Chapter 140
"You already look like a queen, Amelia."
"Thank you," Amelia replied to Gina’s compliment.
She stared at herself in the mirror in Killian’s room as Gina continued to fidget with her appearance. Unlike the first night, she spent in the castle she was now allowed to get dressed and go to the dining hall to have dinner with everyone present in the castle.
Gina placed Amelia’s tiara in her hair as the final touch for the night. "There might be someone trying to embarrass you but you must remain calm. Do not let them see they have gotten you all riled up. Remember how much it used to boil your father’s blood when you would not respond when he made sly comments? That will piss off the people here too."
"I already have a game plan for how I will deal with the people here but thank you. You are much more hands-on here than you were back home. I’m proud," said Amelia. As her personal maid, Gina needed to be quick on her feet to handle any situation that Amelia was worried about at first but Gina was proving her wrong. "Seems to me like you were slacking off back then."
"Hey! I like to think I was saving my amazing skills for when you would become queen. Besides, with how dangerous the north is for the two of us, I need to be on my feet," Gina replied.
"Right. Gina, I was thinking that what if instead of my maid you become a lady in waiting? It will grant you special privileges," said Amelia.
Gina was excited at the thought of it but then remembered her low status. "But I am just a commoner. There will be other ladies who come from good families and can offer you far better connections. People will wonder why you picked me."
"Because there is no one else I trust like you. Raising your status is not the issue. I can put one of the homes back home in your name to increase your wealth. And as luck will have it, I seem to have the king of the north ready to do anything for me to please me."
"I am still here," Killian said from the bed to make his presence known. He was bored from waiting for Amelia to get all dressed up just to eat. He did not see the point of it. She would dress up for an hour at dinner and then return to get dressed for bed. Killian was in his casual clothes not caring to dress up for anyone joining him at dinner.
"Would you prefer that I talk about you behind your back? I am ready for dinner so you can stop acting like watching me get ready is the most painful thing in the world. I am used to this from when I was a little girl so now you have to get used to it. You can retire for the night once you are finished and remember to think about what I suggested. Come you grumpy man," Amelia went to the bed to poke Killian.