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The king looked at her. He smiled a little bit at her. "I would love to spend the night with you. But only if that is what you want too." He said looking at her. A lot of the guys had made their masks look more like something a king would wear clearly trying to let the women believe that is who they were. James did not do that. His mask was simple and he defiantly did not look as kingly as the other men did. That was how he wanted it. He loved being king, but he was not the flashy type of guy so when given the chance, he chose simple yet still very formal. "Well, I am glad that you know my voice because the only other people who seem to, work for me." He said smiling at her. "I can tell that they are. But I also noticed that you still outshine the rest of them. I don't want to be the husband of someone who wants to marry me for a status upgrade." He said and held out his hand. "May I have this dance?" He asked her.

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Lenore nodded as she took the King's hand. "Well it's a rather hard one to forget James." She enjoyed dancing with him, she felt as if there was not a care in the world. "So, what exactly does the role of Queen entail?" Lenore wanted to know what she was getting herself into, it seemed as if she had some pretty big shoes to fill and she wanted to get it just right before she agreed to anything. She loved not getting the judgemental looks since no one knew who either of them were. Lenore loved just being around him, it lifted her mood 10 fold.

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James smiled and walked out to the dance floor and started to dance with her happily. He listened to her question. "Mostly being my support system. Being king is a big job and sometimes it can be a lot to handle so that is one of the most important things. Then occasionally giving a speech or cutting the ribbon at an opening ceremony, If I am overwhelmed with work, an advisor may ask for you do balance a budget. The numbers will be given they just need double checked, and sometimes there are other random tasks but the queen is never stuck doing it all alone. There is an advisor to help with all of that." He said looking at her. "But I understand if it is too much." He said with a small shrug. "I am doing it fine on my own right now so I can keep doing that." He said. He had been convinced after his first wife had passed that he would be alone for the rest of his life and that still showed in how he spoke sometimes.

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Lenore listened intently. "Well if you would ever like me to be the one to help you out with all those things, I'm sure it could be arranged." She winked. Lenore actually thought it didn't sound too bad. She was good with a budget, good with the people. Lenore looked around nervously only to find that no one was eavesdropping this time, which put her mind at easy. "I would be able to go where I please, correct?" She didn't want to be confined to the castle, she loved being with the commoners, she was one afterall.

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James looked at her and smiled. He was surprised that she had actually said that she would do them. It made him feel better about a lot of things. "I am glad that I have your interest. But there are a lot of other candidates that are exactly what I am looking for so I will take it into consideration." He said clearly joking with her. He had even laughed at the end. "Yes you would be able to go where you would like as long as you still complete all of the duties as queen and you would be required to have a guard with you at all times. Two during war times. Unless you sneak around them like I did when I first met you, but they tend to get pretty upset when you do that." He said smiling at her. "So we are going to see where this leads. It is guaranteed to be interesting with me around." He said.

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Lenore laughed at the bit about the guards. "Oh hush, I don't need a guard, I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself you know." Lenore again just didn't want to accept help. While she knew her way around with a sword and never had an issue before, she didn't like the idea of someone being wherever she goes. "So, happened to bring a little friend with me, he's up in your room if you would like to go and see your little adventurer." She laughed a bit, noticing the ball was beginning to wind down. "So has anyone guessed who you are yet?"

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"I know that you don't. But you also don't really have a choice. It is part of the deal. I could easily handle myself but they don't take any chances on the king and queen possibly getting hurt." James said to her and shrugged. "It is just how they are." He said. "I would love to see my little adventurer, but I have to wait until after the ball. Eric and Michael the guards over there are watching me like a hawk to make sure I stay this time and that nothing happens." He said to her. "I also have three advisors over on the other side of the room keeping their eye on me." He added. "It is just a great party. But no I have not had anyone guess other than you. But we do have to take our masks off in a few minutes and I am sure that everyone will know then. If you want to go hide in the back, I understand because I would too if I could." James said laughing.

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Lenore thought for a moment before shrugged. "Nah, I think I'd rather stay here with you and wait. But I might opt to keep my mask on, no one really needs to know who I am." Lenore laughed a bit to herself while Ahe made eye contact with the two guards before looking around for the advisors. "Why are they enforcing that you stay this time? It didn't seem like much of an issue last time." Lenore was hoping that she didn't get him into too much trouble after the last time they were together. She waiting nervously for the time when everyone would be taking off their masks. Lenore looked up at her king, knowing that in a few short moments he would be swarmed with girls claiming they knew all along who the king was.

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James smiled at her. "I understand. I can handle that. I already know who you are so I am not too worried about it. Plus they will find out soon enough. They were not that mad about me leaving. I could leave but that would defeat the purpose of the ball and would ruin their plans so that is what they want to avoid. They also don't want me going alone with the war and such." He said and took his mask off when it was time. A lot of the girls came over and tried to talk to him and he did the best he could but it was hard with so many women.

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Lenore gently curtsied to her King before walking over and standing next to one of his guards, not taking her mask off still. She thought about all the orders for blue dresses she'd get in the next day. Lenore as much as she wanted to be over with James, she could not handle all of those women and how, well, barbaric they were. She watched basically trip over each other in order to get a few words in with the King. Lenore just patiently wait to get upstairs with me to see Moose. Lenore was just shocked to see how everyone treated him, like he was a God. She even recognized a few of the women from growing up together.