A Queen's Tale
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“Well that’s one problem sorted.” Myrddin rubbed his palms together and looked at the two other men that remained with him. “Granted it’s one problem out of Lord and Lady know how many but I’m not a miracle worker here no matter what the hype says. We’ve got a lot of work ahead, especially you two boys, and the others. Alas one kiss doesn’t save the world.”
“They’ve made up?” Adrian’s voice was rough. He would always love Gwyn; it was built into him but he was working out his karma. He was letting her go because she was not his. That did not mean that knowing that she and Lance were kissing was going to be easy the first time or maybe even the hundredth but maybe eventually.
“They appear to be making up. It won’t be an instant fix, as you well know.”
“It has to be me.” Adrian’s jaw set hard and his fists clenched. Myrddin looked at him and blinked, his face a mask of surprise as he leant on the kitchen table.
“I thought we had been through this…”
“Not that I’m giving her up. I mean the prophecy we spoke of in your home. It must be me, do not make her lose him again.”
“I will make nothing happen, Adrian. You know that. I do not make the news, I simply deliver it in advance.”
“Not to speak out of turn. But I have no idea what you are talking about.” Logan moved to the cupboards taking out some glasses, playing the host. He pulled out a bottle of Cabernet Merlot, Adrian’s favourite from memory, and poured them all a glass.
“There is an old prophecy I made Logan, many lives ago. We believe it relates to this time and if so it means that Gwyn is to lose either Adrian or Lance. But we do not know who.”
“Gwyn doesn’t know, does she?” Logan was certain that would have come up the other night if she had. He knew Gwyn would never accept it and do anything to change it, even if it hurt her.
“She has no idea and I’d appreciate it if it remained that way Logan.” Adrian asked for Logan’s silence in his roundabout way, already knowing that Logan would agree instantly. Logan’s soul would always wish to protect Gwyn’s, he had done it before.
“She won’t hear it from me.” Logan raised his glass and Adrian returned the gesture, they had an agreement.
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Lance held her in his arms on the couch; she was curled up in his lap. There were no words, for in this moment none were needed. They just needed to be close, be in each other’s presence after so long.
“I missed you. God, I missed you so bad it made me crazy.” Lance held Gwyn tightly against him and she could barely breathe; not from the embrace but because of the way she was feeling. To be in his arms again. The words he was saying. She did not think she would ever get this again; she thought he was done with her and yet here he was telling her he loved her, telling her that he had never stopped loving her. “I tried to get over you, god knows I tried to let it go but I couldn’t. I couldn’t let you go. I love you, Gwyn, God I love you so much and I thought you hated me, I thought you’d moved on.”
“No.” Gwyn stopped him from rambling with a finger on his lips. “There has not been anyone, just you, always you. No one else could come close. I haven’t even kissed another man since you left me.”
She might have said more but Lance kissed her. It was so hungry, so passionate, he was claiming her with his lips and she was his to be claimed. Darkness was coming, but with Lance at her side, powerful in his love, Gwyn thought she was stronger to meet the coming times. She had something more to fight for, and nothing was more powerful against the coming darkness than the force of love.
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