King of Battle and Blood

There was a difference between a monster and someone who could be monstrous.

“All the stars in the sky are not as bright as my love for you.”

rosemary and sage.

“History is just perspective. It changes depending on your side.”

but the expectation of the world was that we loved our parents no matter their crimes against us.

She was his world.

And if she was his world, what was I?

are not as bright as my love for you.

“All the stars in the sky,

“Your humans are far more cruel, Isolde. You have no one to blame for our existence but yourselves. I fear the day you come to know it.”

His palm pressed to my cheek; his lips hovered near mine. “One day, I will make love to you, and I look forward to that day.”

“Are you a dreamer, Your Majesty?” I whispered.

A small smile curled his lips. “No,” he said, his breath caressing my mouth. “I am a conqueror.”