narx heaved a quiet sigh as he stared down at Neveah, his gaze tender and adoring...waking up to find Neveah gone from his side had been more hurtful than narx would like to admit.
But hearing how Neveah intended to return to his side, even hurting a rider in the process and she had accepted the rging? narx only now realized it was possible for dragons to have butterflies...for what was this warm, fuzzy feeling if not that?
What was this strange giddiness? For soone who had almost died a few days ago, narx did not think it was right to feel this elated...still, he did.
He was so elated, narx had caught himself smiling for no reason more tis than he was willing to admit in the past hour.
All around them were beautiful flowers in full bloom, each more enchanting than the other but narx only had eyes for Neveah.
She lay in narx’s embrace, sound asleep. Her breathing was even and steady so narx knew he did not have to be concerned for her health, still yet he was.
Conrad had said Neveah would recover soon enough if narx just kept her close to himself, narx also knew this was a fact...it was after all his fla strand which had left her in such a state.
narx’s presence would ensure Neveah’s body constitution would adjust quicker to the foreign presence, but even knowing this, narx’s mind churned restlessly with worry,
narx did not think he would find relief till Neveah’s eyes were open and staring back into his...those endless pools of violet beauty that enraptured narx by only a gaze and would never let him up,
Not that narx even wanted to be let up, he was right where he wanted to be.
Having Neveah in his arms like this already brought to narx a greater comfort than he had ever felt in his long, long lifeti, and that truly was saying a lot for narx’s lifeti had been long...and then so.
Neveah was in a disheveled state, her hair was splayed out ssily all around her and over narx’s arm which served as her headrest out here in the fields.
There was still a good amount of mud stuck to her skin and hair, and also her boots.
Her skin was red and sore, there were so blisters that were yet to heal though most of them already had.
Even so, narx still found himself in awe of the woman in his arms and just how much he adored her.
"How are you always so beautiful?" narx murmured quietly, brushing aside a stray strand of hair from Neveah’s forehead.
The mont narx’s hand touched her skin, Neveah leaned closer to his touch.
It was an unconscious reaction, her subconscious seeking the relief narx’s touch brought to the burning pain she was enduring, but even knowing that, narx’s heart skipped multiple beats.
narx lifted his hand to his chest, marvelling at the strange beating pattern of his heart.
Feelings like this were hard to co by for dragon lords, narx had never felt this way before to say the least...it was a strange yet beautiful feeling.
As narx pondered over the strangeness of his own heart and the depth of the feelings it now held, Neveah twitched in his arms, slowly regaining her consciousness.
A quiet groan escaped Neveah, her eyelids twitching ever so slightly.
"Veah?" narx called in a low tone, hoping not to alarm Neveah.
Neveah’s eyes fluttered open and she was t with narx’s worried gaze, his brows were furrowed and his eyes squinted slightly as he gazed down at Neveah.
His nose was also slightly scrunched up in a manner that Neveah could only term as cute even through her disoriented state.
"How do you feel?" narx asked worriedly.
Neveah blinked, she did not respond imdiately and instead took a mont to take stock of her own condition.
mories of the everburn cave, the trials, the lake of green fire and narx’s fla strand returned to the forefront of her mind, along with the confrontation with Lord Conrad and Neveah could only breathe a quiet sigh.
"Hot..." Neveah finally croaked out after a short mont as that was the only response that ca to her mind.
narx was stunned by Neveah’s choice of response and he broke out laughing.
"I see...Perhaps I am not close enough." narx said, still chuckling quietly.
Tired and groggy, Neveah just stared up at narx, having no clue to the aning of his words. She did not sense narx’s movent till he drew even closer to her, while still holding her gaze.
It was only then Neveah realized she was almost completely laid over narx, her legs were entangled with his, the resting place of her upper body was his chest...which was noticeably bare of any form of clothing save for the bandage wrapped around his torso and arm.
Neveah could audibly hear narx’s heartbeat from their proximity and with narx’s recent movent, there was hardly even an inch of distance between them.
"I hear being this close would...help..." narx explained in response to Neveah’s questioning gaze.
As he spoke, his breath fanned over Neveah’s face and for a mont, Neveah was unsure what she had been thinking a minute ago.
’Help? Help with what?’ Neveah thought to her wolf in bafflent, wondering what she had missed.
’And I would know?’ Neveah’s wolf thought back to her with a scoff.
’Right.’ Neveah thought, recalling she was asking the one person who would know only as much as Neveah herself did.
"Help with what?" Neveah asked aloud this ti, her voice still hoarse.
"You have sothing of mine in you...Veah..." narx replied in a tone much deeper than he had intended, his eyes gave off a dim glow and narx knew Neveah had caught it.
"Your...your fla?" Neveah asked slowly,
"My fla." narx agreed.
Neveah knew that well enough, that fla strand had burned it’s way through every vein in her body.
"Am I to...Do I give it back now?" Neveah asked uncertainly.
narx chuckled again before leaning in closer so his nose brushed against Neveah’s and their lips were just a hair’s width apart.
"No beloved...you never give it back...never." narx said, his words deep and aningful.
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