<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">House of D'Aries</span><br/><span style="font-size: 130%; line-height: 116%;">Castle Asture</span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o793/Galvin_Fugazi/4d346bf9-c817-405c-b853-1d680fc1dba7_zps5271719f.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Lord Alexander D'Aries</span></span></div><br/><br/>Alexander was quite unimpressed with Danielle's attitude and he could feel her displeasure quite clearly.<span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Fear not, m'lady, I confessed my sins already. You'll sleep quite well tonight..."</span></span>He replied, the epitome of serene, though inwardly he was rather hurt. He chose to ignore it, understanding the lady's cruelty. She had been rejected, that much was clear. Poor dear, too bad he thought with an inward grin.<br/><br/>It did not take him long to mount a horse and follow her already trotting one. He came beside her, the soft glomps of the horses being the only sound between them for a few moments.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0080FF"> "You really are a stubborn thing," </span></span>Alexander finally said, his eyes cutting to Danielle. Something was different about her and he couldn't decide if he liked it or not.<span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-weight: bold"> "A stubborn, beautiful thing with a hard heart, that's for certain,"</span></span>Alexander said more to himself than her. He was never one to mince words and if she did not like them, well what was he to do? Bite his tongue? Hardly.<br/><br/>As he looked upon her, their horses trotting side by side, he could see how her face was twisted in annoyance and how even then it was beautiful. She would make a fine queen, at least that's how he felt about it. He did not voice this though, instead deciding that it was best to join Danielle on whatever venture it was she had settled on. It couldn't hurt to help her out and if in the end, he wasn't what she wanted--he would find someone else who was interested in becoming Queen. It would just be too bad it couldn't be the woman he desired ruling by his side. He was no fool though, he would only try for so long to have Danielle.