Flaring Passions

As always, Chimera had been working. There were many negative things that one could say about the man, but one would be a liar if they said that he wasn't hard working and industrious. So many things always needed to be done. So many needed to be looked after, especially now. The fires burned brightly with all of the clutter that he'd been collecting on the island. The king had been methodically going through structure by structure, cleaning them out and burning everything old and unnecessary. In one of the strange shops, he'd found boxes of weird, bright material that had been eaten away by moths. Nothing was usable, so the box of flowered cloth went into the fires. Pity. He imagined that the ladies may have liked to do something with it. Oh well.

Finishing up the decluttering of yet another building, Chimera came out just in time to hear Aliana calling for him. Yeah... he could do with a break. Stopping by one of the many streams to wash the dirt from his paws, the black and white king made his way towards the wing that he and Ali shared. Moving inside, he noted that one of the back sliding doors was open and moved into the massive bathing chamber of the wing. To his surprise, Aliana was there within the steam filled room. He could smell the various soaps that she had laid out, but his attention was all for her. "You do like your surprises," he purred before moving down the few steps and towards her.

It was as though their time of sadness had never existed. There was a brightness to the woman that he had missed, but he was putting the past behind them. Aliana would always be a bright, shining light to him. She could never be anything different. Towering over the small fae, Chimera leaned down to place a soft, somewhat chaste kiss upon the side of her muzzle. The man marveled at how much he'd grown since taking on the responsibility of family and pack. He was no longer the most important thing in the world. There were many other lives that meant far more than his own. Aliana... she was one of them.



"Chimera & Aliana"