Chapter 396: A woman easily forgotten.

Sigrid made her entrance at that moment, stepping into the room, a smile on her face and frost in her eyes. "My love, I have been looking everywhere for you."

Lady Dove bowed, "Your highness."

Sigrid walked closer and slipped her arm into Roland’s. "Why are you hiding out here? You are missing all the fun. And who is this? I don’t think that I recognize her."

Roland gulped, just a little. "This is Lady Dove....err...."

"Wheatley!!!" Lady Dove exclaimed, a look of alarm on her face.

She had just introduced herself to him, not even an hour had passed and already, he had forgotten her name. How could she compete for space in his life when he could not store her name in his mind for five minutes?

Sigrid almost cracked up when she saw that look of pain mixed with surprise on Lady Dove’s face. Next time, she would leave her kingdom and travel all the way to another empire and offer herself up as a mistress.

Outside the door, Mauve and Christie were laughing silently.

"Do you know her, my love?" Sigrid asked Roland.

"From a war, a long time ago." He answered.

Sigrid nodded. "Okay. Let’s return to the ball, my mother is about to send out an entire army to find us." She tugged on his and he followed her. "Enjoy the ball Miss Dawn."

not even to peek at Sir Samuel, the human pigeon that had a bruise on his cheek and another on his ribs. In silence, they were driven back to that gardens and Sigrid cast an invisibility spell over them

the table, only to realize that it

even leave their snacks on a table for a moment? I am going to turn everyone here into popcorn and crisps. How dare they steal from a crown princess?" She turned to the panther and

loud, her cries would have been carried all through the garden. Roland decided to solve the problem by sending Mauve and Mrs. Elsworth a message, asking them to bring snacks as soon as possible or else Sigrid would turn the

minutes, you will have fresh

Sigrid faced the crowd, wondering what she had missed. Surely, there was more that was happening other than guests

going to ask?" Roland turned her head

she asked.

story and she

after

to ask me? I know that you were there right from the beginning of our conversation. You must have heard her talking about

yawned again. "That is a lie. How could it have meant nothing? At the time, I

"But, I

"If you had thoughts about another woman, I

and only woman I have confessed love to in my life. I am not going to create any space in my life for her. I have you, I

a blaze of warmth sweeping over her. She took

holding in. That was the closest he had come to hearing a

beat up

reached them, along with the rest of her ladies in waiting. Lanai and the maids hung up more lanterns, while Alistair handed

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