After thoroughly discussing the pressing official matters of the day, Alan and the Queen, Agatha, slowly made their way to the royal bedroom, their steps echoing softly in the expansive palace corridors.
This time, their encounter possessed a distinctly different essence compared to their previous meetings.
In their earlier moments of intimacy, there was a time of instant attraction and an overwhelming passion, a period before the will of the Ancient Ones had fully invaded their thoughts and lives.
But now, having endured not one, but two calamitous events in the Royal City of Rivenland together, their relationship had evolved into something far deeper - a bond of shared adversity.
They were not just lovers in the traditional sense, but also comrades in arms, partners who had faced life's harsh trials side by side.
