Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 24

The King looked up to where William was pointing, and he felt his heart beating once again. He put his hand to his chest and let out a small cry. Mahnu, do I dare to believe my eyes?

He found himself getting off his horse and slowly walking towards the tree, it was the same type of pull that he'd only felt with Mahnu. Already, he was sure...He was positive!

That beautiful body, that pose, the far away look...

Then, she suddenly moved, making him stop in his tracks and he watched her in a daze, as she started to climb down the tree.

When she gets down, the King immediately runs to her and hugs her, unable to stop himself!

I can't believe it's her! Her hair has grown, and she looks a little bit older but it's Mahnu! Mahnu!

He let her go and asked, "What happened!? Where have you been!?"

She didn't answer him, only making him more certain it was her. Even that confused and stunned face made him want to laugh, reminding him upon when he had first put her into his bath!

So, I have to get her to talk again!?

An excitement went through King Richard, something he hadn't felt in a long time!

She picks up her items and tries to walk away but he stops her, making her drop everything on her toes.

Immediately King Richard apologizes, looking from the fallen items to her...Whom was jumping around, then suddenly falls to the ground and closes her eyes to the sudden pain.

What had fallen seemed to have been some tools that she was supposed to deliver to somebody. But the tools were no longer in King Richard's eyes as he is unable to hold himself back yet again...

He picks her up and that's when she finally talks, saying to put her down and that he's going the wrong way!

"Ah, so you can talk! And you tried to walk away from me!"

"It is not a sin to walk away from a man when a woman is by herself, now put me down!"

"You're hurt."
"I am not...Broken! I can still walk, please, put me down!"

He stops but doesn't put her down, "I am so glad! Really!" He hugs her tighter. "You still respond to me exactly the same way. I thought that I'd never see you again and that if I did, you would be different."

His gentle face and words stunned her for a moment, "You...Know me?"

"My dear! Yes! I've been looking for you everywhere!" King Richard had indeed sent some of his people out whenever he went to Havlish, or visited any other town in the last two years...

"I can't remember who I used to be...I'm sorry. Are you sure...You mean me?"

"Yes. Mahnu is your name and you are my woman. Don't you ever forget that!"

"You're...You're woman!?" Her shriek at saying those words only made him happier. There was a small glimpse on her angry look, making him remember how adorable she was when she was angry.

The King laughs then, he hadn't laughed whole heartily for so long! It really felt great!

He hid himself in her chest then, holding her tight. Breathing in her sweet smell, he also felt a tear falling down his cheek, "I'm finally home!"

Unable to move and not wanting people to know that he had tears in his eyes, he tightened his hold on her and went silent.

Right now, all he wanted to do was hold her like this, in his arms, so that he could feel normal again...