What Lettice York had not counted on when she was scheming was that there was an even greater scher in the area, a predator at the top of her ga.
She had blurted out that Edward and Bella were horses and after breakfast, the crown princess who had not bothered to reveal the lies insisted that see the horses.
Lettice had barely had a bite of breakfast, she had been too nervous to eat, and now, she had the urge to throw up the three spoons of oatal which she had forced herself to swallow at the table.
Roland, the Thorin’s, many knights and maids were standing in the adow, looking at a dozen horses. If it had been any other part of the adow, she could have pointed at any two horses and claid they were the ones but they were at a section of the adow that she specified, one where only magic horses fed and rested.
They were of a spiritual nature so if one called them by the right na, they responded. There was no Edward or Bella, how could Lettice call out those nas? She knew that sha was waiting for her at he end of the tunnel.
"I don’t feel so well." She touched her stomach and made so mournful noises as if she was in untold pain.
Jennie had already grown impatient, they had been in the adow for ten minutes now and the loving pair of horses had not been pointed out. She had her cara ready to take pictures that she would show to all of her friends back in the city. She was annoyed because Lettice was wasting her ti.
"Which is why you should show us the special couple and be on your way." She napped her fingers impatiently. "Hurry up now, we don’t have all day. We are supposed to take a walk around the village and explore it. At this rate, we will be standing here all day."
Lettice felt moisture increase in the pits of her arms and on her forehead. It was cold outside but she was sweating as if she was standing under a furnace.
"Call the horses." Sigrid ordered her maids.
Imdiately, the maids who were eager to take down Lettice started calling out the two nas, taking turns.
"Bella."
"Edward."
"Bella...we share the sa na, don’t be shy."
No matter how loud they called or how many additions and subtractions they made to the nas, none of the horses responded. They continued to play and feed, acting as if there were no humans in the area.
"Maybe they are tired..." Lettice laughed.
Sigrid glanced at Brolin and he nodded. The knight retrieved a paper from his pocket and standing reading off nas, loudly calling the horses.
"Mystraria."
A dull silver mare with a shiny coat reared her legs back and raced towards them. She was so fast that she reached them in two seconds and received a sugar cube from Lanai.
"They respond to their nas." Jennie laughed. She took a picture of the mare nuzzling Lanai like it was thanking her for the sugar cube.
Then it pushed her to the ground and snatched the entire packet before racing away. It left more than a few people with indulgent and happy smiles on their faces.
"Frostmane." Brolin called.
A white stallion raced towards them, received its sugar cubes and decided to stick around for so reason, sniffing at Sigrid’s belly while she rubbed its mane.
"Moonstride." Brolin called. He continued the process until every horse was accounted for and when it was all said and one, they realized there was no Bella or Edward.
It only got worse for Lettice when Roland summoned the caretakers and they denied knowing any horses with those nas or fit the description Lettice had given.
"I am confused Lettice, what happened to the horse you told about?" Roland questioned her.
Lettice blinked back tears and shook her head. She could not claim that they were dead because Roland would check.
"I...I..." her mind worked at a maximum, spinning like a wheel as she tried to find a new excuse and she found it. "I made up the nas!" she blurted out and exhaled deeply.
She put her hands on her waist and blew more air out of her mouth. Lettice felt dizzy, the earth was spinning around her. Her imdiate instinct was to hold on to Roland to steady herself.
Just as her hand grazed his arm, a force pushed her away.
"n and won should not be close beyond the age of eight." Sigrid said sternly. Looking at Roland with a deep frown, she asked, "Did she not learn the rules?"
"She did your highness, I can assure you that she did." Miss Brum, the current governess of Stormwind that was standing besides Jesting was quick to speak up before Roland did.
The older woman could not help glaring Lettice’s way, eyes lodged with annoyance because the younger woman was putting her job as governess at risk.
She had trained Lettice well, the problem with Lettice was that she thought she was special and there was a special relationship between her and the crown prince.
"You shoved !" Lettice exclaid.
She turned her aggrieved eyes from Sigrid to Roland, hoping that she would intervene and rebuke the crown princess. She was certain he would side with her because they had known each other for far longer that he had known Sigrid.
"You are lucky it was her not ." Jennie scoffed, "I would have added a slap. Who are you to touch the body of the crown prince wantonly?"
"I am his ward." Lettice replied fiercely.
"I...." Roland started, wanting to explain that Lettice sotis forgot social norms because she had been with him from a young age but the look his father-in-law sent him stopped him.
The general had one brow fixed upwards, daring Roland to say sothing.
Lady Iryne was far from done and she was not the kind of person who shied away from public confrontation. If it ant taking her enemy down, she gave it her all and Lettice was an enemy in her eyes.
"Ward!! More like a vixen with hidden intentions. Even if you are his ward, you cannot just put your hands on him randomly. You even dare to do it in the presence of his wife, the crown princess. I have heard the maids whispering about you. They say you call yourself the lady of the house, is this true?"
"Your highness....Roland." Lettice called out in a soft weepy voice that was trembling. Her voice carried the weight of tears. It was clear that she was holding back sobs, as if she was too afraid to cry.
She kept peeking at Sigrid and looking down as if the crown princess would swallow her at any mont and she was frightened.
Jesting decided to send Lettice away for everyone’s good. "Miss Lettice I think its ti you returned to the castle."
"No." Lettice refused, she clenched her fists and stomped her foot. "I am not going. I have done nothing wrong, why are you trying to send away?"
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