Goldest and the Kingdom of Thorns Read Free Page B

Fairy Princess and the handsome Savagio strolled together among the pink sandstone walkways surrounding the ponds. The princess was attired in a long, flowing, light lavender gown with matching ribbons wrapped around the bottom of her bosom to her waist. White ballet slippers graced her delicate feet. A white diamond hung down from around her ivory neck on a lavender ribbon. Lavender ribbons were interwoven among her long, braided white hair. Savagio was attired in a blousy white shirt tucked neatly inside his black leather pants, with rust-colored soft leather boots made from the finest of skins, worn just above his ankles. Both looked so elegantly clean, with shining affection glowing from within them.
    From time to time, Savagio would pick a calla lily for the princess, giving it to her as he sweetly kissed her hand. The princess would giggle and smile shyly at this most wondrous man, who was so gentle and kind to her and all her attendants within the castle and its grounds.
    Two pairs of pastel green snake eyes, with Goldest’s golden eyes between the two pairs of snake eyes, peered out from a tree branch at the edge of the pond that the princess and Savagio was approaching. All three pairs of eyes were watching the princess and Savagio.
    “Humph!” Goldest croaked indignantly. “I can see that Savagio is infatuated with the princess.”
    Her two snake buddies, Meta and Methna, hissed and sputtered in protest against Savagio being so smitten with the princess.
    “She belongs to Ushi, and not that flamboyant fancy pants,” Goldest remarked to her two buddies. The snakes hissed in agreement. The three sat quietly in their hiding place as they watched, listened and spied among the two coming towards them.
    “I have invited some of the gypsies to dine with us tonight, and to share their musical talents with us so that we might dance,” the princess informed Savagio.
    “Sounds like a festive, entertaining evening with a very beautiful princess,” a smiling Savagio replied.
    The princess giggled delightfully as Savagio handed her a cream-colored rose after he had gently kissed the rose. They strolled passed the gardens of lilies and roses and then came upon the gardens filled with the French tulips.
    “I have grown quite fond of you, Princess. I hope you share some of your feelings for me that you have for Ushi,” Savagio quietly informed the princess.
    The princess smiled back at Savagio. “I, too, am fond of the both of you, and I consider myself blessed to have two warriors guarding and protecting myself and my kingdom.”
    A delighted Savagio, after hearing the princess’s spoken words, walked over to pick a pink amaryllis, watched by a distinctive golden eye from the turquoise pond’s edge. Goldest nudged the two snakes. The two snakes hiding up above in the tree on a branch at thepond’s edge slithered down to Savagio’s back and pushed him into the pond.
    Goldest snickered from her hiding place on the branch.
Fancy pants and his flowers
, a haughty Goldest thought to herself, with disdain towards Savagio.
    At that instant, Ushi, riding Niciu, his gifted black stallion, out for their normal morning exercise, came trotting into the pond area. His keen eyes caught Savagio falling into the turquoise pool. Ushi directed Niciu over to the water’s edge. He quickly dismounted and gave Savagio his hand and helped him up out of the pond. A frowning Ushi, at the corner of his eye, caught Goldest jumping down from the tree. Ushi watched Goldest hop away with her two pastel snake buddies slithering along with her, one on each side of her, as if the snakes were trying to conceal her. Anger welled up inside Ushi to see that Goldest was still up to her sneaky, conniving ways in order to embarrass Savagio in front of the princess.
    I know she is trying to protect my heart from being broken, but she should not be meddling between three hearts
, Ushi quietly thought to himself
The princess will have to decide for herself