3. I Won't Give Up
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Werloth POV:
After dinner, I was having a nice conversation with Liam and Alice. They looked tired and we have the coronation day tomorrow, so they made their way to the room as I went to check on Melian.
I knocked on her room’s door and she opened the door for me.
She smiled at me, I held her hand and took her to my room. It was time.
I had everything prepared for her; the bath, a nightgown, some clothes for tomorrow morning.
I closed the door and when I turned around to face her, she slipped her dress down, revealing her naked body.
I guess that was really the time, then.
I took my white shirt off and she got closer to me. I kissed her and I laid her on my bed and fully undressed myself. She had a big grin on her face.
She was already aroused.
I hovered over her but I had no desire, no lust, just compromising and when I was about to enter her, my body started to quiver on its own accord.
I knew it, I would fail her again. I couldn’t do it but I had to.
I couldn’t let her down again, she was waiting for me way for way too long.
I was paralyzed by the moment and lost in my thoughts.
No, I would do it, I had to.
The next day would be her coronation day as a Queen.
I closed my eyes and I would finally thrust into her, but then, I smelled an intoxicating scent; wild rose and jasmine. I frowned at the same time.
I sat on my bed right away in confusion and put my towel robe on and I started to follow this scent.
I forgot about everything else. I wonder, could it be?
Why now? Is the Goddess kidding me?
The closer I got to the door, the stronger I could smell that floral and mouthwatering scent.
Melian was babbling some things but I couldn’t understand her words, I could only focus on this delightful scent.
And I opened my bedroom door. I froze when I saw her and she almost jumped startled, the most beautiful woman I ever laid my eyes on in front of me.
What an angelic creature, she overflew sweetness and innocence over me.
I don’t even think she’s from this world, she had natural blonde hair, bright blue eyes and her bright skin was soft and vulnerable. She should measure about 5’4.
She was small compared to me and she was wearing a beautiful elegant dress that made me drool all over her. I was literally eating her alive with my bare eyes.
My gaze found her neck, her collarbones were calling out to reach my lips, her delicate hands were shaking holding some tulle fabric of her dress, I noticed she had a scarf on her hand. I couldn’t see much because she was gripping it tightly and I could hear her heart racing.
I was intently looking at every inch of her body and every feature of her beautiful face to keep it all in my mind.
I wanted to kiss her, hold her and never let her go anywhere far from me.
Now I knew what love felt like, I knew what it felt like to crave someone, the lust and desire couldn’t escape me to want to take her to my room right away so I could claim her completely.
“Mine” we both whispered at the same time.
Mine, she was mine. My mate, the one I craved for so long.
Suddenly, I heard someone calling me.
“My King? Are you OK? What’s wrong?” I snapped out of my thoughts and Melian was behind me wearing a nightgown.
I glanced at my mate again like never wanting to stop looking at her beautiful face.
I felt ashamed and my heart clenched painfully as I saw the pain in her eyes when she saw Melian.
She let some tears fall from her eyes before she turned around and ran away and I got back into the situation we were in now.
No, I couldn’t believe what I almost did.
I ran my hand through my hair.
I felt guilt and shame taking me over, I wanted to explain myself to her.
I wanted to let her know that it was not like what she was thinking, but unfortunately, it was.
I belonged to her and only her. I wish I could say that nothing happened and I was saving myself for her, that she was the only one in my life.
She was the one I’ve waited for all of my life but she’s gone and she was in pain. I just met her and failed her.
That was the most awkward moment I've ever been through in my life.
It was also the worst situation I’ve ever been through and I felt like I could curse myself over and over again to make her cry.
It hurts so damn much. I went into my room again and Melian was looking at me, still confused.
What was I supposed to do now?
Goddess, please, help me. I couldn’t believe that we found each other in the time limit.
The coronation day is tomorrow. I almost mated and marked the wrong woman.
I can’t help but feeling so ashamed and guilty and worse, my mate was there, she saw it, she saw us wearing nothing but a single piece of fabric.
She’s probably thinking so many things about me right now.
She’s probably thinking I don’t want her, I have to find her.
I always felt like it was wrong to mate Melian, but now that I’ve found my mate, I couldn’t even stand being next to her anymore.
“Melian, I’m so sorry for everything but I have just found my mate”, I told her honestly and quickly so I could go after my mate, but she started to sob.
“But King Werloth, please, we’ve been together for 20 years, don’t do this, it might be a Goddess' trick to separate us. Tomorrow is my coronation day. We’ll rule together like we’ve always planned to do, my love. I love you.” She said and got on her knees before me, holding my leg.
She looked desperate. I never saw her out of control and it was starting to freak me out.
I took her hand that was holding my leg, making her stand up and said I was sorry again, and I left the room trying to look for my fated one.
I bumped into Belin, my second in command, when I rushed my way into the hall and I apologized.
“Please, forgive me, Belin.”
“Wow, it’s fine, don’t worry. I guess it’s bumping into someone’s day, it just happened the same thing to me” he joked.
“What do you mean? Did it happen before?” I asked him, hoping he could help me find her.
“A beautiful lady, the daughter of King Liam and Queen Alice, Princess Angeline Venctury bumped into me, she was in such a rush and she looked sad, she asked me to show her the guest room and so I did it”, he explained.
