French Fantasy 1x1 Anna and Echo

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Callias shakily stood up, leaning against the tree for support. He watched Gale warily, looking at the knife. "I'm sorry," he whispered, and hurried from the woods, stumbling back to the ambassadors house.

[AnnaCat17]

Gale watched him go before running off in the direction Fluer had run, hoping they would be able to escape before the guards began their hunt.

When Callias approached the house he heard the sound of Lucien and Delphine yelling at each other from inside and the unmistakable sound of something shattering.
"That is expensive! All you are doing is proving that you are to immature to be trusted with the responsibility of watching anyone let alone a monarch! He was right next to you! How could he slip away!"
Delphine threw another glass at Lucien, causing him to duck as it shattered against the wall behind him. "I was watching him you pompous freak! Maybe if you bothered to not be such an outcast and have some servants around we wouldn't be having this problem because then there would be more people to help make sure no one can kidnap him!"
Lucien grit his teeth angrily and shouted smethign in english before forcing himself to return to french. "I thought tat despite your stupidity you could be trusted to watch someone who you were literally fawning all over! I pray he is alive and marries you just so someone will assassinate you so I don't have to kill you myself and spare the population of your presence!"
Delphine let out a disgusted sound of shock before grabbing one of his books and storming over to the fire. "Apologize or it burns!" SHe shrieked at him.
"Put that down now you oversized cow!" he roared back at her as he watched her dangle the book over the flames.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Stop! Stop that right now!" He burst into the house, glaring at them. "I was only out for a walk. There's no need to get hysterical over it." He couldn't believe that Delphine had reacted so childishly like this, and reminded himself not to get attached to her. That wasn't a good trait to have. He sat down tiredly on the couch, bracing his elbows on his knees as he watched them.

[AnnaCat17]

Dephine and Lucien both looked at Callias stunned but Lucien recovered first, quickly snatching his book away from her as she continued to look at the prince in shock. "Your highness, what happened?" She said, her words shaking as she saw all of the blood coating the back of his hair from where he was hit, the candle holder having cut him slightly. She hurried over to him and her delicate fingers touched the wound in his head, grateful to see it had stopped bleeding but felt faint all the same at the sight of the dried blood.

Lucien felt ashamed for getting upset in front of the prince. So much for impressing him. He saw Delphine's face drain of color at the sight of the blood and quickly pushed a chair behind her just as she stumbled back, flopping down into the seat. He walked off without a work and got a bowl of cold water and cloth. When he returned he bowed to the prince, as was customary, and spoke humbly to the floor. "May I tend to your wound at this time, your highness?"

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Yes. Thank you, Lucien." He pressed a hand to his forehead, trying to think about how he could lie about this. He had completely forgotten about the wound. He rested his head in his hands, letting Lucien tend to his wound. "I apologize for upsetting the both of you by my disappearance."

[AnnaCat17]

Lucien walked over and stood above Callias. His gentle hands worked to clean the blood away and inspect the wound, finding it was only a small cut and wouldn't need much attention. "You need not apologize to us, your highness. We are here to serve you. I apologise greatly for our misbehavior you were forced to witness."

Delphine watched jealously as Lucien touched the prince, not finding it right that he sound be so intimate with him when that would better be reserved for either a healer or his lover, like her. Watching the way Lucien moved the cloth across the back of Callias' head the way Lucien ran his fingers through his hair to work out the leaves and tangles made her feel like she was watching something too intimate to be witnessed by an outsider causing an angry lush to peak out beneath her makeup. Her lip pouted for a moment before she found ehr words. "your highness, you seem weak. Can I summon you some food or drink from the palace?" SHe asked softly, hoping to draw the focus back to her.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"It's quite alright, Lucien." He pressed his fingers to his forehead, staring at the ground as Lucien tended to his wound. It barely hurt as he worked, his movements so gentle. "No, thank you, Delphine," he murmured to her. He glanced over at her, slightly smiling apologetically at her. "Did you get any rest last night?" he asked her.

[AnnaCat17]

Delphine nodded but sht a glare at Lucine. "yes, until your horrid ambassador woke me up and started yelling at me. When do we get to send him home? Im tired of having him around." She asked, pouting to Callias in the hopes he would sympathise with her.

Lucien didn't want to hear the conversation he knew occured when he wasn't around. He didn't want to hear Delphine pry all of the things Callias hated about Lucien out of him to have on display. He finished cleaning him up and returned to the kitchen with the bowl of bloody water, busying himself with cleaning it and trying to block out Delphine and Callias.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"No. I'm sorry, Delphine. Could you give Lucien and I a moment alone, please? Perhaps you could take a walk or something." He wasn't in the mood to tolerate her at the moment. He wanted to speak with Lucien alone. He deserved to know what had happened, and not just hear the lie he was going to give the others.

[AnnaCat17]

Delphine blinked, a little stunned, but nodded. She got up and curtsied to him before leaving to head home and change for the day.

Lucien kept focused on cleaning up the kitchen, even after he head Delphine leave, her heels clicking across the wooden floor.