Chapter 50

Both of us stayed silent. Nobody wanted to speak first. It figures that I was the one who gave in. Damn you Cybele and your prideful royal blood, I muttered under my breath as I kneeled in front of her. “I don’t understand you Cybele.” She didn’t look up. “Do you not love me?” I bit my lip. Waited. It was the longest minute of my life.
After a while she met my eyes. Like always, the depth of its green made me feel like I was running naked in the wild. Free. Untamed. Happy....