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I have decided to hold off killing anyone else for a few chapters because this is already to sixteen pages and there is still a lot to write until that time comes.
Chapter 8
My Confession
"Oh Endy I stabbed someone, he was going to hurt Silius and I just didn't want to see him hurt. Do you think he is ok?"
"Silius, the one on the stretcher?"
"No the man in the woods, he was about to kill him and I picked up a dagger and stabbed him." Endy put his hands on her shoulders and gave her a little shake, not knowing what else to do to stop her tears.
"Well I'm sure he deserved it." Serena stopped crying and look up aghast at the man in front of her, 'I should of guess as much, he sees people die all day probably signs the death warrant himself,' she sighed knowing that she would have done it again to save her friend.
"Come let's get you home safely so you can wipe off all that blood." Serena nodded just coming out of the shock of what had happened an hour or so ago.
They had finally caught to the remaining party ahead and they were just approaching the house when Serena quietly spoke up, "So I've been meaning to talk with you seriously the last couple of days and um….I was hoping that maybe you and I can sit down together a little later and talk about us."
Endy stopped walking for a moment and fixed his eyes on her, "After we get our guests settled I'll put some time aside for you."
"You aren't too busy?"
"Not for you."
Serena broke into a smile and as her heart shuddered she slowly slipped her hand in his and gently squeezed it.
He turned his head to her, 'What is she doing?'
He kept trying to make eye contact in hopes of figuring out the purpose of such a gesture but as she continually blushed and stared at the ground he surmised that the act of holding hands was a gesture of deep affection. She finally raised her eyes to his and he neither smiled nor nodded but gave a look of such tenderness that she hurriedly turned her head back to the ground as she felt the color rise in her cheeks again.
When they approached the house Endy turned to her, "See to our guests, I will try to end the council meeting tonight early so we can talk in our room tonight."
Serena just nodded; she didn't speak for fear that only squeaks would come out. She tried to take off his jacket to return it but he slowly stopped her, "Keep it you are cold." She silently nodded to him as he turned and disappeared down a corridor. Serena stood watching the empty corridor wondering what to say to him tonight, she eventually shook herself out of her stupor. Hurriedly catching up with Rerius as he was following Silius on the stretcher she watched as Silius was gently laid down in the closest guest bed. Rerius quietly watched the Nocturne guards; his hand was near his sword just in case anyone of them got any ideas about hurting either him or his injured friend. In the end the soldier left them quietly, to the relief of Rerius, and only Serena remained with the two men.
"They will call a doctor soon to check on both your wounds, let me go change and I will return with some extra clothes for you both."
"We don't need their help," said a weary Rerius as he sat down on the couch and put his aching head in his hands. Serena knelt down beside him, "Please don't tell me that you won't swallow your hatred for one night to help our sick friend?"
Rerius lifted his head to Silius, which had already broken out in a sweat. "Alright, but only if you are here with me. They might listen to you because they are definitely not going to care whether I object to their procedures or not."
Serena nodded, "I'll be right back, just relax." She walked over to Silius and checked his rising fever, "Don't worry I won't let you get any worse," she smiled at him.
"It's alright, I've been through worse," Silius smiled back and push his head down on the pillow and closed his eyes.
Serena left and changed quickly, she washed the blood off her face for now. A bath would have to wait until she was sure her friend was better. She asked Albert for clothes for both Silius and Rerius, which he gladly brought and left again to get some food for them.
Silius picked up his head when Serena entered into the room. "Here boys," she handed Rerius the clothes, "Albert is sending some servants with food. The doctor will be here shortly."
"You trust them Serena?" Silius asked and Rerius looked up wondering the same thing.
"Yes, please at least if you don't trust them then trust me. You know I would never put you in any danger. If they wanted to harm you, you both would still be out there." Just then Albert knocked and entered with a few servants, they were carrying food and some medical supplies.
