When the first man was done with her, having his fill of her the second man claimed her as well. After a rest then, they finally gave her what she had seemed to want and both yet at her at the same time, showing her not mercy as they used and abused her and then when they were done, left her without even a word of thanks. Treating her as through they would a common gutter prostitute.
In the time that soon followed, Alicia found many invitations arriving for her from other noblemen. Each one veiling the proposition of sex with what could be seen also as simple, innocent invitations for her to visit them or requests for them to come pay her a visit. For every one noble she seemed to sleep with, three more suddenly grew more bold at showing their interest.
Meanwhile, while Alicia was attracting the attention of many, Eden was happy with the attention from just one. She had never been so happy as she was with spending time with Zane. He would come to spend time with her in the palace when her father was not around... she was not quite ready to explain to her father she was falling in love and that if it all worked out this might be her future husband and future king. She didn't want to have to submit Zane to her father under that kind of possible pressure. The truth about Zane's intentions were no where in Eden's mind. To her, this was real. And after that night they slipped away for a little fun... Eden had been thinking more and more about it and how she wanted to do it again. How she wanted to do more.
This day, she had slipped away with a picnic for them. He brought the blanket and together they meet at the spring that had become their little retreat in the woods where they could just escape. Sitting upon the blanket, she laughed warmly as she sipped the wine from her glass she had brought. He had just shared with her an amusing story from his youth. "I'm glad you are finally sharing some more embarrassing tales with me. It's only fair since my mother has already told you so many of mine."