Ruthless

Golden days

Rhea's POV

After the night we had, we ended before the fireplace. My chamber was a mess, the scent of sex was in the air and the rays of the sun were peaking through our windows. Eden laid peacefully on my chest. My hands caressing her nude back and her messy golden hair. I was so in love with this woman. It was a new life, I wanted nothing but the best for her. She deserves the world and I have promised it to her. I will make sure the world I offer is one apt for her, even if it takes the remaining of my strength. She stirred in my arms gaining my attention. "Good morning,” she said with a raspy morning voice. I smiled as I kissed her forehead. "Good morning my queen."

"Have you been awake for long?"

"I haven't quite gone to bed," Unlike humans I do not need to sleep every day. It could be weeks before my body asks for some rest. "Are you hungry?" I asked. Still in her tired state she just nodded. I got up from the floor and gently lifted her up causing her to giggle. I laid her on the bed carefully, but she pulled me towards her again. She kissed me sheepishly, her happiness radiating from her gentle skin. "I will call Helen and ask her to prepare our breakfast." I kissed her again before getting up to look for one of my robes somewhere.

I opened my door slightly, being careful not to disturb my wife any further after last nights activities she will need all the sleep she can get. The memories allow my skin to rise in goosebumps all over again. "Maid, tell Helen in the kitchens to provide an exquisite breakfast for my wife and I. You may bring it to my chamber,” the maid for a moment seemed lost, her green eyes hollow.

"Did you hear what I said?"

"Yes, I shall bring your breakfast as soon as it is finished,” she walked away leaving me feeling unease. That particular maid has always gotten my attention, something about her does not sit well with me. I looked back at Eden, she was peacefully asleep. I decided to check on my sister quickly before breakfast is ready. Once in her dormitory, she still laid asleep on her bed. What caught my attention was Ivanna fully asleep next to her. In a flash of a second Carina flashed through my head. How my sister had laid next to her unmoving body for hours heartbroken after the love of her life was dead.

It was best to let them be. I never knew Ivanna was fond of my sister yet again my sister wins anyone over with her charisma and gentle soul. Once I entered my chamber again, I decided to lay by Eden, she quickly searched for the warmth of my body. I always thought I knew what love looked like, in the shape it came and how it felt yet this was completely different. It felt like recognizing part of your own soul in another. Her body half covered with the red sheets reminding me only of the greek mythology goddess, Aphrodite. Her curves telling bold stories of her past life, the freckles over shoulders reminding me of the starry night sky. Her hair illuminating like the sun itself and those eyes representing the earth. Eden might not recognize it, but she was already an earth goddess. This love was consuming more potent than any forest fire. It spread fast without shame or care. Its whole purpose was to consume and such thing it did. It consumed me and now I cannot envision life without having this woman by my side.

In my selfishness, I started to think of ways to keep her always with me. The idea of Eden growing old was beautiful yet tragic. I was aware of my immortality, as I am aware of her mortality. The world has changed too much under my care, before my own eyes. She was the one thing that I did not want to change. "Your thoughts disrupt my peace, what occupies your mind so early?" she whispered. "You have become the center of my whole attention," she finally opened her beautiful hazel eyes. At times they looked golden almost like a prophecy. It tends to knock the air from my lungs each time I think of it. "You did always have a way with words,” she pecked my lips. My heart did not beat, yet each time she kissed me I could swear it did.