Edited by LadyCibelle
The ravishing Princess Catherine stands gazing through the open window of her bedroom, high up in the castle. She searches the woodlands across the gently rolling field that circle the castle. So deep in thought, it is as if she is in a trance as she thinks of her Knight. Her deep brown eyes sparkle in anticipation. She is anxious this afternoon as she knows that he will return to her all too long empty arms, having completed the mission required of him by the Order. She has missed his touch severely. Her heart aches unbearably for his quick return.
A cooling breeze wafts through the window, gently caressing her lovely face. She desires to reach out and touch the forest across the field, knowing that, somewhere within its depths, he rides ever closer to her. Thoughts of the admonishment she had received from him remind her that she has been told not to travel into the wood alone. Yet something deep within her draws her to the forest, and her own special place. Quickly, without allowing herself to reason, she darts from her room, down the long, circular, marble staircase, across the great room, and finally through the massive oak door. She is finally free from the confines of the castle. The sense of unknown dangers, coupled with her overwhelming desire to see him excites her even further. She runs fleetingly across the open field toward the forest.
Happily, and with the carefree abandon of a child, she skips along the path into the forest, moving ever closer to her secret place hidden in the trees. As she travels the path, she stops to smell the newly blossomed wild flowers. The scents of the flowers as well as the essence of the massive pines surround her as she continues toward her destination. Finally arriving at the brush that marks the place for her to depart from the path, she parts the branches, slips from the oft-traveled path and onto one which none, she thinks, have traversed save her. After a short journey, she finally arrives and once again is breathless at the beauty of this, her own special and secret place, hidden in the wood. It has been too long since her last visit here. She begins meandering aimlessly about the lush open meadow of her hidden sanctuary, unaware that even as she wanders, he has arrived at the castle.
Dismounting from his mighty white steed, and not unlike her, filled with desire to see his love, he quickly searches the castle, to no avail, trying to find her. His lean, muscular body craves to once again touch her silken skin, to hold her close, to engulf itself with her sweet essence. Though he knows it shall never be true, he will promise never to leave her again for such a long time. Not finding her, he ponders her whereabouts. There can be but one answer. She must have disobeyed him and traveled outside the towering walls of the castle and into the wood to her secret place. Wasting not another thought, he begins a speedy journey across the field and through the wood, for he has known of her secret place for some time. After what seemed an eternity he finally reaches the meadow hidden in the forest, her fantasy place. Alas, there she is! He stays at a distance, hidden in the brush and watches her, being ever so careful, as he does not wish for her to know he is in her presence, nor that he knows of this place, yet.