The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Someone approached cautiously, with very light steps, as if worried that they would disturb others.

"Major?"

Grace hears the voice of an unfamiliar young woman.

Almost at the same moment, the arms around him loosened.

Grace turned her head aggressively to correct the address just now: "It's the colonel!"

The strange woman met him face to face, opened her mouth in astonishment, apologized repeatedly, and changed her words: "It's the colonel."

Grace looked at her coldly: she thought she was not beautiful, she was far inferior to herself; she also thought her dress was dull, not much different from the maid next to her.

William took two steps towards the unattractive lady, and Grace calculated in her heart, and then compared that William was closer to her than she was to herself.

William seems to have forgotten to introduce each other to them.Miss Not Pretty seemed quite used to his silence. After waiting for a while and seeing that he hadn't spoken, she took the initiative to walk up to Grace, smiled friendlyly, and said her name: "Sia Kerings."

Shia Kerings.Such a complete name, in any case, is better than his name with a simple word.Grace also felt that her personality was too kind, so it was likely to be hypocrisy.

Miss Not Pretty is not only hypocritical, but also stupid. She couldn't see Grace's hostility at all. She took Grace's hands affectionately and said, "Are you Grace? I often hear the colonel mention you—"

Grace didn't like this kind of intimate touch and wanted to pull her hand out, but she stopped and cast a glance at William.William was looking at him too, his lips pursed tightly.Evidently Grace was not alone in the torment of this embarrassing situation.

The hand held by the strange woman became quiet, and Grace endured the discomfort and listened to Miss Kerrings' introduction of their hard journey.

Miss Kerlins said that the long-term bumping made her chest tightness worse, and it was colder than she imagined, which might cause coughing, but she hoped it would not bother her.

Only then did Grace notice her complexion. The whole face was very pale, and her cheeks were flushed sickly.And it's been a while, the duel has already ended, and Miss Kerings's form is still frightened and weak.

Grace was angry again.Just because this woman was sick, William was taken away from him!

Allen ran over and punched William in the chest with a smile, "Nice job!"

William's tense face eased a little, but he was still a little serious, and asked him, "Did you notice his gun?"

Allen's face also became serious, and he looked in the direction of Earl Arundel.At this time, the earl had regained his former composure, and he seemed to be accepting the flattery of the people around him.

"Noted, his gun reloads quickly."

The brothers had a lot to say about the Earl of Arundel's pistol, but this was not a good time.King Louis was coming towards them, surrounded by a large crowd, and William and the others bowed in salute.

"Grace, come here." His Majesty waved at Grace.

Grace straightened up hesitantly, looking at William with his head down from the corner of his eye.

"Grace!" His Majesty called to him again, and he had to walk towards the King.

King Louis turned around and left with him, and whispered in his ear, "You have to thank me again."

Grace looked at him puzzled.

His Majesty the King smiled, "I saved you from an embarrassing situation once again. If you ask me, that lady is far worse than you. If I were a colonel, I would definitely not choose that one."

Grace's expression at this moment made the king laugh.His Majesty always showed indifference to everything during the day, and there was a bit of sly complacency in his tone at this time: "Didn't you think I would guess it? But it's so obvious! You've heard so much about your parents' love story After many times, and encountering a situation similar to your mother, of course I will be tempted by the second 'Mr. Ston'! This is a plot without any suspense!"

Grace froze for a moment, and suddenly felt an uncontrollable anger that almost exploded his head.

Fortunately, he was an experienced liar, so he immediately pretended to be injured after being stimulated, lowered his head and whispered, "Your Majesty, I suddenly feel very uncomfortable and want to go to my room for a while."

King Louis gently took his hand, "I can accompany you, and we can also let Mr. Faranelli sing, his singing is very suitable for healing—"

"Your Majesty, please leave me alone for a while!"

King Louis looked at him carefully for a few seconds, then took a step back, "Okay, but you have to go to my room before going to bed at night."

Grace bowed to him on a knee.

He almost ran back to his small room in the basement, and threw himself on the bed without taking off his clothes.

He couldn't understand why he was so angry, and while burning with anger, he seemed to be drained of strength at the same time.

The Earl of Arundel once defined his feelings for William as admiration and dependence, and he was never so angry at that time.But King Louis described his love as the shadow of a love story, which made him completely unacceptable.

What did William think?

Did he also think that kiss was just a flimsy thing, apart from its own taboos and sins, it was a headache, but the meaning behind that kiss was not worth mentioning?

That's why he was so determined to get everything back on track.

Does William remember the taste of that kiss?

Had he kissed the pale lips of Miss Kerings?

He could see that William didn't love that Kailins, but he could kiss him if he didn't love him, just like he might not love him if he kissed...

Does he love himself?As much as I love him...

Grace was woken up.He opened his eyes vigilantly, and found that Alan Stone was holding a lighted candle, bending over and standing beside his bed, about to shake his shoulders.

Grace sat up startled, "You—"

Alan Stone stretched out his index finger and put it on his lips, "Shhh—don't let anyone hear you."

Grace's heart hadn't recovered from the startle, and it was beating fast.He looked out of the window, the glass window was only a small edge above the ground, and it was pitch black.

Alan Stone said in a breathy voice: "There is no dance tonight, they are all asleep." Then he said, "I will take you to William."

Grace was stunned for a moment, and then the green eyes burst into a bright look, and the candle flame danced happily in his eyes.He asked eagerly, "Did William send you to find me?"

Alan Stone didn't dare to look directly into his eyes at this time, and moved the candle away a little, staring at Grace's chin: "You hurry up and get dressed, don't make him wait too long."

Grace jumped out of bed, and he was still wearing the "forest elf" dress, which Alan Stone said was not good, "too noticeable."

Grace asked him to turn his back, and stood in front of the closet, "swishling" changing skirts.

Alan Stone became impatient after waiting for a while, and asked him anxiously, "Don't you have clothes that can be worn faster?" Then he said, "It's cold tonight, you should dress warmer."

The implication in his words was so obvious that Grace was so excited that her hands trembled a little.He was also impatient, and tied the tie of his jacket before it was tightened. Then he put on the outermost cloak, and followed Alan Stone out of the door lightly.