I Would Have Died For You

Chimera · 10-30-2021, 02:26 PM

As he walked away, Viper began to speak. Chimera politely stopped and turned, letting the woman have her say. It was more than she'd said to him in weeks, months maybe. He'd lost count. Mismatched eyes stayed fixed on the small woman as she spoke. It sounded as though she blamed him for the love that she'd felt for him. He stayed quiet, letting her continue if she wished, which she did. She loved him. She hated him. He reciprocated.

Once the russet and black fae was finished speaking, Chimera didn't immediately launch into speech. Age and family had tamed him somewhat and he didn't immediately give way to anger or rage like he may have once upon a time. Instead, the two-toned brute moved forward until he was towering over the small fae. Leaning down, he placed a soft kiss upon Viper's forehead. His voice, in accompaniment, was soft as well. "I can never be what you need me to be." He would never be able to be true to only her. The rest of the women of the pack accepted it, but Viper couldn't. This was the result of her unwillingness to bend. Had she been content to be loved alongside others, the woman would have never wanted for anything. He would have cared for her as deeply as he cared for the others. She would have had a place by his side for all of her days. He would have loved her, kept her safe, provided for her and whatever children they may have produced along the way. Instead, she chose to be alone.

Chimera stepped away, putting distance between them once more. He cared for her, but she had made her choice. "As my first love and the mother of my son, you will always have a place in my heart." But again, he couldn't be what she wanted. He had changed, had become more loving, more compassionate to those close to him. Viper had no changed. She remained hard. She remained the same. As one that had changed, the benevolent King offered the woman a way out. "I'll give you this opportunity to leave Fenmyre if you believe you'll be happier elsewhere, but Cerberus stays." Chimera would not be swayed on that. The boy was Chimera's eldest child. The eldest Prince of Fenmyre. He was too important to go traipsing off with Viper to be raised with grunts and gestures. "He stays here with his family, his brothers and sisters. He gets raised as the prince that he is. He stays in his home." Truthfully, Siren was more of a mother to the boy than his birth mother was. He didn't need Viper. Acting the way that she was, none of them did. Even Chimera.

"Chimera" -- "Viper"

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