nyslfriends Chapter 337: Emmah’s mistakes.
Chapter 337: Emmah’s mistakes.
Chapter 337: Emmah’s mistakes.The ball was Emmah Fairfax’s crowning moment, or so she thought. She had received help from an unexpected mage, the phantom midwife. Of course, there was a price to pay for her help but she had helped Emmah with the dress, make-up and all the shimmer which she needed.
She had timed her arrival perfectly, choosing a moment when all the debutantes had finished making their entrance and she walked in, dazzling everyone like the heroine of a romantic movie.
And her plan had worked perfectly. The crown princess had been forced to declare her the beauty of the season, which Emmah was certain Sigrid had been loathe to do. The dark look of fury in her eyes said so.
After the declaration, came the suitors. They flocked to her like lovesick birds, cawing and scratching, pining for her attention. After tonight, she was sure that she would be on her way to greatness.
Her first mistake had been listening to the words of Adelia Percival when she said that prince Benjamin was outside, looking for her.
Her second mistake was greed. The desire to show off to Benjamin. The temptation to secure a marriage with a prince. The desire to climb to the top and become an equal with Sigrid Thorin. A combination of all those things had resulted in her not thinking clearly. Perhaps if she had, she would have kept in mind the fact that her stepmother Lady Jane and Lady Percival were friendly enemies.
Even though they did not get along famously, they had become quite close as they waited for their daughters during those dance and etiquette classes.
So, Lady Percival’s daughter would not be doing her any favors.
Her third mistake was walking into the woods. No gentleman waited for a lady in the woods. This society was very different from earth. Only bad things happened when couples met in woods.
Her fourth mistake was not turning around when she realized that there were no red knights protecting that part of the woods and yet they were everywhere else on the grounds.
Her fifth mistake was not turning around the moment she realized that it was not Benjamin in the woods but Gage Lumberfoot. And his pants were unzipped! And he was holding his penis in his hands, pissing.
The rest could be blamed on the culprits of many incidents in the capital lately:snakes!. One of those slithering creatures just happened to crawl up her leg at that exact moment. Frightened out of her mind, she screamed and jumped into Gage’s arms.
For a large man, he fell over quite so easily, bellowing "snake" at the top of his lungs. Thanks to him, red knights, some noble lords that happened to be passing by, Lady Fairfax and Lady Aberdon. Plus a few mages that happened to be in the middle of bringing their fireworks loaded lanterns all happened to chance upon them.
The position they were in was very inappropriate. Emmah’s dress was bundled up, Gage’s hands were on her buttocks. His pants were of course, unzipped and form the way things looked, they had been caught in the middle of a tryst.
In that moment, Emmah knew that her life had changed. It was over. There would be no recovering from this. Even if Gage denied the assumptions that everyone was making with their eyes, nobody would believe him.
Emmah’s hopeful eyes
Emmah jumped from the bed, grabbed a pen that the nurse had left behind and she stabbed it into Lady Jane’s neck. As Lady Jane fell to the floor, she grabbed a cloak and the money and jumped through a window, running into the darkness.
Her fate was hers, nobody would decide it for her.
A tiny golden light shot out of her and flew into the sky.