One maid went over to dab Silius's head with a cold compress, he looked shocked that a Nocturne was actually helping him but said nothing grateful for the relief. Rerius again was wearily watching the group making sure that his friend was safe, Serena understood that after living in such fear of them it must have been unthinkable that they would help, she knew because she had been in their situation just one year before.
"Help me sit him up Arien, so we can help him eat." The maid nodded and a few others came to assist. After a tremendous effort they finally sat him up. Severin and Seraphin, two other servants, were tending an uncomfortable Rerius, but he did offer his thanks after they had finished cleaning his wounds and patching them up.
Finally the doctor arrived and with Serena standing sitting next to Silius hold his hand, Rerius was more at ease.
"He needs a couple stitches, he's lost a substantial amount of blood but if we close up the wound and clean it and with proper rest and food he should be fine, he'll be confined to bed for at least a week though." Serena nodded and let out a sigh of relief; even Rerius visibly relaxed and accepted a plate of food, which Seraphin had handed to him.
The servants had all left after the doctor when he was finished helping Silius. The two soldiers had both eaten and changed. Silius was given some pain medication so he was very relaxed and somewhat cheery. Seeing his friend start to recover made Rerius more talkative and outgoing.
"Silius how is it back home? I was meaning to visit soon."
He sighed deep, "I don't think you would be very welcome anymore. Like I said everyone is staunchly against Nocturne's and everything else to do with them. If they knew you were alive they would most likely start hating you because you haven't tried to slip them information or aid them in any way."
Serena rolled her eyes, "How like them, to toss me to the wolves and still expect me to help them."
"They aren't all bad especially our friends, they are still with us. They detest the war but are smart enough not to share their opinion openly. Hardbrooke would easily kill them if he knew who they were or where they were."
"I was meaning to go down to check on Black Star, is it still operational?"
"After they took your inheritance and you left they turned Black Star from a medical facility to a war one. They are trying to wage chemical warfare against the Nocturne's soon. I heard that they were concocting poisons and gases to use against the Nocturne's."
Serena suddenly got furious, "They are using my mother's company to kill, ok I see that defeats the entire point of it. It was supposed to help people after the war not start another one. I have to get it back, maybe I can find a loophole to put it back in my name and move it up here, where they can't reach it."
Rerius spoke up, "It's going to be quite a fight they won't let it go easily."
"I'll speak to my husband about that. I'm sure he will find some way to persuade them. Are all our friends still there?"
"Only a few are left after Hardbrooke found them. He deals harshly with "traitors" as he calls them."
"I should bring them up here. I'm sure that my husband and I can find a place for them to live."
"That won't be easy either. They might not agree with Hardbrooke but they aren't on your side either."
"Anyone against Hardbrooke is on our side, there is no in between. If we want to stop him we have to get him as a collective force. He is grown too powerful for a small group to pick him off."
Both the soldiers agreed to that but it was getting late and so Serena bid the two men good night. She offered another room to Rerius but he kindly turned her down preferring to stay on the couch and watch Silius just in case he needed anything.
Serena was heading back to her room when she saw the judges just leaving the meeting hall. She smiled and nodded to them and they returned the gesture as Endy came striding out last.
"Are our guests comfortable?"
"Yes thank you for your hospitability to them. They are very grateful and so am I." He nodded to her. He seemed a little cold towards her as he walked past her into the room.
"Is everything alright? Did something happen?"
"As king it is frustrating when you want to do something and everyone else disagrees with you."
"You mean the council."
"Yes, they are there to give advice and I don't need to take it but they speak for my people so I must take into account what they say very seriously."
"That's a great quality of a king."
"It's also a weakness."
"I'm sure that your subjects wouldn't see it that way." He gratefully nodded to her, at least she understood him. He sat on the bed and she sat next to him.
"Are you too tired to talk now? Should we do it tomorrow?"
"No tomorrow is a busy day for me. Go ahead."
"Ok well…," now that the time had come to talk she didn't really know how to put her feelings into words. She decided to talk the round about approach, "Well I was wondering something. If you married me to make peace with the humans and they aren't being very peaceful why are you still married to me?"
