Henry reeled her in and tilted his head forward to kiss Danielle. As their
lips locked together Danielle felt a range of emotions both good and bad.
She has deceived the one she loved yet she felt like nothing could harm her
when she was in Henry's arms although she soon came back to reality when
his hands touched her sore back. Danielle let out a brief cry of pain.
'What have I done?' thought Henry. He looked at Danielle puzzled. "Your
majesty there is something else I must tell you" Danielle said as she
sniffed with sadness. Henry looked even more confused "What is it Nicole?"
Danielle's eyes closed for a short second then woke to tell Henry how she
was a servant and not a courtier and explained what had happened at the
palace when rescuing Maurice. Henry's eyes filled with tears and then let
go of Danielle. Many thoughts rushed through his head but the first thing
that came out of his mouth was "why?" Danielle was now crying into her
hands.
"How come you haven't told this me before now? Was this all a game to you?"
Henry felt betrayed, angry but most of all upset. He had let this woman,
this commoner take over his thoughts and feelings for five days now. He was
ready to tell everyone he loved her and wanted to marry her and all this
time she had lied to him and given him false hopes. Surely she had not
thought that this would not change anything? As Danielle looked up from her
hands she saw Henry walking out of the ruins. "Henry", she cried into the
distance but no-one responded.
