The Future Queen and King of Dauntless

Chapter 35

Tris POV

I am exhausted, I know I should go to the dining hall and eat something, but after everything that has happened today with helping to set up the wedding, the issue between Tobias and Marcus and the worry about what my father will do, I still don't understand how my father couldn't believe him, he is the victim not that horrible man Marcus, I don't care if he is my godfather, he became it under false pretenses and I will not stand for it. I enter my old room and look around a bit before lying face down on my bed. I let out a loud groan of frustration and scream into my pillow. I must have worn myself out completely draining the last of my resolve because I soon fall into a dreamless sleep.

Click.

The sound of the knob turning wakes me slightly, not enough to open my eyes but enough for me to be on guard. Footsteps echo on the old hardwood flooring and stop right at the bed. A warm hand touches my shoulder and I smile, I know that hand and that warmth.

"Tobias." I whisper unable to open my eyes at him for fear of breaking down completely. He caresses my neck and kisses my hair before placing the lose strands behind my ear his arm wrapping around me as he lays down beside me encircling me in his warmth.

"Tris, thank you."

My eyes shoot open at this and stare into his.

"Thank you for what exactly?"

"Thank you Tris for believing me, for loving me, for being my family, and for making me strong enough to face him. You're my rock, my fire and my reason to be a better person. I love you, Tris."

His soft lips kiss my forehead, my nose and settle on my lips. I am lost to him once again.

"I will always believe in you, that is what family is, and I love you too. Forever. We are okay, everything else is a bit messed up but we are fine. Never forget that. You are mine and I am yours and it has been that way and will be that way forever."

Our lips meet again and the fire beneath our words our embraces or love ignites into an inferno. I pull away breathless. It is getting harder to pull myself away, and that alone scares me and excites me at the same time.

Tobias POV

I enter the dining hall and everyone is there, well everyone except Tris. I sigh in defeat and sit at the table next to Caleb. He looks at me no longer angry but with pity, I hate pity. The king must have let word slip by somehow around the castle. I can't sit here any longer. I can't start reliving all those feelings again, Marcus will be gone from my mind soon enough now I have beaten him, just not as physically as I had intended.

I get up and exit the dining hall without eating. Today's activities have made me exhausted not physically but mentally so I head to Tris' old room. I turn the knob and it makes a loud clicking noise.

"Tobias." I hear whispered through the room. Tris, I smile at the sound of her voice. I didn't realize how much I needed her at this very moment. I walk to her and see that she is holding back tears. I caress her neck and kiss her hair before placing the lose strands behind her ear. I wrap my arm around her small frame and lay beside her. We fit perfectly like two pieces of a puzzle.

"Tris, thank you."

Her eyes open and stare into mine. I am stunned, lost in them till her voice shakes me from my stupor.

"Thank you for what exactly?"

"Thank you Tris for believing me, for loving me, for being my family, and for making me strong enough to face him. You're my rock, my fire and my reason to be a better person. I love you, Tris."

I kiss her forehead, the tip of her nose and settle finally on her lips. A fire burns my skin yet there is no melted flesh. Tris does this to me, I am on fire, I am alive, and I am free.

"I will always believe in you, that is what family is, and I love you too. Forever. We are okay, everything else is a bit messed up but we are fine. Never forget that. You are mine and I am yours and it has been that way and will be that way forever."

Our lips meet again and all the passion beneath my words, my embrace, my love everything I want to say, everything I can't yet is in this moment. This moment I never want to end.