Ancient Love

Chapter 8: The Day Before

"Read it out loud Craig!" Ahkmenrah said to Craig who was reading it to himself. "Ahem" Craig said as he cleared his throat. "My soil burns to bathe in my arms." Craig began to read out loud. Ahkmenrah looked at him with a puzzled look on his face. "Craig. Let me see that!" Ahkmenrah said as he quickly snatched the other piece of paper out of his hand. He then facepalmed.

"My soul yearns to be able to be to bask in your eternal beauty and to have you in my arms in a loving yet tender embrace" Ahkmenrah looked Craig with a furious look on his face. "Your eyes shine brighter than the stars!" Ahkmenrah added as he finished reading. "Craig! These are MY letters to her!" Ahkmenrah said with fury as he glanced up at Craig and motioned to the box of letters Craig had brought with him."So then all of these other letters were from you Ahkie?" He asked Ahkmenrah as he held up the box of letters. "Yes Craig." Ahkmenrah said very annoyed. Ahkmenrah then looked over at me. "You saved all of my letters?" He asked. "Of course I did! I even read each and every one of them over and over again every single night whenever I was alone and in need of company." I said as I looked at Ahkmenrah. "My love, I am so sorry about the way I have treated you. I should have listened to your explanation rather than rushing to conclusions. Can you ever forgive me?" Ahkmenrah pleaded with me as he grabbed my hand and held onto it tight between both of his hands. I put my other hand on his cheek. "Of course I can. And I do." I said as I moved my hand up to his hair and ran my fingers through his soft hair. He smiled at me and pulled me in for a hug. It felt like the biggest and warmest hug I had ever received.

"Well, now that all of THAT is over, what do you say we go out on the town to celebrate?!" Craig suggested enthusiastically as he came between Ahkmenrah and I and but his arms over both of our shoulders. "How about THIS Craig. Iris and I will go out while YOU go gather all of my things and put them back in Irissia and I's room. Ubaid will be watching you so you don't slack off. And NO more snooping around!" Ahkmenrah said as he and I took his arm off of our shoulders and Ahkmenrah pushed Craig out of the way. "I make no promises about the not snooping part!" Craig called as he was escorted out by the royal guards back to Ahkmenrah's room. He took my hand and pulled me in close towards his chest and kissed my lips while he put his hand in my hand and we walked out of the room happily while holding each other's hands.

After leaving the room, Ahkmenrah and I went out for a walk within the palace walls. After being informed that all of Ahkmenrah's belongings had been moved back, he and I returned back to what is once again OUR room.

Before going to bed, we decided to relax on the couches. I laid my head on his shoulder as he wrapped one of his arms around my shoulder while his other hand was holding my hand. "My love, I can not express to you how sorry I am about the fight. I-" He said before I put one finger on his lips. "Shhh. My darling. It's okay. It was just a big misunderstanding on Craig's part. That's all." I said as I moved my hand onto his cheek. He smiled and then kissed the palm of my hand. I sat up and moved onto his lap. As we stared into each other's eyes, he put his hand under my chin and pulled me in for a long yet passionate kiss. As we kissed, he rubbed up and down my back and my outer leg. He pulled me in for a deeper kiss. He leaned me back and put his arms under my legs and neck. He picked me up in his arms as he stood up and started to carry me to our bed. Ahkmenrah then gently put me down under the covers and then walked over onto his side and got under the covers with me. "Goodnight my love." Ahkmenrah said as he kissed me on the lips. "Goodnight my darling" I said to him as I held his face with both of my hands and pulled him in for a longer kiss.

The next morning, we woke up early so we would get some more alone time. "Good morning my prince." I said as I woke up to see Ahkmenrah staring lovingly at me. "Good morning my princess." He said before he lightly pecked my lips softly. We both smiled and we just laid there looking into each other's eyes. "Let's just hope that Craig isn't up yet!" Ahkmenrah said with a husky chuckle. "Very true. Who KNOWS what he would get into!" I said before letting out a chuckle.