Chapter 19: The Letter

Kathleen Remes' POV

When morning comes, I was staring at my husband's handsome face in a new light. I was looking at his high cheekbones, his disheveled black hair that covered his forehead as he was breathing softly while he was asleep.

I traced my finger against his chin and strong jaws before I was playing with his eyelashes. It was long and thick that made other women sighed, wishing for one like his.

"I don't think playing with my lashes would be enough for you, my love," he said as he opened his eyes. I pulled back my fingers as I smiled sweetly at him. He took my fingers and kissed it.

"Now what do we have here? I thought I might be moved to another bed this morning," he said as he went on top of me. I was laughing at his caveman attitude before he kissed me. I snaked my hands on his chest before someone knocked on the door.

"Milady, young master. There was a message for you," John said behind the closed door. Kai looked at me as he was smirking.

"Should I answer that or you?" He asked me. I looked at our naked bodies that tangled under the sheet.

"I don't think you want John to look at my naked body, do you?" I said as I rubbed his chest. He growled.

"Damn right you are," he said before he kissed me again, roughly this time.

"Milady, young master?" John's voice was coming again from the other side of the room.

"I think we should get him or he would never let us go in our way," Kai said before he got out of the bed. He stood naked as I looked at his ass before he took the robe and dressed. I pulled the duvet to my chest to hide my body as Kai answered the door.

"Good morning, John," he said before he took something and closed the door again. He turned to look at me, confuse was all over his face as he gave me the letter.

"What is it?" I asked him before he handed me the letter.

"I don't know but perhaps your impeccable knowledge might tell us something," he said as I opened the letter before looking at him. It says:

Mr. And Mrs. Remes-Virtanen. I, King Aaron Remes, has personally invited you to live at the Royal Castle for your training and mentoring you as Acting King and Queen. I hope that this letter will make you consider to come to the castle at once. -King Aaron Remes

I looked at Kai who was looking at me.

"Well?" He asked me as I folded the letter back. I sighed before taking the duvet as I got out of the bed.

"Oh no, you don't," Kai said as he took my wrists and pushed me back onto the bed. I shrieked, not because I was afraid but I was laughing at his caveman style.

"You make me wake up early in the morning already," I said as I looked at his towering body over my naked ones. The robe has been discarded. He smirked at me.

"well, you can never be satisfied with just thrice a night," he said as he went to kiss my collarbone. I sighed because he was right. I was not sated with only that amount with him.

"So, what do you say, my love? Care to give in for your husband?" He asked huskily against my left ear as he left a trail of kisses against my skin. They were burning with an intensity that only Kai knew how to make it go away. Damn him and his notorious way to make me want him more and more.

"I don't know, my love. We must reply to the letter that my father sent me," I said as I waved the letter in front of him. Kai took it before he threw over his head.

"We take care of that later, but for now, you must take care of me," he said huskily as he went to kiss my smiling lips and indulged in the passion of our bodies needed.

After that morning session in bed, Kai has left for his study as he got a phone call about a business deal that I don't want to know. sometimes, I just wished he would not be spending so much time there but perhaps I have some time for myself as well.

I went to look at the letter, again and again, trying to make out what my father was talking about. Why he wanted us to be in that castle? My sister would never be approved. She would think that I was trying to get her rightful place as Queen. Even though I already was.

I sighed before I rang my father, it took a few rings before his secretary answered it.

"Good morning, your highness," he said.

"I need to speak with my father," I said.

"One moment," he said before he connected me to the other line, the one that they thought might be secured but there will be people listening. I learned that lesson the hard way.

"Hello?" My father said to me.

"Hello father, listen I cannot talk much but I will try to make it as simple as I could," I said in Russian.

My father's father was from Russia which means I talked to grandpa in Russian as well as my father. It would be our little secret to talk about something without people knowing what the thing was all about. It was the security that we developed to get the eavesdroppers not understanding a thing.

we make sure that our employees around the castle could not speak another language except for the ones that they can but not Russian. It was strictly forbidden for them unless it was me, my father or my grandpa. My sister learned it as well but she did not like it as she thought it was not sophisticated like French or Italian. I guess my sister only loves Romance languages more.

"well, what do you want to ask me?" My father asked me. I sighed before I told him. I closed my eyes to calm the nerves and I will try to make it less obvious than it already was.

"Why do you want me and Kai to spend our time at the Royal Castle? You know it was for the crown princess only," I said to him. He sighed. He must know that I would never agree to move into the same house as my sister. It happened when she betrayed me 5 years ago.

"daughter, I only wanted you close to me as my time of reigning will be over soon and you will be the one that took my place," he said. I rolled my eyes at him.

"well, that was not much an excuse to change home now. You already established me that I will be spending here, at the Summer castle for the rest of my time and now that I was the acting Queen, you wanted me to go there? No thank you, sir," I said as I was pacing back and forth in my bedroom.

"you have to, it's the tradition that—"

"the tradition also said that the crown princess will be the one that will be replacing after the last monarch steps down. But no, you have to make me the acting Queen," I said as I was looking outside the window of my bedroom.

I gripped onto the bar as I was trying to see myself living in my old bedroom in the Royal Castle. Would it be the same as I left them 5 years ago or would I be staying in another place? My father sighed, meaning I was winning this argument with him.

"Fine, daughter, but I will let this one slide until more pressing matters come before you will be moved into the castle even if I have to do it by my own hands," he said before I smiled as I released the bar.

"Thank you, father," I said as I closed my eyes, relief through my body.

"until next time, I have to get matters at hand," my father replied.

"Yes, of course, next time," I said before I ended the call. I looked at the window and the setting sun that was about to sink. I heard footsteps from the door as it was closed. The heat from behind made me leaned into it.

"I don't know you speak Russian as well," Kai said in Russian as he was kissing my neck. I angled it to the side so that he has more access to my skin.

"well," I said as I turned around and pushed him toward the bed. He was smirking as he could read desire in my eyes.

"It looks like those conversations did worth something for me after all," Kai said as he throws himself on the bed and I stranded his stomach.

"you can say that again," I said before claiming his mouth in an enticing kiss that will be leading us more.

Unknown's POV

Damn it, damn it, damn it.

How can Aaron do such a thing even after his wife's death was only a few weeks after that? He did planning to make Katherine the one that will reign, giving the crown princess title and all the privileges with it. I need to think straight, I cannot let anger consumed me. A knock brought me back to reality.

"Come in," I said as I was trying to formulate a counter-attack this time.

"Ah, you've come. As I expected," I said.

"yes, your highness," my nephew replied to me. I smiled at him. I was having more faith in this boy but with the recent event, I don't know if I choose the right one.

"well, what can you say about your little visit to the palace?" I said after I hugged him and lead him into my study.

"well, I heard the king has made his decision to make sure that Katherine will be the Queen. They have been preparing her with lots of classes about etiquette and history and politics and so much more that I cannot remember," my nephew said as we walked through the door.

so he did not know it yet. No matter, I will make sure that Katherine was the one end up on the crown with Chris by her side, my chosen one.