My Mate, The Dragon

EPULOGUE (2)

March 16th, 2020
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Sheila
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He clashes our shields together sending my stumbling backwards. He grinned like a mad man as he swung his sword down at me. "Too much, love?" He jokes as I raised my shield to block the blade.

I kicked out one of his legs, making him fall to the ground. He kneeled and I went to put my blade at his throat, but he pumped his shield sending me flying over him, face first into the ground.

With that move we were both cackling. We stood and faced each other again. We couldn't afford to bring out anything less than our best or we would be completely out matched but one another. He had years and years of training, sharpening his physical form. I had an obscure amount of raw power just from being a Demi-god. So in a way, we were perfectly matched.

We ran at each other again slamming our shields together, this time I was ready and didn't budge at all. He huffed and drew his shield towards him for a second before ramming it into me. I placed one foot backwards. "Is that all you got?" I laughed as I used the land I just lost as an advantage.

With my sturdy step I wrapped my shadows around the arms holding the shield before I pushed it into him. I felt the darkness pulsing within me. Is this what Alcina feels every day? No. I can't think of my best friend now.

He stumbled a good distance backwards. He was lopsided so I decided to send my blade down onto him. I wasn't to scared of my sword hitting him, due to the armor we have on which was built to resist the majority of blades. This was going nowhere, what is my plan? I can't beat my mate without a plan, he's too smart and strong.

Our family is odd. I'm sure my daughter hates me, not to my liking, for the fact I love her and only want her to succeed. My twins are the opposites of one another, truly the opposite. My eldest is the strongest and maturest of all of them, a fit ruler. Though I still felt bad for him.

Did I prepare him well enough to take the throne after my mate and I pass away? Leading is one of the hardest things a person could do in life because sometimes you must make choices that fail and as a leader you must take all the blame because you were the last person to decide. There is no, "but everyone agreed to it," as a leader. If you fail, you must apologize.

I failed as a leader and a best friend. I though back to Alcina, when I turned my back on her when she was going though the hardest time of her life. Yet she never complained. One would never know her pain, she kept her emotions under lock and key. She was a good leader, much better one than I could ever be.

I want to see Alcina, I though to myself. I frowned as my blade clattered down on Zaivinth's shield. Every time I see her now I have the dying urge to apologize, and even now I always see her calculating eyes seep into my own. Like she's ready for me to hurt her once more.

"Sheila! We are fighting!" Zaivinth threw me onto my bum. Then an idea came to my head. I knew it would at one point. I smiled up at my mate which made him raise a brow as he swung down with no hisitation. The beautiful black blade skimmed my shoulder, making him cringe.

I kicked his legs out once more, shoving my shield into his neck, making him flop to the ground. Then I pounced, sitting on his shield that was covering his chest. I placed my blade at his neck. "I think that's match."

    "Dad!" Groaned Hedos, one of the twins. "I can't believe you let her win!" The children ran up to us. Zaivinth lifted up the shield and bounced me to the side. I landed on my butt once more with a umph. We made eye contact shortly after and laughed.

    Zaivinth looked to Hedos, "there was no letting her win." He rested his arm on his leg perching up his head as he sat. "She won." He looked over to me with a wink. I rolled my eyes and crossed my legs.