Chapter 121: The Kings courtship.
A strange fortnight passed, during that time Sigrid’s ball was moved because they had to observe two weeks of mourning for the death of the consort.
Even the public execution of the captured rebels was delayed, they rotted away in prison slowly while the outside world started to forget about them.
The newspapers however continued to write about them, sharing every sordid detail of the arch duke’s plan which had been fifty years in the making.
Signed, like many of the citizens had moved on and her interest was now captivated by something ridiculous, the Kings very public courtship of fairy land princess.
As she sat in bed, sipping coffee and frowning at the picture on the front page of the paper which was of the king taking the princess shopping in public, she could not help feeling a little jealous. Why hadn’t her husband taken her shopping? Where was her courtship?
Fairy land princess had the king carrying her shopping bags personally, he was practically eating out of her hands and the people were enjoying it. Thanks to the newspapers, for the very first time ever they could keep up with the affairs of the royal family and other noble households.
"What are you doing?" Roland strolled into the bedroom and gave her a curious glance.
It was rather late for her to still be in bed, given that it was almost noon. His wife was a work obsessed woman, by this time she was usually in one of her restaurants, coffee house or the plantations.
"I am in bed reading the newspaper and drinking coffee." She answered.
"I can see that." Roland answered slowly, unbuttoning his shirt that was sticking to his back.
He had just returned from an afternoon ride and another horse training session. He had also tried to bond with Venom again, and he had a rip in his shirt to show for it.