Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne
Chapter 92

Chapter 92

Chapter 92 I don’t trust anyone here.

“Doris…” The carriage had come to a rough stop, Doris woke when William caught her from sliding out ofher seat again. “We’re here.” Doris slowly let go of his arms and nodded. “How long was I sleeping?”“Hours. I knew our little prince here has nice shoulders but who would have known he was that comfy.”Patrick said with a wink. William kicked him. “Ow! Sorry, I meant James.” 1 Doris avoided looking ateither of them. She pressed her hands to her cheeks and took a deep breath. She peered out thewindow to see they weren’t moving anymore, it was too dark to see much else. “What are we waitingfor?”. “The guards are checking paperwork with our driver and then he will come check the carriagebefore we’re allowed in.” Patrick said. He looked much calmer than she felt . “Look natural, you don’twant them to stare at you too hard.” Doris parted her lips to object, but she didn’t want her wordsoverheard. No one was looking for her, they were looking for the prince next to her. Doris leaned back asWilliam put his arm around her shoulder. He didn’t look at her when he did so, she assumed it was partof the act. Now it was only harder for her to calm down and pretend everything was fine. 1 A minute later,the door opened and a man in a dark uniform peered in. He eyed William and Patrick before he lookedDoris up and down slowly, she felt William tense beside her. Doris casually put her hand on his knee tocalm him. Or at least hope he didn’t lunge at the man, the last thing they needed was another deadguard. “Travel far?” He asked. “Very, we’re exhausted.” Patrick answered with a yawn. The man shut thedoor and smacked the side of it and the carriage lunged forward again. Her grip tightened on his kneebefore she quickly removed it. She couldn’t be comfortable with him. It wasn’t right, it never would be.When they stopped again, this time the door opened for them to get out. William got out first before hehelped her down and put her hand on his arm. Patrick stood slouched by his side. “Hello, there.” A manaround their age greeted. He looked wide awake even though it was the middle of the night. “You guyscertainly picked a good time to arrive, everyone is still sleeping.” He held out his hand to shake each oftheirs. “I’m Robbie, I’m here to get you guys settled in before your first day. Follow me.” Robbie picked upDoris’s bag for her and led the way towards a building that was almost big enough to be a castle. Itlooked like some sort of giant academy where one way led to work and the other led to housing. He led

them towards the rooms first. “How long have you two been married?” Robbie asked conversationally.Doris cleared her throat. “About a year.” She said quickly before William said something else. Shetwisted the gold ring around her finger just to give herself something to do. “A year?” He whistled.“Married young, eh? You’re lucky.” He said to William who stared forward as he walked. “There’s notmany women like that around here, I would keep an eye on her.” “I can handle myself—“ “No one willtouch her.” William said at the same time. Robbie must not have noticed his possessive tone as he kepton in a light step. “No doubt if you’re her husband, they wouldn’t dare!” He laughed. “I put you two in aslightly bigger area in case you guys decide to have kids.” Robbie said. Doris must have made a facebecause he laughed again. “You’d be surprised how little there is to do here, kids pop out like crazy.” “Wearen’t planning any children for a while, but thank you.” “So what led you guys here? Robbie asked asthey rounded a long comer that stretched endlessly “We hoped for a better life here.” Patrick said simply.His collar was popped and his hands were dug deep in his jacket. “We were lucky to have found work, Iwas getting worried we would starve.” Robbie chuckled to himself. It was short and died out quickly.“Yeah, people come and go here but a lot stay. There’s always room for more. Hopefully you three lastlonger than the last family that came through.” “Oh, I didn’t realize people came and went so easily.”Doris said causally. Her eyes flickered to William but he said nothing. It looked as if he was trying to calmhis expression to boredom like Patrick’s was instead of his more grumpy stare. “Yeah, the work can be alot on some people. There’s a lot of fumes and sometimes it gets into ya head so I would just try to get asmuch air as you can here.” Robbie pointed to a door that looked like it was for a coat closet. “Here’s foryour…” “Cousin, Oscar.” William said in a nicer tone than Doris expected. He must have been settlinginto his role. “Right, sorry. I’m awful with names. Oscar, this is your room. And Isabelle and James, yoursis right across.” Robbie pointed to a larger door across the way. Patrick frowned and she thought shesaw William’s mouth twitch a little. “Thank you.” Patrick forced out. “Do we start tomorrow?” “Ah, yes. Wehope you can come for an hour to see your new positions before a full day.” He handed them each aletter with their fake names on it. “I put you each in different sections. If there’s any problems, come seeme and I will try to fix them. If I’m not around, don’t go to Charlie. He has no patience and he might fireyou just for annoying him.” “Where should we look for you?” Doris asked. Robbie winked at her and

William’s brows furrowed-definitely from annoyance this time. “I’m always around. Your envelope will fillyou in on the rest, try to get some sleep.” Robbie handed off her bag and a pair of keys before he leftdown the hall. Doris unlocked the door and Patrick followed them inside. He groaned when he saw the

room they were given. “I already know this is three times bigger than mine. They give me a closet!” Dorisand William ignored him as they tore open their papers. She quickly scanned her own. “It says I’ll be atthe sorting section to sort all of the medicine into bottles. I’m supposed to be there in the afternoon tolearn what to do.” Doris looked up at William. “What about you?” “I’m set in the labor section. Apparentlyit’s to load and unload the heavy boxes.” William grumbled. She couldn’t believe a prince was about tobe set as a commoner worker. She would have laughed if he didn’t look so bothered. Still, it washilarious. 1 “Mine just says mixing.” Patrick frowned. “Damn, that sounds rather boring.” “At least we willbe spread out.” Doris whispered. She glanced around the room to see a bed, small table and dresserbeside a bathing chamber but nothing else. She wrapped her arms around herself. Why couldn’t they atleast have a fireplace? “I’m going to try to sleep in that dreadful room. I’ll see you two later.” Patrickgrumbled before he left into his own room. Doris made sure it was locked before she turned to faceWilliam. He unbuttoned his shabby coat and slid out of it. She never imagined him as a peasant boy, butthat’s what he looked like. With the dark stubble on his chin and dirty clothes, he looked like a rogue andit sent her heart into a dangerous beat. He was so handsome, even as messy as he was. He watchedher with a slight lift of his brow. “Is something wrong?” He asked. His deep voice sent shivers down herspine. Of course something was wrong-everything was wrong and she didn’t know how to fix

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“No. It’s just cold.” She whispered. She dug through her bag for an oversized sweater before shedisappeared in the bathroom. She did not want any conversation with him. None, just sleep. No touching,nothing. When she came out, he was in bed with his shirt off and back to her. She saw a small linesaround his shoulder and remembered herself grabbing onto him as he moved inside her. She didn’trealize she had cut him so badly. Doris shook the thoughts of them away and lightly crawled in bed. She

put her back to him and stared at the wall. The sun was not far off from raising, they’d been up travelingall night but she could easily sleep a day or two if it would let her escape her thoughts. William turnedand wrapped his arms around her small frame to pull her against him and fill her with warmth. Sheshuddered and sighed. 1 “Come replace me if anyone touches you.” He grumbled against her ear. “I don’ttrust anyone here.” 2