Taming Death

Power hungry predators

Orion

The next day I awoke without Theo. It made my heart sink. Touching moon on my hand.

I got out of bed, I felt rested, but lonesome. I can't believe he made me wake up alone after being separated for so long. Getting dressed I picked out a simple tunic shirt and a pair of thick black leggings, with my brown boots. Breathable, easy to move in, kept me warm when flying in the clouds. I'd wait to put on my armor until we leave, I wanted to appear humble and not showy or high and mighty.

Heading downstairs for breakfast, I was starving. Even though I ate last night, I feel like its been days., I can't wait for some pancakes and coffee. I hear all the laughter as I descend the stairs. At first no one notices me. Grateful for the fact I was blending in as well as I could with my bright white curly haired elf. I walk up to the bar looking around for Theo. I open my mouth to ask for pancakes and coffee, however when I spoke the whole room silenced. All eyes had turn forward me. Their faces dropped and an expression of disgust appeared in place of their smiles. One of them spit on the ground and looked at me..

"Fucking high elf"

"Princess over here probably can't eat our commoner food"

"Power hungry predators, the lot of them"

Insults whispered around the room. Someone through a piece of chicken at her "get lo..." was all the man said before Theo stepped behind him, grabbed his tongue and cut it clean off. The piece falling to the floor at that man's feet. He screams out in pain as blood burst from his mouth.

"I dare you any of you to utter another word about my wife and find out if I will put this knife through your throats" Theo snarling in the man's ears.

Omg he really just cut that mans tongue off. Shocked I covered my mouth, horrified by what my beloved had just done. I was shaking, was this the gentle loving man I knew as my husband? I've never seen him do something like that.

"That woman is your future queen, and you WILL give her the respect she deserves, or I will personally put your head on a spike outside this tavern where it will remain until the crows have picked it clean with nothing but bone." Theo's voice was harsh, cold, and violent. The look in his eye seemed fueled by rage.

The room was dead silent for a moment, and then Carter walked in and yelled "it's only 9am and someone's already lost a tongue?"

Some in the room chuckled, but after that the stale quiet air in the room began to clear.

Theo walks over to me and frowning he glared at the innkeeper. "You will not forget your place in front of royalty, your status is nothing. You are nothing. Do not think you qualify for a conversation with her. If I catch you ignoring her again, I will burn your fucking inn down."

O: have you completely lost your mind?

T: Sun Elves value strength and respect. If he does not respect you then he does not respect me as his Prince and his future king. That is an intolerable offense. He is lucky to get a warning my older brother would have slit his throat for speaking about his wife like that.

"Two orders of bacon and two orders oatmeal." Theo ordered

"And a coffee please!" I asked "you know I wanted pancakes right?"

"Yes and oatmeal is better for you, and you know you don't ask for things here you, order them." Theo told me, "you're royalty."

"Theo, that's just not who I am, I'm not going to change my nature, I know I'm strong and I don't need to prove to them anything." I paused.

"I am death. They can't hurt me."

He chuckled, our food was brought to our table by Ethel, the innkeepers wife.