Chapter 10 Shade
Shade
My third courting gift had been accepted.
Why I felt the need to present her with the courting gifts, I wasn’t quite sure, but I couldn’t ignore the instinct. The compulsion.
If presenting the gifts would secure her as my wife, I would do so gladly.
Perhaps it stemmed from a long-buried memory that I couldn't quite reach.
I wasn’t sure if the other folk did the same. I didn’t pay attention to them. I didn’t care.
I only cared about my goddess.
She was beginning to take over my entire being.
My entire soul.
A part of me didn’t even care about my lost memories anymore.
I didn’t care about the past. I didn’t care who I was.
Desperation was beginning to descend upon me.
The folk of this town were beginning to notice me. Glances flicked in my direction; mistrustful glares followed in my wake.
But the tension was worth it.
I was invading every aspect of her life.