Unexpected arrival

KARA'S POV

"Can't you see I'm busy with my husband?" I told the guard.

The guard observed the scene before him and a fearful look appeared on his face.

"Your Highness, it's not safe to remove his muzzle he might harm you again," he said worriedly.

"He won't do anything, he knows what'll happen if he tries again," I said glancing back at Aldric momentarily. "You can go I'll call you when I'm done I won't be too long."

"Very well, Your Grace," He said as he turned away.

Once the guard left I turned back to Aldric who was giving me a look of confusion. Much like Griffith had back in my room last night.

Aldric much like Griffith was wondering why I wasn't acting the way Kara usually acted.

"You're looking at me as if I've grown horns on my head," I commented.

"You might as well be," he replied.

I helped him finish the soup and he didn't say another word. Once I was done I put the muzzle back over his mouth and then put the dishes back in my bag. I stood up and made my way to the cell door calling for the guard to come. 

I didn't have to look back to know Aldric was staring at me as I left probably wondering what had just happened.

I returned to my quarters and prepared myself for bed.

I thought about my encounter with Aldric as well as with Griffith the night before. I was still just winging it. I had yet to come up with a plan for how I was going to convince Kara's husbands that I was on their side and wanted to work with them. I was sort of hoping the ideas would come to mind as I went along. But I was starting to doubt if I would be able to do it. Seeing Aldric in that state was quite hard.

Knowing what he, Griffith, and Isaac have had to endure made me wonder if they would listen to me. I mean if I were in their positions I wouldn't listen to what I have to say either. But I had no choice, I had to convince them regardless of how selfish it was, I was innocent as well in all this, I thought to myself as I slipped into the sheets of the bed. But then I thought to myself but they didn't know that.

That night as I slept I was once again haunted by dreams of my family. Just like the night before my mother was near me crying. I couldn't open my eyes no matter how hard I tried. I couldn't reach out to her and comfort her to stop crying. I could hear my father and brother's voices they were also there. All three were saying something as well but I couldn't hear them properly. I just heard one or two words the rest was a mumble. 

I fought as hard as I could to open my eyes but it was no use. So for what felt like an eternity I just lay there unable to do anything as my family cried.

 I woke up crying in the middle of the night and found myself in the castle bedroom. My body was trembling and shaking. I sat up breathing heavily.

I couldn't continue to sleep like this. Things were already bad enough since I missed my family and my world, but to have to dream about it in such an agonizing way as well was too much.

There was nothing more painful than dreaming and longing for something you couldn't have. I had to accept the fact that I had died and somehow got warped up into this story. There was no way for me to return home. The sooner I accepted it the sooner I could move on and focus on surviving in this world. I had enough stress as it is I couldn't add more to it.

From the bed I looked out the windows and saw it was still night time but I was scared to go back to sleep. I didn't want to if I had to go through that again. After contemplating for a second whilst looking around the bedroom I decided to go through Kara's things instead to pass the time as I waited for morning. 

Like when I'd asked Lucy to tell me about Kara so I could learn more about her character going through her stuff would help as well. 

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Later that morning after breakfast, the physician returned to check on my neck. He unwrapped the bandages and observed it.

"The swelling is coming down nicely," he commented. "By next week you should be feeling better and can return to your usual activities. Just make sure not to strain yourself until then,"

"Very well," I responded. There was a particular way he said 'return to your usual activities' that let me know what he was referring to sex.

Once he left I was left in my room and I was undisturbed for a while. It was then that I began to wonder what Kara typically did on a day-to-day basis.

In the past two days, no servant had come to tell me about work that needed catching up or anything of the sort since I was injured, and neither had Viktor mentioned anything when I had breakfast with him. Didn't Kara have any princess duties she had to do?

When lunch was brought to my room I asked for Lucy to stay to ask her.

"You can take away the bag it's on the floor of the closet," I informed her.

"Yes, Your Highness," She responded.

"By the way, how would people describe how I spend my days?"

"Um well, many say you are obsessed as from the rare occasions His Majesty asks you to do something you're either with one of your husbands or coming up with things to do with them in your playroom."

Well, that gave me the answer to what I wanted to know. So she really only ever slept with her husbands all day, every day.

So when Viktor had said your job is simple all you have to do is perform your wife's duties he really meant that.

"Do you mind accompanying me to the 'playroom'?" I asked her.

"Of course Your Highness," She responded. Much like how I had been looking through Kara's belongings to get an idea of her personality I now wanted to see the playroom. I hadn't gotten that much of a look at it last time since I was getting choked.

I looked out from the bridge of the castle. And saw a carriage drive into the castle entrance. A few servants had gathered to receive the person.

"What's happening?" I asked Lucy.

"Your Highness, Lord Isaac," has returned today.

I raised my eyebrows. "Really?" I asked.

The door to the carriage was opened and out stepped a man.