The King's Request

Quinn fluttered her eyes open to see Vincent sitting on the bed beside her, reading a book. She sat up, making his attention move from the book to her. Quinn was surprised to see him still there since she thought that after last night, it would take time to see him again.

Vincent smiled at her, making her breath hitch at how breathtaking he looked in his blue robe and with white hair falling on his shoulders. His dark eyes seemed to glow as he looked at her, "Morning, my Queen."

She smiled back at him and ran her hand through her hair, "Good morning, how come you are still here?"

"I wanted to talk to you before I leave since I will be away from you, discussing the assasin attack and palace matters." He said as he watched her, making her feel self conscious. Did she look as good as he did in the morning or was she a sight for sore eyes?

"You look very beautiful, Quinn." He said, looking at her seriously..

She blushed as she brought her hand to her mouth, "Oh my, can you hear my thoughts?"

He chuckled a deep exotic laugh as he answered her, "No, I can guess what you are thinking from how you fidgeting and trying to look presentable. You are very beautiful all the time and every time I see you, you become even more beautiful."

Her blush deepened as she looked at him, "Thank you and you are very gorgeous as well."

His lips lifted up in a smile, "Oh, I know. I also know that I need to woe you to earn your love."

Her blush washed away as she took a deep breath and let it go. He continued talking as he raised his hand to hold her cheek, "As soon as I am less busy, I would like to have dinner with you and spend more time with you."

She nodded, "Alright, that is romantic of you."

"I can be more romantic than that, Quinn. I will do anything to see you smile and be happy." He said as he rubbed his thumb against her cheek.

"You are saying that because of the mate bond." She said looking down.

"It is not because of the mate bond, I truly like you and care for you. The mate bond only maximizes what I truly feel for you." He brought his lips to her forehead and pressed a kiss before pulling back.

She felt her heart beat faster at his proximity, his face was inches away from hers. She could see his eyes clearly as he stared into her eyes. He smiled making her gaze go to his lips before he moved back, taking his hand away from her cheek. "Remember that Queen Ellen and Lady Aida are not to be trusted. You should also go to mother's court and greet her after you get ready for the day."

"Okay, I will keep that in my mind and I will go to mother as soon as I am done bathing." She replied as she watched him raise up from the bed, holding his book in hand.

"I will come to you as soon as I am done sorting out the asssain attack issue." He said to her.

"Alright, I will see you then." She replied and watched as he turned around and made his way to the door.

He opened the door and walked out, closing the door behind him. She let out a sigh as she climbed down from the bed. She has already started falling in love with him because he was such a good man, adding to his beauty. Any lady would find it hard to resist him. She wanted to love him and help him break his curse, but she had never been in love. She did not know if he would break her heart later on so that made her afraid.

Quinn made her way to her wardrobe and pulled the door open. Beautiful royal dresses greeted her sight. There were hung on the hangers making her smile. She was worried for a while that the clothes she would get there would not be as nice as hers back in her kingdom.

But they were even nicer than her previous dresses. She pulled a light blue one from its hanger and closed the wardrobe. She made her way to the bathroom to bathe and get ready.

After half an hour, Quinn walked out of the bathroom and made her way to the door just as a knock came on it. Her brows furrowed in confusion, she did not who might come to see her, but she thought that it might have been her maids. "Come in."

The door opened and her nine maids walked in, greeting in unison, "Good morning, your Highness. We are here to serve you."

They stood in two lines and the head at the front like they usually did. Quinn smiled at them, "Good morning, I do not I require of your services right now, but I need to go visit Queen Mother and we shall go together."

"But, your Highness, we are supposed to bathe you and get you ready. The Queen should not exhaust herself with such things." The head maid said as she looked down in respect as the other maids did.

"It is fine, I can bathe myself and clothe myself. I do not need you for such tasks." She said friendly.

Another knock came on the door then and Quinn felt worried that it might have been Queen Mother since she had not greeted her yet, she might have come to greet her. "Come in."

The door opened and a maid she had never noticed before came in, saying, "Greetings, your Highness."

"Hello, what brought you here?" Quinn asked feeling confused.

"Queen Ellen sent me to call you to her court." The maid answered looking down.

That made her realize that Queen Ellen might be planning something cunning. If not, then why should she send her to be called?

"Tell her that I will come as soon as I visit Queen Mother. The King has requested that I see her first." Quinn said to the maid even though she knew that Queen Ellen will be angry if she knew that she was going to visit Queen Mother first.