Chapter 326: Return to Lockwood (1)
After no one came forward after Rafael gave them the chance to fight him, he left the knights to keep an eye on everyone leaving the camp and went to his tent to write a letter he would have someone send to the palace about his plans for a truce.
When the letter was finished and tucked away to be sent out in the morning, Rafael found water to wash up with and then returned to his tent to rest.
He laid in the tent alone, not wanting to be bothered by both the knights and guards. There were many changes he had to make in his life because of his relationship with Annalise so he had to start planning them now.
For one, he thought about her future time in the manor. Rather than move her to another room that was on the same floor as his bedroom, he would prefer to place her things in his own room. To avoid having things said about Annalise staying with him when they were not married, he would have a room belonging to her but invite her to his room when the servants were asleep.
Rafael also thought of her needing more dresses and pants for her stay with him. He had enough money saved to spoil her. To decorate her body with the finest things and to also buy her more swords or armour.
He wanted to make her life in the manor to be as pleasant as possible and since she once worked as a maid, he needed to keep an eye on what the servants said or did concerning her. He remembered the maid who complained about Annalise and thought of letting her go.
They were still in the early part of their relationship to be considering marriage already, but just as he planned back when he decided to stop entertaining women he didn’t see a future with, he was going to marry the woman he decided to court next, which was Annalise.
He needed a way to let her know of his plans to be with her in the future while not scaring her off since she wasn’t ready for marriage.
Rafael turned to lay on his side, looking at the empty space he would have liked to have Annalise present. Before all his other plans, he wanted to get her here to be the last thing he saw when going to sleep and the first thing he saw in the morning.