▉__Queen Amelia__Berlin__▉
Severyn bowed once more to Amelia. "You honor me, Your Grace, but I am only a prince." He said rising. "I am Prince Severyn Alderson, Son of the Alder King of the Seelie Court of Anansai." He said smiling at her. Amelia’s pale cheeks blushed softly as if they were faintly feather powdered with rouge.
”Tis a great pleasure Prince Severyn.” Amelia replied with an increasingly bright smile. She really felt like how the 16 year old girls would look at court when attending a ball for the first time as honorable ladies. They would usually look as if their hearts were all a flutter as they were introduced to young gentlemen upon the first dance. Amelia remembered that she wasn’t a noble when she was 16. She was simply a court magician back then.
Severyn cleared his throat. "Your Grace, I believe we were in the middle of a lesson." He said and gestured to Xiao Jingshen and Prince Kiran. This somewhat snapped Amelia out of her brief daydream. Xiao Jingshen giggled. "We can wait." She said a mischievous glint in her eyes as she looked from left to right. Severyn narrowed his eyes.
Amelia giggled at the fae prince’s reaction to Xiao’s gestures. She placed her hand gently on his arm casually. It was her way of trying keep him from looking so cross with Xiao. Although, Amelia was pretty sure that this was common of Severyn. She found it cute to see him look so fussy. After her giggling subsided Amelia composed herself once more.
”You’re quite right, we were. Please won’t you do the honors of instructing?” Amelia said coyly. She watched as Severyn instructed and guided Xiao and Kiran. He looked like a father guiding young children. It was a gentle sight. She vowed within herself to remember this image of Severyn. It reminded her of her late husband, when he and her first danced together. It was the same sort of gentleness both men displayed. She missed that very much.
Valen approached Amelia and he could see she was deep in thought. He wasn’t present throughout most of the dance lesson. He spoke to the group ”My apologies for interrupting your fun. However I promise I bring new of more festivities. I was informed that there will be a masquerade festival this evening. We are formally invited to attend. I’m sure there will be plenty of opportunity to dance more there.”
