The Selection (1x1 with AnnaCat17)

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Elliott snuggled against him, smiling happily. "I love you." She rested her head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat.

Abril giggled as he pretended to be annoyed. She kissed him back before getting up, pulling him up onto his feet. "Come on, my king. Let's get to bed."

"Thank you for that," Solace whispered, gazing over at him. "I had a really good time." She didn't understand why he did that for her, buy she appreciated it.

[AnnaCat17]

Pavel grinned happily and eagerly allowed himself to be puled to bed after her.

Sutton nodded once before carrying the full tray to the kitchens to drop it off and get an empty one. He ignored the confused looks he was given as he helped worked, not caring that a three shouldn't be doing such work.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Why did you do that for me?" Solace asked, her voice soft as she followed him with the cloth and bucket she was using to clean the tables. "You hate me. Well, at least you did."

[AnnaCat17]

"I dont recall ever saying I hate you specifically. I hate everyone equally in fact." Once he had dropped off the tray he turned and returned back to the great hall to keep cleaning up, not caring that she was following him around.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Well, you certainly acted like you were particularly spiteful to me." Solace followed him, wiping down the tables once they had returned to the great hall.

[AnnaCat17]

"I don't like people and you have a tendency to suddenly appear in my room. I feel my agitation is understandable." he shot back at her as he cleaned, never looking at her. "Why do you keep showing up and talking to me if you hate me so much?"

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Solace flinched a little bit. She didn't try to defend herself. "Because I try not to hold grudges. Not even after you kept hurting me. And I like my job. I don't want to loose it."

[AnnaCat17]

"I stopped doing that, you know." He grumbled. "I havent hurt you since before the king died."

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"But I don't understand why you did in the first place. Or why you suddenly decided to stop. Did the King's death make you realize you had been acting like him?"

[AnnaCat17]

"There are plenty of terrible people in the world, Solace, no need to compare them all to him." He stopped what he was doing and looked over at her. "Here, ill make this easy for you to understand. I do not want a servant. I can tend to myself so leave me alone amd stop trying to guilt trip me. Ive repayed my debt."