Thread: An Animal's Trust (DarknessEmbraced666 & TekN0!!!)

While the maid flitted back and forth as she ate, Seraphina smiled to herself before glancing at the woman when she giggled and bowed ehr head. Indeed I am and it has been with your help in raising me that I've become the young woman that I am today. she said gently, her affection and appreciation showing in her voice. As the woman spoke about the dog, she smiled and chuckled. Seraphina understood that her maid wasn't a big lover of canines. Could you please have the trainer release him from the kennels? she asked the maid. I'd like to spend some time with him later. And I will tell him that you're a woman. She giggled to herself and returned to her food, eating some more of the pastry then some of her fruit while the maid continued speaking. As she ate her food, Seraphina watched the head maid tidy up the bedroom. Because she'd been raised well, the princess rarely made a mess of her rooms. The most mess that she ever made was around her desk from doing her work or when she was working on her art with her painting tutor. It didn't take her long to finish her food and she sat back while holding her glass of water, drinking most of it before nodding when asked if she was satisfied. Yes, thank you. she replied while wiping her mouth with a napkin to make sure not crumbs lingered before standing up. Before following behind the maid, Seraphina paused at her vanity to double check her hair and to grab her favorite necklace. A simple silver chain with a small flower dangling from it that had a single pink pearl in the center of the white flower. The princess clasped it around her neck as she walked with the maid. Because the princess was a bit taller then the maid and had longer legs, she didn't have to walk as fast as the older woman. Seraphina walked with a straight back, squared shoulders and a high head, a posture her mother had taught her many years ago. When the nobles bowed to her, she glanced at them and nodded slightly, but all the while she listened to the maid as she rattled on about the different servants. She knew that the head maid was a good source of information because she pretty much ran the castle and the maid heard most of the gossip. So any changes that the princess needed to be aware of, she could always count on the other woman to inform her. At the mention of that nights dinner feast, the princess frowned slightly before nodding. Of course. she said but she knew she probably wouldn't have to remind the woman. Remind the cooks and servers that Lord Audley will be here tonight and he is allergic to nuts, so they don't make many things that require nuts and the servers don't place such things close to him. Seraphina told the maid. However, they were interrupted by a loud voice and Seraphina paused and turned slightly to see her uncle approaching them and she glanced momentarily at the maid. Hello Uncle Roderick. she said gently before softly grunting as he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. She returned the hug before stepping back and smoothing out her slightly rumpled dress before blushing a little as he spoke. Seraphina has never been close to the man. When she had been a child, the princess had always wanted to spend time with him but he always brushed her off when he visited, spending all his time in either the company of some of the lords or her father. Thank you Uncle. she said when he complimented her. Her uncle was a little taller then her, both of them having gotten their height from her fathers side of the family. Where her mother had been petite and rather short, her father was a tall and strong bear of a man with large arms, broad shoulders and a strong chest. It was clear who got the looks between her father and her uncle. Like the princess, her father was fair skinned but they didn't look pasty white like Roderick did. At his teasing, she blushed again before sighing as her hair was messed up, several of the soft, silken strands now standing out of place and some falling in her eyes. My studies are cancled today Uncle. What with all the guests today. she said while attempting to fix her hair though it was difficult without a mirror. We were just going on a walk discussing tonights feast. she said, keeping the meeting with the council secret like she was told to. Afterall, she didn't know if her uncle had been invited to this meeting, which she doubted he had been since the meetings were usually just herself and the council, though her tutors occasionally attended if the council wished to know how her studies were coming.