Luanlia did not want to contact Lariel at all, but one night he met her in the garden under the light of a bright plasmoid.
"Can't sleep?" He tenderly asked the princess, who was leaning her back against the cold wall of the quiet rusting fountain.
She lowered her eyes in embarrassment at the sight of the regal handsome man, trying not to think about anything in awkward silence.
Lariel sat down next to her on the bench.
"Let me ease your pain, I know you won't ask for it, but it's unbearable to see you suffer."
Luanlia didn't move.
"Are you so embarrassed by me? I wonder, why? You've learned to hide your thoughts. Congratulations, you have settled well into our society. I am glad. You are the only princess who doesn't want anything from me. Why are you silent? I must have offended you in some way?"
"No, not at all!" Luanlia shook her head. "I live comfortably in your kingdom, there is a lot of attention and warmth. Very nice atmosphere. At first it seemed that men were using me to achieve euphoria, but I learned to enjoy it too. Sometimes it seems that there are even too many pleasures. But now I'm suffering from back pain... For some reason I envied having the wings."
Luanlia broke away from the wall and sat down next to the King, hoping for his selfless help.
He gently touched her back and relief was not long in coming.
"Thank you! I felt much better."
"Contact me, I'm always happy to help!"
He moved closer to her and leaned down, touching her neck with his lips, but Luanlia jumped up sharply and ran away from him without looking back.
***
For two days now, Luanlia could not find Gedeon anywhere. It was as if he was hiding from her and did not catch the eye on the city streets.
He didn't even appear in his room in the palace, no matter how many times she looked there. She found him in a park in the shade of spreading bushes in a depressed state.
"Are you offended by me?" Luanlia asked confused.
He looked at her and covered his face with his hands, shaking his head negatively.
"What's happened?"
"Sorry! I'm very ashamed, I can't look you in the eye."
"What have you done?"
She sat down next to him and began smoothing his disheveled hair.
"Why are you crying? No matter what, I still love you."
"But this cannot be forgiven!" Gedeon screamed.
"I don't even know what I need to forgive for. Tell me!"
"They set up me an orgy! They blindfolded me and took me into some house, I thought it was some kind of game, and then they undressed me and started caressing me, I couldn't run away, they held me and there were a lot of them, but I couldn't see anything because of the bandage. They kissed me on the lips and body many times, I don't even know who. I remember many hands sliding over me. It was terrible!"
"And why are you ashamed?" Luanlia was indignant. "You didn't come there on your own, you were lured by these blackwinged."
"They spoke kind words and called me Lamori. Who told them this?" Gedeon lamented sadly.
"I haven't told anyone this, honestly!" Luanlia got excited. "And I don't see your fault and I can't be against your communication with other women. Every day someone tries to seduce me."
"But I didn't want this. Why did they think that I needed this, I didn't ask anyone for this. I'm sure everything was set up specifically to humiliate and corrupt me, but I'm terribly disgusted..."
"Do you think this was set up by my husband?" Luanlia asked.
"I don't know who, I won't ask my father. He will laugh that I was horrified by the orgy and didn't like it. But I'm sure this is one of the aristocrats, they are all clairvoyants and telepaths. It is not necessary to say something out loud, they always know what they need, any secret. Someone found out about my gift and now the blackwinged will start chasing me. Now I'm here hiding from them."