''I will take you back home now and give you a stake to stake me in the heart if I should ever come near you again.''
She sighed in disbelief after a long moment of silence that ensued between them. Her eyes went to him for the second time, and the king watched her move close enough for the distance between them to be closer to an inch. She sat before him on her heels.
''Really? You mean it?''
The king reached out to her hands folded on her lap and nodded without making eye contact. This girl's lips mused into a smile as she watched him silently hold on to her hands and play with her fingers. Her smile fell into a sad one as she continued to look at him in genuine concern. If only she could fully understand how and why he was just too attached to her. So attached to the point he panicked over something she believed he had no control over and was ready to remain on his knees so she wouldn't turn from him.
If it was that easy to be away from him…
