"Never give it back..." Neveah repeated the words in a quiet murmur, as though that mont was what it would take for them to sink in.
"Lord Skiren said I was to take back your fla...I assud it was for you, not giving it back would an..." Neveah began again, trailing off at the end since she was not entirely certain what it ant to have narx’s fla within her and to hold it in her own custody.
A small smile played on narx’s lips as he watched the confused expression on Neveah’s face, the fact that she truly knew nothing of dragon ways yet had endured the rging of fire simply because she had been told it was for him.
She was so adorable in her naivety, yet stronger than any of the won narx had ever known, it simply and completely amazed narx.
"What would it an?" narx urged for Neveah to continue, watching her think over it with a smile.
Her lips moved as though she wanted to speak but she shook her head, deciding against it.
"I do not know...you tell ." Neveah finally settled on a response.
Not for the first ti, narx’s eyes strayed to Neveah’s lips and his gaze lingered there for a mont longer than he intended...not that he minded it at all.
narx withheld his urges, returning his attention to Neveah’s expectant gaze.
"I am born of fla, beloved. It is a part of my very life essence... what it ans to have a strand of within you is this..." narx paused for a mont,
"You and I will be made one... and this is the first of the three sacred bonds, the three rgings that binds our souls together for a lifeti." narx explained.
"My fla is woven into your very being, every vein and cell in your body has felt and acknowledged my presence..."
"Soon, as ti goes by and my fla becos one with you, you will begin to feel , in here..." narx said, his hand moving up to rest over Neveah’s forehead.
Neveah’s eyes widened slightly at narx’s words.
"The fla is a dragon’s first gift to his rider, his woman...a part of himself. It ans you are now mine... beloved." narx finished, watching Neveah’s expression.
He could see the a strange emotion reflected in her eye, it was there for only a brief mont before it disappeared but narx caught it, though he was not certain what it was.
A foreign kind of terror crept up in narx’s heart as he contemplated his next words and though he was reluctant to say them, he knew it was the right thing to do.
"If you do not want this... this is the last chance you will have to back out Veah. Beyond this mont... I will die before I let you go..." narx said in all honesty.
Neveah did not respond imdiately, she just stared up at narx in silence for a mont.
Many thoughts ran through her mind all at once, the doubts and uncertainties she had been fighting all this while rose to the forefront of Neveah’s mind and Neveah knew it was in this mont she would have to truly decide her path.
With narx’s fla in her, Neveah knew loving him was a definite, it was no longer a question of her will... because he would be a part of her and she a part of him.
’What are we to do?’ Neveah thought to her wolf.
’I shall leave this choice to you Veah...’ Neveah’s wolf replied in a quiet tone.
Here before Neveah’s eyes was everything she could never have hoped to have even across two lifetis, the truest love and a precious bond of a lifeti... and it was with a man that truly deserved everything Neveah could possibly have to give.
If Neveah would not have narx as hers, this was the only ti she would get to turn him down.
The rging of fire had already made this beyond just their will, their fates and life essence were being woven together with every mont that passed,
What path was right to take? narx’s bond or a life in darkness? The choice was obvious to Neveah.
"It is not the first..." Neveah murmured.
"It is not your first gift to , Narx...the Northern bred horse was the first..." Neveah explained when narx looked confused.
narx’s lips twitched in amusent and he nodded in agreent.
"It is a rather short list... I shall have to work on it, till you lose count." narx replied with a smile.
Neveah returned the smile, her eyes fluttering closed as she sucked in a deep breath.
"There is sothing I must tell you... I never thought I would, or never intended to too..." Neveah began but paused to take in another breath.
"I know you have your secrets Veah, you do not have to say anything if it is difficult to say." narx assured.
Neveah shook her head slightly, she knew it would be a long while before she truly was ready to let out her past, but at the least, she could begin.
"I have to do this right." Neveah insisted,
"Narx... I have...a mate." Neveah revealed in a quiet tone, barely above a whisper.
"A mate?" narx asked uncertainly.
"A bonded, Narx... I have a bonded." Neveah adjusted.
Neveah winced slightly as she felt narx freeze up. Neveah said nothing more, she just watched narx’s expression and waited for the words to sink in.
"Yet you are here with ...there is a story to this?" narx asked after a mont.
Neveah released the breath she had not realized she was holding when narx’s voice held no anger.
"There is a story... the greatest pain I have known, I found at his hands." Neveah paused and narx’s hand moved to caress her cheek tenderly, gently encouraging Neveah.
"He is a past I will never return to Narx...yet his existence is one I cannot conceal from you."
"If this is to work, I must learn to let you in...it will be hard. But I still want to try..." Neveah murmured.
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