"Besides that I told you as king I have absolute power."
"I don't mean to call you untruthful but I have a hard time believing that being married or not would give you more or less powers. Your subjects and council adore you, I mean it's pretty obvious, even to an outsider like me that they would do whatever you asked them."
"You are not an outsider. I have told you this is your home now."
"Yes, yes I know. But then still why are you married to me if your original plan hasn't worked out the way you had wanted? Is there another reason why you don't want to let me go if there is I would like to know it?"
He raised his eyebrow to her, "You are very persistent." Serena smiled and laughed, "Yes I am when I want something."
"Suffice it to say that I also have another weakness."
Serena was taken back, she assumes that he was too proud to say it, at least just yet but she understood that he was talking about her.
"I see and I also have the same weakness," Serena said as her eyes trailed away from his embarrassed.
"Good now we are both weak and lets hope that our enemies never find out."
Serena cracked a grin, she knew it was meant as a joke but couldn't help wondering what would happen if they ever found out and used one against the other.
"Here this belongs on your finger." He took out the wedding ring that she had tied to Kiba's neck and took her hand. She remember her wedding day when he had coldly put it on her hand, now with tenderness he didn't break eye contact as he slowly slipped it on.
"Yes it does," Serena said as she was mesmerized by his deep red eyes. He leaned down and kissed her. Soft lips against hers, her heart beat madly against her chest. He put his hands around her back pulling her close as she brought her hands to cup his face. It was a slow, sultry, sensuous kiss that reached all the way to her heart.
She pulled back and placed her hands around his neck to hold him. After being with her so long and never having much physical contact between them. Something as mundane as a hug was driving Endy mad; her warm body was close and kept rubbing against his as she continued holding him. To Serena finally being able to hold Endy was a long wish finally granted, it made their relationship so much more deep and personal and she could finally regard Endy as a husband and no longer as a jailer.
She drew back and placed another lush kiss on his lips. Closing her eyes as pleasure surrounded her Endy moved his weight over her and she fell back on the bed. Their kiss grew into a deeply intensive personified form of a years worth of feelings built up. Serena opened her eyes to find him staring down at her. He leaned down again for another kiss, which she gladly gave him. She couldn't believe that she was actually arching her back trying to rub against him, and more surprisingly neither did he. His hand slipped down the length of her body to her legs and she drew back a little, "Wait please, I have just confessed my feelings for you but I'm not ready for anything like that just yet. Please give me more time."
Endy sighed and nodded, his cold dead heart was actually beating for once and it was a strange feeling for him. He rolled over onto his back and instantly turned back into the controlled king, which didn't bother Serena because she herself was still trying to catch her heart from jumping out of her chest.
Embarrassed at them kissing so unabashed Serena was glad when Endy had slipped into bed quietly, suddenly she found herself hauled up to his shoulder, which she didn't mind at all and hide her face so he couldn't catch her smiling. She snuggled up and fell asleep safe in Endy's arms.
It was sometime in the night that she awoke, she reached over to the tabletop for her glass of water and took a long gulp. She was just crawling back into Endy's arms when she noticed sleepily that he wasn't breathing and started to panic. She pushed against him and screamed out, "ENDY!!!! Are you alright???? Wake up!!!" and when he still did nothing she slapped him hard trying to jar him out of his sleep like coma and started to give him mouth to mouth.
He opened his eyes and was wondering what the hell she was doing, 'If she thinks that this is a good kiss she is sorely mistaken.' Serena stopped when she saw his eyes open in a what-are-you-doing look. Throwing her arms around him and wiping a few tears that escaped she clung to him, "I thought you were dead."
"I told you that Nocturne's shut their hearts down so it may seem like we are dead. You were just sleepy that's why you didn't think about it, I'm fine no need to worry."
She sighed heavily, "Yes I did forget but when I called to you and you didn't answer I feared the worse. I'm scared that I'll wake up and you'll be dead from one of Hardbrooke's men."
