Bab 116: One Hundred and Sixteenth

He paused a moment to kiss her forehead softly, a slight smile on his face as he held her.

"Will you?" He murmured, eyes shining as he stared up at her, drinking in her response. "Would you protect me from harm, my love? My silly Keybearer who has mixed up our roles?"

The fondness of the fae was ever present in his words and demeanor, and yet...

it was rare to see him so...

Well, for Merwyn it was 'low energy' but this was...something else.

There was a heaviness in his mood, something which seemed to hang on to him and keep his face slightly drawn even when he was smiling.

She was...

Happy that he shared these glimpses into his past.

These fae secrets that weren't all just whimsy and fun.

It made her think tha maybe, just maybe, she was slowly beginning to understand and learn the fae.

Even if Merwyn was so strange that he seemed a rule unto himself.

Even if Merwyn seemed a mystery no matter what.