castle after dark. It took months for him to finally admit where he was going.”
A blush rushed to my cheeks at the notion he even spoke of me. I longed for those memories to come back and wished
Nicholas would return them to me, but what else was he hiding?
“Mother and Father never knew of it, well at the start at least,” Vanessa jumped in as she stared out the window of the
dressing room. “Mother would sometimes play along, as if she had no clue where he’d been or who he saw.” Morgana then
entered the room and threw a pile of clothes down on one of the armchairs.
“You didn’t have to bring everything.” April said as she wandered over to the pile and started pulling out pieces.
She selected a white blouse, a brown button-down vest, and a pair of black trousers. Along with a tidy, black, button up
jacket. There were a lot of buttons.
“We will get you riding boots as well.”
“I’m surprised Nicholas didn’t order these kinds of things when the seamstress was here.” Morgan slumped down on one
of the other chairs and started twirling at her hair.
I noticed then; they were all dressed in similar outfits. No gowns. No jewels. They didn’t look like princesses at all. I felt
my shoulders relax at how comfortable they all seemed around me, perhaps we were becoming friends.
“I will get Nicholas to fetch her again. As Ornella will soon become queen, she will need a bigger wardrobe and will
eventually be moved to the queen’s quarters.”
“Oh, I like the room I’m in.”
April helped me into the blouse then tied up the neckline, before having me shrug on the vest. She gave me a ‘don’t be
stupid’ look at my words and rolled her eyes at me as she began doing up the buttons.
“Don’t be daft, this room is only temporary. You will have your own wing soon enough,” Morgan exclaimed.
“But I don’t need a wing and I am perfectly content to be next to the library.”
“There is another door to the library, so you will just use that one instead,” April interrupted as she began doing up the
buttons of the jacket.
Sighing, there was clearly no changing April’s opinion or even the idea that I wanted to stay in that bedroom. I shut up
while she finished helping me dress. Once Morgana’s boots slipped on to my feet and a cloak wrapped around my shoulders,
we headed down towards the stables.
All three had such different personalities, it was interesting to watch them interact with each other.
Morgana practically skipped to the stables, April stomped forward ahead of us all, while Vanessa linked her arm into mine.
“I’m sorry about when we met,” she whispered.
“It’s alright Vanessa, I understand you wanted to protect your kingdom and home. I would do the same.”
