Abril asked herself curiously, putting her head on her husband’s chest to make sure his heart was still beating. Upon confirming that he was still alive, she tried to wake him up. She shook him, tapped him lightly on the chest, and when he didn’t respond, she gave him a strong blow to the face, but he didn’t jerk up. He was completely unconscious.
“Well, now what do I do?”
Abril wondered as she looked at him. He was still bleeding, and if she left him in that place, it was very likely that he would die and her peaceful life would be over. With no other options, Abril dragged him by his feet to take him to her house, as it was the closest and she doubted she could drag him any further.
When they arrived at the house, Abril took off his clothes as they were covered in mud and dirt, and she didn’t want him to dirty her bed. Then, she did her best to treat the wound on his stomach, which didn’t seem as deep as it had initially appeared.
Upon closer inspection, she realized that he had a bump on his head, perhaps that’s what had knocked him out.
Abril covered him with a sheet after she was done checking for any more injuries. She stared at her husband for a moment. He had a good body and a beautiful face, but he wasn’t a good man, or at least not with her.
She prepared tea and waited for him to wake up.
Alessandro woke up with a bad headache. He had gone for a walk in the forest when someone had surprised him. He had been deeply cut in the stomach and had been hit hard on the head without being given a chance to defend himself.
He looked around, wondering where he was. His gaze stopped at a beautiful young woman sleeping on her bed. Alessandro recognized her by her hair. She was his wife whom he had forgotten.
He wondered what she was doing there. He was about to wake her up when she opened her eyes, stretched her arms, and asked him.
“Are you okay?”
The king was shocked and he said to Abril,
“Where are we?”
“What are we doing here?”
“I found His Majesty lying helplessly on the ground when l was taking a walk in the woods and brought him home with me.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Were you the one who attacked me?” Alexandro inquired.
“Why would I do that?” Abril replied.
“You are just like your disgusting father,” Alessandro said.
“Here we go again.” Abril said and tried standing up, but her legs were still asleep.
Alessandra had a fever during the night. She had to lower it with a wet cloth, but in the end, she fell asleep while doing so.
“If His Majesty is feeling well, he can leave.” She said.
“Where are we?” He asked,
“In the palace, where else could we be?” Abril replied ironically.
“This house looks simple,” Alessandro said, believing her words.
“Which exact part?” He inquired further just to be certain.
“In the place that His Majesty gave me to live.”
“It was three years ago.”
“I suppose His Majesty has forgotten,” She responded.
“What are you talking about?” He asked.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“If you feel better, you can leave.” She replied.
When Abril started to walk away, Alessandro stood up and realized at that moment that he was completely naked.
“What have you done with my clothes?” He asked.
“That’s right, I washed them since they were dirty.”
“I will bring them now.” She replied.
“What?” He asked.
Alessandro didn’t know if it was because of the blow he had received on his head or if the princess was crazy because, to him, the idea of a princess doing laundry was unthinkable.
Abril came back shortly after with Alessandro’s clothes. The bloodstains still remained.
“Call the servants to bring me clean clothes.”
“I’m not going to wear that,” he said.
“But they are clean, it was only the blood stains that didn’t go away,” Abril replied.
“Stop saying nonsense and call the servants.” He responded, believing that there should be servants there.
“I can’t.” She said.
“Why not?” He queried.
“There are no servants here,” She answered.
“What?” He questioned.
Upon seeing her husband’s expression of surprise, Abril knew that he didn’t know that the maids hadn’t returned to serve her and wondered if there would be any punishment for them.
Alessandro might have completely ignored the princess, but she continued to be a princess and had to be treated as such, so he had never ordered otherwise.
A small memory came to Alessandro’s mind. He had sent her to that place as a punishment, but hat had only been temporary. Alessandro covered his face with his hands. He remembered that he never said how long the princess would be in that place and, since no one had mentioned her again, he had completely forgotten about her.
He looked at her closely.
She was dressed in a simple white dress that reached her knees. That dress had no embellishments, not even the servants dressed that way. The princess was barefoot. The same had happened before. He thought it was because of the princess’s extravagance, but something made him think that wasn’t the case.
“Are you telling me that you have been living in this place for three years without the help of any servants?” He asked.
“Yes,” She answered.
“Why didn’t you say anything?”
“Why didn’t you complain?” The king questioned.
“Why would I?”
“And even if I did, who would listen?”
“His Majesty made it clear that I couldn’t ask for anything and that he didn’t want to see me”
“I only did what His Majesty wanted.”
“I didn’t…” She didn’t complete her sentence.
Abril put the clothes on the bed and said to him.
“I’m sorry, but there are no men’s clothes you can wear in this place, so you’ll have to wear your own clothes.”
“They’re actually clean.”
“I washed them myself, although the bloodstains didn’t completely disappear,” Said Abril.
At that moment, Alessandro felt sorry for the princess in front of him. Although he didn’t feel sympathy for her because of everything her family had done, he felt sorry for her for living in such a difficult way for so many years.
Alessandro took the clothes and removed the sheet he was covered with. Until that moment, he didn’t realize that he was completely naked. His face turned red and he asked.
“Who took off all my clothes?”
“It was me”
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