Fire and Ice

Hidden Letters

                             ~Gray's POV~

She left the room teary-eyed and sobbing.
It broke my heart even more to see her this way.

I didn't stop her on the way out.
She hurried out the door and out of sight.
I would have held her...comforted her.
But I was too tired.
Too broken to comfort another.

My Juvia was gone.
I would never see her smile again. I will never get to hold her in my arms again. Her warm comfort will never be with me again. All of her wise words will never be shared again. The warmth she brings to her children will never be felt again.
Because she will never come back.

My vision fogged up again as I began to cry.
Crying was so painful.
Felling the tears stream down your face. Proving that the pain I am felling is so strong that it shows on the outside.

I wiped my tears away on my shelve.
Sitting here wasn't going to change anything.

I got out of the chair I was seated in and walked over to the large vanity that belonged to my dear queen.

It was a large white vanity that was against the far right wall from the entrance. It was the only piece of furniture I haven't thrown around out of anger.

I looked into it large mirror framed in white. I saw a broken king with puffy red eyes, tears streams, and a tired expression.

Turning my attention away from my reflection, I looked down at what was on the wooden surface in front of me.

There lay a the brush, Juvia used every morning, and a few hair pins.
I would never see her sit here and fix her beautiful hair in the mornings as she was draped in a angelic white nightgown.

I sat at the vanity's chair, avoiding the mirror, as I opened her side drawers in search for more memories of my Juvia.

I opened the first one to see her make-up. The powders she never needed to look beautiful to me.
I closed the drawer up and went to the second one. It held many hair clips and ribbons that my Queen wore often.
I picked up one that she only wore once. It was fake white flowers with purl centers. It was the broach she wore in her hair on our wedding day.

Her white dress and white draped face gliding over to me down the aisle that wonderful day.
The sharing of  'I do' s as we stood a the alter.

" 'Til death do us part." I repeat, being me no comfort.

I placed the broach back in the drawer and opened the last one. Reaching for some sort of hope in this lifeless piece of furniture was the only thing keeping me for falling completely apart.

The last drawer had a small wooden box. Juvia's jewelry box. I pulled out the small container and placed it on the vanity desk.
But something caught my eye.

At the bottom of the drawer, where the jewelry box sat, was a few envelopes.
Taking them in my hands, I looked at the parchments they had inside.
The envelopes were blank so the only thing I could look at for answers was the letters themselves.

They were addressed to Lady Juvia and signed 'Sincerely Wendy'.

Curious on why Wendy had connections to my Queen not too long ago, with out my knowing was alarming to me.
Juvia never told me about these letters...

and what was spoken of inside of them.

After going through each letter a few times, events have now become clear to me.
I see why now all of this has happened and why it has come out like this.

My wife and Wendy had secret conversations that have lead to all that has happened.
My Juvia was twisted into all of this.
But now she is gone.

Wendy is going to pay for the price she has caused this kingdom.
For the pain she has caused me.

And it will all begin at the gallos.