" okay let me show you " Tara stood up and Sienna followed her closely, they went and she took one candle and then they went to the garden and picked a flower that smelled lovely and then asked for hot water
Tara sat down and she started demonstrating her idea, she first pounded the flower and put it into a bowl and added a little water and next she melted the candle over the hot water. She then mixed the fluid from the flower to the melting wax and stirred, then poured the wax into a tin . Now the wax looed purple just like the flower, and she added the strong of rope which is used to light up and waited for the wax to harden. After her experiment was done, she lit the candle and the scent of the flower was smelt. Sienna and the maids were beyond shocked
" this is .. is beautiful and brilliant sister in law " Sienna praised with eyes full of admiration for Tara
" Yes my lady,.. this is good, it smells good and the colour is good too " Gina praised too
" yes, now we can make more of this but with different flowers and herbs. Are there herbs that help a person to sleep? We can use that herb to make a candle that can help people sleep for those with sleeping problems, and then we can sell and make money. What do you think? " Tara explained
" yes that's a good idea, I'm so happy to have you here. I can get the herbs in our store, we have many herbs there. About flowers, most of the flowers can be found at the King's Palace garden. " Sienna started speaking with enthusiasm but became sad after remembering about flowers
" So what! We will go and get them, I'm sure it won't be a problem " Tara was confident
" are you sure? " Sienna asked
" yes trust me, come on we have 2 days before we travel and so we need to start preparing our products. We will ask people here to help us, first we will make a small number of our products so we can see if people become attracted and then we will start making many when we see our products doing well. So let's start our preparation. Marry, Gina and Lala get me wax and candle cups, Sienna gets your herbs especially for sleeping and reducing fatigue and relaxation. I will get the flowers " Tara orchestrated her plan and gave everyone their part
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" What's she up to " Xavier asked Damian his most trusted soldier
" She's making a product,. The name is sce.. scented candles. She says they are candles which gives out different scents when lit, flower scents, herbal scent for sleeping, reducing fatigue, relaxing and even to remove some infections. " Damian reported again
" Candles with scents, okay see if she needs any help and make sure this stays here, no one outside of our palace should know " Xavier ordered because he knew if his brothers found out then they would start following Tara and even hurt her
" okay your highness " spoke Damian
" Also, tell some of our men to look for the black powder that lights and blows . And many woods, after I'm back from the journey there's something we will be doing " Xavier ordered, even though she wasn't sure with Tara's weapon plan but he wanted to try
Tara was looking for Xavier and she went and knocked on his office door, after few minutes she got in
" hey, sorry for disturbing your peace, I would like to ask for something " Tara spoke
" yes what is it?" Xavier found himself wanting to know what she wanted
" I need a few flowers but we don't have them here and I heard it's at the king palace's garden, " Tara spoke and went quiet
" And you want to go there to get those flowers? Why? " Xavier asked seriously
" Umh umh, I'm doing something it's good not bad. I'm making scented candles and for scent I need flowers, different type of flowers and here we have a limited amount of flowers. We should plant more but for now, yes I want to go there " Tara explained herself
"…. Okay, let's go " Xavier spoke while standing up
Tara was surprised she didn't expect him to offer her company, " you're coming too?" she asked
" Yes, I would like to see what you are making . Let's go " Xavier explained and walked out with Tara behind
They walked straight outside and Xavier opened the door to the carriage, Tara was surprised how did they prepare the carriage fast and she stood looking at him
" Do you guys talk through your head? How did they know we're leaving and they prepared a carriage " Tara asked
" We have good hearing ability, the guards had already informed the others to prepare the carriage. Get in " Xavier extended his hand to her as he explained
Tara took his hand and got in the carriage, he also got in and sat down across her. They never spoke, Tara was busy enjoying the outside environment. Xavier was secretly stealing glances at her and she didn't notice because she was mesmerized by outside.
« Why does she want to help me and leave at the end! Should I let her go? Nope I won't, I will keep her here always » Xavier thought to himself and kept looking at her
The journey wasn't long and they reached the king's palace, Xavier got out and took her hand and helped her get down
« what the hell! Why is he nice to me. Stopp » Tara screamed inside
" Come on let's go get your flowers " Xavier spoke and he walked with Tara beside her and few guards behind them so they can help pick the flowers
They walked and reached the garden, it was large and beautiful filled with many beautiful flowers and the scents were all tantalising. Tara started running towards the flowers, in her old life she has never had the chance to see flowers apart from those few in her home. She was happy, she run from one flower to another smiling and giggling, Xavier was shocked to see the girl looking so happy because of flowers. She started smelling and pointing at flowers she liked and the guards picked each of those she pointed at. They picked ten of each flower she chose, Xavier was watching her enjoying herself and he smiled.
" oh this smells good, yes this . Oh this too and this wow so many flowers " Tara screamed like a happy toddler
Tara buried her nose in a soft pink bloom that smelled of honey and rain, while another flower's deep violet petals released a crisp, minty freshness that made her giggle with delight.
Xavier opened his mouth to say something, but the words felt foreign on his tongue. Instead, he simply watched, guarding her happiness in silence.
« Yes I can't let her go » Xavier thought and nodded
Xavier felt someone coming and he turned around with an alerted expression ready to fight if it's danger, he only saw the King approaching. He bowed and the King just stood near him watching the happy girl who didn't even notice the King's presence
" She is a nice soul " The king commented