The Secrets of Llawnech

"I was so worried about you."

"About me? Why were you worried about me?"

"They said that they would kill you."

"Ah," Leo whispered, "Well, I'm here. I'm okay. They are all talk."

She nodded. "I know that now." She whispered. "I'm. Sorry I ruined our honeymoon plans."

"They aren't ruined just.. postponed. Your sister is beside herself with worry, she was going to go back to Jasper to save you."

She nodded. "God I hoped he would take her back to you."

"He did, after arguments I hear."

She nodded. "She needs to remember that he will die for her."

"Mm, but heroic acts can sometimes make things worse. So he dies for her and she is left heartbroken, so he tries to keep her safe by not letting her make a choice but she loses you and then again heartbreak. Sometimes living is not a gift, sometimes it is the curse." Leo whispered. "She loves you, and him, more than herself and that is something you and I can understand."

She nodded. "It is."

"And, I imagine they are both in a funny place where they have not had a choice for so long that having a choice taken off of them both hurts more than normal."

She nodded. "Probably right."

"Your niece though, she seems very sweet."

"She is... Are you okay that I let her try on my tiara?"

"It is perfectly fine," He whispered, "She is going to blossom with Jasper no longer in her life, you should of seen him with her.... it was disgusting."

"I can imagine."

"He batted her away when she was so happy to see him, he ripped the tiara from her head and called her ugly. She's just a baby, hm? Made me sick to my stomach."

She nodded. "Our children will be treated with love."

Leo nodded in confirmation. "They will."

She smiled softly.

"Now, feel free to rest, I will wake you once we arrive. You must be exhausted."

She nodded and she lated her head on his shoulder.

Leo held her in silence then.

She eventually fell asleep.