Chapter 12: I’m Doing It For You
Annalise stood on the porch with Sera as they watched Lord Kenric muttering something to each of the servants and guards that were ready to leave the castle and head back to the Grand Duke’s mansion.
She was curious to know what he was saying to them but unfortunately, there was no way for her to find out the answer. The distance between them was huge and even her enhanced hearing was not able to find anything.
Her eyes turned to look at the sky and found the sun that was slowly sinking towards the horizon. It was already half past four in the afternoon and within three hours, the night would descend.
She wondered if there would be another storm at night but then was reminded that the previous night’s storm was the result of the bad mood of one of her husbands. Which one? She had no idea.
"My lady, the Lord is looking at you," Sera informed Annalise when she noticed the latter gazing at the sky, totally oblivious to the attention of her husband that was now turned towards her.
Annalise’s gaze moved hurriedly, leaving the sky and turning towards the Lord who was now coming towards her. It took him just a few seconds to cross the distance and appear on the porch right in front of her.
"They are leaving. Do you want to say anything to them?" he asked as he stood there towering over her with an almost unnoticeable twitch on his lips. He still looked too handsome for her eyes to not betray her.
Annalise nodded her head before she walked down the few steps leading down the porch and headed towards the group of servants and guards. As she approached them, she tried to look at all their faces and recalled if she had ever interacted with them and found that she had talked with almost everyone present there during the two decades of her life that she spent in the Grand Duke’s mansion.
"Thank you... for everything that you all have ever done for me, and also for the help that you all provided today in clea..." Annalise trailed off when Lord Kenric suddenly started coughing. He stopped too as soon as she stopped and pretended to clear his throat.
She was left totally confused. She arched her eyebrows while looking at the Lord in confusion, waiting patiently for him to clarify what was going on.
Kenric moved closer to her, making her heartbeat pick up its speed, something that was becoming a new normal for her. A gasp almost escaped her lips when he lowered his face and brought it closer to hers before moving it to the side against her ear.
There was barely any space left between their cheeks and she could even feel his warm breath grazing her ear, making goosebumps appear all over her body. Before this, she wasn’t aware that her ears could be this sensitive.