Sapphire's POV
From the corner of my eye, I notice Gunther taking the seat next to me on the bench I'd sat on reaching the garden.
"Please leave me alone Gunther"
"I can't leave you like this, you should know that by now"
A choked sob escapes my lips.
"I'm supposed to be strong" I whimpered out
"Indeed you are strong, you've lived seventeen years without the presence of your beloved...Sapphire, you taught me how to be strong, don't you think I should be able to do the same for you"
"You can't help me"
"I know you're sad about Prince Percy, you're worried about your daughter's safety and now you hear your father is on the same boat as your husband. I... I get it... it hurts, but just this once think about what they'd say to you now"
I break down and furiously try wiping off the tears away from my face.
"Shall I do it for you, I helped Prince Percy teach you how to use the laser beam I got to know him then and I know he wouldn't like the thought of you crying every day, he was in love with your smile those golden orbs that shine bright when you're excited and that angelic voice you have... not this sad face you have now or the puffy red eyes you have from crying or this raspy voice you're creating from crying. Heck, he'd kill me for letting you cry that too like this. Even your dad would be hurt to see you like this."
"Don't you think I know that! if crying seems like the best option for me now I don't see why I shouldn't cry"
In the end, It was a whisper and I suddenly hated that we were supernatural because he damn right heard me.
"Go on" he pleaded me with his eyes to let it out.
"Every night he'd whisper to my ears that he loves me and every morning he'd shower me with kisses and every special day he'd make my favorite breakfast and bring me breakfast in bed and make it his mission to keep me smiling. He was always there for me and he made life a fairytale for me and...and...and when I told him I was with child that day he was so excited he had forced me to take some time off from my royal duties. This resulted in him keeping me in bed almost every day for seven months in fear of my health getting bad"
My body shook as the memories flooded in, memories of the dark prince swooning over his goddess. He was all tough and badass in front of others but to me, he got all soft and mushy I swear his masculinity could be questioned ...well not really I mean..he is a man that I personally know of.
"I miss him so much and I'm ashamed to say if not for Violet I would have given up long ago...HE WAS MY REASON TO LIVE! I LIVED FOR HIS LOVE, HIS KISSES, THE PROMISES, THE FAIRYTALE ENDING! BUT I NEVER GOT IT GUNTHER I NEVER DID!!"
I wailed.
'And these memories, they don't bring me any comfort but they are a constant reminder that I haven't felt his touch in seventeen years, that I haven't heard his voice in almost two decades. They remind me that he has no knowledge of his princess, how I'm doing, or how his newest princess looks up to him, and it hurts... it hurts to think he could be...'
"Then please, forget him for a minute and think of Violetta, she's never seen him before nor does she know him and she's his daughter... Sapphire, you have to be strong for her"
I took his hands in mine hiccuping from the sobs.
"You see that's the problem, you can't forget the one who gave you so much to remember"
He gives me a defeated sigh, making me just want to curl up in a ball and release the pent up emotions I've held for the past twenty-six years. Soon my sobs stop and so do the hiccups.
was quiet for a while until I'm reminded of my father's rescue mission for me.
"What happened to my father, how did they get caught"
No longer shaken, I want to know how the Elite of Elite Warriors failed to protect their king..how the great Armougard was seized.
"I was one of the warriors he went wi_"
"Where you crazy!! not barely recovered from a comma and you_"
"Relax...I didn't go physically, I was still in a comma but the witch Naya helped remove my spirit from my body whilst preserving it so I could guide them in the palace since I'd lived there for months"
"Wait so you were their shaman?"
Gunther barks a huge laugh making me feel embarrassed about my lack of knowledge.
"No that's not shamanism"
"Oh.."
"OK, so this is what happened..."
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"So my father broke his alliance with Erabithia and also got to bring Anderknox to his knees" by the end of the story I was full-blown sobbing.
My father never cared about his back because he knew my mother always had it so he never bothered with allies, they came to him. But when I was betrothed to Percy as his beloved, he was the one who made the alliance happen. My father has always been a man of his word, but for once in his life because of me he had to destroy that reputation.
"Not on his knees exactly, he had him by the throat but..somehow that witch got to him and used liquid wolfsbane on him"he looked over at me as tried to stay composed and not break.
"So she's really is a witch"
"Wha-who?"he looked at me dumbfounded.
"Mythia"and one of the three midsections at that....