The king’s midnight lover

The tents were set in the woods with a fireplace in between, woods were added to the fire and the fire was fanned which sent the flames higher. As per, the instruction of the king, he was going to the village on his own and the rest of the armies were to come on the third day. During those days, he would cause destruction so the armies would finish up everything.

Although, the kings tent was also set up in the wood but away from the other tents as he was superior to them.

Adrian stood away from the other people with his back facing them, he looked up at the moon. It was full, he has always loved looking at the full moon because it gave him peace of mind but ever since his sister and mother passed away, he has never looked up at it again. But today, here he was staring at it, he was going to avenge the death of his loved ones.

He looked over at his people, they were giggling and saying something to each other, they looked carefree but none of that concerned him. He walked towards his horse and mounted it, he maneuvered it towards the direction of the full moon and he began riding towards it.

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In the village…

A young lady was seen packing things into her small leaf-made bag, it was a small notebook, microscope, pen, pixie dust, pencil, round glasses, and a small lantern. She tied up her long black hair into a ponytail and then she leaned over to tie the ropes of her boot. When she tied it properly, her chestnut eyes looked up to find a pair of slippers and then plump legs, followed by the long skirt and top.

Nicole knew it was her mother.

”Where are you going in the middle of the night? ” Maria wasted no time in questioning her stubborn daughter. Almost everyone in the village had known her as Nicoles mother despite her choice of keeping a low profile.

”Huh?, Nowhere mother… Im just tidying up things ” She said as her lips curved into a smile her mother was irritated upon seeing, that smile annoyed her a lot. Nicole always smiled like that whenever things didn go as planned by her.

”Tidying up things? And you
e dressed like you
e going out? ” Her mother countered, she didn let the girl speak any further before saying, ”Go and change into your nightdress and get on the bed, you have work to do tomorrow ” She spoke.

Nicole groaned when she heard work, she was known as a lazy girl who did nothing but plays around, She wasn fond of the boring chores her mother gave her to do, she preferred going on an adventure and seeing the world. She loves exciting and dangerous things and those things could only be found outside not inside the house her mother was bent on keeping her.

She huffed as she turned on her heels towards the bed, she didn bother to change her dress because she would still sneak out so changing of dress is considered a waste of time.

Maria shook her head at her daughter as she lay on her bed, all she ever wanted was a gentle child who could keep her mind at ease but all she got was a troublemaker, someone who doesn like staying in one place.

Even though Nicole was nothing like what she wanted, she still loved and cherished her daughter. Nicole was not only gorgeous and kind, but she was also very intelligent despite her age.

Nicole turned around on her bed unable to sleep, not like she wanted to sleep. She just wanted to confirm if her mother had gone to sleep. She waited for some time and when she was sure her mother was asleep, she snuck out of the bed and started walking away but she stopped and turned around to only fix the pillow on her side of the bed so that mother would think it was her, so smart.

She gently opened the door and closed it shut behind her. Now that she was outside, she was afraid, The night was darker than she thought, she could see no fairy nor elves. The flowers, trees, and animals had a home to sleep in. Even the place where the pixie dust was produced looked dark, everyone must have gone to sleep She thought.

She stepped away from the house before reaching for her bag, she brought out the lantern and lit it. She had ensured that there was enough kerosene to keep it burning.

Nicole held the lantern with her left hand as she walked through the forest, her heart almost leaped from her chest when she heard, ”Nicole ” She turned around slowly, thinking she would face her mothers menacing gaze but no, it wasn her mother.

”Pinkie? ” Nicole called excitedly as her eyes lowered down to the level of the white cat, she sighed in relief that it wasn her mother.

”Yes, its me, where are you going to? ” Pinkie, the white cat asked as it stretched lazily.

”Im going to study ” Nicole answered.

”And what are we studying today? ” The cat asked as it rolled its eyes at Nicole, it was only the girl that was studying, the cat would just sit by her side and watch out for any danger.

”The full moon ” Nicole answered as they walked away, now that pinkie was by her side, she was no longer afraid, at least not as much as before.

”Whats so interesting about the moon, ” The cat asked as it looked up, there was nothing fun there. The cat couldn explain why Nicole was in love with the moon, she liked every single thing about it.

Nicole didn bother to answer this question, she explained it to pinkie more than five times but the cat wasn interested in her explanation. As if she remembered something, she turned to ask the cat. ”What about Yellow, I hope she is not following us, ” Nicole asked worriedly, that was another cat but it belonged to her mother, it was as if the cat was everywhere.

Any little mistake she made, the cat would surely tell her mother. How petty Nicole thought as she hissed.

”Rest assured… I made sure to put a little pixie dust in her food ” Pinkie replied grinning wickedly. Pinkie wasn wicked but she has witnessed how yellow would report Nicole to her mother for doing a bad thing or going against her wishes, she thought of teaching the petty cat some lessons so she mixed a little pixie dust in her food, it would make the stupid cat sleep like a log of wood.

”Awwn Pinkie, Thanks so much, ” She said and walked over to give the cat a hug but the cat escaped making Nicole hug herself and fall to the ground.

Pinkie didn want her life to be squeezed out of her so she escaped, she turned to look at Nicole glaring at her and she chuckled.

”Such a naughty cat ” Nicole muttered as she rose from the ground while dusting her clothes.