Checkmate ch.2 Canyon Fire (standard:adventure, 3707 words) [2/3] show all parts
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The King and queen are trapped between sheer walls and the enemy that wants them silenced

Ch.2 Canyon Fire 

I wake up with the sun staring me in the face blinding me from seeing my
surroundings. As I get my bearings, I realize that we must of over 
slept since the sun is already above the canyon wall. After I'm done 
contemplating what time it is that warmness of Nena's body is no longer 
there. My heart starts pounding in my chest as I realize I don't even 
know where she went. I promised her I would protect her and this is 
what happens. She hears me stirring and panicking and calls to me in a 
voice that reminds me of the wind blowing gently through the trees back 
home, before all this started. When life was so much simpler. Hearing 
her voice my heart calms down to the normal pitter patter I'm used to, 
and so I make my way to her lovely figure that stands watching the sun 
rise over the canyon wall. The smile on my face grows bigger and bigger 
every inch I get close to her, until my arms are wrapped securely 
around her waist and I know I will never have to let go, because this 
is my queen and I am her king. 

R-"Do you honestly enjoy giving me heart attacks?" I ask her in a
teasing yet stern way looking at the back of her lovely coal-black hair 
shining when the sun hit it just right. 

N-"I was just enjoying the sunrise and you're the one who said not to
worry so much." She reminded me as she turned her beautiful flawless 
face towards mine and her cherry red lips embraced mine. After a moment 
of a long embrace, that you would think be between two people who 
haven't seen each other for years, we finally let each other go, but 
not without some reluctance. 

R-"I know i know but how can i not when you seem to be getting yourself
into to trouble every time i turn around?" I asked her as I tried to 
conceal the concern and sadness that I felt since the beginning, but 
she knew me too well and touched her soft hand to my cheek. 

N-"Well you said you'd protect me right?" she said as more of
conframation, rather then a question she was asking me. She knew I 
would protect her no matter what, even if that meant sacrificing myself 
for this creature that was so amazing that I didn't feel I even 
deserved. 

R-"Right." I declared to her my voice strong and firm. There was no way
someone or something was going to come between me and her, not in a 
million years. I pulled her closer to me as I said that, showing her 
just how strongly I felt about this. 

N-"Then there's no need to worry." She reassured me as she accepted my
pull and embraced me as well. "Isn't it beautiful?" She asked as she 
motioned to the morning sky and gave me a long passionate kiss. 

R-"Yes it is." I looked at her and not what she was looking at because
to me nothing else was as beautiful as her. "Ok i guess you're right. 
Alright well we better get going were getting a late start as it is. 
Speaking of which, why didn't you wake me?" I raised my eyebrow, she 
knew how crucial it was starting early. 

N-"You had a big day yesterday you needed your rest. Besides you look so
cute sleeping." There was a flutter in her voice as she laughed at me 
for criticizing her for letting me sleep, when it was no bother to me 
at all. 

R-"How did I ever end up with someone so amazing?" I more asked myself
then her, as I gazed into her big green pools that were so perfectly 
positioned on her olive skin. "Well thank you for the rest. Now lets 
try and get out of this canyon." I grabbed her hand and pulled her 
behind me, racing for the exit as I realized we were seriously behind 
and we needed to move before the Black Distance got any closer to us. 

R-"You know i think im actually going to miss this canyon." I nudged her
playfully in the ribs and smiled big at her. I couldn't help but let 
out a boisterous hearty laugh when I saw the look on her face. 

N-"What! Your gonna miss this place that almost killed us multiple
times?" She half yelled, half laughed along with me. The look on her 
face was what I enjoyed the most out of this moment right now, a look 
between confusion, fear, love, and beauty. I could look at the face 


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