We moved underneath the castle when the war broke out. I was told that King Asaroth was trying to expand his kingdom past the borders of our shared land. The messanger told us that he would not sit and talk with my father.
Mom, Theriot and Selena and I had to share three rooms, and one bathroom, something Theriot and I were not used to. Mom and Salena just laughed at us. I almost had a stroke when I saw the size of my room! There was a large kitchen, and Mom was really happy to be cooking again. Our first night there, she made us her special strawberry cake with sweet buttercream icing, usually only made on Christmas or on our birthdays. Eve
After the two of us kissed, we went back downstairs, talking and smiling. We decided that our friendship should be shown, but not our love. Our parents didn't need to know about that. They would make it weird, anyway.
A few hours later, the council disbanded and went to back to their kingdoms. Lanius snuck a kiss to me before he left.
I blushed and whispered to him, "14 sunrises from now. Who will marry us?"
"My priest. I'll make sure he doesn't tell my dad." He kissed me again and I smiled.
"I love you, Lanius."
"I love you too, Skiyo."
"Go before you get in trouble. Make sure to call me at nine o'clock."
Lanius wrapped his ar