Book 7: Chapter 35
I gently covered Luna with the blanket and then picked Luna up from her waist. Luna curled up in my arms and snored quietly with a blissful smile on her face.
‘I don’t know about the other nights, but Luna should be able to get a good night of sleep tonight. At least she’ll be able to have a nice dream. I can’t give Luna anything. I can only promise to always remain at her side, regardless of where we go or what we do. I’ll always let her stay next to me and look after me. This should’ve been a request I made of her, yet she saw it as me showing her affection.’
‘If this makes her my mistress, then I think this mistress of mine is too pitiful.’
“Is the moment of bliss over?” Lorana opened the curtain. I gently ran my hand across Luna’s face. I then straightened up to look at Lorana and replied, “Uhm… I guess so. What’s wrong? Is something up?”
Lorana shrugged and replied, “I think that you’re the only one who can act like nothing’s the matter in this situation, Your Majesty. When you and your maid were getting cosy, we three did our best for our lives. Look at your tent and the ones around. We did all of that.”
I pointed at Luna who was lying on the bed. Lorana hesitated for a moment then laughed dryly and scratched her head. She said, “But the credit for saving Luna goes to you, Your Majesty… Let’s put all that aside for now, though. Your Majesty, please come over. Although the three of us have reached a consensus, the final decision lies with you.”
“Is there a problem?”
“Yes. Come with me.”
I left the tent. This rest station isn’t spacious. It was lit up by the fire right now. It’s late at night now, but the guards coming back and forth were moving in a very compact manner. We naturally have to increase our defences when it’s likely that we’ll be attacked at night. Lorana and I went up to Tarak’s tent and then squeezed in.