"I'm more reliable than that. I make sure that if we are in that kind of danger I will tell you." Serena nodded dumbly and got back into bed with him. As she could hear his heart slow and his breathing stop she began thinking what would happen to her if he did die and she snuggled close to him and forced herself to sleep to stop thinking such horrible things.
The next day Serena woke up with Endy, she had overslept again but she was getting used to the change in time. He got up and started to change before he left she said, "Endy remember when I asked to go to my home…I mean my last home. Silius and Rerius told me it wasn't a good idea but Hardbrooke had taken my mothers business away and he's completely destroying it. Can you do anything about it?"
"Yes I will take it by force."
"Don't hurt anyone. I don't want anyone killed. It's called Black Star." Endy nodded and walked out, 'I might have to kill a few but she needed worry over it. They probably would have killed her if they could anyway.' Serena was much happier the rest of the day knowing that Endy would make everything right. Albert found her looking for Silius and Rerius because they were no longer in their room, "Here, a few letters came for you. If you are searching for your friends I saw them in the garden." Serena said thanks but inside she frowned, she didn't want Silius to push himself, 'He should be bedridden for at least a week, that stubborn man.'
Serena found them both sitting in the garden, "You two should be resting," she noticed Luna sitting quite comfortably in Rerius's lap being coddled.
"We are resting," said Silius seriously.
"In bed I mean. I don't want you too pushing yourselves too hard." They both nodded to her but were too busy relaxing to care. Serena huffed to show that she didn't care for their indifference but knew there was no winning against the pair. She sat down next to them and opened her letters. At Silius's curious glaze she spoke up, "This is a letter from my friend Antoinette. It seems that she is getting married soon and wants me to be her bride's maid. She also says," she read on, "that she had to push her wedding date a little back. She's scared that the rebels are going to cause trouble."
"Believe me they will if they find out about it. A wedding is an opportune time to kill important members of the royal family, including you and your husband." Serena nodded silently, "Then she has made a good decision waiting, at least for awhile. Hopefully we can stop Hardbrooke soon. I told Endymion about Black Star, he said that he would do what he could." Rerius nodded to that, "I'm sure that it isn't going to be easy but if anyone can get it back it would be him."
Serena opened the other letter and when she started reading her eyes widened, "It's from Char, oh my god will he never stop, he wants me to become an inside informant. He's crazy he will never stop with me."
"You better be careful with that one, he does go over and above Hardbrooke's wishes. He's Hardbrooke's puppet if I ever met one," Silius said.
Rerius spoke up, "Don't ever trust him, even when I met him I knew that he wasn't a man to trust."
"Believe me I know. If anything he scares me to no end. He wants to meet me in two days at Crosswaters bridge to give me instructions, he says that my friend Ian is going to be there too so I shouldn't feel scared," she sighed worriedly.
"You're not going to meet him are you?" Rerius asked.
"Maybe I should. I should tell him to leave me alone. He thinks he's rescuing me from a horrible fate. I should explain that I don't need his help. I wouldn't go but I would like to see Ian again. I'll tell him that he doesn't need to live in Witherthrope anymore."
"Char might not take that very well. It won't be safe, is he bringing any soldier?" said Silius hoping that she wouldn't go.
"No it's just supposed to be him and Ian. Endy would never let me go that far alone and there is no way I'm sneaking out again. I got an ear full last time."
"We'll go with you," they both offered her.
"Absolutely not. I don't want him to know you two are alive and helping me."
"It would definitely make Hardbrooke shake in his boots to know that we are still alive though and helping the Nocturne's," Silius smiled.
"If you are so sure that you need to tell him directly then we are definitely coming. If you bring a royal soldier they will kill him on sight, you know that. And there is no way you are going alone because it's too dangerous so we only have one choice."
"Alright, so in two day we will go meet them at the bridge, until then you two better get recovered or I'll not take either of you." The men frowned; she was acting like their mother already.
