Prophecy of Ruin or Salvation (closed for heartofcourage)

[heartofcourage]

"Well, I can only hope that Valius doesn't send me away to complete my training." Bryn whispered to Cat who suddenly erupted into a fit of giggles. "Do you think a queen should have to go to Winterveld or am I fine in the palace?"

"You should go to the palace and wear your crown and never, ever have to go anywhere!" Cat insisted, looking at her parents with a precocious smile on her face. "And then, you can have all of the darters and all of the spiders that you want."

 

[Armphid]

Cat's declaration sent smiles and more than a few laughs around the room. Even at her most conniving, she was charming and at times like this, utterly adorable. Her father leaned over in his chair to pat her head, a grin on his strong but plain face, "What cheek! But may it be that way." Though the adults at the table knew better. Bryn would go to the palace and be queen but travel to many other places and her desires would be subject to many obstacles. Such was life! Though a queen did have fewer obstacles than many.

Valius made a face, "Spiders at the palace? I'm not so sure about that." He did not generally bring up his fear. But the Hadrils knew him so long they already were aware of it. "Under my boot, maybe."

"Aww, don't be a wimp," Cat protested.

"Maybe he means he would like to ride one himself," Heather mused with an impish smirk.

 

[heartofcourage]

Bryn laughed at the little girl, falling a little more in love with her as the meal continued. It was a nice time, each enjoying the other person's company. When I came time to part, she felt a little sad, but she took Valius's hand and allowed him to guide her towards his own rooms. Dax followed behind as dutifully as always, but after she had talked to him, he allowed them a respectable distance.

When the door closed behind them, she sank into a plush chair with a long sigh. "That little girl is as cute as they come but she will be a handful for them when she is older."

 

[Armphid]

"Handful is putting it lightly." Valius smiled, "She'll break hearts all over the land. Intentionally and otherwise; she'll be a very dangerous girl." He didn't envy her parents her teenage years. Not one bit. Of course, he suspected they'd try to rope him into helping control the girl. He'd probably do it too, fool that he was.

He walked up behind Bryn's chair, folding his arms on the top and looking down at her, "Feeling better about the day, my Bryn?"

 

[heartofcourage]

"I talked to, charmed, and tamed Sir Claudius. You owe me." Bryn said with a slowly spreading grin as she tilted her head back to look up at Valius. "Even though I jest, it will be a good partnership. He has a wealth of information that only age and experience can give someone. I did promise that I would start my lessons again with Masha tomorrow, so I guess I should get good sleep and be prepared to be beaten."

She chuckled softly at her own thoughts and shook her head. "Your home might be strange, Valius, but it will take more than that to scare me off. You have absolutely nothing to worry about when it comes to myself."

 

[Armphid]

His smiled grew a bit softer at her words. "You should have seen me the first few weeks of my fighting training. They kicked me all over the yard and I felt bruised from head to toe. As I should, of course, a Prince cannot be lacking in martial skill."

Nor could a Queen. He would never expect Bryn to fight in war, as he would when the time came. But having a Queen be that vulnerable was unthinkable, even as relatively stable as modern Ithilien was.

"I do not worry about you; I worry about what others may do to you." He shook his head and held up his hands, "I am sorry, I keep coming back and saying grim things when they are unneeded. Nonetheless, I am pleased. My home is strange; you are right. It is like no other place in the world. But it needs you. As do I."

 

[heartofcourage]

"I do believe that my strong, silent Valius is becoming a hopeless romantic." Bryn said with a grin as he admitted that both he and Ithelien needed her. "We've only known each other a relatively short time, but I know that I would be lost without you in my life. And that makes me sound like an old hopeless romantic myself."

 

[Armphid]

He chuckled, "Perhaps. To my ears, it makes you sound young and alive and lights the world just a bit more. I am glad for it, even a small shred of light is a comfort in our oft dark times."

Normally a thought like that might bring a dour mood back to him. With her, however, he merely smiled softly. "Well suited are we, as romantics then. Perhaps we shall become a tale of love and passion that the bards immortalize."

 

[heartofcourage]

"I have no want to be immortal. I've already had enough of that as a goddess." Bryn said with a grin towards her lover. "But perhaps Valius the Great will be immortal among his people. It would be much better to be known as that instead of Valius the Brooding. I do believe you have a good chance at breaking that mold, my love."

 

[Armphid]

He raised his brows and sighed, "If there are songs to be sung if me, you shall have to be in them. For I am far from great and expect to be no more than a footnote in the prestigious history of my line." He leaned back off of the chair and straightened, "But we will see. There is much that is yet unwritten and unlike the dragon, I have no interest or belief in fate."

"Shall I bid you good eve? It has been a long day and you will need your rest on the morrow."

