Waiting for the King
Lulu sat quietly in her garden, perched on the wooden swing that Irian had put on the tree there. She was dressed in a simple but beautiful gown of pure yellow silk, her curls were gathered on the...
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"Agh! Mama! She drooled on me!!!!!!!" he wailed, flailing and scrambling out from under them. When he righted himself, he glared at Thorne. "And you're no help, either..."
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Lulu held back a chuckle as Ariadne crawled after her brother her laughter had stopped. She began to whine as he had left her and she held out her tiny arms to him.
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Thorne cocked an eyebrow at Rhydwyn snorted vaguely. Rhydwyn turned to his little sister and hugged her. "Just don't drool on me anymore, Ariadne..."
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Ariadne giggled and pulled on his hair. Asriel meanwhile had crawled over to the little pond and was looking at his reflection curiously in the water. Then without warning he tried to touch it and...
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Rhydwyn turned and ran to his little brother, siezing his tunic and dragging the younger prince out of the water. "Asriel!" he scolded. "Ask for help next time!"
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Asriel coughed and choked on the water but amazingly didn't cry. Lulu sighed, she had hoped that by a stroke of luck her children would not be fearless that ran on her side of the family. It appeared...
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Thorne rose and followed her, looking concerned. Rhydwyn glared at him as he approached. "I already helped him...he doesn't need you, Thorne..."
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"Rhydwyn Damodred Skymaster you be kind to your step father." Lulu said sternly and rose, going over to her son. She gathered the wet Asriel in her arms and dried his face with the hem of her cloak.
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"He's not my anything-father..." Rhydwyn snarled in reply. "Da is all I needed...and I don't have him anymore because of him!" Tears had started in the prince's eyes...Thorne shook his head, aggitated...
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Lulu gasped. "Rhydwyn! He is your stepfather like it or not and right now he is all you have, be grateful he's been so kind! Now apologize to Thorne!"She didn't like to be so mean with her son but she...
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Rhydwyn, looking more like his father than ever in his life, still glared at Thorne and shook his head harshly. "No..." The tears were still in his eyes. "Lullana," Thorne said softly. "It's...
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Lulu looked down at Rhydwyn. "I don't care Thorne, there is no excuse for him to act as he is. Apologize right now Rhydwyn or I will have to take away your horse for a month."
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"I'm not sorry..." he snarled. "And I won't ever be...he took Da away from us!"
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"Rhydwyn! Throne did not take your father away from us, don't ever think that. He did all he could to save your father, he did everything he could. Do not hate him because he couldn't save him, be...
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Rhydwyn held his ground, shaking his head vehemently. He turned from them all and ran.
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Lulu sighed and looked at Thorne. "I'm sorry Thorne, he is having a rather difficult time letting go of his father."
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"I can tell..." he said. "The boy has not had the proper time to grieve..."
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She nodded. "I shall speak to him tonight.... " She looked up as the servants approached, gathering the children for lunch. Lulu pecked Thorne's cheek and went to the palace, ready to eat.
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He followed quietly behind her, and even further behind them, came Rhydwyn, keeping his temperamental distance.
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