Chapter 82 - The Unexpected Gift

[ Thousand Years Earlier ]

"Close your eyes, sweety. No cheating okay. Yes, yes, straight, just a few more steps ahead."

King Sinclair was guiding his beloved wife, Syna, through the vast stretched corridor, with walls dipped in maroon shades, towards their personal chamber.

His hands were placed on her eyes perhaps the lord had a surprise for his beautiful wife. Syna chuckled as she placed her hands on his.

"And thy lips quenched the thirst of fallen tears; where the hairs on thy skin feared thy twilight kiss; that cup of woe was left untouched; leaving thee breathless in a world of eternal bliss;" 

"You know his highness, it's nearly impossible to walk in this heavy gown with my eyes covered by your hands. What if I topple over?"

Queen Syna tried to complain to her husband about the heavy gown he gifted to her early in the morning.

The royal lavender shaded gown sure was a big deal to carry as it had diamonds all over it, embedded in the laces that trailed from her neckline towards feet in two parallel rows. 

Other than those heavy diamond laces the dress was tailored plainly as per the Queen's taste but it had multiple layers of net clothing beneath the flare to give the dress a volume beneath the hem portion. 

On the top of the chest rested a huge, blood shaded ruby stone in an oval shape, a little below the Queen's collarbone. King Sinclair fully acknowledged her taste in clothing and personally instructed the tailor regarding the gown.

"Ah! Don't be that cruel to complain regarding my gift, my lady. I won't let you topple over and don't worry I will be there to catch you."

King Sinclair chirped to his wife within a romantic tone as he was still keeping his hands on her eyes.

"As I yearn for thee day and night; thoughts of being together on a secret mountain side; a small shack; iron stove with heating kindling; no need for castles and flags; to be caressed and solemnly touched by thy warmth; I saw thy eyes and saw my hope inside…"

"Stole me and my flowers only to bring me to the fields of jasmines; leave me not as thee is my fertile earth; I simply want to grow in."

The lord opened the huge door with one hand when the Queen peeked immediately and Sinclair pouted as if he became angry.

"You are too impatient, my queen. That's cheating."

His remarks made Syna giggle as she gave him a kiss on the cheek, which elevated his mood at once as the lord pulled her closer by waist. They both were standing on the doorsteps of their personal chamber with the door slightly opened.

Their breaths were brushing each other's face when King Sinclair leaned forward to steal a kiss and Syna placed her hand on his mouth to stop His Highness.

"You are too naughty, always ongoing, my king. So, what is the surprise?"

King Sinclair sighed and smiled like a fool as he pushed the door open, the pungent fragrance of roses was filling the room with romantic atmosphere, dim fancy lanterns were lit on every square corner illuminating the color of golden. Special incense sticks were lit to enhance the capability and to draw out a romantic scenario.

"Heated passions to be of much worth; thy soft velvets clothed or not; surrounded by heightened moans; lovers dance in warm rainy nights; woken only by a thunderous reverie; shall I not hold thee in moments of these delicate shimmers; where our moments of embrace gave way to smokeless fires;"

Queen Syna was eager for the surprise as they both arrived into the room, roses were showered on her out of nowhere, of course, he was indeed a master with spells.

Red petals were scattered on the floor forming a carpet, the lights were changed to the color of gold, the bed covers were also red, perfect for a newly married couple.

"And her cheeks and her lips, so soft, like truffles of snow fresh fallen in the fields of naivety. Her smile that seeks a candor of desires; the drama the daydream it discovers; leave me a mind of peace shall thee not if only I could glance at thy innocence again;"

Queen Syna blushed red like roses as King Sinclair interlaced her hand and took her towards the bed. There was a black small square box decorated with a golden ribbon, resting beautifully on the red silk sheets in the middle of the bed, in the midst of a few petals that were placed in a heart shape.

"What is this, my lord?"

She gave a questioning look to Sinclair who simply nodded and signalled her to open the box, to which the queen followed with a quizzical yet a gleeful look on her face.

And there laid "CUPCAKES" in between red paper cups, each cake had a different flavour with fresh fruit bites stuffings, each mound had a chocolate syrup made with cocoa beans.

Queen Syna loved cupcakes when she was back in the Rosario Kingdom, that her maid used to bake them at the palace kitchen with different flavours of fresh fruits, that a person could munch on the bits baked within the fluffy cake.

But here in Wizardry kingdom no one knew how to bake them as Queen Syna once asked the cooks. So King Sinclair decided to visit Rosario Kingdom often just to get her some delicious cupcakes.

The Lord loved the lady so deeply that he was ready to sacrifice and to pay every price just to make his queen happy. Although it was a marriage happened originally with the intention to cause a cease-fire between the two kingdoms.

But the mighty king never brought up that thing, ever to mock or to put the aristocratic lady in the place, rather he fell in love with her at the first sight when they got engaged officially. The Lord used to sneak out in her resting chamber at nights just to meet his beloved wife-to-be.

If anyone knew about that they would have been scared to death as for people it was an unbelievable thing to swallow that their Lord had such a soft and romantic side too.

King Sinclair of Wizardry Kingdom was known to be cruel and ruthlessly cold, regardless of these facts, King Dimitri of Rosario Kingdom proposed his daughter as a bait to request for peace.

But no one would have ever imagined even in their dreams that King Sinclair could be whipped by the lady from neighbouring enemy kingdom, Queen Syna changed her husband and made a gentleman out of him.

The tyrannical Lord who happened to punish people on small things started to forgive, the sarcastic lord who didn't spare anyone tend to speak in a formal manner excluding mockery from his addressings.

They both were each other's mate and left a positive change, as King Sinclair started to scratch his stiff outer shell to bring out his romantic side. Queen Syna tried to put aside her excessive impulsive nature in a trial to understand the things before reacting.

"Gaze into my darkened eyes; see a naked city in back alleys under a cloudy sky; strawberry kisses to thy neck; cherished grasps as thy hips move; lust and love mix; steam escapes through bronzed curtains; on my wild and cold streets;"