Into The Woods

Felix leaned forward in the saddle, giving Stomper his head and letting him run at his own pace. And the horse was not at all interested in keeping it at a trot. He'd been missing the regular runs he used to get before the prince got married. Bluntly, so did Felix. So he grinned at the wind blowing through his hair, and encouraged Stomper to a greater speed.

Though, truly, it wasn't as though he was going to be ( late for his meeting. )

One good thing that came out of Verity's accidental meeting with the woman in the market was finding out she was a princess. It got her to thinking, which led to scheming.

A few facts had to be gleened first. That part was easy; people loved to gossip, and the market place was the best place to get the latest gossip. Apparently said princess was a princess through marriage in a kingdom that had been on hard times prior to the young bride's arrival. Verity could not find anything concrete out what it was about the woman that made the abrupt change in their financial status. Tales ranged from the mundane to the purely ludicrous. But if the financial change was true, it gave her an idea.

( Nobility generally drew nobility )

Opal lay in her lovely, soft bed staring at the canopy overhead, trying to determine just how late it was. Fairly late, certainly, it was quite dark out, and the servants had long since seen her to bed. And she was pretty sure this wasn't one of the nights when her husband would be visiting her. There was a little disappointment to that, because she rather liked those nights, it was nice to be so close to him. But mostly she was relieved, because there was awkwardness too. ( Besides, she had plans. )