Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 16

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First night together.

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Alessandro stayed in his office late, thinking about what his brother had told him. It was assumed that the princess had no magic. He had seen it with his own eyes, but he doubted that his brother was lying.

The next day, Alessandro called his brother again and a doctor to examine him, just as Cassian had told him. The doctor confirmed that he was better, that his condition had improved greatly.

When they were alone, Cassian said to him,

“Lessan, I wasn’t lying to you.”

“I don’t know what the princess possesses.”

“All I know is that, thanks to her, I have improved.”

“So don’t kill her, because if you do, you will condemn me to a life of pain.”

“I won’t do anything to her, don’t worry.” The king assured him.

After Cassian left, Alessandro called the butler and told him to make sure that the princess was in

his quarters that night.

The butler went to find Abril as dusk fell. The maids gave her a bath and dressed her in a light white nightgown with straps, then they took her to the king’s quarters and told her to wait for His

majesty.

Abril was very nervous. She was afraid that her life would end that very night. She stood completely still in a corner of the room, staring at the door, waiting for the king to enter.

The king was taking a long time. Abril was tired of standing, so she squatted as she finally sat on the floor. The hours passed, and the king did not appear. Abril felt her eyelids heavy. She fought against sleep, but in the end, she lost and fell asleep.

Alessandro had more work than usual, so he had stayed up working late. When he entered his room, he turned on the light. He was tired, took off his clothes, and when he was about to go to bed, he noticed that someone was in a corner of his room. It was the princess, she had fallen asleep hugging her knees. He had completely forgotten that he had asked the butler to bring her to his quarters that night. He approached, tried to wake her up, but he couldn’t. She was deeply asleep.

Alessandro couldn’t leave her sleeping on the floor. He carried her in his arms and gently placed her on the bed. He stared at her intently. She was a young beautiful woman with delicate features. Alessandro wanted to verify if it was true that she possessed healing magic and there was only

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He took a letter opener from the bedside table and made a somewhat deep cut in his hand. After cleaning the wound and bandaging it, he laid down next to the princess. Alessandro had trouble sleeping. Sometimes he only slept for three hours because he always had nightmares that woke him up. However, that night he slept deeply like he hadn’t in a long time.

The next day, when Abril woke up, she found herself lying next to the king. He was sound asleep and holding her. She stayed still, not knowing what was happening. She didn’t remember how she had ended up in that situation. Her stomach started to growl, Abril was starving because she hadn’t had dinner the day before because the maidservants hadn’t allowed her to. She wondered when the king would wake up and let her go. All she wanted was to return to her small house in the farthest part of the castle and eat until she was satisfied.

When Alessandro woke up, he felt a strange warmth. As he opened his eyes, he saw that he was embracing the princess. He thought she was still asleep. He planned to get up slowly when he heard the sound of a growl. It was the princess’s stomach. He got up and saw how embarrassed she was. Alessandro ignored her as if he hadn’t heard anything. He removed the bandage from his hand and was surprised to see that the wound had almost completely healed. He turned to look at the princess and said to her,

“Get up, I know you’re awake.”

Abril stood up and immediately knelt down. She was scared because the king’s tone of voice was severe. She said to him:

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I have been disrespectful.”

“Please forgive me and spare my life.”

“I said stand up, not kneel.” The king replied.

Abril stood up, she was trembling and dared not to look him in the face.

“I’m not going to kill you, so stop trembling, it annoys me.” He said.

“I’m sorry, I…”

Abril couldn’t complete her sentence when Alessandro approached her and said,

“Look at me.”

Abril lifted her face fearfully, he had a calm look on his face, he didn’t seem upset despite the tone of his voice. He showed her his hand and asked her.

“You touched my wound?”

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“No, Your Majesty, yesterday I fell asleep and didn’t notice when

“I just woke up a moment ago.”

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you

arrived.”

“I see,” he replied.

Abril’s stomach growled again, she felt embarrassed, her face turned red.

“You must be hungry, I’ll have them bring you breakfast.” Alessandro said to her.

Alessandro was changing his clothes. While doing so, Abril watched him. She didn’t seem the least embarrassed, it bothered him a little and he said.

“You must be very used to seeing naked men, since you show no modesty when seeing me without

clothes.”

“You’re mistaken, but is there any reason why I should feel ashamed?”

“I don’t find any.”

“Is it wrong to show oneself without clothes?” She asked innocently.

“What?” The king replied, shocked.

“I haven’t received a proper education, so there are some things I don’t handle very well.”

“I only know what I’ve learned from books.”

“In my books there were many scenes where the characters were naked and none of them felt

ashamed.”

“On the contrary, it is said that one should be proud to show his or her body.”

“Your Majesty has a good body, so be proud of it.” She said.

Alessandro was shocked by the princess’s words and if she had told him that any other day, he would have thought she was deceiving him. However, after confirming that she didn’t possess magic, he realized that maybe she hadn’t had an easy life. He asked her.

“What was the name of the book you learned that from?”

“It was called, “During the nights of the full moon.” “There were three volumes,” Abril replied.

“Who gave you those books?” He asked.

“Nobody gave them to me.”

“I found them in the library of the little palace where I lived when I was a child.” She replied. Alessandro wanted to see what those books were about before saying anything else, so he walked

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to the door and said to her.

“I will tell the maids to come help you get dressed.”

“I don’t need them, I can change on my own,” she answered.

“Then I will just ask them to bring you breakfast,” he said.

“Thank you very much, Your majesty.” Abril replied.

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Alessandro left and as he walked to his office, he asked the butler to bring breakfast for the princess and also asked him to find the books the princess had mentioned and take them to his

office.

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