Karla Rowain's pov
I woke up sore and happy, next to me slept a man as nude as I am, on his face a smile of pure bliss his golden hair catching the sunlight in ways that only accentuated its radiance, he looked so innocent you wouldn't have believed what we had done last night if you hadn't seen it, but not only did I see it I experienced it, last night was when we officially became man and woman and more importantly husband and wife, it was difficult getting to where we were now but I couldn't help but reminisce about the years now that our love story had reached its end, it started at the continental alliance meeting that happened every year since the fall of the black empire 200 years ago, an empire who's influence had kept kingdom's far and wide safe from the power of cities and Don's but after its destruction a new means had to be born or else of the Don's association decided to let the Don's conquer as much land as they could it would be unlikely that any kingdom could hold back even one Don's advances, few as they were they and their forces were worth thousands of our as it was often said that the strong flock to cities to prove their worth and the weak hide in kingdom's to shield themselves, it was then at that meeting which my father allowed me to follow him to that I first saw him, I was 13 he was 15 a head taller than me with golden hair and smart blue eyes his face filled with boyish charm that would eventually develop into one that would leave maidens smitten, I caught him staring at me first and I thought to send back a smile until I saw the insignia on his doublet, the head of a white unicorn on a green field illionis insignia, the bitter rivals to my family, I pushed down by bias and thought to make more of this opportunity, this was a place to mend relations and promise assist, if I could improve our standings then maybe one of the premier magic kingdom's could become shaky allies at the very least, so during the after party when I saw him staring once more I sent him the best smile I could, one that used frequently during public appearances only thing one had more thought behind it before heading towards am empty balcony, he took the bait and followed me shortly after but it seems he had tried to come up with a cover story as to why he followed me but I didn't let him as I instantly grabbed the second glass of wine in his hand and took a sip while he stared dumbfounded,
'Good evening Prince Caleb'
I said giving a light bow
"Good evening Princess Karla"
'Pardon me your grace but I couldn't help but notice you staring at me'
his cheeks reddened before he answered
"apologies Princess I couldnt help but stare, you don't see a woman as beautiful as you very often"
that was good, he was trying to get me flustered but there's no way I'd lose so easily, instead I answered
'you as in most people or as in yourself, I didn't notice anyone else watching me so is that you don't see beautiful women often or there aren't any in illiones'
"there aren't any as beautiful as you"
he said quietly,
my face turned as red as my hair, I turned towards the empty night trying to compose myself before turning back to him, his embarrassment had faded, instead he was smiling, I wanted to douse him with the wine in my glass but instead I looked to him and found myself smiling back, a soft but sure smile one I had never shown anyone not even my mother, we ended up discussing through the night exchanging thoughts on our various kingdom's and more importantly things about ourselves and before the end of it all we exchanged private means of contact and promised to write to each other while apart,
a month passed before I recieved a letter from him, he asked of my well being and gave me some information on his current affairs, it was a textbook letter filled with the expected content between royals with little to no attachments, all of it except the end where he wrote the words
I miss you and can't wait to see you again,
I couldn't believe it, we were just two people who shared some drinks and a conversation, he had no business acting so cordial with me but no matter how many times I told myself that I still found myself writing back a very short letter, it's contents being
I'm fine and I miss you too
we continued to exchange letters like so until the next alliance meeting when we next saw each other, I found myself actively searching for this man amongst a sea of royals from far wide and eventually my efforts payed off and I found myself face to face with the same man the only difference being he was more handsome than I remember, it took everything i had not to run into hus arms and hug him but it seems he had learnt some composure in the time we'd been apart as he bowed before placing a kiss on the back of my hand and said
"Princess Karla, would you do me the honour of reserving me a dance during the banquet thus evening"
'I'd love to'
I found myself saying
and so that night we danced I in a flowing dress of bright red and he in a suit of blue as we made a beautiful contrast of colours in the golden ballroom we were situated in, it wasn't until 2 years later that I found out I was in love,
our attempts to keep each others company grew more daring until we finally decided that we couldn't wait until the conference to meet again I needed my prince now, am so we called upon our most trusted aides to make it happen and after half a year of planning we were able to secure a less frequented Inn in an obscure part of a neighboring kingdom, we only stayed their for 3 weeks but it was three weeks of pure bliss, we played games like chess and scrable had thought provoking conversations and even embraced ourselves from time to time and when I returned to the Palace everyone seemed to note how much livelier I had become since my absence, it wasn't until the next conference that we saw each other but this time instead of simply dancing away the night he told me he had something to show me, he led me to a secluded part of the solar in the castle where we were situated and with a clap of his hands the lights went out, before I could fear for my life I noticed silvery white light coming from above us so I turned my head to look and caught a gasp in my mouth, above our heads were the stars or rather mana imbued depictions of it that twinkled and shimmered in breathtaking ways, faint lines stretched in-between certain ones forming structures that took me only a moment to recognise, the constellations,
"last time we spoke I remember you telling me about how you loved them, I read a book about a secrete ballroom under the starts in this castle so I asked around and found this place so I thought I'd surprise you so what do you...."
he couldn't finish his words as I had grabbed him and planted my lips right in his, his shock melted in a second before he deepened our embrace, he was being modest, all the royals present here had equal rights to this castle, if he wanted to find a place like this he'd either need the permission of all of us or he'd have to do it illegally which was much harder and much more dangerous but he did it for me, we pulled away and I looked to him finding myself much more daring I kissed him again I couldn't place my finger on what had happened to me this was my first kiss and I had initiated it I should have felt shame but all I wanted was more, more of him, my hands slid around his body and his did the same moving around my curves his movements shy but tender while mine more than a little bit desperate, I went lower until I found his crotch, I'll admit I gasped a bit touching it once was enough to grant me a rough overview of its dimensions and I wasn't sure it would fit but I didn't care as I began stroking it, he took to the message and began to massage my but and obe of my boobs making me moan, we continued for long enough to make me think we were going to do this before be pulled away saying
"no"
I was shocked and more than a little angry before he continued
"if we're going to do this then we'll do this the right way"
he went on one knee and took my right hand before saying the words that would change both our lives forever
"Karla Denerva Rowian, will you marry me"
'yes'
I said and even though I didn't know how, I knew I was going to make it happen.