'He was looking for me? Why?'
"Why were you looking for me sire?"
Lucy asked politely.
She was ambitious and it was her aim to be the crown princess and future queen. She wasn't going to settle for less with a dukes son. Being a duchess is a good position but even the Duchess is stilll under Queen.
Lucian smiled. He could tell what she was thinking. He had been observing her for a while now and could tell the kind of person she is. He also found out that she held a grudge against the boy maid. But he didn't know how far she would go yet. So he came to confirm.
"I was wondering if you know a certain maid boy in the Castle."
At the mention of a maid boy Lucy's golden yellow eyes widened.
Yes she wasn't interested in the duke's son but it hurt her pride that he too is after the boy. If she doesn't take him out it might cause her future opportunities. Rage flashed through her eyes but she kept calm.
Of course Lucian noticed this. This was the reaction he had wanted but he still wanted to test further. She replied feigning calm when he could see the storm in her eyes
"Yes, I know him. He's the only boy maid in the castle."
"What do you think of him?"
Lucy what about to snap when Lucian came up with something
"I don't know but I saw him around my room yesterday and now my golden pocket watch is missing so I wanted to ask you if you could be of any help to me."
Lucy's eyes widened with shock again.
'Yes I knew he was a thief. But to steal from a duke's son?'
She became suspicious. Because she was ambitious and vile, didn't mean she was stupid. She knew very well deep down in her black heart that the pretty orphan boy was not the type to still even though she had said something to the crown prince it was just to raise his ego.
But if it would put the boy in trouble then she didn't mind.
"He's not in his room. He's currently with the crown prince in his study."
Lucian's eyebrows shot up on surprise. Was the boy close to the prince? He would have to look into that.
"That's fine. You can show me his room so I can ask him when he comes back later."
"Sure, follow me."
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Kyle stared at the door Lucy had slammed shut. He knew he was going to see her again but he didn't think it was going to be this soon. She was definitely more pissed this time than ever. And her hatred for him had probably increased tenfold, if that was even possible considering the level it was before
He would find a way to deal with that later. He looked back to the tray of food she had prepared specifically for the crown prince. As she wasn't expecting to see him she probably poured her life into it.
Kyle lifted the lid of the tray and his eyes almost popped. The food Lyla had been giving him was fairly okay, this-this was on another level.
"Are you just going to stare at the food?" the crown prince's voice came.
"I haven't seen so much food in my life before." He answered honestly.
Of course that wasn't totally a lie, it's not like he has not seen so much food before. He was the heir of a rich family. It's just that the food they had here was different from what he was used to in his previous life but somewhat same.
He picked up the spoon, hoping etiquettes didn't exist here. He was used to pretending and eating right in front of his parents. But here he wasn't supposed to have training so he could eat however he liked. He doubted the crown prince will mind.
He picked up something familiar that looked like a bacon. He popped it in his mouth and chewed.
'Oh my… wow…'
It did taste like bacon but with a more savory flavor. He took another bite and then another. He had never eaten this freely before.
In less than thirty minutes Kyle's plate was empty. He had never been this full before. But he felt like he still had space for more. This body was malnourished with his ribs showing. He wanted to eat as much as possible to fatten up. He looked at the crown prince's tray and saw it was still the same. As if he hadn't eaten anything since then. He looked up to find Alex staring at him. Kyle blinked.
"Do you want my tray too?"
Alex had watched Kyle savor and swallow the food. The sight was fascinating, maybe because nobody had eaten like that in front of him before. He was sure Kyle didn't know he had licked the plate and then eyed Alex's plate greedily.
Kyle nodded at his question.
"Take it."
Alex pushed the tray towards him. Kyle took it and gulped it down.
"You didn't strike me as a glutton."
Kyle frowned, offended.
"It's good food."
He snapped, then recovered and quickly bowed his head.
"I'll be sure to tell the head maid that."
Kyle grimaced.
Another maid came to clear the trays. When the trays were gone, the prince spoke again
"Today we would start with something small. We would be testing your limit. But firstly I know you don't know anything about your magic. So read this book first before we begin."
"Okay."
The prince passed him a brown, old leather book with more than a hundred pages.
Kyle took the book from him and opened it when he discovered he had a problem. He didn't understand what was written there. He stared at the pages of the book. Then looked up. The prince had gone back to his work already.
Kyle didn't want to say he didn't know how read. He didn't know if it would raise suspicion or not. So he pretended and just flipped pages.
After a few minutes of flipping he became bored and started dozing off.
Alex noticed the sound of flipping had stopped so he rasied his head. But what he didn't expect the boy to be asleep. He thought the boy had encountered a problem. But he was asleep with the book resting on his lap. Alex slowly stood up from his desk and walked towards him. He stopped in front of the couch staring at Kyle's face. His face looked peaceful.
Alex suddenly saw it all.
How beautiful he is-the way his lashes curled on his cheek-the way he exhaled softly-the way his eye lids trembled. He had the urge to never let anything happen to the boy. That was a stupid thing.
"Kyle."
No response.
Alex looked down at the book and saw the problem. He was holding the book upside down. He sighed and reach out to tap awake him when he suddenly started thrashing around throwing punches. He threw a blow at Alex's lips. Alex was so stunned that he didn't have time to dodge. The lips tore and it poured blood.
Kyle was having a nightmare.
Alex shook him trying to wake him up. All his efforts were wasted as Kyle kept thrashing and throwing punches as of struggling for life. The prince didn't know what to do. He hadn't been faced with this kind of situation before. He sat on the couch-threw his arms around the boy-and drew him onto laps in hopes to tie him down.
The moment Alex's arms made contact with Kyle's body, the boy grew stiff. He buried him self in the prince's neck and sobbed hard. After some time he fell back into the peaceful sleep. Alex touched Kyle's sweaty forehead. His temperature was abnormally hot.
Alex sat still for a while, feeling uncomfortable under the foreign weight. He licked his injured lips which was already healing. He wondered if everywhere suddenly became hot or if he was feeling the heat from Kyle's body. The boy shifted on his lap-rubbing against-him like he felt uncomfortable. He rubbed again and Alex froze
'No…'
He couldn't believe it. He hadn't had one of those in years since he became an adult. The more Kyle continued being restless, the harder something kept poking him. Alex stared at the boy dumbfounded. He was still asleep.
Alex stood up fast with the boy. He walked towards his desk and called for a bowl of water amd towel. Few minutes and the door opened to reveal Lucas standing there with the things he asked for. Lucas being Lucas just raised an eyebrow, as if he had seen all the things in the world and the crown prince standing there-holding a boy-with a boner was nothing.
Alex carefully dropped Kyle on the couch in a lying position. Lucas closed the door and moved towards them. He dropped the water and towels and left without saying a word, which Alex was grateful for.
Alex took the towel and dipped it in the water. He took it out, squeezed little water from it and folded it on Kyle's forehead. He repeated the process for a while even though he was the who really needed a cold bath right now. He left the towel on Kyle's head and walked back to his desk.
He looked down at himself. He was still hard and he still couldn't believe it. Countless women had thrown themselves at him but he had never felt anything. He used to praise himself his for control. But just now he got hard from a sleeping boy who wasn't even trying to seduce him at all-and he's still got the proof.
He needed to calm himself down. It had been long he got laid. He pushed the button again and Lucas came in.
Alex would agree that Kyle fascinated him somehow. But sexually— No way.
"Call Addison."