He looked at her with heart broken eyes tears brimming at the edges of them "I'm sorry...so sorry..." he whispered where the king could not hear.<br/><br/>"Oh how sweet...," the king said with a chuckle, "the love birds are now jail birds...."  he moved close and ran his fingers along Josephine's throat his nails leaving red marks there, "You know...my guards could use some stress relief...after all they have done so well...unless of course Raoul you could tell me of the plot afoot..." he looked over at his son and smiled wickedly.  Raoul had no doubts that he would do it and so he sighed hanging his head in mock resignation.<br/><br/>"Ok...I'll tell you..." he whispered.  "I was supposed to sneak in to your chambers tonight and kill you in cold blood."