LIKE THE TIDE

The instinct to run bubbled up in his stomach but the young male quickly fought it down. She couldn't say no, surely she felt the same? Please, please, please, please don't break my heart, please feel the same. It didn't even cross his mind that some might see love between two siblings, even half siblings, to be perverse but the Armada family had always been strange in this respect and it didn't even phase him.


Drashiel forced his eyes to stare into hers, his ears, his senses, his whole being hanging on her every word. His heart was pounding so hard in his chest that it hurt as she stuttered. He knew that her next words would either make him the happiest he'd ever been or completely, utterly destroy him.


I love you more then you will ever know.


SHE SAID IT. Drashiel was frozen as he tried to process her words. She loved him? she loved him! His tail was wagging and he lunged forward to lick her right cheek, tail wagging ecstatically. He pulled back as she spoke and the deal was made. They would rule together and he would be there to raise his family. Drashiel didn't want to settle for a visit now and then, he wanted to actually be there to witness them grow. She spoke and Drashiel stared at her silent for a moment before nodding.


"Yes, Athena will make an excellent heir for now though? I was thinking she could be our Sekundant, our beta. You'll have to fill me in on the ranks. You see?. I? well.." He took a few steps forward, leaning in to push his chest into her, his maw hovering by her right ear. "I had rather hoped we might start a family when you're ready."



"Speech"