To Love, and Be Loved In Return

[bumblefina 2766]

 

Aislin stood on the balcony, leaning against the railings. The cold mountain air whipped at her face, flurries catching in her black hair, speckling it with white. From behind, arms wrapped around her, a warmth immediately reaching her as the man embraced her lovingly.

 

He had been just a boy when they first met. Trotting around the streets of Johannesburg in a uniform that was a bit too big, then around the keep in Turov with the other soldiers. It must have seemed like a game to him, back then. It could have been, too, had wars never come. They always do, though, and Aislin knew it would change the boy as it changed so many like him. Hardened to the blood and the death all around them, he would grow into a fighter, a warrior who would not be swayed so easily with the promises she gave him now.

 

Aislin had used him in those early years, mostly for information, then for some semblance of companionship. She had realized even the illusion of having friends made things easier for her, and he was so damned social all the time that her connections grew nearly endless. They continued to grow closer, years passing by like weeks for the woman, though the boy grew into a man more every day. Soon he was much taller than her, and strong as well. A powerful ally to have, suddenly with a title and all it’s benefits. Aislin had made a good choice, it seemed.

 

Now, though, things were different. Neither of them were playing their little chess games anymore. They had both won, in their own ways. They both had what they wanted, and won double with their love for each other. It had been tested, and proven strong and true. Aislin loved nothing more than that man, and she would do anything to protect him. She would stand tall before the Emperor himself for Karyssmov, if the emperor were still alive. Everyone else was mince to her. Irrelevant, weak, unworthy of her care. So few mattered when they had each other.

 

It was together they left, Aislin finding herself unable to stop the laugh from escaping at the foolish words of those in the room. As if a parent bestowing punishment onto a naughty child, they had stripped him unceremoniously of his title. Was it supposed to make him stop and rethink his choice? Perhaps they had thought it would, but the choice had been made long ago, the consequences thought out and discussed. Aislin was tired of hiding behind masks of mortality. She was tired of hiding her love for the man. She would embrace who she was, and she would do it standing tall beside the man she loved, whether they liked it or not.

[Slothtastic 761]

J'Dul sat down at the top of the clock tower. He watched them leave, and thought they'd return. Although they seemed to carry quite a bit of things. He shrugged and went back to drinking his rum, before muttering, "Whawt's going on?"

[MrMineLoveDude 299]

Ganved's lips curl upward into a subtle grin, his weary soft blue eyes following after the duo as they depart. "This is certainly interesting. What should I make of this?" he murmurs as he walks off, preparing for future plans.

[Zacho 2177]

Dael stood out a distance away as he spoke to himself quietly "Love... Strongest of the emotions at times, followed by hate i guess" He said as he set off with a dull expression

[Archbishop 1784]

Elsewhere in Ceru a tigrasi pins a poster on the kharajyr notice board. The poster would talk about Kary and how he had been an SoulKha but now a traitor, for the hunt was to be had.

[Archipelego 2188]

"It's easier when yer onleh love is nature." Kasfer shrugs, going back to drinking his druidrum from his perch on top of a tree.

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