Chapter 35
Chapter 35 Don‘t move.
Doris wiped her sweaty palms against her cloak. This would not be a pleasant night, she was sure of it.
A hundred questions moed through her mind she didn’t have an answer to a single ane. Did he want her
to serve him the whole night? Why didn’t he have another maid do this? Surely there were dozens of
closer, more suited maids to tend to his
The footman nced back at her once they reached his door as if he was finally checking to make sure
she followed. Doris released a shaky breath and put her hand on her chest to feel how fast her heart
raced. It was not exciting to be serving the most Totten princezalone. What if he tried to pin her to his
bed again? What if he had been drinking? The man knocked twice before he opened the door. The
chamber was extremely dim, only a few candles lit the area. “Prince William, I’ve brought the maid you
requested.” “Let her in.” His deep voice drew her gaze to the window where he stood with his back to
them. She cautiously entered and flinched when the door clicked shut behind her. “Good evening, your
majesty.” Doris curtsied, trying to keep her voice calm. Prince William slowly tumed to look at her, a
sense of resentment crossed his face for a moment when their eyes locked. Doris held her breath and
curled her hands into fists at her side. “You know, I would never let a liar near me like this.” Prince
William said, a flicker from the candle lit up his stony face. His blue eyes always held a
Time of their own when his emotions were on high
Prince William Hild up his hand to stop her. “I didn’t ask for an excuse. Doris slowly released her breath
when he turned away from her and locked out the window again. The stars were so bright in the sky, it
almost distracted her from his tense shoulders. After a moment of silence, Prince William turned back to
look at her. “You’re the only exception. But if I catch you lying to me again, you’ll suffer a lot worse than
you have now.” Doris swallowed and nodded her head. “Use your words.” He demanded. “Yes Prince
William, I understand. Doris bowed her head. “May I serve you some tea?” Prince William looked her up
and down, she only wished she had more time to cover her marks with makeup before she came. “Yes.”
Doris unsped her cloak and hung it by the door before she prepared a tray and carefully poured a
warm cup of tea for the prince. One of her hands was still bandaged and healing, even in ounce of
pressure made her suck in a sharp breath. She sensed every step he made even with her back to him,
she knew his eyes followed her every movement and it only made her hand shake more. When she
attempted to pick up the tray, he grunted behind her. “Just bring the cup.” “Yes, your majesty.” Doris said
softly. She turned to find him already seated at the small table used for taking tea or quick meals. The top
of his shirt was unbuttoned and his jacket was thrown over à chalszily by his firece. His raven ck
hair looked as if he’d run his fingers through it a dozen times since she’d turned away
from him. The candle hout out the color of his Thi
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cleared her throat and turned away to hang up his jacket. She limped a little as she walloed, clearly she
had been on her Teet much longer than she was supposed to. The rest of her was starting to beg for her
to rest as well, but she doubted Prince William would allow her to Test when he wasn’t even settled in
bed yet. Doris hung his jacket and retrieved his night clothes. Thest few times she’d seen him in his
room, he didn’t sleep with a shirt on. But that might have been because of the circumstances. Doris
shivered as the sounds of his MORT resurfaced in her mind, she quickly pushed them away before
Melody’s haunted her too. When Doris emerged from his closet, he was already in bed. He wore a ck
s?tin set of nightclothes that clung to his form, she nced down at the red pair in her hands. “Oh, I
apologize for taking so long, your majesty.” Doris turned to put them back **Don’t bother, put them on the
chair. The maid in the morning can handle that.” Prince William said as he stared up at the ceiling, his
arm propped up behind his head. Doris tilted her head in confusion, why was she here if he didn’t want
her to do normal duties? Doris set down the clothes and quickly moved to
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hand. His eyes shot to her face and then flickered to her hand. He yanked the pillow from her grip and
fixed the pillows himself. Doris telt her cheeks burn, she wondered if he regretted asking her to serve him
tonight yet. Or if he had the second she walked through the daer still looking like a bruised nes “Is there
anything else you need before I blew aut the candles?” “No, that’s all.” Prince Willian said with his eyes
already closed. Doris slowly moved around the Toom to start blowing out each candle. “Leave some of
them on.” He instructed when she bent to blow out the ones closest to him out. Doris bowed her head
and went to sit in the chair by his bed. A sharp pain spiked through her when she seated herself. It was
as if all of her woreness decided to hit her all at once the second she allowed herself to sit. She bit down
on her lip as hard is she could to muffle the sound of her whimper. Daris turned herself away from Prince
William and held her side when the pain thickened. She’d forgotten all about her medicine she was
supposed to take before bed, Beth would surely scold her about it the moment she returned. Doris
nced back at Prince William and found him sitting up watching her. The way his eyes searcher every
inch of her made her feel bare, she hated that feeling “Come here.” He said. His deep voice vibrated
through her body and held no room for objection… Doris slowly stood and winced at the new burst of
agony. Her heart thundered nervously with each step closer she got to him. She was in too much pain to
fight him off, but she would if she had to. “Yes?” Doris asked quietly when she approached
the side of his bed. He took him ind pulled her into bed. Darise d and tried to meme willy from him, but
he held het still. His strong arm draped across her stomach and held her down in the bed, A WAVE af p c
blinded her pain for 1 moment. “Flease “Enough.” He knowled. Dons froze. Prince Williamid his head
back against the silk pirs and closed his eyes. “Don’t move.” Deris watched his face, her entire body
tended. He Pently pulled her against his chest and she felt terrified to even breathe in his hold. What was
the Keing to do to her? Why did he grab her and force her in his bed-again! Her mind raced with hatible
thoughts of what he was nning on doing to her, she nced around and looked for items she could
use against him if he tried to undress her again. After what felt like hours of unbeanble tension, Doris
realized Prince William had already been asleep. His chest lose and fell in thythm and she couldn’t help
but stare at him to make sure he wasn’t faking it. She traced his face with her eyes and was started to
see hiri look so peaceful for once. His darkshes touched the top of his cheeks, she fought the urge to
brush his dark hair away from his forehead. How could someone so chel look so innocent when they
slept? . Her heart rate finally calmned to the beat of his owIL. She allowed herself to rx under his hold
and felt as if she was sinking into his cloud-like bed. She released her tight grip on his arm and saw her
nails must have dug deep into his skin when he grabbed her, but he didn’t seem to notice. Why did
Prince William want her to sleep next to