The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 203: Hunt begins

Chapter 203: Hunt begins

" You will be fine your majesty," Yakov said from her side as he calmly looked at the nobles in front of them through the window of their tent. " We have made sure that nothing would go wrong, so you don’t need to look like you are heading for the guillotine."

Bree didn’t say anything in response, she hadn’t been allowed to carry any weapons other than her hunting gear, she was of course given a trunk of things that might come in handy for her. And when she said useful and handy things, she meant dresses ...dresses that look like a cluster of ribbons that were sewn together, with plunging backs and dresses that had a slit on the side so long that if she ever wore one of them she has to think twice about so much as moving her leg a bit further than she intended to.

The Duke clearly believed the rumours that were running in the Empire that the Queen’s swords have caught rust, that her skills were nowhere as good as they once were... that would be the only explanation as to why she was only allowed to have a dagger and a bunch of arrows with a bow, that was carefully carved for her weighing as light as a feather.

If one did not look closely then they would think that the Duke was being too good to her but Bree knew that everything that the Duke was doing was a slap on her pride as the Empress.

Bree let Blaise apply deep black kohl on her eyes, she wasn’t handy with these things but Blaise was really good at using them, with one quick flick of his wrist he applied the kohl in a proper arch and didn’t even mess it once. Her lashes were curled and then carefully dyed with what she thought was mascara——

" Please close your lips, your majesty," said Blaise as he skimmed his fingers over her lips and picked up a brush with a reddish balm on it. " I need to apply the blush on your lips."

Usually, these things should be done by the maids that followed her but now that they knew that there was something wrong with the Duke, it was better for them to keep doing everything by themselves and avoid creating any trouble.

Bree closed her mouth and let Blaise apply the lip balm and watched as her pink lips turned a bright shade of red. Bree’s skin was paler than the moon despite being a dragon queen maybe her body temperature was so hot that she wasn’t able to get tanned by the sun.

" The Duke really took his time to choose these dresses," Blaise said as he placed the brush back on the dressing mirror and then started skimming through the pile of clothes that were sitting in the corner, so sheer and smooth that Bree was sure that one snap was enough to tear them apart. " Tsk, Tsk.. this won’t do, we can’t let you wear something this revealing in front of other men, of course, if it was just the two of us... then maybe..."

" Would you stop joking," said Bree with a sharp note in her voice, she was having a hard time getting along with them alone and here was saying things like this...what two? At least let her get used to one man at a time!

" As you say, your majesty," said Blaise with a cheeky grin, he snapped his fingers and then the entire tent was covered with a sort of soft mist, she didn’t see it either but as Blaise moved closer to her, she felt the air around him move and curl, it was only then she realised that he might have done something to the tent making it impossible for the ones who were outside to see anything.

" All right, let’s get this thing done before anyone comes here," he picked up a few dresses that looked sturdy and then turned to Bree as he asked, " What are your preferred colours, your majesty? Goodness, it has been a long time... I seem to have forgotten what colours you like."

"Were you even told about them in the first place?" said Yakov with a quick raise of his brow.

Blaise shot him an annoyed look and said with a smile, " Were you?"

That shut up Yakov almost immediately and seeing that there was going to be another fight, she immediately said, " Black. I like black but sometimes I prefer whites, soft peaches and purples ... red in case there is some big occasion."

" Red huh? I guess we will be able to think of something." He picked up the satin red dress and fluffy one as well before snapping his fingers and muttering, " redocio."

The dresses unravelled themselves stitch by stitch as they turned into spools of blood-red fabric and then Blaise turned to look at her with a smile as he said, " Would you like bold with seductive or would you like just being your cute self? I would prefer it if you went with the first one instead."

" Why can’t I go with both options?" said Bree with a questioning look in her eyes, preferably she would have gone with the cute option but she thought that being bold while dressed in red was better.

" Greedy, I like it," said Blaise with a psycho clown-like smile before snapping his fingers.

Before Bree knew what was happening and what he was doing, she saw the spools of red fabric fly in the air and then in a flash of red, the fabric clung to her figure, everything happened in a jiffy. The shirt and pants that she was wearing were snapped to the floor and then the red, clinging onto her as the fabric snipped and snapped on its own and then before she knew it, she was standing in a dress that had a rather deep neck but now deep enough like the indecent dresses displayed in front of her with a plunging slit on the side but Bree knew that it was because she has to move around a lot while she was hunting.

" So what do you have to say, your majesty?" asked Blaise as he looked at her while she stood in a beautiful dress that was adored with roses and what not, her hair too was tied in a cutesy bun making her look both adorable and alluring.

Bree took a look in the mirror and nodded her head. " I think we are ready." Now all she hoped was that she would not have to use the poisoned arrow that was sitting in the midst of her hunting gear.

When she walked out of her tent with her two consorts, she felt the gaze of everyone turn to look at her, their gazes swept at her dress and she heard a few sharp clicks of tongues, were they for real? It was them who prepared those dresses now they were clicking their tongue like this? Nonetheless, she puffed her chest out and then walked straight to where the horses were being tied and smiled at the Duke with a pleasing note in her eyes. " Is everything ready, duke?"

" Of course, your majesty," she felt the Duke’s gaze dip down to her gown and then she saw the annoyance flashing in his eyes, what was she supposed to wear those dresses that made her feel bare? She didn’t know about him but she would rather have armour on instead of a good dress when walking inside a forest, something that Blaise made sure of. "I have prepared everything," he pointed to the black horse and said, " I heard that you like sturdy horses the most, that is why I prepared the strongest horse in my stable for you."

Bree gave him a look and nodded her head. " I see, I would like to show my gratitude for all that you have done for me one day."

" Of course, there is no need for that your majesty," said the Duke as he waved his hands and pointed at everything that was stretched on the hunting ground. " This belongs to you, your majesty there is no need for you to show me your gratitude when I am only giving you what you already owe."

Though he said that Bree didn’t miss the greed flashing in his eyes, she didn’t say anything anymore, instead, she turned around and walked to the black horse that was standing at the end of the magical tent that was being used as stables and patted the horse lightly.

Before turning to look at Blaise who shook his head slightly meaning that nothing was wrong with the horse at least. Oh thank goodness, she was starting to think that she was going to go crazy by the time this hunt was over.

"Let me help you——" Yakov began but Bree didn’t need his help, with Saphira’s recovery she could almost use this body as if it was her own. Placing her hands on the horse, she flipped and sat down on the saddle before turning to Yakov and smiling. " Ooops."