"We can handle ourselves." Serena nodded to them but kept thinking why Ian was coming, 'He could have mailed me a letter or even visited. Why such secrecy I have to find out what's going on, especially if Char still thinks I'm on Hardbrooke's side.'
Serena stood up, "You two hungry? I'm going to get something to eat."
"We have already eaten, Arien was at our door bright and early pampering Silius," Rerius said laughing.
"Well she's very caring," said Silius in her defense.
"Come man she was spoiling you silly," Rerius stopped laughing when he noticed Silius's eyes narrow towards him.
She shook her head at the two, "So are you too fine with the Nocturne's now, you must know that they mean you no harm."
"Well they ones that we have met are very helpful it's true," Silius said and Rerius reluctantly agreed.
"So I don't have to worry about finding a dagger in my husband's back while he's sleeping or anything right?"
"No Serena we wouldn't do that to you. It's just going to take time to see the king as anything other than a cruel man."
"Well if he changed my mind he can definitely change yours," she turned to leave, "Oh and be careful of the wolves."
"Wolves?" Rerius and Silius started laughing thinking she was just joking until they saw them approaching from the distance. They stopped laughing and looked at each other, Luna hissed. Rerius practically slung Luna over his shoulder and dragged Silius in the house not waiting to see what was going to happen next.
Serena was walking towards the kitchen when she heard Endy coughing in his study. She approached and entered after she knocked on the door. "Endy is that you? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Endy said coughing and Serena hurried to tap him on his broad back.
"Are you sick? Or getting sick?"
"No, I am fine." Serena was unconvinced and stayed with him a little longer to make sure he was fine. She saw him take a sip of his drink and clear his throat, "See fine." He had stopped coughing but didn't look any better.
Serena spoke up worried, "You're pale."
He looked like he was about to laugh at her. "I mean more pale than usual," she said with a smile.
"I am fine for the last time, don't worry yourself over me." Serena put her hands on her hips and frowned, "Alright, alright but if it gets worse I'm calling the doctor," she said as she was leaving. 'It's just like that time, when I first came, he was bed ridden and couldn't stop coughing. I hope it's not a fatal illness. I haven't seen him sick since then. I'm probably worrying too much.'
After lunch Serena was making her way to find Silius when she heard a knock on the door. Since no one was around she decided to open it and lo and behold it was none other than Rose.
"Oh Serena I didn't think that they would have you doing servant duties opening doors."
"Well in that case you can wait for someone else to come," and tried to close the door but Rose blocked it.
"Wait, wait I'm sorry. I was just surprised that's all. I actually came to see you can we talk." Serena was instantly suspicious but nodded and walked outside the home and closed the door behind her so no one could over hear them.
"So how are you?"
Serena laughed, "You have to be joking you came all the way down to ask me how I am doing. You of all people must have been the happiest to know that I had left."
"I do admit that I had my misgivings about you but now I think I understand you better and it was wrong of me to treat you like that."
Serena was not impressed, something was up with her. "In that case, I'm doing well, thanks."
"Well I just found out through my father that Ian asked you for help."
"No that was Char."
"Oh well I am glad that you decided to help."
"Actually I'm not. I'm very happy where I am. I have everything that I could have wanted."
"I'm sure for the wife of a king that you are well set up but I'm surprised, you know you don't have to pretend with me Serena. I have made a deal with my father if you help me kill the king we will be well set up for the rest of our lives. You are close with him you have direct access with him. Just invite me over one night and you and I can easily kill him when he sleeps. I hear that Nocturne's are quite helpless when they sleep. And as his wife you only have to leave the door unlocked I can do all the dirty work."
Serena had been quiet and had shown no emotion during her speech but now was clenching her hands into fists and could feel her nails bite into her own skin.
"I think you have seriously misunderstood where I stand when it comes to my husband," she didn't want Rose to know that she had great feelings for him so she stretched the truth, "I'm well set up if I kill him I go back to old home, which is nothing compared to the luxury here."
