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“Those look perfect.” Ella gasped. “Yay, you could help with it.” She cheered for me. That almost sounded insulting, but I know that she didn’t mean it that way.
They put me into the dress then, tying it in the back and lacing it up tight so that I had perfect posture and was just barely able to breath. The top of the dress was right there at the top of my breasts as well, showing just a little bit of the cleavage. That was fine though, I wasn’t relying on the bodice or the off the shoulder sleeves to hold the dress up; that was why it had been tied so tightly after all.
The dress was royal blue at the top and faded just a little as it went down. At the bottom of the dress, there were hand embroidered trees that looked like they were covered in snow. They were entirely white. And there was lighter blue, white, and gold leaves on the vines that went from the bodice down to the full skirt.
It looked amazing, it really did. Ella and Gina had out done themselves with it.
Now that I was in the dress, I needed to finish the look with a pair of black strappy heels that weren’t even going to be seen since the dress would just barely be off the floor when I walked.
Joaquin was let in after that, he liked to be in charge of putting on my accessories; mostly because it allowed him to touch me. He had brought several pieces in with him that he was intending to have me wear, including my crown.
I was given a pair of diamond and sapphire twisted hoop earrings for the bottom hole in my ears, they were done in an ombre pattern so that the color went from light to dark like the wisteria flowers we had at our wedding. There was another pair of hoops for the second hole in my lobes, they were sapphire and vanilla gold as well, only they were in a traditional hoop shape with the gems alternating around them. There was a necklace that matched the earrings dangling from my neck with the pendant just above my breasts. All the pieces went well together and with my crown.
“Joaquin, where did these come from?” I asked him with awe.
“They’re for your birthday. Aren’t they beautiful?” He grinned at me.
“Yes, they are.” He kissed my cheek and then took my hand.
“Though they’re nowhere near as beautiful as you are.” He made me blush when he said stuff like that.
“Oh stop it, Joaquin.” He grinned at that like it was the natural response to my embarrassment.
“Come with me, my Queen. It is time to greet our guests.” He led me from the room then, and I felt my heart racing for the first time today. This was the first ball that I was hosting for my people. Ugh, why was it so nerve wracking?
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Riviana
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Tonight was the banquet and ball for my birthday. We were, of course, hosting this ‘party’ in the grand ballroom. I mean, where else were we supposed to host a ball than the ballroom? And the fact that we were going to have so many people in attendance meant that we needed to use the largest room possible.
As Joaquin led me down to the main floor of the castle, I felt the nerves intensifying within me with each step. We were walking in silence as we went through the halls. Gabriel, Vincent, Noah, Shane, Shawn, and David all took their places around us when we were out of the Royal tower; they had moved in silently and were doing their jobs the way that they should be. I truly did love each of them. They were all family to me; of course Noah was, but the others were now as well.
When we made it to the door of the ballroom Gabriel entered first. This door wasn’t the main entrance that the others entered though; it was the entrance that led straight to the raised platform that I would be having my dinner on with those that were part of my family.. There were two platforms at an angle next to the one that I would be on that would hold the Grand Nobles. The rest of the guests and nobles would be sitting throughout the ballroom on either side of the dance floor.
While we waited, I heard Gabriel’s voice ring out through the entire ballroom.
“Welcome guests. We are delighted that you are here with us to celebrate Queen Riviana’s birthday. We appreciate all of you coming to join us in this celebration. And now, without further ado, may I present to you, our Queen.”
At those words, Vincent and Noah opened the door, and Shane and Shawn led us into the room. Once we were inside, they spread out to the side to flank me, and the others came up behind us so that the five of them were in a semi-circle and ready to guard us.
Joaquin still held onto my hand as he led me to my chair. Gabriel pulled the seat out for me then did the same for Joaquin. Joaquin was sitting on my right side, and to my left was Rika. Likewise, on the other side of Joaquin was Regan. The two little ones were sitting in what could only be described at miniature thrones. These thrones were in fact high chairs that would help the babies to sit properly for the meal. They were also ornately carved and covered in jewels. They were similar in fashion to the throne-like chairs that Joaquin and I were currently sitting in.
Only after I sat, did those in the hall actually take their seats. They had all bowed to me when I entered and stayed that way until I had swept the crowd with a look.
“You may rise.” I had told them before they took their seats.
The sound of them all moving at once was something that I was not used to yet. The moving of so many feet, and the scraping of so many chairs at the same time, it was a little unnerving to be honest.
Once they were all seated, I addressed them as well, which was expected of me as the Queen.
“Good evening.” I smiled at some of the faces that I recognized among the crowd. None of my family was out there because they were sitting with me at the table. I turned my head to look at them as they watched me. “Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy lives to join us here this evening.” Even though I would have preferred something a little smaller; I added that part in my head just so that I could let out some of my frustrations. “This is a special day for me, and I am happy to see that so many of my people see it as such as well. Now, I will not take up too much more of your time; let us begin the festivities for the night with the banquet.”
The food was brought out next. It was first delivered to me and then Joaquin, Reagan and Rika. From there, the food was taken to my family that was sitting around us. I was the one who needed to start the banquet and so I needed to eat first. Thankfully, this food had been prepared by Abigail personally so I didn’t need to worry about poison. And Roisin was attending my table herself so there was nothing to worry about there either. With that in mind, I took the first sip of the soup that was the starting course.
About halfway through, the meal Gabriel came to me with a strange message.
“Queen Riviana, Ella needs to speak with you. There is a bit of a situation.”
“What sort of situation?” I was worried that something might have happened and scanned the crowd for where Devon and Gina were currently sitting. Ella, of course, wasn’t with them. They didn’t look like something was wrong, just like there was something off.
“It seems that you are getting a call.” Gabriel looked like that wasn’t just all it was.
“What kind of call?” I raised an eyebrow as I looked at him.
“I will let Ella explain that to you.” He grinned like he thought it was funny.
Gabriel gestured Ella forward, and I could see a panicked look on her face.
“What is it, Ella?” I asked her, worried about her.
“W..well, I was sitting at the table over there. I brought with me things to take care of your hair and makeup just in case, and w..w..well, uhm, y..your mirror started ringing.”
