Chapter 192: child of a loveless marriage

If I use my authority a lot and force people to kneel in front of me then I would be taken as a tyrant and that would create hatred in their heart for me. Though they would not be able to mouth it. And when they would get a chance I am sure everyone would stand against me, and this was the chance Rosamund was looking for. Do you think i am a fool to bear all this"

"Then get the physical favours, your majesty" i said as i looked at her

"It had been six years to their marriage, your majesty. I have never heard the news of her being pregnant, though I am sure they had spent enough time together to be one, so you never know.

If you are prepared to be a mother in a loveless way, you can demand it from your majesty. He is bound to give you the physical attention as you are her legal and main wife."

"So you want me to beg him to make love to me, if that word could even be used for the act" her words were filled with mocking laugh and i did not know what to say.

"what choice do you have?"

"Leave the palace"

"This is not a fairytale your majesty. Your dreams would be nipped in the bud before it could even bloom, and your fate would be nothing but beheaded empress whom people would not even remember for long" 

Her face was looking red, i could see she was hurt yet she knew that was the truth. She said nothing, moved not at all, just stood there like a doll which was cracking due to the pressure on her shoulders and for once i felt myself lucky, though Cassius never loved me in the past at least his first wife was not alive to torture me day and night.

I knew it felt bad, i would not have been able to do this myself but that was how nobility worked. Commoners thought that we have all, yet they did not know we were covered with the roses which had sharp thrones that were stabbed straight to our heart.

She nodded her head and closed her eyes. I could see the pain on her face, but there was nothing I could do. I had to convince her to be the mother of the future emperor and use her authority to be strong enough, that was the only way of her survival or else she would be killed once the emperor would take birth by her own husband or his another wife.

"So, would you show me your authority or would i have to take another birth for it" I asked to get rid of the sad thoughts they were looming on both of us.

She looked at me as if I was crazy. If only she knew!!

But then she nodded.

"Lets walk back, we need to give a few commands."

I nodded my head with anticipation as I followed her.

We walked back to see Philip sitting there brooding as Roselia was trying to talk to him about all the foolish things that existed in the world, where Sir Edward was making sure he did not move from there, and as a fine gentleman he was trying his best to indulge in her conversation.

When he saw us, he took an audible sigh of relief and for the first time the man looked rather pitiful to me.

"So, you know your royal highness, that cat had stayed with me for all the time when i used to train, she was like my best friend.'' I heard her mumbling and raised a brow.

This better be Damien, whom she had called the cat and not me!!

"Ah, that must have been a wonderful experience to have a cat to do fencing with you, Sir Roselia. I never knew that I had so little knowledge about cats.

Oh, look, my sister even came back from her walk which I was supposed to join an hour ago.

Time sure flew by, and I did not even realise it. You are a very interesting person to talk to."

"Oh, really, then shall i tell you another case where i got a wound on my knee while training in the rain" said Roselia with a glimmering eye and his facade broke.

"Oh, I am sure it would be a wonderful story but I need to spend time with my sister too, right sister." he looked pleadingly at us.

"Oh, no. If you are enjoying the company of Sir Roselia then please continue. We are here to have our meal." she replied, shaking her head and this time even Roselia looked at me with a pleading gaze.

"Oh, i am hungry too. I will join both of you for lunch." he said as he hastily walked towards us.

"So, how did you get a wound when training?" asked Sir Edward in his gruff voice, making my steps halted. Did I hear wrong here, that stony man was listening to her gibberish talk with keen interest.

A smile bloomed on my lips which would be no less than the day Killian would find his love.

I turned back to see her reaction, who was standing there blankly, as if she had received a shock of her life and I wanted to clap there and then.

"Why shall I tell you, hmph? '' she replied as she walked towards me leaving the stony man alone who coughed and his expressions turned hard again, and I sighed.

I became happy too soon. 

Katherine sat on the head seat of the table with full authority, 

Everyone who saw Katherine behaving could see the change. Her eyes were colder and her voice was sharp. All the maids and knights stood alert just her looking at them.

"Are you alright, sister" he asked worriedly as he looked at her face.

"Why, i am fine." 

"You are looking different."

"I think it is because you are seeing me after a long time. I must say the way you have adapted well in duke's palace who would believe that you have come here to ensure my well being." though there was a smile on her face her words were like cold water on him.

"I apologise, but the workload has been a lot and I am still learning their ways, so it took me more time to adapt."

"I can understand, brother. It took me time to understand the filing system by myself, but I am sure the duke must be assisting you well."

He felt further embarrassed but nodded.

"I would visit you more often, in the future sister."

"Ah, do not be so worried about me, I have handled the palace well, and a few mistakes I was making in the past few days will be corrected soon." she replied looking from a distance and I saw the injured knight finally coming back. 

For a moment I blinked again to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me and when I looked back the water was deep and calm without a single ripple of the storm I felt was there to create  havoc in our life.

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