The gifts arrived

" I'm inviting you for a ball tonight and I want you to wear a dress coloured like a blushed rose," Thurssa said with dark wanting eyes. It was something dreamy in them. Sienna was worried he will lock her in the tight corset again, so she nodded excitedly."I accept with gratefulness. Would my king like to design it together? If you wish of course."She tried to make him entertained to do something creative.

Thurssa's eyes lit up. He plucked one rose, and gave it to Sienna, " For inspiration my darhling." he smiled. Sienna nodded. He offered Sienna his arm. She clenched into his arm elegantly and let him lead her out of the maze.

As they reached the garden entrance, the madam and guards were not believing their eyes. Madame kneeled."My king the queen needs to go eat like the rest of your concubines!"Thurssa looked at Sienna.

" Who is hungry when inspiration is calling by the sweetest of voices."She smiled excitedly and held Thurssa tightly. The king understood the clue and continued walking, ignoring the spidery madame. Sienna added it to his good deeds count.

Thurssa took Sienna to a huge storage room full of silk. Sienna took the rose and find the two closest colours. One in silk satin and one see-through in silk chiffon. Thurssa picked them up and led her back to her room. He put the fabrics on the bed and sat next to Sienna. She took another piece of paper and started to design the dress."A beautiful flowing gown," she smiled. Thurssa looked at her."Hm, why it doesn't have a corset?"

"Because roses need to breath freely to be the most beautiful of course, "Siena smiled. Thurssa just nodded. He decided to watch her. He will have his turn to dress her up when she will be just his. Sienna picked the blush silk and twirled around, "Which one do you like more?" "Take both," Thurssa said. Sienna smiled, "I like that. Can we sew it now?" she asked sweetly. Thurssa looked at her curiously. "You want to sew it? "

"Who else?" she smiled."I just need to cut it out."

"You don't need a pattern?" He lifted his brows. Sienna smiled."I have them already in my head. Let's cut."Thurssa sent Samuel to bring the scissors and Sienna cut the dress out, she tried to use the least stitches as possible as she needed the gown fast. Thurssa watched her as she sew. He sat in his armchair relaxed. Sienna sometimes chirped something or was humming some strange but interesting melodies as she sewed."They are the songs of my world," she smiled, singing some poems she remembered from school.

"I like yours more," Thurssa said. Sienna smiled and bow her head.

Thurssa looked at her. She sewed there innocently looking like a mesmerising picture.

"You seem quite happy today?" he asked her. Sienna looked at him. His dark eyes look somewhat different. "I like to design and write poems, and walk in the sun surrounded by flowers and those I like."She smiled sweetly."And I had to spend the morning with you. I have to thank you for saving me three times today, my king."

Thurssa looked at her. Sienna stopped sewing and counted cutely on her fingers."One time from madame and her horrible food, one time from that scary guard and one time from getting lost in the maze!"

"It happened like in your poem. Did you plan it?"He asked.

Sienna shook her head and continued her sewing."In the morning, when I looked out of the window, I saw your amazing rose maze in bloom, it moved my heart, so I wrote a poem for you. Then I wanted to deliver it to you, but madame wanted to take me with her, to force me to eat horrible dead monkey. She still doesn't understand, that I can't eat the same things as spiders, so I told her we have a meeting, but she did not believe me, so I run to the garden. The rose maze looked easy to get lost to the guard, so I just hide in it."

Thurssa smiled and nodded his head, "What will you do if I just leave you there to find your way back by yourself?"

Sienna shooked her shoulders, "It did not even cross my mind."Sienna smiled cheekily. "Probably you will find my bones covered in roses in a few years."She said nonchalantly.

"That will be a pity."Thurssa was a bit disturbed by this thought. He preferred her to be sewing than being lost in his maze. It felt somehow more homely next to her. Sienna just sewed and they did not even notice that lunchtime passed.

The eagles finally arrived at Silver City. They lowered the presents in front of the Market City Gate and left to rest in the Sarcos's army camp. Sid, who was expecting the gifts, sounded the trumpet loudly in front of the gate."The parting gifts for the queen Sienna arrived."

