"No, I am afraid your mother has done nothing to improve the relationship . She tried to drive us apart, and your sister didn't take to it well . " Clovis replied sighing deeply and shaking his head as he recalled the discussion from several days before . Keenan sighed and led him through the forest .
It was a much calmer trek with Keenan along . The creatures gave them both a wide berth, not willing to pick a fight with their eldest prince . Even the winds seemed to guide themselves around them, as though brushing over his skin could be considered assault on a royal . Silence settled between them as the dark forest gave well to a much thinner woodland . There was space to move .
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Shadows seemed to dance and play in the moonlight . It seemed like children were playing all around them, some shadows and some in human form playing in the garden like eden . Clovis watched with a smile on his face as the children moved past . It reminded him of his Raina, he missed her . At least now he had a chance to return to her .
"So, how did you meet my sister? I can tell you aren't a shifter . " Keenan asked honestly deciding to be more blunt about his question . There was no real point in dancing around it . Clovis chuckled for a moment, remembering those first few moments when he had seen the beauty his daughter called the warrioress .
"Well, to be honest, I first met Kyera down the sites of a bow . " He replied with a bit an amused smile . Keenan shot him a glance out of the corner of his eye . For the second time since they met he wondered if his brother in law knew how protective they were of Kyera . His ease admitting he had trained a arrow on her suggested he didn't .
"Okay… perhaps more elaboration is in order?" Keenan suggested, there was a certain edge to his voice that warned this was more than just a suggestion .
"Oh, of course . You see my daughter, Raina had been kidnapped . We were taking off after the brutes when they split off . It was difficult to tell who had Raina so in the end they ended up slipping off in different directions . One of them, apparently lost site of Raina and Kyera stumbled upon her . We found her at about the same time but were just a bit too far away to get to her . " Clovis explained completely unaware of the confused look on his brother in law's face . Oblivious, he continued on "You see Kyera apparently decided that my daughter looked like a lost cub and scooped her up, intending to return her to the palace . She didn't get the chance though as those brutes doubled back and tried to take Raina from Kyera . There was a bit of a battle then . Kyera was insane, she managed to protect Raina on one hip and hold her own fighting against insane odds . We intervene when it got a bit rough . I was worried Kyera or Raina would get hurt so we shot the attacker's down . " He finally noticed there was something odd in Keenan's expression and his smile slowly feel . A bit concerned he coughed gently, a bit awkwardly .
"I know it wasn't romantic, and not quiet how one should meet their bride but, Kyera and I met on several other occasions and the feelings grew . She is a fantastic woman, your sister and a AMAZING mother . You should see her with Raina . They are closer than even me and Raina some days . Well… Most days . " Clovis admitted a bit sheepishly .
"You have a daughter? Is my sister your concubine?" Keenan asked, there was a fire suddenly flaring in his eyes . The respect he had regarded Clovis with previously seemed to have died as he faces him . There was a sense of anger and danger in his eyes that made the young prince rather uneasy .
"No, Kyera is my wife, and my mate . My daughter but it is complicated . I doubt you want to hear that story . " Clovis replied rubbing his neck but he had his brother in law's full attention .
"Come now, Brother, tell me more . We have quite a walk yet . " Keenan replied in a way that hinted that they weren't leaving this topic any time soon and Clovis sighed deeply . This was a wound he would have preferred to leave alone, but he couldn't blame him . Clovis remembered having a similar talk with Mordren just before he married Vella .
Chapter end
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