Zepher

Chapter 7

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______________________________________________________ Chapter 7

I found myself with Ki sitting in the kitchen while he made me some sort of sea food pasta dish. I sat on the island visibly sulking, Ki obviously noticed but didn’t say anything until I was indulging in the food that sat before me.

“So what did our King do to our wonderful Little Queen?” He asked softly as he was working on Zepher’s meal. 

“He didn’t tell me he was leaving for war.” I frowned at my food willing myself to still be angry. The truth was, I wasn’t even mad about him not telling me. I’m sure he meant to, just Daminia beat him to it. I sighed as these thoughts passed through my mind. I was going to miss my arrogant King. 

“Well, I know he hasn’t told the public yet.” Ki said gently glancing over his shoulder. I sighed setting my now empty plate in a sink, I heard Ki mutter something before I turned to see Zepher enter. The whole kitchen hustled with food, but no jokes were being thrown around, nor idle chatter. Ki quickly moved to the dining area setting down Zepher’s plate at the head and I followed him, sitting next to Zepher seat. Zepher seemed amused by this as he joined me sitting by his food. 

“Thank you, Ki, it looks, as per usual, amazing.” He flashed his amazing smile before turning his eyes on me. His smile slowly faded as his eyes locked with mine. Looking into his eyes that now sparkled with tears made my own tears form. My chest tightened at the thought of him leaving. Suddenly I was in his arms and the tears now flowed freely and I believe his as well.

“Why do you have to leave?” I half yelled at him when we slightly pulled apart. His hands dug into my waist where he held me.

“It is my duty to my people to fight beside them.” he said quickly while another tear slid down my cheeks.

“It’s your duty to me to be by my side.” I replied while pouting up at him. “How long will you be gone, and what if you miss out on the birth of our child?” I said quickly while lowering one of my hands to my stomach. His eyes flashed with something I couldn’t depict. 

“I know that I should be here. This shouldn’t last much longer then a few months, maybe six?” He said softly looking into my eyes for understanding. But that wasn’t something I was willing to give. 

“So you may miss the birth of our child. You’ll miss when it is kicking inside of me, when my feet hurt. Everything, Zepher!” I was yelling now as I pulled of his arms and started walking away. 

“You chose to be Queen, Rayne. This is how it is.” He said angrily while following me.”  He grabbed my arm wroughly before I strode too far away from him.

“You think I chose this?” I said yelling and motioning to the castle, “I didn’t choose any of this!” I cried out at him, begging him to stay. Zepher let go of my arm as he turned his back on me. His hair, that was left out of a braid today, cascaded around his face as he hung his head. I moved towards him wanting just a touch. I intertwined our fingers and he turned back to me as his eyes were raining tears. 

“I’m sorry I did this to you.” He cried to me, leaning down touching our foreheads together. “If I could I would make this so much less complicated.” Then he did something I will never forget. He kissed me gently, and for just a moment I thought he was going to say he was going to stay, then he let go of me and walked away. I stood in shock as he turned the corner down some unknown hallway. I glanced down at my hand where his ring sat and sighed, times like this made me realize our differences. Most elves wait a few hundred years before even thinking about having children. Yet here I was, still young, engaged to my soul mate and with his child. I walked away to our chambers where I sat on our fluffy white bed looking up into the sky. I let my hands run over my slightly bulging stomach. I talked to the little child inside of me.