Aurora

Chapter 13

Cyrus, an old friend of Aurora, walks freely through the streets of the town, looking for her. He smiles and laughs as if he doesn't have a problem in the world. He walks up to the castle and the guards approach him.

"Who are you and who are you here to see? We must make sure you are known to the Princess." Cyrus nods his head and smiles still.

"Of course, my name is Cyrus, I have known Princess Aurora since I was a child." The Guards nod their heads and one of them goes inside and goes to Aurora's room, knocking on the door but she isn't in there. The Guard rolls his eyes and goes to Astarion's room and before he can knock, Astarion answers the door.

"She is sleeping, leave her be." The Guard pushes in anyway and walks over to the bed.

"Princess, there is a man by the name of Cyrus here to see you." Aurora sits up and looks at the guard with confusion at first, rubbing her eyes.

"What is the name, sorry?"

"Cyrus, he said you have known him since he was a child." Aurora's eyes widen and she rushes out of the room and hurries down the stairs, past her waking friends. She bursts through the castle doors and into Cyrus's open arms. She laughs and so does Cyrus.

"Hi Aurora, it's nice to see you after such a long trip." She wraps her legs around his waist and he holds her up.

"Oh my Gods, you were gone for so long. I missed you greatly." Cyrus nods his head and kisses her hand.

"Believe me, it was hard being away from you as well." Cyrus sees Astarion walk out of the castle and Aurora lets go of him.

"Astarion, this is Cyrus, he is an old friend of mine. This is Astarion, he is also a friend of mine." Astarion walks up cautiously and Cyrus smiles brightly and shakes his hand.

"You look as if you could be a Prince," Cyrus says in a very nice manner Astarion is not at all used to.

"I do?" Cyrus nods and laughs, the sound actually quite nice to Astarion's ears. It is hard for him not to like this man. He remembered Daniel and tried to push the feelings away, but it was too difficult for him.

"Yes, put a crown on your head and you would be a perfect fit for Aurora." Aurora blushes and walks over, giggling.

"Oh Cyrus, you are always trying to hook me up with someone." Cyrus laughs and shrugs his shoulders.

"It's true. I don't like to see her alone," Cyrus says to Astarion and puts a hand on his arm and then walks into the castle. Aurora rolls her eyes with a smile and walks with Astarion as Cyrus walks in front of them.

"Cyrus, how was the trip? Tell us everything," Aurora says and points to the couch. Everyone sits down and he begins explaining his journey.

"Okay, so the trip started with us walking, I think it was, twenty miles. Then we got on a boat and sailed to that Island down by the ocean, the one my Mother took us to when we were kids. We were tasked to hunt down this group of guys that were stealing from different people and whole armies, it was super cool. But, there were a few injuries, and a few deaths, but we managed to kill them off except one who fled. You should have seen the view, it was beautiful. The water was so blue and the trees were so green. Anyway, the journey was super long and the food was complete shit, but it was worth it because we saved some lives and got rid of those bastards." Astarion listens to the story and... it sounds nice. He is almost jealous, but not as much as he is when he sees how Aurora looks at Cyrus. It is as if she is entranced by him and he can feel a burning rage inside him.

"I would assume any wounds you had were well taken care of by a medic on the journey home." Cyrus slowly shakes his head and Aurora sighs.

"I'm sorry, we didn't get a medic. The one we were going to have said he couldn't come because his daughter was sick. I couldn't let him come, his daughter needed him more than we did. And look, I am all in one piece." Aurora giggles and rolls her eyes.