Thread: Wife of the Dark Lord (w/Kosmik_Khaos)

Aerin sniffed at her request to hear more about his shepard days. I promise you it is a very dull story. While my Father, Uncle and two male cousins worked the fields, my Mother and sisters tended to our other livestock. That left me, the eldest child, to tend the flock. I spent my days out here in the meadow with the eighty or so sheep daydreaming about what I would do if I could ever break away from the life that I was locked into. Other than a few encounters with wolves and a pack of wild dogs my days were spent in relative peace. If you could call life under that tyrant peaceful. He said malice suddenly filling his voice at the mention of the previous king of the area. I did some rabbit hunting and fishing when things got boring. The tariffs placed on the village made it hard enough to feed ourselves with the food we grew and raised without supplementing it with wild game. I would trade the pelts we didn't use for ourselves with the other villagers for the small amount of goods we had to offer each other. Despite the tenderness of the subject to him Aerin found himself at ease speaking with the beauty beside him. Watching as she lifted a wild rabbit to her lap as though it was a pet he couldn't help but to smile. Even the animals felt the air of calm that she exuded. Yes, in fact I did. That was part of the reason I wanted to be a shepard when I was a child. He paused at her next question and took in a deep breath through his nose. Holding it for a couple seconds he slowly exhaled and stepped to position himself directly in front of his wife. His uniquely steely blue eyes catching hold of her radiant silver ones. My Father's, Father's, Father married an elf, as did my Father's Aunt. I was sure you off all people would be able to see the tell tale signs of that in my eye color. He said with a grin. It was my Elven grandmother that inspired me to be a shepard, even if the Elven blood is diluted in my veins it is still present and she told me many wonderful stories as a child about how her people revered the land. Dropping his gaze from hers he sighed and took a seat beside her on the boulder. Looking up into the clouds, the light breeze caught strands of his hair making them dance about his face. The way the light caught on the golden red locks gave the slight impression of fire in his locks. It had been years since he had thought of his family, and longer since he thought of his extended family, or his slightly mixed heritage. The former King held Elves in low esteem and had actually tried to enslave those in his kingdom. That caused part of his family to break apart and leave when he was still a boy. The relations between the kingdom and the Elves had remained unstable at best after his hostile takeover. They are a people of peace and Aerin was a force of war. His violent takeover of the entire land put them on further odds. It wasn't until he had claimed a majority of the lands before they began to return to the areas they had abandoned during his expansion. His laws protected them but he hadn't done anything actively to try and make amends for his transgressions against them. It was an issue that he was going to address very soon. Laying back he looked to Eliza and smiled. So now that I have you alone, tell me about you. He said his tone light, but still holding a dominate undertone to it. I want to know what you enjoy, what makes you smile, what makes you sad, I want to know everything. He said his eyes bright with curiosity.