After their little tussle on the bed, and Alexander's light nap, he woke at night, though he could not say at what ti.
The sky was still blanketed by heavy clouds, and the outside was pitch black, making any such deduction impossible.
Not that Alexander was very concerned about it as currently he was feeling famished.
It seed he had definitely skipped lunch and likely dinner too.
And as he let Lady Inayah know about this, the mature lady let out a gentle, motherly smile, informing him, "Mmnn, I guessed you might be. So I had Kesha set aside so food for you. Let get it for you. Dinner is long over you see."
Kesha was Lady Inayah's personal maid, and as the noble lady said this, she quickly called a short, petite girl and asked her to bring the food over, while in the anti Alexander washed his face and refreshed himself using the indoor basin, his body relaxing by the warmth of the roaring fireplace lit inside.
And by the ti he was ready, the food had arrived.
And most surprisingly it was piping hot.
Alexander was not expecting that given the temperature outside and how long ago it had been likely cooked.
"I had the food be kept in the kitchen. Hope it is still hot." And as she personally served the food for Alexander, Lady Inayah's comnt made him unveil the mystery.
"Thank you," And as Alexander felt the care and gentleness behind these actions, these following two sincere words conveyed more genuine affection than an entire book could.
So as he ate the thick soup with bread, he could not help but steal a glance at the pretty lady sitting opposite of him at the private dining table, and take a good look at her.
Alexander of course was not looking at her face because of her beauty.
Though she was plenty beautiful, with bright eyes, a well-built nose, and thick, luscious lips.
Neither was he looking at what she was wearing, which was just a sheer white negligee that could barely hold her marvelous assets, over which she draped a heavy coat to cover her arms.
Though with one which she did not bother to cover her torso, leaving Alexander to freely gaze into the tempting. deep valley forming in front of him.
But although such views were very stimulating for a young man like Alexander, for now, as he ate, Alexander could not help but actually reminisce about his interactions with her.
Unlike the other noble ladies of Adhania like the Queen Mother or Mikaya, Lady Inayah did not seem to have too many knots and twists in her heart, and to Alexander, she seed like a genuinely good person.
Up until now, she had been always courteous to Alexander, even given his low origin and when he had stayed in Agnirat, the woman had been actually a very gracious host.
So this made it all the more surprising that she would font a rebellion and even help poison her husband.
Because after interacting with her, Alexander did not feel like she was that kind of woman.
While Lady Inayah, clearly sensing Alexander's gaze, suddenly teased him, "What! First ti seeing soone so beautiful, hehe?"
She was not a stranger to such looks and was perfectly okay with them.
While Alexander, hearing this only produced a light smile, and gently replied, "Haha, of course, my lady is very beautiful without a doubt. But that was not currently on my mind" as he then frankly revealed his thoughts,
"No, I was just thinking I do not know very much about you that's all"
"Especially why you choose to take part in the rebellion. I simply do not feel that you are that type of person."
"Oh, that?" Lady Inayah seed a bit surprised at this sudden turn in the conversation and her voice turned down a few octaves, but did not choose to brush it off.
Instead with a simple wave of her hands, she very easily said,
"Well yes, normally I would have never participated in such a risky, even suicidal plan."
"Because at first, even many of us did not think the rebellion had any chance of succeeding."
"But we went with it anyway."
"For each of us had a clear motive."
"With mine being primarily revenge," Lady Inayah said an interesting word, as she then very openly revealed her past,
"You see Alex, I caught Alozr's eye at a royal party about 15 years ago.
"He later said to that it was my swaying butt that had caught his eyes that day… the pervert," Alexander very keenly noticed how Lady Inayah gritted her teeth in hatred as she said that word, as she continued,
"And it was then and there he decided to have as a mistress."
"But there was a problem," Lady Inayah gave a pause here, before turning to look squarely at Alexander, "And that was I was already married."
"And not only that I had five kids, two boys and three girls!"
"So if he wanted to have as a concubine, he needed to get divorced."
This was a bombshell of a news to Alexander, as he had never known that or found any evidence of it, and had always thought Lady Inayah was a bachelor before becoming part of the king's haram.
Mikaya even said so when one day she had said that her father was also one of her suitors, but lost her to the king.
So what gives?
And seeing Alexander's shocked face, Lady Inayah could easily guess where his confusion was and cald him by saying, "I can guess what you are thinking, But let finish," as she continued
"Now, for a king as powerful as Alozr, getting divorced was as easy as breathing."
"Simply expressing the slightest desire was enough for his cronies to pressure my father and my husband."
"And the funny thing is when I first heard the king desired , I was even sowhat eager to do it myself"
"Ahh the folly of youth," Here Lady Inayah's voice turned a bit lancholic as she recalled so of the less-than-savory tis she spent in the king's haram.
But nevertheless, she quickly recovered from that before continuing to retell her past,
"And if that was what Alzor wanted, if all he wanted to do was to divorce my husband I would have had no problem with it."
"My marriage with that man was loveless and deary anyway." Lady Inayah sounded quite dismissive of her ex-husband, though her story was actually pretty standard given almost all noble marriages were loveless and political.
"But that was not enough for Alozr. The beast did not want to simply divorce my husband."
"He actually wanted to kill him and all my children too!" Lady Inayah's lips visibly shivered as she said this, as she recalled,
" I still clearly rember what Alozr said to when he gave that order, 'You should be blessed to be able to bear my child. You do not need any other man'. Fucking bastard!" This was probably the first ti Alexander heard this elegant curse, and it even ca from deep inside her throat, showing just how much she hated him.
"And even when I bawled out my eyes, or even when my father protested on behalf of at court, he refused to budge."
"Alozr even had my father twenty lashes in front of the whole court just for that."
"So my husband and two sons were executed were ultimately executed. They were three and five."
"And I only managed to keep my daughters alive by tempting him by saying, 'Your Grace, my daughters will surely grow up to be nation-destroying beauties.'
'And then we four mother and daughter can serve you together.'
'Surely you would like that!' "
"And the pervert let them live just because of that."
"But there was no way I was going to hand over my girls to that beast."
"I might have suffered myself, but I would be damned if I let them suffer too."
"And that's why I killed him."
As Lady Inayah finished her long count, by the end of it she had returned to her usual self.
The events were so long ago, and given that she already had her revenge, Lady Inayah found the story much more palatable now.
While, Alexander, as he heard this, could only nod and curse Alozr.
Killing a woman's husband and sons, and then taking that woman as a concubine.
No wonder the previous king was said to be mad.
No one except a madman would do such a thing and not expect to get stabbed in the back.
"Alozr died too easy," Alexander made a throwaway comnt, before asking Lady Inayah, "Are those the daughters I t in Agnirat?"
"Yes, the two you t are from my first husband. I did not have any children with Alozr."
"Even the re thought of it detested ."
"And he did not want to get pregnant because he feared it would ruin my figure."
"So I managed to escape that fate." Lady Inayah appeared to release a sigh of relief as she said so before voluntarily adding,
"As for my third daughter, *sigh*, my eldest daughter, Iktifa died of a sickness so years later I beco Alozr's mistress."
That helped Alexander solve the mystery of eting only two daughters, as he could only say, "My condolences," before refocusing on his food.
Alexander really did not expect that an innocent question would reveal so much about Lady Inayah's past.
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