Chapter 35 Two Days Later
As I stand at the front of my ship staring into the sunset, I close my eyes and allow the ocean wind to glide through my hair, feeling the sun's warmth on my cheeks. Slowly letting all the sorrows, the pain, the guilt, go with the breeze.
Yesterday, we had an honorable Captains funeral for Ace. My best friend. My first love. I led the torch to allow him a safe passage to the other side and hoped he would be reunited with my father. As his kayak melted with the flames I remembered the little tricks he would teach me with the sword and how to properly defend myself. It was at this moment I was able to properly appreciate all that he did for me. I thought of the position he was put in to protect me and how I will spend every day trying to make his death worth it.
The last couple of days I have lost so much, too quickly. I have also gained a whole new perspective for life and I have decided that I want to take my place on the throne as the leader of The Royals. I want to change this way of life and I want it to be remade in my father, Charles, vision. I want it to be protected relentlessly like Ace would have protected me. I want there to be loyalty like Avery, who even in his dying moment he resembled the very meaning. A better world because we have so much to fear outside of one another. We as humans deserve peace in each other. Though I have some bigger fish to fry before I officially claim my legacy.
My eyes remain closed and I continue to let the ocean's air create peace in my past. Freeing me of my wrong doings and opening my mind for whats soon to come. I hear Caspian walking up behind me. He wraps his arms around me and takes a big breath in and then out.
“So Abigail, where to next?” He spins me around leaning my body against the guard rails and smiles. I take a long pause admiring those gorgeous emerald eyes. Playing in my head what a roller coaster those very eyes have introduced me to. Those eyes have brought frustration, fear, irony, sorrow, happiness, gratefulness, and most importantly love.
I take a deep breath in and slowly let the warm breath out steadying my nerves that Caspian’s presence creates. Stilling every butterfly in my gut.
“We are going to go meet Keegan.” I say with a grimaced tone as I lift my chin forward to kiss Caspian’s perfect lips. He leans in towards my face only inches from a kiss, he pauses with a smirk then presses his lips onto mine. He pulls away to take a breath and then he responds,
“To Regium Sanguinem Island we go, Captain.”
END OF BOOK