Remember Me

He needed to relax, to focus. Adette needed help, it was clear by the vacant expression in her eyes. His eyes would meet hers, just as they had so many times before, and yet he felt awkward doing so - almost as if he was taking advantage of her, or worse. He forced his amethyst gaze away, instead sweeping his vision to Seracia as she said she would like to come in. Fantastic. Perhaps this would give him time to think of what to do in a situation like this. He hadn't been prepared for an ex wife returning with no memory. There was no instruction manual. His name slipped off her tongue, and he remembered how she'd used to say it. This way was different, unnatural almost. He shivered involuntarily. She wasn't sure about the situation either. She didn't believe they'd been married, didn't believe anyone could love her. She didn't know who she was, and it was up to him to help her find herself again. She worried she wouldn't be the same woman she used to be. He worried the same thing, though some selfish part of him screamed at him to make the most of this opportunity. He could mold her into anything he wanted, into anyone he wanted. But he could not, he would not. "We were married, for nearly a year. We grew up together, in the Hannick Pack. We left - or were sort of pushed out. We set off on our own, to start a pack - this pack. We didn't settle here at first, in fact, you never came here that I know of. We stopped in a nearby land and found three pups abandoned - their parents had died. We took each of them in as our own. Maverick, Valkis, and Kamala. We raised them as our children, and loved them like they were of our own flesh. They all still live here - well, save for Valkis - I'm not sure where his loyalties lie. We settled our pack and founded it in the delta not far from here, but I recently had to migrate us to this place due to the lack of fresh water in our old home." That was enough for her to digest for now. The King took in a deep breath and paced a little farther into the Kingdom, leading his ex wife as he went. He wondered what the reactions would be of anyone who might see them.

"Speech"