Unwanted Harem

e that entered kept her gaze planted firmly below eye level, but the stance offered was far less demure and far more careless. Not quite defiant she was sure. This princess, it seemed, didn't even

me get ready for the day as soon as the men had left?" Starting strong first thing would put this

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take a walk about the palace." Palace, or castle? Vast differences between the

the word usage, but Alice wasn't certain if that was because she was right about it being a Palace or if the maid was surprised over

was just as unlikely to start up a conversation. Cold may have been the word for it, but Alice could hardly b

ace interior. Servants and guards kept surreptitious watch as she passed them by, some offering knowing

The likes of these servants and the two men who had left her would no longer be the norm around her. If she hadn't been so irritated she might've felt sorry for th

from so grand a place. The grounds, as well, outside the floor-to-ceiling windows were meticulously kept and bursting with color. It was an attractive prospect beckoning her from just beyond the glass. Some fresh

th polished limestone. It offered a rather refreshing view to the curious passerby, both orderly and elegant in its riot of color. Daffodils and tulips. Roses and bluebells. Everything swept into each other in such a way that indicated it

elightful surpri