Tony and the Queen of Iziral by Rosier D. R

Author:Rosier, D. R.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

By the time we were done with the council, and couldn’t fairly do anything else until tomorrow, Daphne’s shocked joy at my declarations of love and commitment had mostly worn off. She was still happy of course, and there was no way to look in her eyes, and doubt she wanted me, but I could also see in her eyes that she had a lot of questions as the shock part of the equation had faded. Questions no doubt she would want answers for before we bonded.

We also wouldn’t have to feel guilty about focusing on us now that the ball was rolling on our plans so to speak.

I couldn’t really blame her for wanting answers first, it was a lifetime commitment, and after such a big misunderstanding I could appreciate her need to be reassured, and to gain a better understanding as to what happened. I’d already told her how I felt about her, quite expansively, but hadn’t gone into detail on the other, and now I’d have to explain what the hell happened from my point of view.

I knew I was right, when while still holding hands, we entered her quarters and she pulled me to a couch, instead of the bedroom.

As she turned to me, her eyes were trusting and confident, but also confused.

“Can you explain to me exactly what happened. I’m trying to understand how if you loved me for two years, and were attracted to me, how you could possibly not know what was going on. That makes no sense to me at all, though I know in my heart you’ve told me the truth tonight. Last week, when I realized you didn’t know, when I’d been waiting for you for two years, while watching you love the others, it felt like my heart was crushed in a vice. I… shut down. So tell me?”

I basically told her what I’d told my other mates aboard ship the morning after the incident, right before the battle. I told her about my world’s taboos, ones I agree with to this day. About being a cop, a position of authority that made it even worse. How my initial attraction to her caused shame and guilt, and a sense of wrongness that made me feel… like a creep. So I shoved those feelings deep down, and rationalized my love and respect, as friendship and a feeling of family.

I also explained how those lies to myself, had colored all my interactions, and misinterpretations of her looks, and my other mates’ comments, that were only now so clearly obvious to me.

I might have gone into a bit more detail than the other night, so she’d truly understand, but that was the kernel of the thing.

She surprised me by getting an amused expression on her face, “So I’m still too young for you on your old world?”

I tilted my head back and forth, “Sort of. You’re of legal age, so no. But at twenty-six I’d be getting ribbed at work, and possibly be called a cradle robber, at marrying such a young and sexy nubile woman.

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