There was no one else in there so they could talk freely. Then just to be even more safe, Thayet warded the room with her magic.
" Rill why didn't you tell me?" she sat down on a couch, pulling him down beside her. " Tell you what Thayet?" asked Rill, who was concerned and puzzeled.
" About the Queen!! And why does the royal family look so much like you? You could be Prince Roald's twin! And don't tell it me it's some freak conicidenece. AND I can smell a lie so you might as well not waste your breath on one."
Rill sighed. " I guess I should tell you Thayet. But before I do I want you to promise me that what i'm going to say and do wont change a thing. " he took her hands and looked into her eyes." Of course Rill. Please tell me." she softened her look. His eyes looked sad. " Thayet...." he stopped and stared at her, the oddest look on his face. Thayet was stunned. He stopped and started talking. " Alright. Now that I have your full attention, please listen to me. I'm not who I say I am. No one knows about me except for my mother, my father, my brother and my sister and the Lioness. I was born to my parents out of wedlock, so they couldn't and were afraid to tell anyone about me. So I was raised as a normal kid, although I wasn't allowed to go anywhere. I ran away when I was 14 to get away. If I couldn't be known about, what's the sense of living. I took up life with the Rogue, then basically opposing my parents. My parents don't know it's me, nor does anyone that knows my true identity. That's why I diguised myself tonight. So they wouldn't know it was me." Getting over the look, Thayet questioned him. " Well who are your parents?"
Rill took a deep breath and held it. His hands shook in hers and he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he let out his breath and looked deep into her eyes, searching. " I was born technically Prince Jasson of Conte. Jonathan and Thayet are my parents. Roald and Kalasin are my brother and sister. I'm two years older than Roald is. And technically I should have been the heir to the throne. But that's impossible. Now you have an anwser to why I am so proper and talk so well and dance perfectly nad know perfect court manners. I was taught every thing a Prince should be. This is why I know how to use sword. Alanna, the Lioness, taught me herself. "
Thayet was scared. Therefore, she forgot all about her looking like the Queen. Rill? The heir to the Tortallian throne? She tried to pull away but Rill pulled her back. " Please don't go Thayet. I only told you because......" he pulled her close and put his mouth on hers. Frightened, Thayet struggled for only a moment, then surrenedered.
Truth be told, she loved Rill. Always had. However she had thought he was in love with Glacia and she had no chance with him. But now... Rill cradled her head and deepened the kiss, leaving Thayet breathless. She trembled in his arms but al she felt was an odd pang in her stomach and a power ful awareness of all the places their bodies touched. Rill pulled away first. " Promise me you won't run or tell Thayet? I love you. That's why I told you. And I trust you. Please Thayet?" he looked so sad, so helpless and there was a degree of love in his eyes she had never seen before. A tear rolled down her cheek." Of course I won't.... Rill." He kissed her again, then pulled her to her feet. " Come. This is one of my favorite songs to dance to. I remember as a kid, mother always said that this was the one her and father danced to their first dance so I loved it instantly." Thayet laughed and let him pull her out of the room. From there he pulled her to the floor where lots of other couples were dancing to the slow but beautiful song being played by the band.
Rill pulled her against him and swept her about the floor. Thayet got so into it, she totally fogot where she was. She forgot everything except Rill and the music. That had never happened before. On the edge of her awareness, she felt the lights dim and the Hall of Crowns grow dark. Still music played and Rill swept her about. She was suddenly floating on a starry plane with Rill and there was nothing but them and the music. Floating carelessly, still dancing.
The band stopped playing and Thayet was back in her body in the Hall of Crowns. The song was over. Thayet looked around. Prince Roald was standing next to them.
