Chapter 135: Fighting back (1)
"I cannot take any more of this. I cannot take part in another dance," Lily said, holding onto Penelope for support. "Rue, did you not bring along any guards from the border? What happened to your guards?"
"They are at home. My father didn’t think we would need them tonight," Rue replied. "Why?"
"There is someone amongst your guards who catches Lily’s fancy," Penelope revealed.
Lily pinched Penelope. "You are wrong."
"Then, who is it that you have been waiting for to arrive in town? You have been looking for someone. Do not lie to me," said Penelope.
Lily didn’t want to share who she was waiting for since her feelings were slipping away as the days passed. She could not wait much longer for the man who once had her affection to arrive in Lockwood.
"I am not lying. Prepare yourself for trouble," Lily said, being the first one to notice a group of their peers approaching.
"Lady Penelope," Octavia curtsied. "Let me be the first of my friends here to congratulate you on your wedding. You were more determined than I thought to steal away the prince."
"I was hardly determined to steal him from anyone," Penelope replied, bored with the talk already.
Octavia smiled. "In our eyes, you were. Your marriage was a bit surprising to us since you so loudly claimed that you did not want to be with the prince."
"I also said that I didn’t want to be queen, and here I stand, not the future queen. Nothing about what I said in the past was ever a lie. I simply was so lucky to have a man willing to do anything to marry me," Penelope replied.