Chapter 121

She should have raced after him, having only his shirt on as she was, but that would have led to only more problems for her, his suspicions would increase and there would be no excuse that she would be able to give, that would stop him from finding out what it was that she was desperately hiding from him.

So she didn't follow him, instead, she tried to get ready as quickly as possible and look for Lady Delice.

She needed to tell her everything, perhaps she would find a way around it. She was, after all, the Royal Adviser, she should be able to put that super vampire brain of hers to some use.

Going after Lady Delice wasn't easy, and stepping out of the room was where the difficulty lay.

Zezi had completely forgotten that Valerick said he would send her someone to help and keep her company.

Gwen didn't hide her excitement when she saw the mark, neither did she try to restrain herself from talking about how the association she had created would be over the moon with the news, how she would tell her little bats about their new Queen and her husband that he was right.

She had curtsied, addressing her as Queen, her excitement plain to see.

"Who marked who first?" She asked, adding another filled plate on the table, right after she had refused to let her Mistress out and insisted that she must eat instead.

"King's orders," she had said.

Oh, those two magic words!

One look at the table and Zezi could see her agenda. She didn't even complain and gulp down the soup greedily.

She was so hungry.

How was it possible for her to be this hungry?

"It is so good to watch you finish it, my Queen. Drinking my soup like this. It is promising." She smiled, squealing like a schoolgirl before she moved to the trolley as fast as possible. "More, your Majesty?"

"Please stop this." She groaned, standing up as she brushed her hands over the invisible creases on her gown.

Valerick had not been joking when he said this was their room now.

Most of her things had been moved here, there were even some things that she didn't see before in her wardrobe.

New dresses and plenty of other beautiful accessories.

She would have reacted differently to this, if only her situation had been different.

A female that really wanted him and wasn't so caught up in the mess that she was in, would be over the moon right now.

He was sweet. Honestly, she couldn't deny that, but he was sweet to her.

Last time she checked, he wasn't sweet to her kind.

"Fine." She shrugged, not angry at all. "One at a time. We will get there, Milady. We will."

Zezi frowned, it was puzzling to see someone being so happy over another's relationship. She wondered briefly how this so-called association would react and a smile found its way to her lips.

If there was a group of people that were rooting for her mate and her to end up in blissful harmony, well then, that was heartwarming.

She shook her head, remembering the situation she was in right now.

If it had been before, she would have easily blamed her swaying on the mate bond but after her wolf had claimed her mate, she knew she was the problem.

Someway, somehow, it had happened.

She had developed feelings for him.

Now she had to figure out how to handle this.

What next to do.

Who knew that taking a next step could warrant this strenuous thinking?

"Is there anything else that--"

"No, you can retire for the day, Gwen."

"Hmmm, the King said you needed company---"

"I'm fine. I will be with Lady Delice."

She gasped lightly. "You are now really close with Lady Delice!" Another squeal. "You have found perfect friendship, Milady." She curtsied again. "My Queen."

All these relationships, she didn't know what to do with them.

She didn't want to have them yet, they were happening and she couldn't do anything about it.

An example of her helplessness was standing in front of her, curtsying.

What was she going to do with her?

"I haven't even been crowned yet." Zezi protested.

Gwen looked up at her Mistress, then looked around the room, as if to ensure that they didn't have company, then she hurried back to her trolley and brought out something from the bottom.

Her yellow flowery dress seemed to reflect the excited mood that she was in.

Zezi wondered briefly if she picked the dresses based on her mood. She remembered when she had first arrived at the castle, and Gwen had worn a long-sleeved dress with a dark shade color for the first time, that was after she had ran into the hallway at the moment the King had been seizing a vampire's soul.

He had punished her back then, Zezi was certain, but it didn't look like he had done it to her again.

Zezi could remember a couple of times she had disobeyed him after that incident and she didn't think there was a time that Gwen came with those kinds of scars again. At least not after that threat she made to him.

Remembering that now felt humorous.

She stared intently at Gwen trying to see if she had any scars, or even the faint signs of them but she found mine.

"Here." Gwen tucked something into her hands.

"What is it?" Zezi asked with a hint of a smile.

Why was she smiling?

Why was so damn happy that she was smiling at everything?!

This was insane.

"A gift," Gwen whispered.

"From your kids?"

She shook her head instantly, placing a hand over her lips as she tried to hide a blush.

"Me."

"You?"

She nodded, pointing a finger at Zezi and then at her as she spoke. "Woman to woman."

Oh no.

This had better not be what she was thinking.

"Don't open it till I leave, Milady. You should see what is in it alone."

"Uhn."

Or maybe it wasn't what she was thinking.

Gwen giggled and in no time she was rolling her trolley out of the room. She had used her speed? That was rare.

The moment the door slammed shut, she tore the wrapper open, only to be confronted by the sight of lingerie sets.

Different colors...

...and transparent?!

Never had Zezi seen an item of clothing as transparent as this.

In fact, she might as well be naked.

Ah, this Gwen.

What would she do with her?