he was making plans to do so but wanted to send the brothers ahead to ensure my safety as soon as possible.
Moments after I found out all they knew, the King arrived upon hearing that the brothers were back. He was also pleased to discover that he would soon be seeing his brother again as the exchange was going ahead.
However, I couldn't help but notice they had purposely left out the part where their own King was also coming for the exchange and he was killing mad at that. Meaning that I had a feeling this would end in two armies and two Kings butting heads like a field full of rams and fighting over who was more powerful.
Because one thing was certain and that was Lucius was pissed, and not in a happy drunk way. But as in the murdering, I am going to rip you limb from limb kind. And knowing Lucius as I did, then I knew he wouldn’t let this go easily or without blood being spilled. Because in his eyes, anyone who thought they had the right to take me and use me as any kind of leverage was going to pay for the crime. This all despite the fact that I hadn't been harmed and that I had been treated well. I had been given a comfortable room next to my bodyguard. I had been well fed the entire time I had been here and well, as for the company, thanks to Vena it had been second to none.
And speaking about Vena, I could see her hiding in the shadows, as she admitted doing quite often so she could get a glimpse of anything happening in the kingdom. And right in that moment I could also see that her eyes were rooted to just one figure in the room…
Trice.
Gods, but if only I had the time to play matchmaker, as he would have been amazing for her! Yeah, okay so I knew that it was most likely a ridiculous notion, because as nice as Trice was, he was also a big scary, rough, dangerous shifter bounty hunter and Gods but what a mouthful that was! But I also knew that despite all these things, he could also be soft and gentle when it was needed. However, was he the soft enough soul that Vena needed. Trice had a kind heart, and his bravery was on near insanity levels! But he could also be very blunt, pig headed, stubborn and was always straight to the point and direct. Which was something I'm not sure Vena’s anxiety would have been able to cope with. She needed someone to build up her confidence, not have the ability to tear it down in a moment of tactless comment coming out of their mouth. No, in that case maybe Trice wasn't the man for her after all.
Besides, the biggest obstacle would always be that he lived in Hell collecting the meanest of the mean as a bounty hunter. So not exactly the life for a naive Princess who only knew of her own world and by her own admission, it was not very much at that. I think Hell was a little bit too much experience for her to go through, which was a shame, as the look she was giving him now was like she had just found her Prince in dirty Armour.
In fact, I didn't even see a point where these two would even get to meet, as Vena was too scared to come out of her hiding place and Trice seemed oblivious to anything else other than the current situation we faced. This was until I excused myself to go to the bathroom. Because that’s when I realised I had been wrong, as it looked as though they had got their chance to meet after all.
I knew this the second I walked out of the bathroom, as what faced me as soon as I did was Vena, who now looked like she was close to hyperventilating. As soon as I stopped walking she said,
“What does Bonnie lass mean?” I took a moment and grinned, trying not to laugh at her putting on a Scottish accent when saying these two words. Then I asked her slowly and in a knowing way,
“Why?”
“What does it mean… it means stupid doesn't it, although maybe ugly… yes that's right, ugly is probably what it means? Stupid and ugly, probably like a double insult… although, I confess that when he said it,