 

[heartofcourage]

"Is it unseemly of me if I don't want to go anywhere right now?" Bryn asked as Valius mentioned going to bed after a long day. "It's cold and lonely here, honestly. I wake up in the morning shivering and I go to bed wishing for some additional warmth. I think having someone there with me would solve many of my problems."

 

[Armphid]

Gods great and small, this woman! She was as pure as a virgin saint; sweet and innocent. Then she would say something like that and just melt his bones into water! Well, all save one.

Valius grinned, "You are a delight, my bride to be." He glanced at the door and then back to her. "If you think Dax will not break down the door to defend your virtue, then I will gladly warm you through the night and into the morning."

He would control himself, of course. Mostly. He knew that they could not yet join as they both desired due to the traditions she wished to honor. He had respected that and would continue to.

Though it was a taxing test of will at times.

"So then, shall we to bed?"

 

[heartofcourage]

"I've spoken to him about all of this, Val. He'll leave us alone unless I'm in danger." She said as he glanced towards the door and then back at her. "I trust you and I know that he trusts me. Besides, he has to leave us alone at some point. He's not going to be able to stand at the door when we're wed. It might give him some more things to be angry about when you corrupt me completely."

She stood from her seat and grinned, leaning in to kiss him. "And I know you'll do your best to show me everything in the few days that we have alone together."

 

[Armphid]

He returned her kiss with vigor, stepping around the chair so that he could take her fully into his arms. The kiss broke and he nuzzled her neck, "Oh, my Bryn. I shall show you so much and we will practice it over and over until we have mastered it. Our performance of those delights would be enough for applause...not that we would ever be before an audience."

Valius then scooped her up off the floor in a bridal style carry, "Shall we to bed as we are? Or perhaps you would prefer to add a few more layers? Or...to remove those you wear now?"

 

[heartofcourage]

"I hope that in time you don't get bored with me." Bryn commented as he wrapped her up in his arms and nuzzled against her throat. "You might find that a virgin is not to your liking. I promise that I will try my hardest to be a dutiful student who wishes to practice with her willing teacher as often as she can."

Bryn let out a squeal as he scooped her off her feet, asking if they should go to bed as they were. "I wouldn't think that you would sleep in your clothing. After all that time on the trail, isn't it better to strip as many layers off as possible and slumber without confines?"

She grinned at him, leaning in to kiss him one more time. She enjoyed these moments, getting to know one another and exploring the love that they each had to give. He might have been brooding, but he had a capacity to love someone that surprised her. Perhaps his mother had taught him that or time with his dear siblings. Whomever it was, she would be eternally grateful to them.

 

[Armphid]

He smiled down at her, carrying his petite love across the room to the heavily built four poster bed. "Ah, removing clothing for sleep? Indeed. Already you become a canny trailsman. For sharing a body's heat," he paused and his smile turned lustful, "and other things, bare skin is best."

Valius pulled one of the bed curtains aside with his foot and set her down atop the thick blankets. "I suppose then that I must risk the cruel cold of the room ere I feel the warmth of your bosom."

The young king stood up and began to strip himself down. He had intended to make a show of it but wasn't sure how to do so, nor did he want to take the time. Even if one was used to the cold, standing nude on the stone floor wasn't necessarily enjoyable.

 

[heartofcourage]

Bryn sat there on his bed, watching as he stripped himself to the waist to begin with. She couldn't tear her eyes away from him for the longest moment. When she did, her face was nearly as bright as her hair. There were things that she was comfortable with, but then she would catch herself staring at Valius like the untried maiden that she really was. It was so incredibly confusing and slightly embarrassing.

"You're a handsome man, Valius. I don't know if I've said that enough yet." She said, looking up at him finally as she got over her little moment of being awestruck.

 

[Armphid]

Valius undressed without any particular style but after a few moments, he felt eyes on him. He kept going, stripping down to his waist and then glanced over to see Bryn whipping her eyes away, her face scarlet. He couldn't help but grin at that. She was so pure. She tried, and succeeded, to be coy and sexy but then she was so innocent. It was deeply endearing.

"So you have said. I have heard it said afore, 'tis true. But it is sweetest from your lips, and I do not care for any eyes but yours to see me that way." He raised an eyebrow, "Or this way."

He undid his belt with a smooth motion, letting the items looped onto it thump to the floor. He unlaced his breeches roughly and then let them fall as well. The young king, in a roguish move, wore nothing between them. His manhood hung heavy between his legs as he approached her bed, "Now it seems to be that you have a bit much on, my Bryn. Do you need me to help you out of it? Gladly will I do so," he purred.

 

[heartofcourage]

Bryn's heart was racing in her chest as she watched Valius undress, soon standing in front of her with nothing on his body. His manhood was heavy between his thighs, making so many different promises to her. He would love her, he would dominate her, he would sire children by her, he would be the one that warmed her bed every evening. It was lovely to think about.