Rose was surprised that Serena was acting so cold towards the king but believed it because she was sure that because she was practically brainwashed of Endy's evilness from her father. "I understand that you would not want to give up such comfort but just think about it. We will be worshiped as the duo that brought the monarchy to its knees."
"I think you have over stayed your welcome. I'm not going to hurt Endy and the next time you come here don't expect me to be so hospitable again."
Rose's eyes narrowed, "Oh I see…you care for him. God Serena I knew you were selfish, taking all your mothers glory when she died but I didn't think you were stupid."
"Get out!" By this time Albert had heard the fuss outside and had opened the door to see Rose shouting at Serena. He was glad that the king wasn't around or the women probably would have been thrown in the dungeon for such disrespect to the queen.
"You're probably carrying his bastard aren't you?!" Serena punched her in the face.
Albert's mouth dropped open and walked straight towards Rose, he had never hit a woman in his life and wasn't about to start now, but he was definitely going to throw her off property. Serena though that Albert was shocked that she had hit Rose and to bring her back inside because she shouldn't have been outside without a guard.
Serena was just about to say sorry to Albert when he walked past her and hauled Rose back in her carriage. Rose shrieked in protest but couldn't fight herself out of Albert's grip. Serena smiled as Albert wiped his hands clean and escorted Serena back inside.
Rose was furious, "How dare her!!! How dare them both!!!!" She got out of her carriage again to take a rock out of her shoe when she spotted the king himself. He was walking from the gardens in the back through a gate towards her. At first she was terrified but decided that if she couldn't use Serena she might have a chance of using the king.
"Your majesty." Rose walked up to Endy, "You probably don't remember me but I was one of the ladies that you were considering to marry a year back. I just came to see Serena."
"Yes I remember you. Are you a friend of hers?"
"Yes we are very good friends. I just said bye to her earlier but I have a proposal for you. I understand your needs as king and I would like to help you with my services."
"My needs?" Endy seemed uncaring and continued walking, "I don't have any needs that might need you help."
"Serena thought that I might be of service to you."
Endy stopped, "She did, did she. And what is it that you have that Serena thought I could use."
"Well Serena said a lot of things but in the end I believe that she and you aren't well placed together. I am more ambitious; I always thought that you made the wrong choice with Serena. With someone like me I'm sure that you would find more appealing."
"I think you are wrong," Endy said seriously and walked away wondering why Serena had such a friend.
Rose was at her boiling point, her plan had failed she was just heading back to her carriage when she spotted an elderly man looking at her from one of the garden passageways. He smiled and approached her, 'Oh what now,' she thought exasperated.
Serena rolled her eyes at Rose's behavior. She wasn't surprised that Rose had offered such a plan or her horrible insults.
Serena turned to Albert, "Have you noticed Endy lately, is he ill or something I found him coughing in the study?"
"Sometimes I notice him get sick but is hasn't been bad for awhile, not since you have come. I haven't figured out what it is, Nocturne's don't get sick very often or at all actually."
"I'm worried for him."
"He's tough but he's smart enough to ask for help if he needs it don't worry."
"Ok good." Serena and Albert separated and Serena took a long bath and relaxed on her bed for a few hours. She dozed off and when she woke up again it was already passed her bed time but now she wasn't tired so she walked out of the room and made an adventure of finding Endy this late at night. He wasn't in the library or the meeting hall so she went to his private study adjacent to the library and found him there busy with his papers.
"Hello."
Endy looked up surprised to see her, "I can't believe you are awake right now. You should sleep."
"I have just woke up from a nap I'm not tired. I was wondering if I could be with you."
"That's fine." He stood up and helped her in the chair next to him. Serena should have brought a book because after the first ten minutes she had already counted all the wall designs and the number of books in the room.
"Can I help with something? I'm a little bored as you can probably tell." Endy raised his eyes from his papers to her. "Yes I can tell you are scribbling all over my papers."
Serena laughed uneasy; she hoped that she had doodled over anything important. "Here," Endy said handing her his paper, "just look over it and make sure that there are no mistakes."
