bleeding crowns, silver tongues

I felt my heart kinda go off. Did he just want to love me because he's forced to be with me for ever? My negative thoughts kept getting to me and I looked at him and I see him get closer and look into my eyes.. he is letting himself fall for me, the thought made my heart flutter but me nervous. " I-I am scared" I say and I look down and play with St. Michaels mane. " I have had three engagements , and they were over within 6 months " I say and I bite my lip " What if I fall for you and one day I'm torn away from you because I have to find my country an army and tools and I have to mrry someone else when I'm in love with you I can't-" I say and my fingers touch my lips " I loose myself when I'm around you, the almost kiss, the dancing , I feel like I can be soft and we get lost together and it's amazing but I have a job to do and I'm just scared" I said sharing my conflicting thoughts." All I think now is you and that almost kiss and it scares me how at how at home I feel "

I saw her come in and I was kinda surprised as she's been very iffy on me as I want marriage material. But she was actually excited and agreed with me... I see her face light up and her become excited and I loved that, I thought all girls should play with weapons if they want or well not exactly play but you get what I mean. " let's start you off easy" o say and I go to the swords and I pull out a lighter weight, smaller one that would be easier to control. " now don't point this at someone who you don't want to kill" I say and I handed it to her and my hand slid on top of hers "Grip it like this" I say as o showed her how, now you basically use this to shove there sword away to get to there heart... to kill or protect yourself" I say with a smile as I slowly took my hands of hers to let her get a feel for herself and hold it yourself. " like the feeling?" I ask looking into her pretty brown eyes.

I didn't know they set the date...It was actually happening. " Im getting married" I say and I didn't know how to feel, Being married is scary but It was WIth Damien, arguments or not, he was the nicest prince and man in general I have met and the feeling he gave me when he looked at me. I hoped I never lost that giddy butterfly feeling, especially with him. But being married, in all my others engaments is that they would't let me rule. Id have my queen title but it was them who ruled my country, not me an I hoped he would let me rule as well be a loving wife...and equal partnership I wanted and it was uncommon.

" So If I get attached... Youll still be here, with me"I say and I see him nodd and I had a smile appear on my face. " Okay" I say and look forward. " I might be taking things slow if thats okay" I say nervously. " I haven't even kissed anyone" I say and I burred my face in my hands with embarrassment

( fun fact, Queen Mary of Scotts was one of the first queen with a husband who actually ruled. Francis loved her so much that he stepped aside or at least kept her rule her own country)

" A duel?" I say with a laugh. " I dont think your ready" I say and chuckle. " Hold on" I say and I went out if the room and went into this closet and chuckled when I found it. " I wore this when I was little, When my Father taught me how to duel" I said and it was this jacket with padding, just case so you didn't cut yourself or fling yourself on a blade. " Here put it on" I say, taking her sword so she could slip the padded leather ish jacket on. " You look good" I say with a smile as I handed her sword back.

I go and grabbed my sword and I see her grip it how I told her. " Okay raise it up like so" I say as I directed her how as I showed her how as well. " so you swipe back and forth-" I go on about how to hit with your sword and such. Teaching her the basic and what not to do. I loved her cute focused face. She really wanted to learn and do this and that was so cool to me.

I sigh and nod, " I guess im a guarded person" I say and I nodd about the wedding. Where I would be signed off to him and part of me wanted to never marry, to rule my country on my own and to just be powerful and strong in my own right; as a proud woman. but sadly I needed a marriage to help my country and most countries , want a marriage to have a permanent alliance.

I giggle as he says that cheeky comment and I shake my head " hmm we will have to see" I say with a smile as I gave a little nudge to my horse who started trotting again. I was nervous, If my world was perfect I would rule England and Scottland alone and men would fear my power, most do actually as I come off as cold, My cold eyes didn't help the matter much either.

I sigh and I heard a yelling noise and then a "shhh" noise. " Damien" I say and look behind me to where he was. We were not alone...

( I was thinking about having an ambush or!!! We could do that scene were the castle is taken over and the girls are kinda trapped with the men and such and we would put our own twist on that episode with the poisoned gold if you get what I mean)

I smile as she got the hang of it. " exactly!" I say and I see the girls snickering and I saw her whole attitude change. Its a shame, how girls were against each other... They needed to be together. What was wrong with knowing your way with a swod? A queen and being close to the king can land you in tricky spots and you needed to know how to defend yourself because not every time a knight in shining armor will save you.

" You okay?" I ask as I see her sword put down and I frown. SHe was having so much fun before those girls and I just wished she lived through fun and love rather than duty and following the "norm" but then again, The normal was the only way society and men accepted woman.

Annabelle Marie Dunkeld ♚

Queen of Scotts

― Everything felt off. The ride with Damien went well. He flirted a little and we confirmed our marriage. Yeah the whole mistress situation was not doing so well as she actively liked to make me upset. Honestly, I cared about Damien and if she made him happy then I would not get in the way of that because at the end of the day, I care about him and would be his wife and I just wanted the man happy; even if I couldn't be the one to make him happy.

As we got inside, I said goodbye to Damien with a smile, a little bit of a hurry as my corset was digging into me painfully from the horse riding and I needed a breather. As I was about to get into my room, the King was marching down the hall. " Annabelle! come with me, now" he says and grabs my hand and we hurried into the meeting room. " Italy" he says and shakes his head. " We had a war with them a year or two ago, and I killed the King's blood line to retaliate " I nodd and I turn to see Damien and the king. " They might be here, the guards spotted two here getting back to me. Whatever you do, stay guarded. You Annabelle can not be alone. You Damien better not die, You will be king some day and hey will not take that away from you"

I was overwhelmed, at first I thought the king was ill, as he has been having off days lately but this was too much for him to lie about. Im sure maybe the kings would have a proper chat and figure it out.. right? " Well sit down with him if you can, talking him down seems like a good solution" I say and The king nods. " Retire to your chambers, both of you stay together" He says to Damien and me and I bite my lip as I grew scared. We could be stolen, we could be killed, held hostages, I could be... handled by men and make me not able to marry damien. I was scared. But I didn't show it... for now.

Leo C. Tremble ♚

Nobleman

― It was starting to get later in the day after I had taught Adelaine sword skills. She was a little weird after some girls saw her and it annoyed me how judgmental girls were. I noticed the castles demeanor had changed. The staff was less friendly and I was seeing more and more guards ive never seen before. Was that the color of our guards? Why am i just noticing now. An idea hit me when I heard some Italian words and I immediately went to the king. I saw him already with the two queens and his son. " The guards, I heard one speak Italian" I say and I sigh. " Find out where the king is. Ill get our soldiers.. our guards" I ramble on as I grabbed some papper and feverishly wrote as we were on the break of being hostages.

I got my letters out as Damien and Annabelle were dismissed. I walked through the halls as I see Adelaine. " No!" I whisper and walk over to her. " Go in Annabelle's room or your own. lock your door, grab the other ladies also. We might be under siege." I say and I grabbed my knife and I grabbed my hand ad placed my knife in it. " Keep it just in case" I say and I hear more yelling. " Ill walk you but hurry" I say frantically as I had no idea how and what to do and what they wanted. I had an idea and I knew girls who were as pretty as Adelaine had changes of being used and her chances for marriage to a noble would me over. So I sent a prayer out and hoped to god nothing would happened; especially to the Queen of Scots. If she could not marry and she got legitimized under our court, we would have hell to pay.