Last Time:
"Go ahead my Lady, I am not allowed to go into his room." Natalia nodded and walked to the door. It is a huge room with many window's and a balcony. In the middle of his room stands a large king-size bed with beautiful coloured red sheets. On the right is a door which probably leed to the bathroom. Natalia walked to the balcony doors and opened them. She stepped outside breathing in the smell. She looked out over his Kingdom, lost in thoughts.
I have to put an end on this. I have to kill him. Tonight.
Natalia was thinking when she would put the poison in his drink. Maybe during breakfast to morrow, no his Mother will be there also. So during dinner or lunch is impossible too. She shivered from the cold and walked back inside his room. Then she saw it,in the corner on the right stood a table with a wine barrel. Perfect. Natalia walked to the barrel, took the necklace with the tube of poison out of her corset and dripped some of it in the barrel. She placed the tube back in her corset, between her breasts. He just has to take a sip from it and he will be dead in one hour.
Natalia walked to the bed and sat down. She smiled, this was finally ending! No marriage with Clinton Barton. Hopefully her Father will not force her to marry any other Prince or Lord.
"You wanted to talk to me Dear?" Clinton said as he came sit down next to her. How does he do it? He is the only person who can sneak up on me.
"Yes. Why did you warned your staff?" Natalia said looking at him.
"Excuse me?" He looked confused. "Natalia you have to clarify what you mean."
"Jane told me. She said that you had warned them that if they did not please me, they will be dismissed or worse. Do you think I am not capable to take care of it myself?"
"No, of course not. But I want that they treat you with respect." Well that is an answer I did not expect. There was a silence, but Natalia broke it.
"Do you have a horse I can borrow?"
"Yes I have, you can pick one. I will send a guard with you."
"No, please do not."
"I will not let you leave alone."
"Then come with me Clinton." Before she knew it the words had left her mouth. I can not fall for him! That man does not know what kind of affect he has on me. He smiled.
"I would love to."
After 2 hours of horse racing, Clinton gave up and let Natalia win. By the time they got back at the castle it was a hour past dinner time so they ate alone. Much to Natalia's dislike she acctully enjoyed spending time with Clinton. It felt like they have known each other for years. But she know that the end was comming. And after all she still does not want to marry him. He will die soon. So the time they had with each other was nice.
Following dinner Natalia went to the library, because Clinton had to arrange things about his Kingdom. She finally found a book that she maybe likes. A book about Gods and other planets. Clinton had said to her that she may use everything in his castle even if it was his bathroom. She was about to search for Jane when she remembered that Jane was not allowed to go in Clinton's room. Natalia walked back to Clinton's room to make a warm nice bath.
She put on the crane and did some bathpearls in it. Stripped down she stepped in the bathtub. She picked up her book from the side table and begin to read it. Natalia does not know how much time had past, but when the water was starting to get cold she got out of it, putting on her nightgown. She walked back to the room and sees that Clinton is back. He is standing outside on his balcony. Natalia walked over, leaning against the door frame.
"Hi." He turned and smiled.
"Hey, you look beautiful even in your nightgown."
"Thank you." He walked to her.
"Do you want some wine?" This is it, he will be dead in an hour.
"No, thank you. I was actually about to go to sleep." He walked past her to the barrel of wine. "Where did you plan for me to sleep?" He filled a glass of wine and turned to face her.
"In my bed."
"Excuse me?"
"You have to get used to it eventually." He was about to take a sip from his wine when something stopped him. "Do you really think I am that stupid Natalia? I know what you did to your other fiancés and husbands." He put down the glass. She was shocked. How? How does he know it?!
"And what is it that I did with them according to you?"
"You killed them all." Natalia was starting to get angry.
"That is not true I killed them except for one! The one I loved."
"Yeah that is true. That is why I killed him. But you did not really love him Talia." He killed him? He killed Alexei! Wait what was it what he said...Talia.. That can not be true. There was only one man who called me that. That is why he looked so familiar..
"James?" She manged to say.
"You finally recognize me. But Clinton is my true name." Tears came up in the corners of her eyes.
"You never came!" She yelled at him. "We decided to run away together and you never came!" Tears where streaming down on her face. She was angry very angry. "I tought you were dead! You lied to me! You said you were poor, that you had nothing left to stay. But you were a Prince!" She slapped him on his cheek. Hard. He grabbed her wrists, stopping her from slapping him again. She broke down, crying, collapsing against him. He released her wrists and wrapped his arms around her. Holding her tightly. "You never came!" She said sobbing.
"I know, let me explane it Talia." He stroked her hair.
"Explane? What is there to explane? You never came. You left us." He stiffened.
"Us? What do you mean? I left you, only you." She looked up at him, tears were falling from her eyes again.
"I was pregnant."
Now you know why Clinton looked so familiar to Natalia.
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Ameilia Barton
