Reign | Reylo Medieval AU

Chapter 7

The whole kingdom of Alderaan is invited to the King's coronation but only the finest are welcomed inside at the Black Castle. Rey is wearing her most appealing dress coloured merlot. Her hair is nicely done upright in a bun with a few strings of loose hair falling down the side of her face.

She walks arm in arm with Poe through the gates of the Black Castle, her father and sister follow suit. When they stop in the ballroom, Rey finds the occasion of letting herself out of her fiancé's grip. Poe notices instantly and reaches out for his soon-to-be-wife but Rey is like a flash lost in the crowd.

Kylo's promising words of retrieving her is echoing in her mind. She politely pushes herself forward in the sea of people to get the best view or just a small glimpse of Kylo before he's crowned king.

And then she sees him.

Rey stops in her track. He is as beautiful as she remembers him - if not even more. The darkness that seems to surround him is alluring with a warning promise of jeopardy but Rey can't help feeling drawn to him. As if he senses her eyes on him, he lets his dark eyes wander through the crowd until his eyes land on her.

The last time they spoke was three months ago. A lot has changed since then. Rey wants answers to the questions that have been eating her away. What does he want with her? Why did he save her?

The ceremony begins and Kylo looks away from Rey. It is over as promptly as it had begun. When the archbishop has placed the golden crown on Kylo's head, the crowd erupts in applause. No one says it out loud but everyone is relieved that Snoke isn't ruling the kingdom in his iron fist anymore.

"Long live the king!"

The festivities continue all throughout the day. From the delightful sight of the binary suns setting to the rise of the twin moons. Rey waits all day and night for Kylo to approach her. Any given moment now she keeps telling herself. But as the celebration is coming to an end and people are starting to get too drunk for their own good, the less she doubts he will come to her.

Rey begins to question her own sanity and whether or not she made it all up. It all feels so surreal. No, it did happen. Snoke is dead. Kylo killed him. She knows that is a fact. She saw it with her own eyes!

But maybe he didn't reach out to her in a dream after all, - and the dream was simply just a dream. It is what it is until proven otherwise. It wouldn't have been the first time she got vivid hallucinations.

As Rey is swaying slowly with Poe, she finds herself feeling ambivalent. Dancing in the arms of a man she's forced to marry, she sighs silently. Maybe she should start plotting her escape sooner than later. Their neighbour kingdom Naboo is only a few days away on a horse. She can leave tonight and never come back.

The king seems to have lost interest in her or he doesn't need her anymore. There is nothing left for Rey here. Sure, she will miss Rose and her father but what good will it do her if she's forced into a life she doesn't wish?

"What are you thinking?"

Rey leans a bit back to look at Poe.

"What?"

"You've been so quiet all day. I hope you're not plotting anything."

He says it with a grin on his lips and Rey lets out a not so convincing laugh. If only he knew...

"I need some air," she says pushing him lightly away. Poe is about to follow Rey but is expeditiously hold back by Finn that wants to chat with him. Rey is grateful Poe is preoccupied so she can be left alone. His presence has been smothering her all day and night. She doesn't know how long she can keep this up.