The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 51

Lexa walks up the steps to her throne and sits, crossing her legs. She looks even more like a goddess than usual up there. Apparently, I said that out loud because Lexa flushes and murmurs out a "thank you".

She gestures for me to come up and stand beside her. I walk up the steps, trying not to let Lexa's beauty cause me to stumble. I stand to her right, watching as Anya strides in, closely followed by Luna. They're both smirking and a blushing Titus comes in after them. He can't look at either of them.

Anya stands near the door while Titus comes up the steps and stands on the other side of Lexa. Luna comes to the start of the steps but instead of coming up them, she kneels before Lexa. Her head is down and she does not move until Lexa speaks.

"Welcome, Luna." These seem to be the magic words.

Luna stands before heading to a chair on the opposite side of the room and sitting down. This repeats with little variation until the last leader, Nia of Azgeda. Unlike the others who kneeled with respect to Lexa, Nia looks her in the eyes before kneeling and keeps her eyes higher than I've seen anyone else do.

Lexa's voice only comes out slightly different then the calm, disaffected way it did the other times. "Welcome, Nia."

I know Lexa probably doesn't want to out our relationship just yet, so I resist the urge to hold her hand to reassure her. And the growing urge to punch that woman in the face. Nia stands and smirks at Lexa, and I glance at Titus, who seems to like Nia even less than he likes me. She takes a seat, sitting like she's the one on a throne.

"Welcome, leaders of the clans." Lexa says, her voice back to the seemingly unshakable tone she uses when she's acting as the Heda instead of just Lexa. "We will start with reports of what has happened since we last met. Luna, you may start."

This part of the meeting is interesting, but a bit drawn out. In Floukru, the sea is higher than usual, causing them to have need to build a higher seawall. Lexa says that she will provide builders to assist with that. There aren't many other problems big enough for Lexa to offer help, but there's one leader that I can tell Lexa likes. He starts out by talking about the things his clan has been dealing with, then talking about the fact that his daughter was just born and just continues talking about his five kids. Surprisingly, no one even tries to interrupt him and not even Titus seems to dislike him.

After everyone finishes, Lexa speaks again. "Now, are there any other concerns or problems I might be able to assist with?"

"I have a concern." Nia says, leaning forward. Everyone else shifts uncomfortably in their chairs. "What ever happened to that Skai girl you were obsessed with? I am still not sure why you were so interested in her. We should have just killed her."

"Nia, the first Heda came down from the sky. Are you saying we should have just killed her, too?" Lexa asks.

Nia sputters for a moment. "That is completely different."

"Is it? They are both women who fell from the sky in metal boxes. Are you saying that is a mere coincidence?"

"It is unlikely but yes, it is possible. But that is not what I am trying to say. We do not know this girl, she could be a danger to us all."

"I can assure you, she is not a threat to us." Lexa says, glancing at me quickly.

"How can you be so certain?" By Nia's small smirk, she thinks she's got Lexa cornered.

"Because I'm the Sky Girl." I respond, speaking for the first time in front of them. There are gasps and Nia looks shocked.

"You let her become your advisor?" Nia asks. "She has not been down here long yet you trust her that much?"

"Yes. She has saved my life when we were fighting the Pauna." Lexa responds.

"She saved me from the Pauna too." Luna says. "It threw me in a hole and left me to die, but Clarke got me out."

"I could bring any person from TonDC here and they would have nothing but wonderful things to say about her." Indra chimes in, surprising me. "She is a gifted healer, and a good warrior. I trust her."

Wow. I did not expect that. Apparently, neither did anyone else because there's a few moments of stunned silence after that.

"If they trust you, I trust you." Said the guy with the five kids. The other leaders nod except Nia, who just scowls.

"Anything else we need to discuss?" Lexa asks, glancing around the room. No one speaks up. "Very well. This meeting is adjourned. I will see you all again at dinner."

With that, everyone files out except Lexa and I. I get a few curious glances, but the only hostility I see is from Titus and Nia.

"We have to do dinner, too?" I ask her as she stands and walks over to me.

"Yes, but you do not have to come if you do not want to." Lexa assures me, taking my hands in hers.

"I'll go. I'm sure they have a bunch of questions. Plus, the food here is really good but like everything, it's better when I'm with you."

Lexa's face softens and her smile lights up her face. "That was really cute."

"Thanks, I try." I say, kissing her cheek. "But you're pretty cute too."

Instead of responding verbally, Lexa leans in and kisses me. I sigh happily against her lips and we let go of each other's hands. I rest my hands on her waist while Lexa's go to my hair and to cup my face. She pulls away to change the angle and brushes our noses together. I grin at that because jok (fuck), she's so adorable.

Aww that ended up being cute! Especially that end part. Jok Nia though. And Titus. Next chapter, probably more making out and then dinner! Thank you all for reading and your beautiful comments! Stay awesome!