Chara laughed at the young princess as she adjusted her peplos robes as she laughed slightly. “Princess you have plenty of willing men at your call why there’s Abraxas, Damokles, and Heli to name a few.” Sophia rolled her eyes. “Yes and their all disgusting royal council swine, I want a real man who cares about me, not some drunken idiot, who can’t stand up in the morning.” Chara laughed again. “Oh princess you are being far to picky, why if you don’t pick soon your father may believe that you have sapphist desires.” Sophia turned eyeing her in disgust she felt her teeth grind together as she spoke. “Sapphists are disgusting, vile women and you will not speak of them again in my presence, what they do should be looked up on as a sin!”

Chara looked down slowly feeling her smile fade as her long blonde hair fell in front of her eyes. “I’m sorry Princess I did not mean to offend you, though I do feel though that your opinion is a tad cruel.” Sophia waved her hand. “My opinion means more than yours Chara, and one day my opinion as Queen will mean that all these dirty sapphist’s are thrown out of the city.” She watched as the carriage fell silent as it always did and always should. It was true that she would need to marry soon but she would take her time, the royal council would still be there tomorrow though she didn’t care for any of them and would wait until the last moment to pick. She looked at the royal ring on her finger and as soon as she had a husband she would finally gain control of her father’s kingdom.

8

Xena carried on walking through the streets she been walking for over an hour searching for Gabrielle. She looked down at the floor all she ever did was say unkind things to the younger woman. Today was another day when she’d open her mouth and hurt the younger woman’s pride once again why did she do that? Why did she hurt her so much? She breathed in deeply she didn’t even know why she was being so damn unkind it just seemed to spill out. She put a hand through her hair in frustration. She was in love with the younger woman and there was no point in even denying it to her self anymore. She’d tried so hard to do that for the last season.