Chapter 7

Chapter Seven

Oakley

Winning over the King and Queen wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be but I think it is because they like me or something. I wish that I could figure out something to say to make sure that they are going to for sure let me have Rowena.

When Rowena looks at me, it is enough to make my heart skip a beat and tempt me to do a lot more. I don’t even know if it is going to be fine but I do know that I don’t care so much, not when she is already mine.

This burning desire fills me and I know that to win her over, it is going to take everything in me but I know that she likes me. I know that she wants me and she would allow me to have her. But I have to also be patient because if it ends up blowing up in my face, then it’s screwed.

I just wonder if she knows how I feel.

Am I the only one who is feeling like this?

What if she decides that she doesn’t want to be with me?

I don’t know what I might end up doing but I do know that it wouldn’t end well. At least not for her or anything else. I’m trying but something tells me it isn’t going to be easy.

“I want to take Rowena to my hometown and show her what it’ll be like being with me.” I explain to the King, seeing how he is watching me cautiously, “and I want her to know what’ll happen when she becomes my Queen.”

“Is she not going to live here in the castle if you two decide to get married?” The King asks me, his eyes narrowing a little bit as he watches me, “I don’t know if I like that very much. I want her here where she will be safe.”

“Ultimately,” I correct him, not caring if he gets upset by this, “I want her to do whatever SHE wants to do. If she wants to stay here, then we will stay here. If she wants to go somewhere else, then that is where we shall go.”

The King is watching me, and I can tell that he is trying to decide if he is going to believe me or not. I have no reason to lie to him, I hope that he realizes that, but I’m hoping that it’s going to be fine no matter what we decide to do.

Or maybe it is going to end up being a lot more for me to handle.

But I do know that I want her to get to know MY world and see what life is going to have in store for her. I don’t want her to hate me and I want her to see that she is going to be happy with me. I don’t know if she has figured that out yet.

“Well, I do want my daughter to be happy.” The King agrees with me, a soft expression on his face that makes me smile, “but I guess that I’m going to have to trust her judgement. Just don’t betray us, Oakley, and I’m certain that she will continue to love you.”

I don’t know if it is a good idea but I do know that I don’t care so much. Everything that has happened so far is because of our own wishes but it could very well end up destroying everything if we are not careful.

“Fine, she can go with you but I don’t want her gone for too long.” The King murmurs, and I’m actually a little surprised that he agreed, “but I do hope that you’re going to take an escort with you. I would feel more comfortable if there were some guards.”

One might find it insulting for someone to say that considering I am the most powerful thing in existence but I just know that he wants to protect his daughter. So instead, I just go along with it to make him happy.

“Sure, we will do that.” I promise him, and I see how his expression lights up a little bit, “But don’t send too many. I don’t want my people to get upset or think that something else is going on.”

Although I am a Rogue, I take care of a vast village that has accepted me as their leader. I know it has a lot to do with protection but they trust me and they know that I’m going to do everything that I can to protect them. It could be a lot worse, I think that we have come to that conclusion.

But I also know that if I bring back an army, they are going to be worried about what is going on and I can’t have that. I have to make sure that my people are protected but they also know that I’m not bowing down.

If they think that, then I’m certain that they will lose faith in me and I can’t allow that to happen.

Looking up, I smile when I see how Rowena is watching me, like she is trying to figure out what I’m up to. It could end up being more than any one of us wanted to handle but I also knew that I didn’t care so much.

Everything that I am doing now is for her and I’m going to see that she will be happy by my side. I don’t care what anyone else tries to do because they won’t win.

I won’t allow anything else to come from it.

But now I’m wondering just what am I going to do to make things right.

I just hope that she is going to trust me.