𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄|𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

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ғɪʀsᴛ ғɪɢʜᴛ

"And then he just killed himself?" Caius asked for the fifth time. We were in the throne room, the one that rarely gets used. trying to figure out what had exactly happened last night and why it happened, nobody could come up with an answer.

The only pinch of a lead that we had was that the man had a scar on his forearm, it was a chimera, a famous mythical creature with the body and head of a lion, wings of a dragon, and two heads one a goat the other part dragon. Weird.

It looked like it had been only recently done, a fresh cut.

"That's it your not going out without one of us being present," Caius said referencing himself and the kings.

"You can't do that. You can't just stop me from leaving this castle." I argued. I was in disbelief that he would even try and stop me from leaving this place.

"I can and I will, you could've been hurt." Caius insisted turning to leave the room.

"Yeah I could've but I wasn't, I can protect myself, I'm not some weak doll made of glass, you can't keep me locked up forever. I'm not Athendora." I said grabbing his wrist making him face me.

He scoffed "God, sometimes I wish you were." He spat.

My face sunk with what he had just said "Oh please if you want her don't let me fucking stop you!" I yelled. All of the kings had apologetic looks on their faces with Caius not even daring to make eye contact with me. The room was left in silence with only my footsteps leaving the Throne room heard.

•••

I was sitting in my room reading one of my favorites, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, I read a lot when I was younger, it helped me imagine that there were worlds better than this. A sort of escapism, I suppose.

"Caius is the most stubborn of the three of us. In his eyes he was trying to protect you. He loves you" Aro said.

Love is an odd concept, I've never been in love, I can see love, I see it in the small acts the kings do for me like when they bring me flowers, cook me food, or simply look at me. My love is whole, my missing pieces appeared in the shape of the kings and I'm forever thankful for that.

There was a knock at the door. It was Caius.
"May I come in." He asked standing in the doorway, I nodded and Aro left us both.

He sat on the end of the bed with an apologetic look on his face.

This better be good.

"I'm sorry my love, I was trying to protect you. Aro made me realize I was being unreasonable and I apologize." Caius whispered whilst tucking one of my hairs behind my ear.

"I honestly what I said about you being Athendora was so wrong, I never even liked her when she was in my life, and the best thing that's ever stepped into my life was you, and I'm forever than full for that. Will you be able to forgive me."

I finally looked him in the eye and hugged him.

"I don't like fighting" I stated as I pulled away from the hug. "Neither do I darling." He agreed.

"I love you, Vera." He muttered "I love you too." omg, okay, stay calm. He said he loved me! Don't die. Don't die. Don't die. Oh god, I'm gonna die.

He grabbed my chin and pulled me into the most passionate kiss I've ever had. It was like a million loving thoughts were condensed into a singular moment.

In the moment of a kiss we are both our pure and vulnerable selves.