-Karen-Later that night, Conor came in around twilight and put Alexander to bed for me. Thank you for that, dearest. I snuggled into his embrace when he sat down next to me. Nathan came in a few minutes after that and sat down on the other bed with his hands clasped in his lap. “Do you want to know what we have done?” I dropped my gaze and held my breath as the many thoughts started to race through my mind.As Conor sat next to me, he was holding my right hand with his with his left arm wrapped around my back. “Think about that carefully before you answer, baby.” He whispered in my ear. “We can’t take back that information once you’ve been told.”I sat in silence for several minutes thinking about this seemingly minor choice. Today has affected me in unexpected ways. What should I do? If I know myself well enough, I will always wonder what happened. I heaved a sigh as I debated the options. I think I do want to know. That way I can make sure I never go there. It took me a minute to c
-Karen-“It feels great to be clean. Even if it’s only for an hour.” He whispered in my ear. “We should take advantage of the situation.” I snickered because I was thinking the same thing. “Victory celebration, part one.” Conor murmured running his hands down my sides. “I see that smirk- I know you want to.” I giggled softly as I nodded. I made the first move on him as I knelt down and pleasured him the best way I knew how. “Such a naughty vixen.” I could hear him enjoying himself as I kept going. I looked up for a second and saw him looking down at me with a look of desire on his face. He pulled me to my feet and made out with me. “Mm. I miss this. I miss it just being us.” He whispered in my ear. “I miss rushing back to the apartments after drills and seeing you waiting for me. It always made my day.” I miss that too.“I know- But from the hints I’ve gotten from Nathan, it won't be that way anymore.” I whispered in reply. He started kissing my neck, making it hard to think about any
-Karen-“My baby’s not a baby anymore.” I felt so sad at this realization. Growing so quickly. Soon he’ll walk around and before I know it he will be talking and studying to be the next king.“He’s still Mama’s baby and he knows it.” Conor replied sweetly. He opened the jar and together we fed Alexander while all the Mages started getting lunch from Joanne and Bart. “Open for the plane, Alexander!” Conor said as he made a zigzagging motion with sound effects with the spoonful of food.After Alexander finished his jar of food, Valerie took him for a diaper change and then nap time with Joanne. They have a system worked out for him already. I feel like I will not get to be his mother as I truly want. I guess I should expect that since Conor and I will be busy with the kingdom from now on. We will need all the help we can get.Conor and I spent the rest of the afternoon speaking with Nathan about how we should approach the last obstacle. Nathan wanted to charge in full force with the Mag
-Karen-He swooped down and picked me up as he hunted for a spot to lie down with me. After ten minutes, he found a spot with a patch of soft dirt. He set me down so I could set the cloak down. He laid down first and then I snuggled up to him. He pointed out a couple new things in the night sky. I showed him ten new constellations and then we started making out again. We got to the main event not too long after. We knew what we wanted and we made sure to get exactly that. Dancing together in our passion like this made me forget that we were even in a war. He whispered my name and I felt my flesh sear under his kisses. Just like many times before, I felt like I couldn’t get enough of him.As we came down from our cloud of bliss, we snuggled together under the stars. “Someday, I want to be a shimmering star up in the sky next to you. After we’re gone of course- I want us to shine in the night together.” I whispered in his ear.“We shine together now Kay. The only way to keep on shining
-Karen-The sudden screaming had me woken up to the most unnerving sight I could have ever imagined myself in. I had a hold of Nathan’s soul, with his body on the ground at my feet, Joanne pale as she clutched Alexander to her chest, and several Mages, Bart and Conor were tied down with several vines. I felt the color leave my face as Nathan’s soul gave me a serious look. I replaced the soul back in his body and took several steps away from them, dispelling the vines. Arthur ran to Nathan and helped him to his feet as he sighed. I wasn’t sure if it was out of relief or disappointment. I was going to make that dream a reality… I kept my eyes to the ground as I tried to quell the screaming thoughts.“Karen- That was beyond terrifying.” Nathan said quietly. I shook my head unsure of what to say or how to act. “What were you going to do to Alexander and Joanne?”Eldon appeared next to me a second later and grabbed me by my throat. I could hear Conor start to object when Nathan grabbed his
-Conor-“I’ll be back tomorrow. Don’t look for her.” Eldon replied and then left without saying anything else further. Eventually, Alexander did calm down when Joanne started singing to him. He was very fussy despite everyone’s attempts to soothe him. Conor and Nathan went back into the large tent talking about what could be done to help Karen.“I don’t care- I’ll do whatever I have to in order to help her. You know that Nathan.” Conor said as he sat on the bed rubbing his face. “This is going to be a long day.” Way too long.“No kidding. I’ve never seen her look like that. That really scared me! And she has all that power and the Death magic- She’s dangerous.” Nathan stated grimly. Conor gave him a pained look. “I know- I hate saying it but it’s the truth. And if Monica gave her a curse that was meant to kill all of us, she’s more than capable of making it happen.” Nathan continued solemnly. “Did she tell you about any of this? Anything at all?”“Yes. She woke up this morning from a
-Karen-“Is it over?” I whispered aloud. I opened my eyes and saw gray teary eyes staring back. “Is the curse gone?” I asked Conor. I had a horrible headache and I felt so heavy.“Yes, Karen. The curse is gone.” Eldon said softly. I closed my eyes feeling relieved. I feel… Terrible.I weakly lifted my hand to Conor’s tear drenched face and cupped his left cheek. He placed his hand over mine and leaned into my palm. “Conor, I love you even though I only keep hurting you. How much are you willing to really take? How much pain and torment-” He shut me up with slow kiss.“I failed you. I’m so ashamed.” He whispered as he pulled me tightly to him. I tried to hug him back, but I couldn’t move.“No, you didn’t. The only way to break a curse is for the cursed to die at their own hand. Monica deliberately cursed Karen in hopes that she would take out the Resistance and the dynasty in one shot.” Eldon explained firmly. “She had to kill herself. There was no way she could come back to camp witho
-Karen-Sweet kisses on my lips woke me up though it took me several minutes to realize I was in bed next to Conor. As soon as I did, I tried to move away from him. “Ah ah ah!” He captured me quickly and pulled me back to him. No. Please don’t!I completely avoided his gazes and wouldn’t let him kiss me at all. “Karen- You won’t even look at me.” I could hear the disappointment in his voice. “Alexander cried all night after you left. Will you at least hug him?” I shook my head. “He says Mama now.” I don’t care. I can’t be here anymore! I only hurt you. I can’t continue to be a danger to you and everyone else here.I took advantage of the situation and pulled away from him. “Karen! Wait!” I left the tent as quickly as I could hearing him following me. “Please just listen to me!”All eyes were on me and it shot me right back to the memory of charging at Joanne. I dashed to the clearing and left the camp as fast as I could. I raced back to the Royal Crypt, crying the whole way. The guilt