Wonderful

Her response sent a thrill through him as she inched closer and his eyes closed. All of a sudden, a gentle gust of wind came across his face and when he opened his eyes again, she was several steps away, giggling. The prince blinked confusedly at the girl. She had tricked and teased him! Somehow, he still was not angry with her. Instead, a slightly confused smirk spread across his face at the proposition of winning a kiss rather than just getting it. Every other woman would have thrown herself over the prince at the mention of a kiss, but not Lady Evie. The thought made Milo smile. It made him feel like an excited little boy again, and he rather liked feeling normal. 

"For the promise of a kiss... How could I say no?" He smiled, "But I should warn the lady that I never lose" It was true, although that was mainly because the prince had very few associates that would let the prine lose for fear of consequences beyond a game. The prince regularly had to ask his opponent to actually do their best, but even so, the prince did have the best education and often won out of pure talent and sportmansship. 

 

The queen was no fool, unlike her poor unsuspecting husband. She could see the panic in the men's faces and knew in that instance that they both were extremely aware of who this "nameless man" was. It made her wonder if Lady Andrea was still under the rule of her father, despite being a widow, and what hand he might have had in the choice of the king's mistress. Possibly, he could have pushed her to sleep with the king so that he would feel differently towards his family? The king's shoulders seemed to relax somewhat as Lord Luca tried to explain his misstep and it made Lexi gaze at the woman they were all discussing, dancing happily on the floor. She knew she should not, but she envied the woman. She was free to do as she pleased and she could have any man she chose. Lexi looked back at her husband, who's eyes were not fixated at his misstress once again. 

"No" The king agreed in the end a drew a deep breath. "Let us not discuss the matter any further".  The queen nodded at Lord Luca as he made his exit and then turned back to the king.

"I shall retire for the night, my darling." She announced and her ladies, always keeping a close eye on their queen, were quickly by her side as she stood. "I look forward to your visit" She then whispered sweetly, to which the king nodded dismissively and then engaged in conversation with Lord Darsley who was on the other side of Lord Romano. As the queen exited the room, she caught another sight of her husband's misstress, bowing to her queen as low as she possibly could. No doubt it was to show all of the guests the cleavage her corset produced, to which Lexi frowned slightly. She disapproved of any of her ladies acting or looking too loose, and her eyes clearly told the Lady Andrea this. However, the lady simply smiled innocently at her queen and let her exit before walking over to where she could see her brother.

"Oh what a wonderful night! Don't you agree, brother?" She smiled.