After returning to the castle, Kyera bade goodnight to her family, heading up stairs to lay down . She was rather exhausted from the emotional efforts that falling to her death had played across her mind . Clovis followed her, waiting patiently on the bed while she prepared to bathe .
Across the room from the bed, there was a rather ornate partition . The warm wood was carved to look as though the dragons were spinning up the edges . Leather was pulled tightly across the surface, paintings of snow and a night sky, mountains and dragons, specifically the storm twins flying across the sky . If one looked closely they would see a rider on Ember's back, standing as they flew through the air . It was beautiful . Clovis was busy looking at it, as Kyera slid into the warm water bath behind the partition . The warm water relaxed her more than she had thought possible . He listened to her movements, the calmness in the room was serene . There was a sense of… perfection .
"Three months ago, if you had told me this was possible I would have laughed . " Clovis chuckled as he stated this aloud . Kyera looked at the partition between them .
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"If what was possible?" She asked resting her arms on the edges of the wooden tub . The life energy of the wood passing through her and back again like the ebb and flow of a stream .
"This . I'm in a country my kind haven't visited since my Great Grandfather, with a beautiful Tigress as my wife, laying on a bed while Kyera, the fierce warriors bathed just beyond a leather wall . " Clovis replied sitting up and looking at the partition . Kyera chuckled softly, closing her eyes lightly . "I am glad your father is not in the Shadow Realm right now… or this would be really awkward . " He teased .
"I know, it happened kinda fast . I mean there was a lot of bad in there too but the good far outweighs it . As far as father, you don't have to worry about that . Being a Princess of the Shadow Realm has its perks . " Kyera explained as she slid down in the water to wet her hair . The silver strands color dulling to the shade of the softest shadows . Clovis sat up slowly and quietly as a mouse .
"Oh, how is that?" He asked smirking a bit mischievous . A few tantalizing thoughts playing in his mind . Most of them . . He was fairly sure would turn those pretty cheeks crimson .
"My father can not spy on me, though my position is below his own, he can't see me as he does other mortals . It's been both a precious gift and a rather sad curse for us both . " Kyera replied sighing deeply . There had been so many times she wanted to see his face, but the walls between worlds were just too thick for her own reach .
There wasn't a response at first, just silence . Kyera slid up from under the water and reached for the soap that should have been on a counter beside her . However, to her surprise it wasn't there . Instead a gentle hand reached out and began caressing her hair . Kyera sighed softly as his sent reached her nose, a contented smile curving her lips in a luscious seductive way . "I wondered how long it would take you . "
"I apologize my dear Princess, shall I make it up by serving you this eve?" He asked softly, his voice deep and dark like hot tea meant to lul one to sleep . The sounds of soap lathering and being applied to hair . Kyera sighed and relaxed letting him do as he pleased with her body and soul . Surrendering to the moment with him .
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The Bazaar, Kyera's Tent
"What do you mean we can't find her?" a voice angry and filled with hatred growled, a clay pot shattering against a tree . There was tension in the air as many who had been doing things just outside the door of the hut scampered and scurried away to avoid her anger . One man however sat quietly, watching as the honey blond woman vented her anger on yet another glass object unlucky enough to be in the area .
Verone chuckled, watching her with a sense of amusement on his face . "Your temper my sweet, seems to have gotten worse by the day . " He replied gently shaking his head . The girl frowned at him, sneering as she picked up and threw a small chest at the door . He frowned and walked toward the door . "I will let you finish your tantrum alone, my dear . " Verone chuckled darkly as he turned to walk toward the door .
Chapter end
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