Queen of Spades:

♠ ♠ I only want to ensure our bond, however, you do have a valid point. We must then divide the lessons in some way. Few minutes with me, as required, but even more so mandatory we must have you and Arthur collaborate! No ifs, ands, or buts! 

She let out a sigh, the stress getting to her features;

Please. This is highly important. ♠ ♠

     “If you can get him to agree to it. I’ve tried having him work with me, but sometimes I swear he ignores my request,” Alfred grumbled. He didn’t have a place to tell the King anything, but there were times that the Ace wished he would just listen for once. “If he goes along with it then I will too.” Walking over to his queen, he thought as hard as he could, ‘It will be okay. I won’t let anything happen to you or him.’