Chapter 50

Queen Genevieve

Genevieve couldn't believe what had just happened; for one thing, she was glad Levi was now being held captive.

But the other thing was that his threat scared her a bit; she turned toward her husband as they all stood up, preparing to leave.

"What a day this has been," said Randolph.

"at least we get to go home now; everything is finished." Said Derek; Genevieve suddenly gasped; she forgot to tell Derek what had happened to henry.

"Derek, I forgot to tell you, when Stella came to bring our lunches, she told me that henry got hurt." She said but was interrupted by him.

"What?! Is he okay?" exclaimed Derek with worry.

"Yes, he's fine; he only received a few scratches but no serious things." She finished and saw Derek relax his muscles.

"Okay then." He said.

She looked to see outside, and it was still raining; good thing they had brought the closed carriages.

The drivers hopped out of their front seats to open an umbrella so no one who would get on the first carriage would get wet, Delia, Edmund, Tobias, and Isla.

Then for the second one, it was Genevieve, Derek, Courtney, and her father, "we're ready." Said Randolph as the carriages began to roll to the palace.

Princess Edaline

An hour later

"They're here! They're here! Come on, come on!" said Janessa, hurrying to the door to reach her family.

Meanwhile, Edaline heard and took Henry in her arms and walked towards the door like the rest; Henry had woken up earlier and had eaten a small snack, but it was close to dinner time.

So they almost had to eat; they were probably already getting the table ready.

They reached the door and saw that since it was still raining, they just observed through the window,

"Look, Henry, it's mommy and dada." Said Edaline as she pointed them out through the window.

The door opened, and they entered the main entrance to be welcomed by the girls.

"Welcome home!" said the triplets as they raced to hug their father, Genevieve, Derek, and the rest of their sisters.

"Here's Henry Genevieve; he was no trouble at all, well, most of the time." Said Edaline while laughing as she was handing him over.

"I heard he took a fall?" asked Derek, who made Edaline nervous.

"He did, but the doctor's son, Philip, came and checked him. He said he was fine, just a little scratch on his knee and forehead; he gave him some medicine, slept it off, and woke up just fine. He was also a bit hungry about an hour ago, and I gave him a little snack since it's close to dinner time, but that's mostly it." Said Edaline.

"Okay, thank you, Edaline." Said Derek as he took Henry from Genevieve's arms, so she could take off her coat.

"well, I don't know about the rest of you all, but I'm starving; let's go to the dining room and hope the food is ready." Said Randolph as we walked, accompanied by the triplets.

Princess Isla

We all made our way to the dining room and were speechless; there was food alright, but it was a celebration feast; there were as if you could feed an army. There is; turkey, mashed potatoes, biscuits, gravy, chicken soup, and the glasses everywhere with water or wine. Everyone took their seats and started to eat; it was funny how Henry acted.

Genevieve had placed him in his seat and handed him a bowl of mashed potatoes with gravy and cut little pieces of chicken, more like five pieces; since he was small, he couldn't chew his food.

He started to eat more now and stopped throwing his food all around the floor; he was really starting to grow up; it feels like just yesterday that he was born, and now he's almost a year old.

Slowly and casually, her eyes turned to the right, and she noticed Tobias sitting next to her.

'figures,' she thought; they hadn't spoken to each other since the morning. Nor does she think they will for a while; she thinks of giving him some space for the moment.

"Can you pass me the gravy?" Asked Hadley as I picked up the bowl and passed it to her; I put it back and continued to eat like the rest.

About half an hour later, when everyone was done, they began departing; the last ones were papa, me, Derek, Tobias, and Hadley.

A few minutes ago, Genevieve had left to put Henry to bed; the little one was so tired; when she saw Hadley, she asked her if she was ready; she nodded and got up from my seat.

As we exited the room and were about to go up the stairs, she felt someone hold her hand.

She didn't get scared because she knew that touch; there was only one person who would ever hold my hand like that.

"Isla…. Can we talk, please?" Said Tobias, as she looked over at him and then Hadley.

"I got some things to do. I'll see you in the room." Said Hadley as she departed, then looked at Tobias's eyes and then the floor.

"Please, Isla…." Said Tobias, as she nodded and continued to walk and listen to what he had to say.

"Isla, please, I'm really sorry for snapping at you earlier. I shouldn't have; you were just trying to be supportive." Said Tobias.

"It's alright, Tobias, I get it… it wasn't my business in the first place. I'm sorry if I got in the way." Said Isla.

"No, that's not it, Isla," said Tobias but didn't quite finish because she cut him off.

"I'll stay out of your way; I won't get involved in anything that isn't mine anymore. You probably want your space, so I won't bother you anymore." Said Isla.

But she wasn't quite finished since Tobias cut her off this time, only slightly because she did the same to him.

"But... Isla?" he said.

"Good night, prince Tobias." And with that, Isla went to her room crying; she opened the door and raced to her bed.

"what's wrong?" asked Hadley.

"It's nothing, Hadley." She replied, drying her tears.

"No, I'm your twin Isla. I know when something's wrong. Don't you trust me? Tell me, is it, Tobias?" she asked as Isla nodded.

"didn't you guys make up?" asked Hadley.

"no," said Isla as she sobbed in tears.

"didn't he apologize to you?" she asked. "

He did, but I decided to give him space; he snapped at me; he clearly doesn't want me in his business." Said Isla.

"that's not it, Isla he was probably stressed, and he apologized already; Isla, don't do this to yourself. Look, I'm not going to tell you what to do because that's not my place, but I'll give you some advice; Tobias won't be here for much longer. He will soon return to Thraas. You may never see him again; I know you love him, and he loves you; you guys should work things out and enjoy your time." Said Hadley as she got up from Isla's bed and headed to her own.

Queen Genevieve

Finally, she thought, as she was making her way to her room, henry was making a fuss and didn't want to sleep.

But he finally did, and she closed the door to his room and opened the one to her wardrobe to change quickly; she was tired from all day she was ready to lie in bed with her husband.

Till she had just remembered something, "dam it." She said.

Today was the day she and Derek had finally accomplished another year of marriage; it was their fourth anniversary. She was thinking about what to say to Derek; she opened the door to their room to find Derek walking back and forth.

"Derek?" she asked, as he suddenly looked up ashamed, "Derek, what's wrong?" she asked him.

"I am sorry, Genevieve, today is our anniversary, and I had completely forgotten. I planned the day but forgot it was today; we just had the trial and everything that I…," said Derek.

But then was cut off by Genevieve as she kissed him, so he could calm down; at first, he hesitated but then gave in.

"Shhh, Derek, it's okay, really. To be honest, I forgot too; I'm sorry, honey, we don't have to do something big we can simply do something simple here." Said Genevieve.

"Alright then, but I still get to do my plans for another time." He said as she smiled and said, "deal." Genevieve smiled, then brushed her lips against her husband.

Parting lips for a moment, Derek slowly started taking off her robe and removed his hands from around Genevieve's waist.

As he gently laid her onto their bed, Genevieve put her hands on his neck as both gazed into each other's eyes while having nothing on to cover their bodies. Holding each other a little tighter, the kiss became more passionate.

As Genevieve used her legs and wrapped them around the male's waist. Their desires for each other grew with each moment that passed.

"Love you so much, Genevieve, and I always will." Said Derek.

"I love you too; happy anniversary Derek." Said Genevieve.

Locking lips, the two became one with each other and made love.