Julianna’s head cocked to the side as she watched him handle the fruit with her new instructions. Amused smile still playing on her mouth. It was somewhat endearing, the way the stately emperor had been momentarily disarmed by the unusual fruit. Ears twitched as she nodded in agreement as his voiced his approval; her tail swayed at her feet as if she were pleased that he was pleased. She laughed again, before biting into her own kiwi, careless for the juice that ran down her fingers. “Not all of the fruit is small,” she countered, though she could not say the same for the women. She noted the way he stared down at her, ears pinning back briefly as he accentuated the height difference between them.She lamented that the occasion did not lend a table for her to stand on. “We will have to go to the market sometime. So you can see the variety.”
“Petite,” she repeated, almost as if she disapproved before licking the syrupy liquid off of her fingers. She trailed somewhat behind him as they continued walking, she watched the way his cloak shifted with his movements. “I’ve heard as much.” Many times over, from many foreign visitors. Many of her guests had delighted over her stature, as if she were more doll than woman. “Surely, not all the women in Eskra are tall and sturdy?” They could have been, certainly, she had yet to meet one. So far there had only been men in the Emperor’s company. Now, she was truly curious.
Maeve inhaled deeply behind her hands, brows furrowing as she turned her attention to Holland. “Kenna,” she breathed in disbelief as her hands fall to her sides. The tall blonde looked very close to livid. Eyes tracked the adviser as he crossed the room to greet the animal. The tiger seemed unamused at best, deadly at worst. Maeve paced a short line, nervous gaze flickering between Holland and the beast, listening intently as he explained himself.
“You can not be serious,” she complained, pausing in her motions to glower at him. Her concerns about the forged letter were immediately replaced with concerns for the oversized jungle cat. “You can not be serious,” she repeated, more emphasis in her tone. Kenna began to lick her giant paws in a way that seemed almost menacing, and Maeve found it difficult to remain in the room with her.
Stepping back into the adjoining chamber, finger still slick with the oily residue rubbing together in a show of her nerves. “She can not stay in the castle,” Maeve explained. Her pacing began again, in a longer stretch of floor this time. One hand lifted to her mouth, unthinkingly, she chewed at the cuticle of her thumb. How did they even manage to get the creature on the grounds. How had she not heard reports of a tiger being lead through the city, the courtyard, the halls. “You will remove her,” the anxious handmaiden informed him. “I will not have the Queen’s safety risked for...for a pet.” The word was spat in such a way that implied the easy term seemed unfitting for the beast.
“Petite,” she repeated, almost as if she disapproved before licking the syrupy liquid off of her fingers. She trailed somewhat behind him as they continued walking, she watched the way his cloak shifted with his movements. “I’ve heard as much.” Many times over, from many foreign visitors. Many of her guests had delighted over her stature, as if she were more doll than woman. “Surely, not all the women in Eskra are tall and sturdy?” They could have been, certainly, she had yet to meet one. So far there had only been men in the Emperor’s company. Now, she was truly curious.
Maeve inhaled deeply behind her hands, brows furrowing as she turned her attention to Holland. “Kenna,” she breathed in disbelief as her hands fall to her sides. The tall blonde looked very close to livid. Eyes tracked the adviser as he crossed the room to greet the animal. The tiger seemed unamused at best, deadly at worst. Maeve paced a short line, nervous gaze flickering between Holland and the beast, listening intently as he explained himself.
“You can not be serious,” she complained, pausing in her motions to glower at him. Her concerns about the forged letter were immediately replaced with concerns for the oversized jungle cat. “You can not be serious,” she repeated, more emphasis in her tone. Kenna began to lick her giant paws in a way that seemed almost menacing, and Maeve found it difficult to remain in the room with her.
Stepping back into the adjoining chamber, finger still slick with the oily residue rubbing together in a show of her nerves. “She can not stay in the castle,” Maeve explained. Her pacing began again, in a longer stretch of floor this time. One hand lifted to her mouth, unthinkingly, she chewed at the cuticle of her thumb. How did they even manage to get the creature on the grounds. How had she not heard reports of a tiger being lead through the city, the courtyard, the halls. “You will remove her,” the anxious handmaiden informed him. “I will not have the Queen’s safety risked for...for a pet.” The word was spat in such a way that implied the easy term seemed unfitting for the beast.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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