Elisse, who would notrelinquish her domestic duties and passed the time while the Princess readby housekeeping, expressed her concern."Is something wr...ong, Your Highness? Are you ill?" No, Elisse," the Princess assured her as she sat down on the settee andarranged her skirt, "all is quite well, but I wish to speak with you andso have tarried. Please come and sit by me."Curious as to what could be of such importance that it would keep thePrincess from her usual routine, Elisse joined her."Dear. For the first time I realized that they were very beautiful. I dried her feet with one of the towels Nao-san had brought. When I was finished, I slipped off the stool to my knees. Raising each foot in my hands, one at a time, I kissed them and then I kissed her pretty knees. I felt her fingers in my hair and goose bumps shot down my arms as I heard her whisper, “Oh, sweet boy.” Seated on the stool again, I turned to Sandra and felt her eyes on me as I lifted her foot into my lap. I gave Sandra. I'm just glad I came out of that without even a scratch. A score would just be frosting on the cake." I said."I'm impressed, there is a meeting going on right now to determine if we can even continue with the event. They already requested any cowboys and officials to come to the meeting room immediately. We are assumed to both be part of the event. We do not need to go. They are trying to find out if they have enough people to finish the event." He said."We should probably join their meeting. Hamish appeared at the door a moment later, wringing his hands together as if he had known he had been summoned to his own demise. ‘She has been beaten.’ ‘Aye, Cien.’ ‘Why?’ That seemed to catch Hamish off guard. He stared at Cien as if waiting for him to answer the question for him. After a minute, he blinked and looked away, down to Regan. ‘We were trying to get her to confess, Laird. Confess to dancing with Lucifer himself.’ He nodded as he spoke as if trying to convince himself as much as.