The Unfinished Story by Char Marie Adles (best books to read in your 20s .TXT) 📕

to deserve to come to such a beautiful world? To find such great friends and a love of my own?
I sighed as we moved along the winding the to the city. Momo was happily riding behind me on my horse and telling me of what she had done last night. It would seem they're very spirited in their exploits. I half listened to her and kept me eyes on the wagon in which held Yume and the young man. I knew he would live and have a few hard weeks in front of him.
And that set my mind to wondering who their family was and where they were really from.
I knew they had to be the daughters of a high-class noble family at least. They had to be from somewhere in the city-
“And I caution you to stay away from the Emperor. Even thought you have Kail, he likes young men and women, so I suggest that you keep your distance. You beautiful as a man or a woman, so every man that sees you go crazy and every woman become either jealous or admiring of you. The Emperor will be no different he will want to have you.” Momo said and that's what broke my commandeering of the girls.
I turned around as far as I could with without knocking one of us to the ground and stared at her.
“I don't care if he likes men or women. I will not be anyone's plaything again. And as for your advice thank you, but we'll need to find out what to do with you and Sen. Since well you kind of already are married in the most basic way, I guess you'll share a room.”
She grinned at me wagging her eyebrows, “Well said princess-” I pinched her lips together.
“Remember we are in company of others who do not know who I am and I for one would like to keep it that way. I decided I would meet the Emperor as 'Prince Ash' the heir of France. But if anything goes wrong I have a plan,” I said with a grin.
“Just beware the he might want 'Prince Ash' to marry one of his daughters,” Momo said covering her mouth as she tried not to giggle. The idea of me marrying another girl was hilarious, but to me it was just downright horrifying.
“Let's just hope he has no interest in me for him or his daughters,” I said looking back to Kail who was talking with Sen. I saw that Momo looked at Sen with the same look I looked at Kail with.
The rest of the way to the Imperial City she saw fit to inform me once again of the Emperor's previous ventures. I would have covered my ears, but I was the one controlling the horse, which would have caused most likely both of us to fall.
By the time we were at the gates that lead into the imperial City I was totally against meeting the emperor and Momo all but dragged me into the gates. The company stopped near by a tall fancy building to stop and rest.
I dismounted and the moment my feet touched the ground I was picked up in a big hug. My face pressed against the chest of the person who held me, and I found it to be the chest of a woman verse a man's for one very obvious reason. I tried to pull away, but I was too shocked to really do anything.
I looked sideways to see Sen, Kail, Momo, and everyone else of the company looking at me with their jaws hanging wide open. Then I looked up in to big browns eyes of Kali!
“Kali!” I gasped, hugging her tightly. I smiled up at her. She grinned down at me.
“You look good! Seems you've been okay since then,” she said. She let go of me and stepped back to look me over. “It would seem you're still looking like a boy.”
“Well I kind of have too,” I started, but then I felt a hand on my waist. I turned and smiled up at Kail.
He looked at Kali with a look of suspicion.
“Kail this is Kali and Kali this is Kail. She took care of me after...um the monks took me. She healed me and helped me escape.” I said smiling at them both.
He stared for a moment then bowed and when he came up he was smiling. “I thank you of taking care of my Ash for me. I am in your debt.”
She looked at me with a raised brow when he said 'my' and I nodded, and then she looked him up and down twice, grinned at me and winked.
She nodded at him. “No you're not as long as you and your company come in for a drink. It’s good to see you here,” she said to me.
I went over to the wagon Kei and Yume were in and went in. she smiled when she saw me.
“We're in the city now, and we're stopping for a drink if you want to come. It'll be good for you; I'll have someone watch him for us, okay? You've been taking care of him well but take care of yourself to. You need a break.” I said.
She nodded. “I'll come.”
“You know he should wake up soon. His fever will break soon too, so you have to be in top condition when you see him.” I took the hand I place on his forehead and touched she’s for a moment.
She looked so much like a lovesick puppy waiting for their master, when she looked at him, hopefully. I could tell her eyes are only for him.
I pulled her with me and asked one of Kail’s close servants to watch over him. The man smiled at me and nodded. Then we went to the carriage that held her sisters. I knocked and entered. I bowed to each of them as they step down and out of the carriage. Upon which each one smiled at me with a super sweet smile and said, “You're so kind.”
I had to bit my lip to stop from laughing. I led them to where Kail and Kali were talking.
I smiled at Kali “Kail and Kali this is Yume, Bia, May, Lyn, and Mira. They’re sisters I saved them on our way here to the city. You guys this is Kail and Kali, they saved me.” I turned to look at them.
Kali looked them over and smile to them. They just stared at her. I cleared my throat and they blushed looking away. All but Yume, she grinned at Kali.
“Hi,” Yume said to her.
“Hi,” Kali said back. And from there things went smoothly.
I sat next to Kali and Yume took the other spot on my left. I drank my tea and enjoyed myself.
“So you and the pretty young lord-ling uh?” Kail asked leaning over to me.
I nodded. “Yes.”
“Good work I must say. And he's your hero too. Have envious I am. If only I was younger. Well I am only twenty-six so maybe...OW! What was that for,” she yelped.
I took another drink of my tea, “Don't even think about it. He's mine you old bat.”
She rubbed her arm where I pinched her and grumbled. Then she smiled and whispered something in my ear that made me squeak, “You want me to do what with him?!”
During our talk I notice Kail stare our way often and with a look of envy too. I smiled at the silliness of it all.
When the drinks were over we made to leave. The girls were loaded up and the other packed up. Sen mounted up, and Momo sat with him this time. She blushed when he whispered something in her ear, and then she giggled.
They must be very happy, I envy that they can do that in the open. Yume was back with Kei and so I made sure no one was watching and went I was sure I pulled Kail down for a very fast, yet very passionate kiss. I walked away and gave Kali another hug.
“Come back to visit okay?” she asked.
“I will,” I promised.
As I mounted my own horse she gave me a smile that said to remember what she had told me to do with Kail. I blushed and nodded.
I came along side the carriage and asked, “Ladies, where is it that you live so we may take you home?”
There was a silence and then Mira spoke. “You can take us to the Imperial Palace. That was where we were staying, before everything happened.”
Well that makes things easier. “As you wish. My ladies.” I heard them giggle.
I moved a safe distance away and laughed. Kail came up to me and asked first.
“What are you laughing about?”
So I told her about the girls. A grin peeked through that mask of steel of his and thought it wasn't to the better of him he laughed.
Sen came up on my other side, Momo asleep in his arms.
“What are you two laughing about?” he asked wanting to know.
“Nothing,” I said with a straight face, which only made Kail laugh harder, and to almost fall from his horse.
“Come on tell me,” he asked.
“Nope,” I said.
“Come on please,” He begged. He reminded me of a small child asking for a cookie before supper.
I shook my head and giggled.
They stared at me in shocked and I burst into a fit a peeling giggles that made them laugh too.
Within the next half an hour we were at the gates of the Imperial Palace. We were let through when Kail told them who we were and we stopped in front of the huge palace. But just to call it huge was an understatement. The place was practically its own city! There was at least five thousand stairs that led up to the front doors!
The girls were escorted into the palace with a lot of surprise, but I wasn't able to notice because of the little man who had just popped up in front of me. He looked at me with big brown watery eyes, fill with amazement.
“Your eyes are blue!”
I felt my eyes widen in surprise. His loud cheerful voice caught me off guard. I was so shocked that all I did was nod and say, “Yeah.”
He turned his smile and big eyes to Kail. “Good to see you back Lord Gin,” he said to Kail, “Good to see you to Master Hawkins, this is Ash. The person who saved the Emperor.”