Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 20

Mahnu waited until the knights and the imbecile King was out of town and then she left also. When she reached the river out of the town, she found a rock and cleaned herself. Thinking back to all the times when she had been dirty and never really cared to clean herself, she was surprised to be wanting to be clean before standing in front of that man again...

The rock made her bleed again in some places, but the water was washing both the old and new blood away. Unable to clean everywhere, Mahnu could only put the clothes on herself again and search where the King was, practically running in that direction. As soon as she was close enough to read his thoughts, she smiled and was glad she went towards the southern road that lead into Bracken.

Richard was even waiting for her, giving her directions to find him. She shook her head but laughed. She had missed him! She found herself unable to stop herself from feeling happy, even with the way things were. There were God's running amuck and there were slaves that could die within the next day or two...But it was hard to stifle down the happiness of seeing that man again...Richard. The one who had helped her the most while she had been tortured and who had helped her be able to free herself was none other than the one that she was going to see very soon!

Hearing other's thoughts now, she knew that the King was hiding himself away from the others and that he didn't want her to be seen by them. He wanted to see her first!

Upon finally being in front of the idiot King, Mahnu felt a strange need to rush into his arms...But...He had been very silly! The anger hadn't completely disappeared, and Mahnu felt like she had to let it out!

Mahnu stared at the King, and said, "You're an idiot!"

"Yes, I'm an idiot. But now you're free, so it worked! Now come here."

King Richard put his arms out to her, and she stopped in front of them. She really wanted to go into them, but...She wanted to scold him some more!

Why was it that she wasn't as angry as she was a second ago though?

'Come here.' Repeated into her mind and she couldn't help but feel special. Of course, he had missed me too!

She felt it, heard it and knew it completely...That he had missed her just as much as she missed him...Perhaps he had even missed her more!

At a loss, because she had never felt so special, Mahnu could only stand there in a daze...

The King smiled and stepped forward, taking her into his arms. "Mmm...I've missed you."

I know, Mahnu though, letting herself be embraced by him and feeling better. She had definitely missed this! It had taken a while to get used to the touch of another, now, she felt like she didn't want to do without it. His smell, his warm hands and how she fit nicely against him, only made it feel like the only good fate she ever had, was meeting this man! How can something so small, make everything better?

Just one human, made my existence feel worthwhile...

Finally, the King felt normal again...Even though it really hadn't been that long since he saw her last. Now, holding her, he finally let go and relaxed, like he'd come home after years of being away.

He stepped back against a tree, taking her with him, and sat down. "You are really adorable when you're angry."

Mahnu lifted her head and looked at him furiously, only for him to pull her head towards him for a kiss.

Her anger vanished completely, unable to fight at all against something that she also wanted, and she lost herself to him easily.

She found it quite weird that all the time without him seemed to wash away as she let her mouth get taken away by his. Without having done this type of thing for a thousand years, how was it that she was able to do this like she had a month ago?