A night with the king 2~
Walking into the queen's chamber, King Arthur found his wife, Queen Elizabeth, lying on the bed as the physician attended to her.
"Luckily for you, the lightning didn't cause any damage to you, my queen, possibly because there was already a weak protection spell on you; someone cast a spell of protection on you," the physician explained.
"Yes, my mother cast a protection spell on me before leaving home. I didn't think the spell was still standing because it's been a week now," Elizabeth replied to the physician.
"Then it must have been a potent spell. You fell due to the shock of the lightning; your brain misinterpreted it as a strike, so your body responded. The physician brought out a small vase from his bag and handed it to Elizabeth.
"This is a fragrance; pour a little amount of it every day, and it will help protect you from lightning attacks. "The physician smiled, "See it as my little present to the queen." He handed her maid the vase, who was beside him. The physician stood, bowed, and left.
"Leave us," King Arthur commanded. Everyone in the room, including Elizabeth's personal maid, Kira, and Cristal, left the king and the queen alone.
The sun had gone down, and the day was turning night. Queen Elizabeth was still on her veil, lying still on the bed, staring at the king as he slowly approached her.
Elizabeth felt the hair around her tense. The king had already blown out all the candles and lamps. It was a little dark, but they could see each other and feel each other breathing.
"So nothing happened to you?" The deep, muscular voice of the king filled Elizabeth's ears, and she felt her heart beat hard and her voice almost escaped her lips.
The king smiled; he had this effect on women, and he was well aware of it. "Remove your veil, let me see your face," King Arthur spoke, but it was more of a command.
Obediently, Elizabeth carefully removed her veil, and the king took it and tossed it to the floor."Elizabeth, daughter of lord wilfred, today I shall be with you as a husband is with his wife."
King Arthur sat down on the bed and leaned closer to Elizabeth, brushing her hair behind her ears. Elizabeth felt the cold shivering touch of the king; she imagined it warm, but she guessed the king wasn't called the god of storms for nothing.
Looking into each other's eyes, so intense, Elizabeth was almost panting, was she scared or just scared of what was to come, either way, she was.
"Don't be scared," he said, reassuring her that he wasn't going to hurt her, but the words flew past the window. Immediately, the king buried his lips on Elizabeth's lips.
"My king..."Elizabeth moaned the words out, but the king didn't seem to relent, nor did the king respond. Their lips intertwined, and Elizabeth felt pain.
Knowing this won't end, Elizabeth shut her eyes tight, determined to bear the pain till the end. If this was what it cost to be the king's wife, she might as well go through it, tough.
Hours later. Elizabeth opened her eyes, and the sun flashed directly at her. It was daylight.
Elizabeth found herself naked on the bed. Immediately, she remembered what had happened the previous night, only that the king was nowhere to be seen. Was that how it works? The king would come at night and disappear during the day. Elizabeth didn't want to think further about it as she was feeling sore all over. She felt like crying.
Someone knocked at the door." My queen, it is I, your maid, I am here for your morning bath." The voice of Kira sounded from behind the door.
"Come in," Elizabeth replied in a low voice.
Kira walked in with three other maids, who were also Elizabeth's maids. One was holding some linen, and the other was holding a bowl of oil for the queen.
The three maid turned their back toward the queen as she stood up to get her robe before going into the washroom. On getting to the room, Elizabeth sat inside the small pool."You may come in now."
Kira entered the room and shut the door behind her. "How is the water temperature, my lady?" Kira asked. "Good" was Elizabeth's short response.
Kira took a sponge and soap and walked into the pool. The pool wasn't that deep, as it just leveled out above her waist. Steam-like particulars were coming out of the pool, and so it was almost like dew.
Immediately, Kira began silently washing Elizabeth's body extremely tenderly, starting from her feet up to her shoulders, after which Kira poured shampoo on Elizabeth's hair, and the smell of lavender filled Elizabeth's nostrils, the smell of home. Elizabeth spent an extra five minutes inhaling the shampoo's fragrance before allowing Kira to wash it off.
After a thorough warm bath, Elizabeth entered her room, holding her rod in one hand and Kira by her side.
The bed cover had already been changed, and the room had been tidied up. The maid came and assisted Elizabeth in removing her robe, revealing a white cotton gown that reached above the knee.
Kira brought out a blue gown decorated with white linen and a few tiny buttons at some edges." This would look wonderful on you, my queen," she said, smiling brightly.
The other Maids nodded in approval. Elizabeth stared at the gown for a while before giving a faint smile. "It looks lovely."