All Chapters of Aries Ascendant: Chapter 51 - Chapter 55

"You smell like, in ascending order, soap, cherries, fish, vomit, fishes that ARE vomiting-" came Heru's voice, irritably loud close to my ear, "-and lastly, you smell like the Fairy Prince all over.  I mean, everywhere.  What the hell, Aries!"I sat sullenly at the little kitchen table, head in my hands, leaning forward with my eyes closed.  Heru's making an especial clatter of pots and pans, under the pretense of cooking.  With food in our vault, and servants at beck and call.  Yeah, he's pissed.I guessed it was close to evening time, but underground it was damned hard to tell without the gardens nearby.  My head pounded worse than I'd ever remembered.  I'm sure that is also contributing to Heru's irritation, seeing as he could share some feelings, and even more pain.  And, being as alcohol was a depressant, I already felt crappy about everything and wanted to just disappear from the castle.  Hell, from our quest.  L

I'm not on guard of anything around me as I flee.  Corridors come and pass, I speed past fountains and servants, through sculleries, past throne rooms and dance halls.  I don't know where exactly I'm going, but I know it is away from here.Why am I freaked out? There's a few reasons that this entire situation was wrong, not the least of which Chrysalix knew what I had come from and yet came up with this stupid idea, and pursued it anyway!  How could she?  I felt betrayed.I sped up, tears beginning to blind my vision, and I lose even the rough idea I had of where I was.  I just needed somewhere quiet and hidden where I could compose myself.A few minutes of searching later, I ended up curled in a spare room somewhere, hidden in the large wardrobe within.  I wanted to open a portal and jump a hundred miles away, but it would be too easy to trace where I was with the Fae magic penetrating every square inch of the city.My thoug

"Incredibly foolish," I said.  "For one thing, on our own conversations, you know what type of person I am," I began."And it remains the best thing I can imagine," he interjected.  I stopped him by raising my hand, and continued,"I would never stay by your side, and especially not tethered to a throne, and the trappings of being a Fae Royal.  I was never parented, so I could not care for a child in the way it would need love and affection.  I would never leave Heru, and I can't promise that I would ever love you in some way similar to how I care for him."  The realization of what I had said came over me like a slow wave crashing onto my head, and my throat became intensely sore."I guess I'm learning things tonight too," I concluded, hoarsely."Anyone can see at a glance that you love each other," Essi replied lightly.  "I knew that from Lady Chrysalix's accounts alone.  Perhaps I should care, but I do not.  Not t