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attire of a royal advisor. After a moment, she gave a nod of her head to him, and replied back to him in a polite way.
                  “Good morning, sir.”
                  “I trust that you are doing well this day.”
                  “I am doing just fine today, sir.” Straightening up, she focused on the opened doorway of the carriage for a moment before looking back towards him. “How may I help you?”
                  “My lord wishes to give you a ride to wherever it is that you are traveling to in hopes of keeping you from getting sick and anymore wet from the storm that is moving right over us.”
                  Did I just hear him say that his master wishes to give me, the daughter of two peasants, a ride to where I am heading to?
                  The answer she had received from the plump man caught her by surprise. A member of the nobility class wanting to assist her caused her thoughts to be full of curiosity and confusion.
                  She went to speak up when her eyes noticed a strong, pale hand reaching out towards her with a crimson ring on one of its fingers. The sight of the mysterious individual’s grasp reaching out caused her to step a little closer, and peer inside through the rain that was gradually starting to pour over a short period of time.
                  Nestled upon one of the cushioned seats, Daniel flashed a warm, charming smile at the same time speaking to her with a soothing, sensual tone in his deep voice.
                  “Please…” He said, “Allow me to give you a ride to where you are heading to on foot. I would hate for you to be drenched and end up ill from this horrible weather.”
                  Her heart nearly stopped on the spot due to finding the hand belonging to that of King Daniel Willows, the ruler over the village that her friend lived in, and the very woodland area where her family’s home had been built upon. The realization of the lord and master of the land wishing to give her assistance on her trip made her more curious than she had ever been before.
                  Pulling in a breath of air, Lily eased her left hand into Daniel’s grip, and stepped inside of the dark carriage, removing herself from the torrential rain that had started to fall down without mercy.
     
     
     
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                  Maintaining a gentle yet firm hold on her hand, Daniel guided her inside the dry carriage to where she would be safe from the thunder shower that was taking place over them at that moment. He watched her sit across from him inside of his vehicle, and flash a warm yet shy smile in his direction. The sight alone caused his smile on his own face to widen a little more, and his piercing stare to have a twinkling look to them in the darkness.
                  She is the one…There is not a single doubt in my mind that is telling me anything else. The beautiful angel that I have been waiting so long for has finally come to me, and is sitting across from me inside of my carriage at this very moment.
                  Despite his body burning with a need to get close to her, Daniel managed to keep a calm, relaxed position on his side of the buggy while he spoke to her, breaking the momentary silence that had fallen between the two of them.
                  “So,” he asked, “where is it that I shall be having my driver to take you to, my lady?”
                  Daniel witnessed her eyes blinking in an attempt to try to hide the fact that she had been staring at him since he had assisted her inside of his carriage even though he had known about her staring at him as he had been looking back at her in the same exact fashion. The sight of her trying to not be