Choose One: Your Crown or Your Queen (Part 1)
Ā M A V E N Ā C A L O R E
Crumpled papers litter the floor. I have been writing for a while to calm myself but my mind does otherwise. I canāt seem to focus on what I intended to do. Ā My heart slams loudly against my chest, wanting freedom. What am I to do? What am I to say?
I ordered the guards to wash her, dress her, and bring her to me. Here. In my room. I need to talk to her. I want to talk to her.
I pace around my room. Fixing the imaginary creases my mind seems to put on the newly ironed duvet so I could suppress my anxiety. At the least, I know Iām inside my room, not lost in my thoughts. I pace around again, then stopping every time in front of the walled mirror. I fix my hair. My heart continues to thud.
A loud knock on my room makes my heart scream more. Demanding freedom. I cleared my throat before speaking. Clinging to the hope that it will clear the anxiety rising in me.
It seems that the world slows down, the swinging of the door takes a long moment. I long for the girl that it will reveaā¦
āWhat are you doing here, my lady?ā I smile.
āWhy do you look so distressed?ā She beams. āAm I not the one you are expecting?ā She moves closer to me, but stopping just beside the window. Weāre three steps apart. The sun is about to set and she basks in the lights of orange-yellow and pink. I can smell her fragrance. Itās intoxicating. I close my eyes for a moment, wanting to inhale her.
āI see you had a nice bath. Where are your guards, my lady?ā
She only beams. Her smile reaching her eyes.
Yes. Sheās beautiful. I grin, staring at her. She mirrors my smile. If this is a lie, I commend her for mastering the art of acting genuine.
āItās not in your nature to be concerned.ā I continue when she doesnāt answer and move closer to her. We both bathe ourselves in the glory of the setting sun.
āNo. I guess notā, the beam never leaving her face. The wind whispers and her hair ruffles. Strands cutting the picture of her pretty face. āIām not as bad as you think. I am your betrothed, King Maven Calore. I care about that person Iāll spend the rest of my life with.ā
She doesnāt let me respond as she closes the gap between us. She plants her soft lips on mine. Automatically, I place my hands on her waist and pull her closer to me. Her dress and my suit are the only things keeping us apart. Her arms snake around my neck, her hands pull my hair.
I let my right-hand travel around her back. Tracing her curves, feeling her heat. The other hand rests on her waist, securing her.
My lips nibble hers. We only pull apart if we cannot suppress any longer our need to breathe.
We stay like this, for a little while. Crashing our lips against one another and letting our hands explore otherās territory. It has been like this for a couple of months now. Evangeline, visiting me at the most unexpected time just to fire me up and ignite my needs.
This⦠somehow⦠is a different one. Her kisses are sweet yet fiery. Her lips are screaming claims. I am yours. You are mine.
She let out a sigh of pleasure as I bite her lower lip and travel my hand to her front. Touching. She tightens her hold in me and her kisses become more demanding⦠claiming.
I try to match her intensity. Battling over the dark clouds of hesitation against the summer of the girl I am kissing. I nibble her lip as I push my tongue in. Yearning to taste more of her. But the fire is all I feel. Desires. I know, if I am as heartless as others think I am, Evangeline would be the perfect match.
But my heart thuds. I have a heart. Picture of her bubbles on my mind. Again, I battle against the clouds that threaten to make her vivid on my head. I kiss the girl in front of me. As if she was a rope so my thoughts wonāt take me away from what is real. Evangeline is real.
Series of knocks echo in the room. At this moment, I know I must pull away. The fire dies instantly. Both of us were gasping for air. She bores her eyes on mine.
I want to ask her what she sees in me, in my soul. But it turns out that it is me who yearns to be asked by the very same question. What do I see in her? What is in her soul?
I cringe at the passing thought of possible answers.
āIāll be back,ā Evangeline says. She leans onto me again, plants a long, soft, wet kiss. My lips burn as I feel the after taste of the lips I just kissed.
She fixes her hair and positions herself, ready to leave. My queen, my betrothed, walks out of my room.
It was only then when I notice that the door opened when Evangelineās voice says, āThere comes the little lightning girl.ā The guards bow as Evangeline passes. Mare didnāt.
āBring her to me.ā I say. My voice firm, but kinder. My eyes never leaving her face. The facets of torture are painted on her beautiful face. Still, I see beauty in it.
You couldāve been my Red Queen. My Red Queen.
The thunderstorm that has been occupying my mind since early this day hovers over meĀ is in front of me.
A/N: Hello! If you reached this message, Iāll assume that you have read the whole fan fic. This story has been bothering me for a while now, the words wanted to be spilled and written. Anws, here it is. I hope you enjoy the first part. ((:
As I have said, more Mare and Maven Writings coming up. Those might be the next part of this, or plain poems and prose. Thank you so much! Few weeks more before Kingās Cage. Iām excited! ((:
~niruesie (writing for Godās glory) 012217 NO TO PLAGIARISM ((: