Chapter 49: A friend to Alora
"I didn’t expect you to see here," Alaric said as he put the quill pen down and clasped her fingers. His elbows rested on the desk and he straightened his back.
"I thought to et Brother Alaric before returning to my residence," Magnus stated. He looked at the parchnts and various docunts lying on the desk. "Brother Alaric has taken a lot of work," he asserted.
"Sumr season usually has lots of work," Alaric replied. "Did you co alone? I thought Brother Izaak would follow you here," he remarked.
"Brother Izaak has gone sowhere. I wonder if he has gone out to work or sothing else," Magnus murmured. "Alora has co here. I thought to tour her around the palace and then, later take her outside."
"That’s wonderful to hear," Alaric lowered his hands and leaned back on the chair. "So, where is my sister-in-law?" he asked with a curious gaze.
"With mother. She asked
that she wished to talk alone with Alora," Magnus asserted.
"Father and Mother are concerned about you. They let you marry Alora, but her eyes bother them," he shared with him. Alaric’s tone was a bit serious.
"I can look into her eyes, so what’s the problem with that?" Magnus opined.
"They think she can be destructive to our race. You’ll have kids in the future. What if they inherit the eyes like Alora? I heard them speaking about it after they t the older vampires," Alaric explained to him.
Magnus’s brows furrowed together as he began thinking whether his mother would manipulate Alora to leave him for that reason. He knew how manipulative his mother was!
"You love her deeply, don’t you?" Alaric amusedly asked.
"Yes, I do," he admitted.
"I am happy for you, Magnus. You made the right choice for pursuing what your heart told you," Alaric said with a smile. "If you need any kind of help, knock on my door any ti, Brother."
"Uh... I do want help," Magnus said.
"Hmm? Say it," Alaric encouraged him.
"Can the Second Brother be a friend to Alora?" Magnus requested. "She doesn’t have a friend and I think you will be a great friend to her," he asserted.
"Sure. I’d love to converse with a human too in my free ti. Did you ask Brother Izaak to be her friend?" He was inquisitive to know.
"Izaak scared Alora the first day he ca to the residence," Magnus said and rolled his eyes. "Also, he doesn’t like Alora because she possesses such eyes," he explained.
"Brother Izaak must be worried for you sa as our parents," Alaric replied. "I will see Alora tomorrow then," he affird.
"Thank you, Brother." Magnus rose to his feet. "I won’t take any more ti of yours," he added.
"Why don’t you join the High Council?" Alaric suggested to him.
"The people there annoy ," Magnus answered. "Currently, I’m on a bigger mission," he stated.
"A mission to find the answers to Alora’s eyes?" He queried.
"Yes," Magnus admitted.
"Good luck, Brother. I know you’ll succeed," Alaric provided him with his best wishes.
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"Alora! How are you?" Lillian asked as she entered the common room of the palace, where usually she and her siblings would et.
"Greetings to Princess Lillian. I’m doing well," Alora humbly replied, keeping her head low.
"Why do you sound low? Did Mother scold you for using my brother as your shield?" Lillian directed a harsh comnt at her.
Alora’s lips quivered and she was unable to answer her imdiately. "Princess Lillian is wrong," she said after a while. "Queen Mother was happy to see her son smiling with ." She was controlling her tears from falling. Also, her heart would clench every second, but she wasn’t supposed to bring such feelings to her face.
"Lily, I told you not to trouble my wife. You again started to throw harsh comnts at her," Magnus’s voice reached their ears and they both turned attentive. "Lower your eyes because it’s ti for Alora to remove her blindfold," he instructed Lillian.
"Brother cannot do that here. It’s the palace, not his residence," Lillian protested.
Magnus chuckled to hear her. "You think I’ll follow that," he stated and sat next to Alora. Lillian quickly got on her feet and ran out of the room, telling him she would tell their mother.
"As if I’m afraid of my mother," Magnus mumbled and brought his hands to the back of Alora’s head.
"I want to go out," Alora promptly said and he stopped. "I can tour the palace so other ti, Your Highness. Let’s go outside. I never get to see what the capital looks like," she requested him.
"Alright," Magnus dropped his hands to her shoulders. He held her hand and then took her out. However, they didn’t go in a carriage. Instead, Magnus decided to take her out on a horse.
"Why are we going on a horse?" Alora asked when Magnus suddenly pulled off the blindfold from her eyes and stared into her orbs.
"Because that would be more romantic," Magnus responded, "and more enjoyable."
The mont their eyes locked, Alora forgot the pain she was undergoing. She realized she only had so limited ti with him to enjoy. The Queen’s words had deeply affected her as she considered herself selfish for thinking for her own happiness.
"Shall we go then?" Magnus asked.
Alora nodded at him and he helped her in mounting the horse. She was scared because it was her first ti sitting on it and her heart raced in apprehension.
"Relax," Magnus said as he sat behind her, holding the reins firmly in his hands. He hit the horse with his shoe and it started running.
"Oh, the horse is going to run. What if we fall?" Alora asked while being scared.
"We won’t fall," Magnus said as he had his one hand rested firmly on her belly. "I’m good at riding the horses, so you can trust , Wife," he whispered in her ear.
’Trust?’ Alora fell into contemplation. If she would leave his life, would he feel better? Would he be able to enjoy his life? She recalled how he had asked her to put her faith in him.
’Magnus will hate
for not trusting him,’ she thought.
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