<em>“And you, Queen Katelyn, most favored daughter of Reikmar, ceaseless font of majesty and pride for our newly great nation, inspiration to one and all, we can only express the greatness of our gratitude in the honored words our home: In Victory, Always.”</em><br/><br/>Those words were exactly what she needed to hear. She now knew for a fact it was him and was having trouble refraining from running and jumping into his arms. She wasn't even sure how long it had been since they saw each other and him being here in this place she now called home somehow made things seem a little less shoddy.<br/><br/>Katelyn was still settling into her new role as being Queen. For the most part she would always just remain quiet and smile. That was perhaps the easiest thing to do and let her husband handle the rest. Even thinking about a 'husband' would cause the Queen to shiver. She didn't ask for this. Although being Queen had it advantages, being married to an old worthless had proven to be more of a hassle than she thought it was worth.<br/><br/>Now Manfred... he  was husband material, and gorgeous. Katelyn had to remind her self not to stare. Had he always been so gorgeous? Even the prince would have been a better fit for a husband that the King. At least he acted like he had half a mind at times. She did love to flirt with him, it was no secret, at least to her that the price was crushing on her. She thought it was cute and it was pretty good entertainment for her.<br/><br/>She watched with fake enthusiasm fumbling with a few pieces of fabric that covered her form a few fleeting thoughts of being in less coverings alone with the count made her cheeks flush a little she was sure. However she herself recovered quickly as she always does. Hoping things would hurry along. At this point she was scared she was almost staring at the Count and hoping no one else would notice it. The sooner this tedious task was over the quicker she could reconnect with her long lost friend, although her little crush from many years ago could never surface.