"I'm sure that you would be more than happy to help me strip from my clothing." Bryn said as he stood before her, his voice a low and seductive purr. "I wouldn't be surprised if you help to design a whole new wardrobe of dresses and gowns that are easily removable. The people of Ithelien will be scandalized to hear that their king wants nothing more than to have his queen naked and ready whenever he wishes."

She leaned in and kissed him then, sighing as their lips met and she grinned. He was so easy to tease but he always gave it back to her ten fold in the end. Their relationship was being built upon a very solid round and for that she was grateful.

 

[Armphid]

He pulled her against him and deepened the kiss, his tongue caressing her lips. "Ah, they would be scandalized...and jealous that I have a goddess of a woman to be mine." He kissed her again and pushed her back onto the bed, crawling into it with her. He held himself above her with one hand, the other sliding over her hip and down her skirt hidden leg. "And they would call me Valius the Salacious and you Bryn the Ever-Filled. I would commission an epic poem of such passion and sensuality that all hearing it would be overcome with desire."

That dress idea...he actually liked that. It might be fun to have one or two of those around. Perhaps he would talk to Enna; she'd find the concept delightfully dirty.

He shifted up onto his knees, his cock starting to harden and stand proud between his legs. Valius was almost embarrassed but, well, it showed vitality. It was just startling how easily Bryn could arouse him. "Now, let's see to you. We should be quick or risk me brutishly tearing your dress off of you."

 

[heartofcourage]

Bryn was breathless as she was pushed back against the sheets, Valius covering her with his strong body. Her lips clung to his own as his tongue sought to fight against hers, promising her so much. She actually shivered as he ran his hands down the length of her gown, touching her covered skin with reverence and heat.

"I promise you on our wedding night, I will wear old undergarments so that you shall save my dress and rip the rest away as you see fit." Bryn said with a grin towards him as she saw his hardened shaft bobbing before him. "I am sorry, my lord. I guess I do not know what my power is yet."

She sat up, kissing her betrothed heatedly as her hand reached to circle his shaft, stroking it as her own tongue sought his now. It was just the two of them in the shadows of the large bed, two lovers exploring one another.

"No matter how I might blush like a maiden sometimes, I need you to know that you make me wet and achy." She whispered to him, her blue eyes sparkling as she gave him another small smile, the kiss breaking so that they could both breathe. "Even when you do wicked things to my bottom."

 

[Armphid]

His eyes closed and the breath rushed out of him at the touch of her small, warm hand. Gods. So simple a thing and yet so exquisite. He let a happy growl rumble deep in his chest as she stroked and toyed with his rod, exploring and thrilling him under the shadow of the canopy. "When you do know your power, you will be mighty indeed. Men and women alike will stumble over one another to do your bidding. You shall cause every man you pass to feel his vigor.".

He chuckled at her confession and kissed her anew. "Even? Not especially?" He laughed then and dipped to kiss and nip at her neck. "I am glad you can keep up with my lusts and ways, strange and perverse they must seem to you." His strong hands slid up her back to the lacings of her dress. He began to untie and undo them, loosening the thick garment. "Already I have done much to corrupt you. These little hands. Your sweet mouth. How I long for them..."

 

[heartofcourage]

"I'm a dutiful student. Or at least I try to be." She said with a smile towards Valius as he kissed her lips before he moved to her throat, kissing the sensitive skin there until she let out a small sigh. "I'm not corrupted. I am in love with a man who is lusty and knows his own wants and desires. I'm lucky in that respect. Some women never get a chance to love someone like that."

When her gown was unlaced, she let go of his shaft and allowed him to pull it over her shoulders until the thick fabric was trapped at her waist. "You best hurry, my lord, before I freeze to death in the cool mountain air."

 

[Armphid]

Valius paused for a few moments, enjoying the sight of her with her dress down to her waist, her underthings beneath clinging to her sweet body and silken skin. Then he grinned and chuckled, "Then I must hurry. The only death I wish for you is the little death of climax and that I will give you over and over all the years of our lives."

He muscled the gown down over her hips and her shapely legs, casting it aside from the bed. It would wrinkle and she could chide him for it tomorrow but he didn't wish to wait further. "I will never tire of seeing you in these little clothes or better yet, nothing at all."

He reached for curtain and drew it shut. "All alone in the dark now, lover," he said. "Will you bare yourself before the blankets or demurely undress beneath them, my naughty virgin?"

 

[heartofcourage]

"I think the only naughty one here is you, Val." Bryn murmured as he pulled the curtains shut around them, casting them into darkness as he spoke about undressing all of the way. "Enna and Masha have spoken about creating something new for out wedding, actually. Things that will look as if I'm wearing nothing. It's all a matter of driving you insane with want."

She worked on her under clothing, pulling away the filmy material until she was completely nude. She tried her hardest to be brave in front of him, but there was still a heated blush at her cheeks as she looked at him in the dim darkness. It was such an intimate moment between the both of them, but one that they were sure to reenact time and again over their life time.