So she was their daughter. She was Angeline.
I looked down and everything started to make sense now.
“Angeline”. I whispered. She really looked like an angel, ever since the day she was born.
She’s the one I supposed to teach archery. She’s going to stay here.
Well, maybe. If she hadn’t given up already after what just happened.
But it would be perfect to get to know each other and I could spend a lot of time with her.
Actually, it couldn’t be better ever since Liam and Alice were great friends of mine. I would spend as much time as I could with her.
“Belin, can you show me which room she’s staying in?” I asked him and he pointed to her room.
“Thank you, have a good night.” I told him and he left. I knocked on her door. It was her room indeed.
I could smell her scent.
“Come in”, I heard her angelic voice after a few seconds.
I opened the door slowly and I saw her sitting on the edge of her bed. She stood up and her eyes were fixed on mine in surprise.
I was about to say something, to apologize, to explain myself, but her beauty was all I could ever think about right now.
“You’re so beautiful”, the words escaped my mouth without even thinking about it before.
She blushed and smiled at me.
“That’s so kind of you. I’m Angeline Venctury, Liam and Alice’s daughter.” she told me, slightly bowing down and greeting me holding the tulle from her dress.
She was elegant and had royal manners, which didn’t help me to control myself at all.
I just took a few steps towards her direction.
“It’s lovely to finally meet you, Princess”. I said and I took her hand and we both gasped with the tingles of our skin contact sending electric jolts in every inch of our bodies.
I kissed the back of her hand but I didn’t want to let it go, it felt so right to be holding her hand, to be so close to her.
She also didn’t take her hand back, so I just let my hand holding her one.
I wish I knew what she was thinking. She looked down and then at me again.
“What does it mean, King Werloth?” She broke the silence, surprising me at her straight forward words as she was looking intently at me.
“Just Werloth, and it means that we are mates, we’re destined for each other, we hold each other’s soul.” I told her and glared at her blue ocean eyes while I was still holding her hand.
I noticed that her lips formed a slight smile but then she was serious again and she exhaled sharply.
“But…how? I mean, the coronation day is in a few hours. You already have someone. I could never stay between a couple. I don’t want to cause you any distress or any problem for anyone, maybe you should reject me…” she said hesitantly like she didn’t want to say those words and my heart clenched.
“Don’t you ever say that. I’ve waited for you for way too long, I’m not going to reject you and I know you also can’t reject me”. I cut her and cupped her face. I’ve waited for centuries actually. I wouldn’t lose her.
I couldn’t ever let her go.
“No. I wouldn’t ever, Werloth.” she said as some tears were falling from her eyes. I wiped them with my thumb. She looked down.
“But how is this going to work? I can’t have seen someone with a broken heart because of me”
“Me neither, but I’m not going to give up on you. We belong together. I’m yours, truly” I said as I wrapped my arms around her and I could feel her relaxing in my arms.
“I will cancel the coronation. I had already told her that I had found my mate. I will talk to her and help her to go through it.” I let her know.
“I want to go with you, it’s not fair you do it all by yourself when I’m the one who’s causing it.” She told me, she was so caring about the others, it made me want her even more.
“You’re not causing anything. And you can come with me. You can never leave my side if you wish. Just don’t you ask me to reject you ever again”, I held her tighter, never wanting to let her go.
“I…I won’t, I promise” she said.
I wanted to kiss her so badly but there was so much going on that I wouldn’t force her to do anything she wasn’t ready to.
“So, will I be able to learn archery?” she asked me, lifting her head up, raising her eyebrows.
I could feel her warmth breath on my neck, it was driving me insane.
“Of course, I will teach you myself. When shall we begin?” I asked her, and her soft lips formed a beautiful smile on them.
“The sooner, the better” she said, and I smiled back at her.
But I still felt ashamed. I wanted to explain to her that nothing had happened before, but I didn’t know where I should begin.
“I just wanted you to know about it before…” I started and her smile vanished away from her face.
“Don’t worry about it, you don’t have to explain anything to me, we didn’t know we were mates before, so you were free to do whatever you felt like doing and with who you felt like doing as well” she cut me, but she sounded like she just didn’t want to hear it. Like she was afraid of what I was going to say, so I tried again.
“I just wanted you to know that nothing happened. I could never be with someone like that. I was waiting for my mate. I would try it because of tomorrow but I froze, it just didn’t feel like it was the right thing to do. I was willing to try but your scent intoxicated me and that was all I could think about”, I told her honestly.
“So…you didn’t…?” she asked and I chuckled.
“No, we never did”. I told her honestly.
“Oh Werloth” she said, breathlessly like she was holding her breath afraid of what I was going to tell her. She almost jumped on me, wrapping her arms around my neck.
I loved this sensation, I would make her love me, I want to be there for her, protect her and spend all the eternity by her side.
“Will you be OK?”I asked her.
“Yes” she nodded.
“See you tomorrow, then?”
She looked intently at me and smiled.
“Of course” she said, and I kissed her cheek.
“Good night, Angeline.”
“Good night, Werloth” she whispered to me.
I took a good look at her pretty face and her delightful lips one more time and I was making my way back to my room.
I felt at peace like I'd never been before.
- Writer
