the mood here"

King Howard frowned abit " what do you mean,my queen "" I uhm....I mean that we should have a few glass of wine before we commence " Denville said bitting on her lip. " You drive me nuts when you do that" he replied instead staring intensely at her full cherry lip.

Denville cleared her throat " the wine..your majesty" " sure, having a fruit wine isn't bad after all" he replied now gaining full concentration.

Denville smiled slyly" not a fruit wine your majesty" she said and saw how Howard flinched " what wine then?" He asked now staring back at her, she raised her brow and curled the edge of her lip mischievously,he narrowed his gaze on her, and she winked back " liquor?" He asked and Denville nodded slowly.

" Oh no my queen, liquor isn't allowed in the palace"

" It's just for us to have more fun my king....no one has to know" she said now tracing the line on his chest seductively,she bent her head over and planted kisses on his chest slowly following the line she was tracing.

"My qu.qu.queen...it..is...oooo...my..queen..uhhh."

"Just say yes..say yes" Denville whispered as she kept kissing him down gradually" oooo....this is....o.my.....we...can't....my..."

" Say yes""my....."

" Say yes!"

" Yes!" He finally screamed as he was about losing it. Denville smirked and pulled away to a far end, returning with a bottle on her hand." We will only know about this" she said and king Howard nodded. She poured him a glass and handed it over to him. He gulped it down impatiently not keeping his eyes off Denville " one more" she offered and he gulped it down again "you could do better,my king....for me" she whispered again kissing his earlobe. He took the bottle from her and kept gulping it down. When he had drank it to half Denville stopped him and placed the bottle on the floor. She watched him for a while and then stood" lie your majesty, lie down" she drawled warmly as she pushed him to lie on his back, when he had finally laid on his back. She got off the bed and unzipped her dress in front of him, while the already drunk king watched in amazement.

She paused and then bent over" I have a surprise gift for his majesty ...allow me to bring it out"she said and Howard nodded irrationally. She walked into her inner chambers and arrived few moments later. She smiled and laid on top of him" I've changed my mind, let's open this after we're done".

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The morning broke, and as the sun rose, king Howard rolled dreamily on the bed, last night had been the best night in his entire life, the queen was indeed an angel. He stretched and finally got up, he saw Denville facing the other side of the room still fast asleep " still asleep my queen?" He asked but Denville was still clearly asleep. He smiled and kissed her on her shoulder before getting off the bed and walking out of the room.

Yvonne turned around,and when she saw that he had left, she got down from the bed and walked into the small dark room " your highness, he's gone"

Denville smiled victoriously " good job Yvonne, you have earned my trust". She faced Ciellé and Ciellé nodded happily.