The sound of a trumpet cut thru the air. Thurssa's peaceful dreams were broken."The gifts for Queen Sienna arrived. "Sienna lifted her head abruptly, her heart flinched.

Thurssa looked into her eyes, "I will have them brought into the main hall, we can open them together at the ball. I"m curious about that dress as well my darhling."He kissed Sienna's cheek lightly and left. Sienna ran to the window, but could not see anything, so she sat down and finished her gown. She also made a few silk roses to stuck in her hair.

Sarcos felt they landed. He heard the loud trumpet and hear rustling spiders picking up the statue and taking him into the city." My Trojan Horse is working." he smiled. He was excited to hear and see Sienna again."What she will say about her presents?" he thought.

Sienna finished her dress a bit before dawn, so she asked Samuel to get her some bread from the kitchen."Should not you eat earlier?" he scolded her." I was busy and you were nowhere to find." she looked at him.

" I was visiting my family." he bowed his head.

"That's fine, but next time, send me someone else instead of you, someone you can trust, I was almost taken by madam. Anyway is all good now and I'm happy for you. I wish I could see my family too."Sienna sighed.

Samuel nodded his head."I heard you were causing troubles again."

"It was your fault, now sent for the bread, or I go myself," Sienna smiled."And most likely I will cause more troubles on the way."

"You need to get ready for the ball, hurry up."Samuels sounded like a good fairy.

Sienna put on her rose dress and looked like in a sweet dream, she felt like a doll or fairy, "But why not?" she smiled."Still better, than a huge skirt and tight corsets."She said and opened the door.

"Ready."She announced to Samuel who was looking at her, well he was actually staring...

"How do you like it?"Sienna asked.

"Well, is very different, he said."You look like a wild rose."

Sienna nodded."Perfect, that was my aim."

She walked with Samuel to the hall. Everyone was there waiting. The king was in his silver attire richly decorated with sparkling white lace. He reached his hand to Sienna. "My queen Sienna, your parting gifts arrived. Let's share together our joy of presenting these gifts to you."

Sienna took his hand and sat on the low decorated chair. Thurssa sat on the chair next to her." Bring the first gift." he clapped his hands. The spidery servant brought a weirdly shaped packet on the Silver plate and handed it to Sienna. She took it with a gracious nod.

"This is a gift from king Tyrell." the servant announced. Everyone stretched their heads to see better, what Sienna was unpacking. King Tyrell was rumoured to be simple and rough, so they were curious about his gift.

Sienna slowly opened the present. It felt like a very sad birthday when she opened the cotton wrap. A cold iron hammer was lying on her lap. Sienna looked in disbelief and picked it up in one hand. Her eyes opened wide. Thurssa took it from her hands and looked at it with disdain."Oh, lala, what a gift darhling, look something is written here. Read it for me!"He gave it back to Sienna.

"You broke my heart." Sienna read aloud and almost teared up.

"How cute."Thurssa smiled. He picked the hammer up and walked around the room holding the hammer in both hands showing it around with a satirical smile on his lips."King Tyrell is a bit short of money, given this as a gift."

Sienna shook her head. She will not be made fun of. She stood up and took the hammer from Thurssa's hand with a sad smile. She held it in one hand by the hammering bit on her closed palm. She looked at it and said.

"Hard as iron is your heart, hard as blue diamond are you eyes, which saw the gruelling battles. The gentle spirit left to the sky and the rage is leading you to the ground, to gift the monsters of the darkness with what left is of your soul. Fight it even with this hammer, so you can use this gift once more, but as a drop of water in the ocean, this hammer hit a drop of feeling in my heart which whither you away in the crudeness of your ignorance big warrior king."

Sienna bow her head sadly, but her tiger eyes were raging. Everyone stood frozen and most people caught a few words. Thurssa was elated. He clapped his hands excitedly."Wonderful, my darhling, even in such a pitiful thing you find the hidden treasures. Let's see the next gift."He led Sienna back to the chair to open the gift from Sharchan.