Hi, again! Second chapter is up! I was quick, wasn't I? Please R&R!

Well, on with the story...


Chapter 2: Duke Gareth

Meanwhile...

The ballroom was very beautiful that night. Everywhere hang saphire blue decorations, wich matched exactly Jonathan's eyes. The room was full of people and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. But nobody recognised that the prince was absent.

Duke Gareth was talking with his son, when he noticed that Lady Delia of Eldorne was standing in a dark corner and talking with Duke Roger. That wasn't was Delia did usually. Most of the time Duke Gareth saw her, she was with the other girls of the court, talking about gossip, or she was surrounded by almost every knight that was available, or she was with Prince Jonathan.

Jonathan. Duke Gareth looked around, but he didn't see him. Where was he? It was his birthday ball. That made him think. A few moments later, he excused himself to his son and went to look for the young prince.

During his walk he was thinking hard about the last two weeks. Everybody had known about the affair Jon and Delia had had but now that Jonathan had come back from the war, it was all different. As clear it had been that the prince had been in love with the green-eyed beauty as clear it was now that Jonathan had lost his interest in her.

When the duke came to the corridor where the library was, he heard a voice. "...gave you one" He didn't identify this voice. It was really weird, it sounded like a mix of the voice of man and that of a woman. Then there was another voice, "I didn't mean that" Duke Gareth stopped immediatly. It was Jonathan's voice. Why was the prince on his own birthday in the library with some unknown boy - or was it a girl? He wasn't sure. "I mean something like...that", there was Jonathan's voice again. Duke Gareth decided to look what was going on in there and fastened his steps.

When he opened the door to the library he nearly collapsed.


Well, I like to stop now, because it makes it more interesting, doesn't it? Tell me! I'm sorry for the short chapters, but I'll promise I'll try to make them longer. Look, it's just my second ff...