The Hunting Group of Nobility in the nicer Squire over, housed in the Castle with its snapping red flags and groups of servants and kennels of dogs and abused horses, hath followed them through the forest and ducked under the pallid of a Summer Night’s rain, and couldst Roland feel their questing eyes at the back of his neck like cold-fire, raise’d the hair there like pinprick’d needles.
The Kiss was the first, private, and most intimate option couldst Roland think to Bring, and a Moment’s peace to protect both himself, and more importantly, thus of the Lady. Art the Group somewhat distracted by a kissing couple, naught found their gilded prey with their banded arrows and Coats of Arms on their tunics, thankfully lacking their dogs to save losing them in the rain. Seen the human Nature, their predator hath disbanded, hooves and disgruntled complaining bouncing against the stone, and given them time to hide in the simplicity of faux mortality.
The pleasure and the infinite Beauty of the Kiss--- the unbelievable quality of the softest lips beyond any amount of dew and down, and the taste of rain and the memories of his First Sighting of grass--- is not expected, ‘sooth, and nearly brings Roland to shocked, happy tears during, held closely this image of divine, feminine Myth.
The places where Lumina didst lean feel scalded beneath his clothing--- his breath thrumming and flooding his veins with gold, and Roland gawks at her like a common Fool, fit with jangling toes and with the Title of a meager apprentice! His own arrogance at choosing to kiss Unicornis, centro stella, is mystifying and exhilarating and his red heart swells like a blazing rose nestled within his immortal Breast.
“We must keep to walking,” says he; almost murmur’d, still held her white, chilly hands, and squeezing them tenderly. “We must make haste, or find shelter from the rain.”