forum The queen and her dragon (open)

Started January 11, 2019 by @Fenrir

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"Getting better won't erase what I've done in the past Drake." she said sternly

"So? it makes up for what you've done." He crossed his arms.

"who are you trying to convince of that, me? Or you?" She said, her tone sharpening

He was quiet for a moment, "Both of us."

She grew quiet, knowing that if she talked now, she'd snap. After a few moment of collecting her thoughts, she glanced up at him "they say you can forgive but you will never forget."

"It's true," He replied, "They also say time heals all wounds."

She nodded and sat down "were going to need quite a bit of that aren't we?" She gave him a slight smile

Drake nodded too and sat down in front of her, "Yeah, we are."

Distracting herself with pulling the grass "what do you want to do now?"

He thought for a moment, "Talk. About what happened and we start the healing now."

She flinched but nodded "better start now then later." She sat up straighter and looked him in the eye. "I fell in love with a stranger." She began, her voice already cracking

Drake couldn't hold the stare. He looked down and released a sigh through his nose.

Valtira looked down at the ground and continued "we spent everyday together, talking, laughing, enjoying each other's company in silence. She didn't care that he was a shifter and he didn't care that she was Fae." She glanced up at him "let me know if I missed something."

He nodded, "I will. You haven't so far."

She nodded "one day on the spring, the most beautiful the kingdom has seen for years, he asked her to Marry him. She would become a shifter like him as well as fae and he would be her king."

He looked down at the grass.

She looked off into the distance "we got married under the moonlight, such a beautiful night it was on the lake. The rumors started after a few years. At first, that's all they were. Rumors. But then they got more specific and they seemed real."

"Soon they became real…" He muttered.

She looked up in surprise "so the rumors of you wanting to leave with a servant girl were real? the rumors where you planned to kill me were real? even the ones where you wanted my kingdom for your own pleasures were real?" she shook her head "talking went well…" she said with bitter sarcasm

Drake shook his head furiously, “No, no the last two… they’re not real but the first one.. I would never… the serving girl one… I thought about it and for a time, I wanted to but decided against it last minute.”

She smiled, looked up at the sky to try to fight back tears of anger "but you were still thinking about it until last minute." She said agonizingly. She stood and started to walk to the river near by

Drake sighed and followed, "I know I was," He said quietly, "And I regret it. I… I shouldn't have thought about it at all and for that I really am sorry. You don't have to accept it but I really am sorry."

She glanced back at him "what? what did I do to you for you to have ever thought to leave like that?"

"It was never you. It was always my own insecurities," He still spoke quietly and kept his gaze on the lake, "I didn't think I was good enough for you, for a queen. I wanted to make you happy but when you see so many noble lords and royalty… it got the better of me and it shouldn't have."

She looked surprised but kept her gaze to the lake "those Lorde's and royalty will never, I repeat never, match up to how happy you make me. It does not matter that I am a queen, I've loved you and only you for this whole entire time."