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Dragon Ship
Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Drayk sighed, they were again on her bed and she was fast asleep. While holding him in a tight grip, his father was even inclined that she was so outside herself that she needed to be drugged. He couldn't believe that for a second, but then again he was out of it. And based on her reaction, he was inclined to believe it in some extant. Today was the big day, the day of the ball and he was not prepared for it whatsoever. And his father said something about their engagement, they didn't know each other for that long. Which is not strange inside their culture, but everything seemed to go so fast. Besides that he didn't think that she was ready for such a commitment. He didn't doubt the fact that she was in love with him, she was the one who kissed him. But she was just scared to lose him forever. He smiled, she was so strong, stronger than she thinks. The door of her room opens and her father the Dragon King enters. Drayk quickly closed his eyes, pretending that he was fast asleep as well. His arm wrapped around Morthia as some kind of barrier. Her father snorted when he laid eyes on the two.

"Still here, I see." He said softly. "It those not matter, as long as you are in love with her, and she is in love with you." Drayk got goosebumps when he heard that. He was indeed using them to get what he wanted, but what he wanted was unclear. "Sleep tight, my daughter. You are going to need your rest." Drayk could feel the breath on his face. "Sleep and because you have a ball to attend to, from that point I need to decide what to do with you." Drayk wanted to ask what he meant by that, but he was pretending to be asleep and he couldn't. Instead, he moved a bit and also wrapped his free arm around her. Another snort. "A fool in love, well he is a good soldier. Smart too, maybe a bit too smart for his own good. But then again, his mother was a scientist so no surprise there. It is only the family connection, I hate to see the throne go to the Hemera family." Drayk didn't know that about his mother, he knew so little about her that it was no surprise to learn something new. His father didn't like to talk about it, and others do not enlighten him with her past. But her being a scientist, might explain his love for creating new tech. He could hear the Dragon King move and then the closing of the door. This was a strange encounter, but that was what he could expect from a night at his girl's house.

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He awoke by the sound of a door closing, was the Dragon King back? Wait where is Morthia? Then he heard the shower, she was the one he heard. He sighed and got up from the bed, his wound was killing him. But he didn't have his medication with him, he didn't plan to stay the night. Stupid he should have known that he was not going to leave her, not after the kiss. Not after her begging his father to let him stay. The pain he was feeling right now was his own fault and, he should learn to live with it for now. A knock landed on the door and he got up to open it. His own father was standing on the other side of the door.

"Here are your meds, and some clean clothes. I will see you and the princess in an hour on the shooting rank." He said, handing him a bag with all the stuff, turned around and walked away. He didn't even get the chance to thank his father for thinking ahead, and bringing his clothes. Stepped back, closed the door, and he looked inside the bag. There were indeed some clothes, his meds and a note. 'Be careful'. In his father's handwriting, he already knew that he needed to be careful. And specially after Morthia has shown her feelings for him, and he was not helping either with staying over like this. But his shuttle train of thought, had left the station without him on it, when she left the bathroom in only her bathrobe. He swallowed, and then swallowed again. But his gaze never left her, as she walked towards her closet and started to pick out her clothes for today.

"Wear something were you can move in. My dad wants to see use in an hour for training." He said, she simply nodded and touched the screen. "I am going for a quick shower." He rushed towards the bathroom and was able to breath when the door was shot behind them. Do not get him wrong, he didn't hate what he just saw. He liked it a bit too much. He selected a program with cold water, just what he needed to cool off. Why was she doing this to him, maybe she just felt comfortable? He shook his head, this was going into a dangerous area. And he didn't know if he was comfortable with that at all. He stepped under the shower, applied his medication and got dressed in the clean clothes his father had brought. Still his blood presser was still up there, but he was calmed down a lot. Still he needed to talk with her about slowing down things. Or they might do something they might regret. He walked out of the bathroom, and discovered that she was still was not dressed. She was laying on her bed, still wearing her bathrobe. Which was a bit more showing than before. "Uhm Morthia." She looked at him and gave him a playful smile. "I think we are going too fast, and this is..."

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"You do not like it?" She asked, he could hear the hurt in her voice.

"That is not what I said. I like what I see, but we are going too fast. The Dragon knows that I love you. But this..." He said, he motioned from her to him, "need to hit the brakes." She stood up from the bed, she walked towards him. She laid her hand on his chest.

"Are we going too fast?" She asked, he nodded slowly. Only his resolve started to fade away, was he going to hate himself if he did this? No he would be the luckiest man inside this empire. But then he didn't know if he wanted to go there. She pushed herself up and started to kiss him again. Now his resolve was out of the window, and he kissed her back with a passion. She turned him around and slowly pushed him to the bed.

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"Did I not say, that I wanted to see the both of you, an hour ago?" His father snapped at him. Drayk nodded slowly, his face was still as red as Morthia's hair. Who knew that those mirror in the bathroom were not only stocked with toilet supplies, but also with curtain protection. But they were at the shooting range fully dressed and with their head in the game, somewhat. He couldn't stop thinking about what they had done and how far they went over the limit. He did not regret it, as he thought, maybe that was because she was the one who instigated it. "But fine, you are here now. And do not want to think about what would have taken the two of you so long." He handed her a very small gun that she could hide under her skirt. He had seen the dress she would wear to the ball and it had a large slit. "Well, princess, now that you have your gun, it is time to learn how to use it." Drayk agreed with him there, his father pointed towards the dragonsteel targets who were man shaped. These were the ones who stand still, later in the training she will shoot on targets that moved. But let her first aim ad something that was standing still.

"This gun is much lighter than yours." She said to him, while walking toward the marker. She didn't wait for any instructions, she just started to aim and shoot. The first two were way off, but after that she hit every target. Maybe she just needed to get used to the weight of the gun, not maybe she was a natural. Drayk looked at his father, who nodded with approval.

"You are a nice shooter, let's see how you do it on moving targets." He said, and just like that the targets started to move, and she shot at them. She hit her mark, again and again. The targets quickened their pace, and still she got them all.

"Are you sure you never went out shooting before?" Drayk asked and she nodded. "Well, you are a natural, it took me a long time to be hit only one. When they moved around at this speed." She didn't even make eye contact and kept on shooting.

"Your father would be pleased." His father said. And he sighed. "Alright son, you are going home, apply some more of that medicine of yours and start to get ready for the ball." Drayk nodded, his father had his no argument voice.

"Morthia, I will see you at the ball." He said. She nodded again, and this time she looked away from the targets.

"I am the girl in black." She replied. The color of the Empyrea family, as where he was going to wear a red uniform, the color of the Hemera family. "I know you would look handsome in what ever you are going to wear." He nodded and walked off, feeling that his cheeks started to burn up. Man, he loved this woman.