Serena nodded happy to help. She started reading and got startled when she realized the importance of the document. It was the plans for war and where and why each battle should take place.
"Are you sure I should be reading this, it seems confidential?"
Endy looked up, it had been months since he has spoken to her telepathically, 'I trust you.'
Serena looked back at the papers not sure how to thank him for such an honor. 'He actually trusts me, this is proof. I can't believe that he would entrust me with such important things. I must make sure that I get it right.'
….: two hours later:….
Serena finally hands him the papers back and he checks over it.
Silently Serena watches him to make if he is pleased. Surprised at such a good job that she did he hands her another one. "Thank God he liked it. I was so scared that it wouldn't be good enough."
However, as she kept helping him with correcting his papers and him writing them they were quite a partnership.
"Ok here you go. Anymore?"
"No, you actually finished them all and you did a good job."
"Thank you I worked hard on them to make sure that they would pass your test."
He smiled at her grateful that they had finished much earlier than he had thought, at least with her help. They both got up together and cleared the table, after they headed to their room. Endy offered her his arm and she slipped her hand in his as they walked to their bedroom.
"Oh Endy before you go to sleep, tomorrow Silius, Rerius and I are going for a walk they wanted to show me the old Crosswaters bridge tomorrow. I was wondering if they could take me. I won't be long but I would like to take a walk."
"I don't mind you going but I don't know them very well. Take Dimitri, I want you to be safe."
"Is there anyway I can go alone with them?" Endy read between the lines, something was happening tomorrow night and there was no way his Serena was going to get hurt.
"Please take Dimitri." Serena drew back; he had never asked her before, only dictated to her. 'He's not stupid he knows something is going to happen but he's still letting me go. I can't believe he is still letting me go. I guess he finally understands how much I care about him. I should give him peace of mind. If he is trying to meet me half way than I should do the same.'
"Alright I promise to take Dimitri."
"Be careful." He got into bed and again pulled her close. Serena was lulled asleep by the falling rain outside. After Serena fell asleep Endy telepathically communicated to Dimitri.
'Serena is leaving with her two friends tomorrow to the old bridge outside the kingdom at Crosswaters. I don't want her hurt, take two others but keep them out of sight. She only knows of you coming.'
'Do you expect there to be trouble?'
'No, Serena wouldn't go if she knows that she is placing herself or her friends in danger but that the best time for an ambush. Just make sure they are safe.'
'Yes your majesty.' Endy broke off the mental communication and slowed his heart rate to fall into a deep sleep.
When Serena awoke Endy was already gone, she guessed Endy had let Albert in because a tray of food was sitting on the table. Hot eggs with toast, 'Yummy, I' starved.'
After eating she found Silius and Rerius in the library, Rerius was searching the shelves while Silius was on a nearby couch already reading.
Rerius called over when he saw Serena, "It's incredible, I've never seen so many books in my lifetime. I doubt I could read all before I die."
"Well enjoy yourselves. I usually come in here to relax, it's a very nice to relax especially when it's raining outside because you can curl up with a book and watch the rain fall, add in some hot chocolate and you're pretty much set."
Silius was really into his book, when his hand strayed to the cookie jar in front of him he didn't take his eyes off his book and had to feel around for a few moments before he found it. Serena laughed and shook her head at the two; they really were quite a pair indeed.
"You ready for tonight Serena?"
"Yes but I promised Endy that I would take my guard Dimitri."
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean we are meeting the rebel camp."
"I know but Dimitri's a friend he won't say anything, as long as nothing bad happens he won't tell Endy."
"Well let's hope nothing happens then."
: Theme music stirs to life: So finally Serena and Endy confess their feelings. It was a different way to confess their love but they are a very unique couple. So up next…What will happen when they meet Char and Ian again? I hope that Serena doesn't cause anymore trouble. What will happen with Silius and Rerius? And who was the man that Rose met?????? All this on the next chapter of BLOOD AND ROSES, dun dun dunnnnnnn! (The next chapter is in progress…)
