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Post by rachel on Apr 24, 2011 15:41:50 GMT -6
“At least fake nice whenever around Vaan, you want him on your side. I’m not going to tell you that what you did was wrong, Luna knows that woman had it coming, just sometimes it’s better to bite your tongue and smile sweetly.” At her own words, Rachel pulled out her show stopping sweet smile that almost made the courtiers believe she was nice to every and didn’t have a mean bone in her. A second later, the smile fell right off her face to reveal how tired she really was. Both from lack of sleep and just being in court. Maybe she’d take the girls away for a couple of weeks. Heading into the country side or the beach sounded like heaven. There was a slim chance she could pull her mate away for maybe a week if given the right motivation either from her or his father.
“Nothing to be sorry about. No one should enjoy being pushed around.” Rachel knew that just as well, not better than Eva since she must have gone through hell being a slave but the Duchess did have some idea. Her life had been predicted the second she had taken a breath in the world by Vaan. She had been spoon feed every ounce of manners and how to stand up straight her whole life. At times, she’d wanted to run for the hills with her tail between her legs, it had been her stubborn nature and realization she had nowhere to go that kept her in place. At least now that she was mated with two kids she had more say in life and could tell some people to go to hell with a sweet smile.
The dreamy look on Eva’s face was quite cute in a love struck way. Rachel wondered if she ever got that same expression whenever day dreaming about Richard. Something inside told her yes and it made her smile. “The first time running…that brings back memories.” Her smile turned sappy as she completely relaxed in the chair while staring at the waterfall. In her mind, she was right back to being a very young fresh Lycan and her mate wasn’t that much older right beside her. “Bananas. No lie, amazing little advice given to me by my own mother. I had mine in a fruit salad nearly every morning. ” Offering Eva a grin, she nudged one from the tray towards her. It wasn’t an instant cure, but in a few days the potassium in the bananas would ease the pain in her all her muscles, not just the legs.
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Post by Evangeline Dubois on Apr 24, 2011 17:58:12 GMT -6
She studied Rachel for a moment, nodding her head faintly. "I'll try." She said softly, studying Rachel thoughtfully. It would seem she needed just as much rest as Eva needed. She supposed it was quite a job being the Duchess of the court. Eva knew there were certainly more duties than any of the other ladies of the court. Except for the queen if there was one. "How do you deal with it Rachel? All eyes on you, being the center of the gossip chain." She looked to the water fall thoughtfully for a very long time. She heard all the rumors. So many speculations as to what Evangeline Duboise was doing here and yet all of them were wrong. How could the truth be morphed into some of the stories? She didn't know, but it was kind of annoying. And upsetting.
She nodded her head head softly, relaxing a little. It was hard for some people to understand her aggression when people were getting pushy with her. She spent half a century as a slave. A very unhappy slave who fought nail and tooth all the way. It was a natural instinct she had developed over the years. A defense mechanism. You push her and she'll push back.
Okay, bananas she could eat. She couldn't stomach enough pickle juice, but bananas she could definitely stomach that. She smiled, taking the one Rachel nudged. She peeled it gently and broke off a half of it, nibbling on it lightly. "I hate it when I wake Rafe when I get a cramp in the night. All he can really do is help me walk it off or message it out." She said softly as she peeled the rest of the banana and started to nibble on it. She hoped this helped. She was getting tired of the cramps. They were very painful and when you were sleeping and suddenly had that pain shooting over your muscles, you just couldn't stop yourself from crying out in pain. She hated waking Rafe up like that because she knew it kind of scared him a little when she did.
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Post by rachel on Apr 24, 2011 18:25:41 GMT -6
Pursing her lips, Rachel really had to think about the question. How did she handle it? Richard helped keep her from pulling about snobby noble ladies who only thought of climbing higher up on the status pole. Her babies reminded her to remain level headed less they were put in the butt of some rumor about them being the offspring of another man. This in fact had been the case at one time. There was no describing how much that had nearly killed her heart when it hit her ears. “The eyes are easy being the center of when you’re raised to have been in this position.” Practically bred to be the Duchess in all truth. Rubbing a hand over her face, she pulled another smile on her face, a real one this time before looking back over at Eva. “I mostly find any excuse to pull my mate to my side as often as possible. He’s my strength when I want to crumble like a conquered tower.” There was no way she wouldn’t have run away from the court years ago if she didn’t truly love her husband and her father in law. So selfishly she would try to find little ways to see her mate throughout the day while still keeping up her façade that everything was ok with her well placed smile and looking nearly perfect whenever she was in court. Most of the time, there wasn’t much effort needed to keep up that mask, but recently it was getting strangely harder. The new moon was less than half a month away, she put the blame on that knowing how much her sister wolf hated those moonless nights.
The aggression in Rachel never showed through unless she felt her family was threatened. The only expectation was when she was much younger and her werewolf side had tried to cause some real damanage that thankfully hadn’t been anything too traumatic. Being raised to act proper and polite, it was a miracle her mate found anything sexually appealing about her.
Feeling full from her nibbling, Rachel leaned back in the chair, nodding when Eva spoke. She remembered those nights between being boiling hot then icy cold followed by the muscle pains. It had been hell when the girls finally started nudging her womb since they really had no idea about their strength. Sometimes, she would wake up with bruises around her lower belly causing Richard to get over protective and force her to stay in bed, not that she listened. She would always get up and go to the garden, happy to be allowed to stay away from court. Deep down, she had a feeling Vaan got a kick out of watching his younger son try to tell her what to do outside the court and failing miserably. “Nothing wrong with a good massage in the middle of the night. Gets me in the mood.” She nearly howled letting her mind wonder to those late nights when she’d wake up feeling like she was in heat. Those had ended quite interesting to say the least.
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Post by Evangeline Dubois on Apr 24, 2011 22:13:48 GMT -6
She smiled faintly, thinking of Rafe. If he could have, he would have stayed beside her every chance he got, but he had responsibilities he had to attend to as Lucian's beta. Not to mention, he spent a lot of time with Lord Frost and Duke Niall discussing the case. He was very busy. She didn't see him much during the day unless she roused in the morning to either ask to come with him or to beg him to stay in bed with her, or when she wakes from her nap. He usually comes in for lunch during her nap so she usually woke to find him either laying with her or eating lunch. But other than their alone time in the night, that was about it.
She wished she could have one day with him. She tried not to complain too much because she was once an alpha herself. She understood the responsibilities that Rafe had as the Beta and then on top of that he had to go over plans for the case as well. It was tiring for the both of them. Just one day to enjoy his company. Maybe one day she would make sure that his calendar was clear and they could go out to the beach for the day. She would enjoy that very much.
She chuckled and nodded her head lightly. "I totally agree." She grinned softly, as she sipped at her tea casually. Yes back massages led to sex. That was more sure. What man couldn't resist a woman who was making all sorts of sexy noises. She certainly didn't object to making love to Rafe. Especially not lately. The hormones had her so hones up she constantly felt like she was in heat. Rafe certainly couldn't deny her when she rolled over in the night silently demanding his affections. She didn't think he could ever deny her in that way. He has yet to do so.
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Post by La Luna on Jun 11, 2011 11:57:08 GMT -6
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