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Chapter Four

Jamie had to hurry back to the palace before the gates closed and barely made it.

"Cutting it a little close, Miss don't you think?" A guard remarked.

"It won't happen again." Jamie replied getting off of buttercup and heading toward the stables.

It was a while before Jamie got back to her apartments. She brushed buttercup, then fed her and sat in the stables awhile just talking to her horse. A Thing the Wild Mage, Daine said made the horses understand their masters or mistresses.

Jamie barely got her dress off of her body before sinking into her bed and falling asleep. It had been such a trying day with meeting Liam and talking to her sister for the first time in months'.

In her sleep, Jamie distantly heard the creak of a door and woke up.

"Shhh, it's only me." Michael said going to her bed.

"What time is it?" Jamie asked groggily.

"A little before dawn. I've come to say goodbye. And please don't kill our sister. She is nice deep, deep, deep, deep down." Michael said.

"That's about right." Jamie laughed. "Did you say goodbye to mama and da?"

"Yes, I just did that. I have been assigned to boarder patrol I'm going to be gone for about 6 months." Michael answered both of Jamie's questions.

"So you'll miss Kara's coming out?"

"Yes. She won't be happy will she?"

"No." Jamie laughed at the face Kara was sure to wear then "She won't be very happy at all."

"Well at least I'll be on the boarder and won't be able to here her scream. She is just like Hannah in that way. At least she has a brain like you, though."

"At least that."

"So I heard about you and Prince Liam. It seems the main gossip. Liam is just like his father, a ladies man. You must be careful. He's handsome and he knows it."

"Stop fathering me, Michael I already have da. Still how bad is he?"

"You remember the princess fling with Delia, Sir Alanna and that princess, don't you? Try all ladies he courts plus a princess or two. And he's the youngest prince."

Jamie winced. "That bad huh?"

"Well I better be off. Good luck, Jamie,"

"Don't get killed. We all need you to live, Michael."

"I'll try to be careful."

When Jamie woke up for the second time, the sun was shinning into her eyes and Keri was getting a dress out for both of them. Jamie's was a blue silk with a purple ribbon at the waist and purple shoes. For her, a green silk dress with a blue ribbon at the waist and blue shoes.

"You have everything worked out don't you?" Jamie said.

"Get up! We have to get ready it's already eight. I told Liam that we would meet him at 10 and you have to get a bath now go!"

"Okay miss bossy." Jamie yawned and got into the bath Keri had poured for her.

By 9:30, Jamie had been washed, dressed and groomed so she looked like a true noble lady.

"This dress is so pretty. Was it really in my closet?" Jamie asked.

"I combined two of your dresses to get this one and just made a replica of yours but with different colors for my dress. It's amazing what the powers of a goddess can do." Keri sighed.

Jamie smiled and put on her slippers while looking at the clock.

"Wow we have a whole half hour to do something." Jamie remarked

"What do you mean? You still have to have a purse and lip rough." Keri said. And with that, she sat Jamie down in front of the makeup table she never used and pulled out some red lip rough.

Then they went into Jamie's closet where it was Obvious that Keri had done some serious wardrobe changes. There were shelves of slippers and a whole shelf of different purses. Jamie picked a small blue one with sequins on it and put a few gold nobles into it as Keri put lip rough and a brush into hers.

They walked down to the main gate and found Liam there alone.

"You two look great." Liam said to both of them, but his eyes were on Jamie.

"Thank you." Jamie blushed and tried to look down so he couldn't see it.

"So where are we going?" Liam asked

"The market place to show you what Corus is really about and how the people really are." Jamie answered.

"Okay let's go meet some regular people! Some average Joes!" Liam said rubbing his hands together. "But were taking guards!"

"No you will meet the people as one of them." Jamie said with a final note in her voice that Liam decided not to push.