The next day…

Both had their baths and dressed up in the new clothes that were brought by servants who said the king wanted them dressed in those outfits.

Benard, being taller and pretty burly, it was easier to know which one was meant for him. Lucas was to wear a dark blue shirt and eburnean pants along with the jewellery that came with them.

For Benard, it was, however, different.

His were red, body-hugging shorts that barely reached his mid-thigh. Then he was to wear a gorgeous asymmetrical translucent black skirt that had several high slits. The front of the skirt barely reached his knees; the back of the...