Nicholina didn't know why she was angry but all she knew was she was mad at Rheaphel. She didn't know what she was feeling and why she wanted more. But still as conflicted as she was she was still angry at the fact that he stopped.
Walking into her chambers she didn't notice Christabel standing in front of the wardrobe until she moved in further. Finally feeling someone's presence she nearly screamed out in fear, nearly.
"Christabel? You startled me" she heav a sigh,hands on her chest as she took in a breath.
"Sorry for startling you your highness, I was arranging your clothes"she apologised with her usual innocent voice.
Nicholina forgetting how angry she was, a warm smile spread on her lips,she didn't know why but she felt connected to Christabel in a way she couldn't decipher, walking towards her she placed her hands on her shoulder.
"Don't be sorry I was just startled to see you as I wasn't expecting anyone in here" Nicholina explained warmly to her personal maid.
"Thank you, your highness is very kind" Christabel praised her with her innocent voice.
" oh I almost forgot" she exclaimed walking towards the bed stand that had a glass of juice on it. "Your highness " she began shyly. " I made some juice that helps with fatigue and help relax the body, it was a recipe my mother taught me and I wanted her highness to try it if she would like" Christabel shyly said.
Nicholina eyes followed her and she saw a glass of red juice standing perfectly and neatly on her bed stand. Suddenly,she felt thirsty and gulp several times.
"If her highness doesn't like I would take it away" christabel's said in a sad and disappointed voice. She made a gesture to take it but She was stopped by a small slender hands on her wrist.
" Don't take it away I would like to try this special recipe of yours" Nicholina warmly said with a smile. She was thirsty yes! But she didn't miss the disappointment in her voice, and she didn't hear her instincts screaming at her to be careful. And even if it had only been two months since she knew her.
She didn't believe she could poison her. So she let her guard down not wanting to hurt her feelings, and in fact she considered herself special as she was the first to taste this recipe.
Christabel smirked wickedly as Nicholina stopped her,for a while she felt disappointed as her plan has backfired but now she was beyond the moon. Is not like she was poisoning her she needed her to drink it for future reference.
Then bit by bit she would get her how she wanted. The juice indeed was sweet and special but there was another special thing about it, it didn't help with fatigue,well it looked like it helped,but it actually drained energy.
And she needed Nicholina drained of energy to make her work easier. Hiding the smile and replacing it with a shy excited one,she handed the glass of juice to Nicholina. Her eyes glowed with excitement and a hint of nervousness as one would feel when she did something nice and was expecting a nice result or praise.
Nicholina smiled as she took a sip of the orange juice. As soon as it touched her tongue. Her eyes widened and she took in a huge amount of it in her mouth leaving just a little of it in the glass.
She didn't care if it wasn't lady like, even the greatest queens and kings would do same if they tasted what she was tasting. She was tasting heaven. Yes you heard her right, HEAVEN.
" Oh great heavens, Christabel? This juice of yours was made from the fruits of heaven itself" Nicholina exaggerated.well,with the taste, that was what suit it. She has tasted the finest wines and juices she could ever think of, but she hasn't tasted anything like this.
This was heaven, the taste was something different. And she didn't know what fruit it tasted like. In fact she tasted different flavors. Apples for a while,then bananas, Pineapples,sour grapes, lemons then cherries both sour and fine cherries. It was just ovewhelmingly good.
She couldn't help but wish for more,she gulped down the rest. Leaving not a tiny drop. Again it wasn't ladylike but to hell that,whoever drunk this would do the same.
Christabel left out a giggle as she saw Nicholina's reaction. This juice was special. Specially made by her. It was a normal juice not known by many. A mixture of different fruits both sour and non- sour ones. But she added something else, something to help.with her plan.
" Am very glad her highness is pleased with my juice, I haven't tried in a long time and so I wasn't certain it would taste good,but am glad you like it" Christabel said taking the glass away from Nicholina.
Rheaphel had a genuine smile on his lips as he made his way towards his own chambers. He hadn't expected Nicholina to act the way she did.
He had thought she would resist,since it was going to be her first. But she had rather become angry when he stopped. This his wife always seemed to amuse him.
The smile on Rhealphel's face turned into a scowl when he saw that one person on his couch casually sipping wine.