Roland stopped his hand from moving, let go of Sigrid's other hand and scrambled away from her as if she was on fire. The discipline which he had from many years of training overcame the momentary desire he was feeling, suppressing it completely.
He felt a dash of disgust with himself, he had declared that he would never touch her body and yet her enchanting beauty had captivated him, making him forget that she was still Sigrid Thorin, the worst woman in Eldoria.
So what if she was an excellent fighter, she had many other flaws.
"What a hypocrite, it satisfies me to know that you do not find my body repellent, there is some hope for those royal heirs after all." Sigrid laughed.
Roland clenched his jaw and he glared at her. Unbothered, Sigrid got up and removed what was left of her wedding dress. All that was left on her body was a short silk cream negligee.
She was deliberately slow when she undressed, making it obvious that she was seducing him. It gave her great satisfaction to see his eyes pop wide open and his breath catch in his throat.
No matter how much control he had, Sigrid knew that at some point the flood gates would burst open and he would come out of his prison. Which man would be willing to go back into prison after getting out?
If Emmah was a pure angel, the she, Sigrid would be the shameless seductive succubus, enchanting him to a point of no return.
She stretched her arms, pushing her breasts up and she moaned coquettishly.
"Crown prince, since I am such an eyesore, I will not bother you for the rest of the night. Seeing as to how we destroyed the bed, you should go and sleep in another room, I plan to do the same so as to save your pure unsullied reputation. As for the reputation of our families.....who cares? Oh, I am here anytime you need to let off the steam by trading blows, our battle was quite enjoyable."
The bedroom they had just destroyed was his, there was an adjoining door leading to another bedroom next door which was hers.
Sigrid walked to the doors very slowly, swaying her waist as if she was a snake. When she reached the doors, she looked back at the crown prince and smirked before pushing them open.
To her surprise, Roland followed her into her bedroom, passing by her and he went to the bathroom without saying one word.
His actions stunned her so she followed and she saw him undressing and then he dived into the cold bath water as if it was a swimming pool, given it's size, it might as well have been one.
She sat on the bed and waited for him to take his bath before going in to take one as well. When she returned to the bedroom, he was on her bed, his eyes were closed and his breathing light.
He was not sleeping, she could tell, she slid under the covers and faced the opposite side, keeping a big distance between them. Sleep came to her in less than ten minutes as the weariness of the day crept up on her.
For Roland, sleep did not come easy and in the middle of the night, for some reason, he woke up and walked back to the bedroom which they had destroyed. He got a knife and sliced his palm, dripping some blood onto the messy white sheets.
When he was finished, he went back to bed, crawling closer to Sigrid but he made sure to face the opposite side.
"I am just protecting the reputation of both families." he said to himself.
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Like a log, Sigrid did not move all night, she only opened her eyes because some uninvited guests that were trying to make their way into the bedroom, talking loudly_so much so that they could have woken up the dead if that was their goal.
She rolled onto her back and sat upright, her eyes were drawn to the side of the bed where Roland had slept, it was empty, he was gone.
If everything was progressing according to the plot, there was a disturbance in the land of mist, the Vale so he had been called away sometime in the night to lead his army there to slay the enemies that were attacking the citizens of Eldoria.
The doors were split open suddenly with a sword as if there was no knob that could be turned. In walked five women that had mean looks on their faces, they came at Sigrid with so much vigor as if they had come to catch a mistress engaging in an affair.
Behind them, Lanai, Lama and three female servants that she had come with followed, looking quite scared.
"Your highness, they are ruthless, they came with red knights and forced their way in." Lanai rushed to the bed, informing Sigrid in a frantic voice.
There was a slap mark on her cheek, Lama's nose was bleeding, the other maids were disheveled and also showed signs of being beaten up.
Sigrid looked looked up at the ceiling and she chortled. "It looks like I have zero respect on top of zero loyalty. Clearly, I have not inspired enough fear in these morons."
The invading maids reached the bed and they grabbed Sigrid's arms, one on each side, pulling her out of the bed like she was a criminal.
"Bring the sheets and confirm consummation and evidence of the crown princess's lost purity." The more well dressed one said.
She was the governess of the secondary consort, an unruly woman that did a lot of evil because at the moment, the secondary consort was favored more than the queen and she could get away with almost anything.
"Let go of my lady." Lanai cried out and she shoved one of the consort's people.
Sigrid's other maids did not stay still, they joined in the struggle but they were overwhelmed, they were young girls, the youngest being sixteen and the oldest Lanai, only twenty one.
Their opponents were more mature and more sturdy women with some experience in combat so for them beating up a few little girls was as easy as eating pie.
"Enough," Sigrid said curtly.
She stood up on her own and slow walked to the governess with a smile on her face, a smile that made those that knew her tremble. Lanai wanted to warn the consort's people but it was too late, also they had brought whatever was to come upon themselves.
Sigrid stood in front of the secondary consort's governess, stroking the black fan in her right hand slowly. She looked into the woman's eyes directly.
"Are you sure that you want to see blood?" she asked.