Go to Kendra, but find Elysa

Liandra´s heart was joyful, and she roamed the castle, looking for Kendra. She looked everywhere, but she had no idea where to find the Nocternian emissary. After almost an hour of search, Liandra began to despair.

She was staring through a window, towards the garden and the gazebo where she had found a glimpse of happiness, when she heard Countess Elysa´s voices

"A fair day when one meets again the royal princess" her politeness was cut short when she saw the distressed look in Liandra´s face "... what ails you, princess? Your countenance is most distressed"

Liandra turned to the Countess, and doubt plagued her heart. Elysa personified all that was noble and pure, and if she disagreed with her findings on same sex love... would the princess new found faith survive?

"You are shaking...calm down, little Dove. Did someone try to hurt you?" the staunch noble didn't hesitate to step closer, and hold the princess in her arms. Liandra felt like crying, and did. "Little dove, a young heart is frail... but you are stronger than you know. You will survive" Liandra didn't feel it true, but her ring didn't tell her otherwise. "Lets go to somewhere private, and you can tell me what is going on"

The princess obeyed, still sobbing her tears. Elysa assured her she was still as beautiful as ever, and for some reason Liandra found the reassurance smoothing. And when Elysa asked for a smile she did smile.

"It is a matter of the heart, isn't it?" Elysa´s voice was so understanding, and Liandra confessed it was. Without identifying her paramount, or even hinting at the possibility she was also a woman, she told the countess about their picnic together, and that they kissed and touched each other... with intimacy. But when it came to confess her love, she felt paralyzed, and ended hurting her love. And now she couldn't find her love and make amends.

The kiss came as a surprise. It was a velvet caress, a smooth brushing of lips. Elysa tasted of strawberries and grapes, and Liandra yearned for another taste "your love is young, you were just nervous little Dove. You merely need to get used to the... proximity" The lips she craved lingered closer, and the princess received another kiss. The princess didn't realize how her ring missed this time the white lies so common to the seduction, nor the fact it wasn't the ring that compelled her actions. All that remained was to see if Liandra would learn the lessons Elysa had to teach, or if she would try to remain faithful to Kendra.