feel your energy rush into me

The Empress was a strong woman, she could take care of herself in life and in battle, but emotionally she felt weak. She couldn’t hold back the loneliness or the feelings of abandonment. Sirius, her first love and the one she could never have. Archon, the man she had fell hard and fast for. She could have easily spent the rest of her life with him had his life not been taken from her so soon. Iolaire, the dainty healer had been there for her through every painful moment, she lifted her up and showed her that she could indeed love again. She wasn’t the wolf to spend her life with the Empress though. Her loyalties were with the Warlord, and she would never be able to give Deathbelle the children she needed to grow the Empire. Then her dear Daimyo and half brother Hannibal.

His missing presence was the most recent and the pain of him not being beside her was the most fresh. He had a talent for suddenly leaving, and she shouldn’t have hoped that this time would be any different. She’d loved and lost so many times over now. Deathbelle barely heard Magnus and his gentle offer of an apology, but it wasn’t his fault. She was always on the edge of succumbing to her heartache. She was the Empress though, and it was much better to hide her pain.

She sighed heavily and returned her gaze to him, pleasantly surprised to find his deep gemmed stare searching her own. ”It is no fault of your own.” Belle assured him gently. ”You couldn’t have known.” She shook her head lightly. ”I should be apologizing, you shouldn’t be subject to my emotional weakness.”