"I am glad we are not in Endrykas,"Khara said unthinkingly before her eyes darted back to meet his and she held his gaze as she elaborated, not wanting to leave any room for a mistake in understanding. They spoke like this at times, him in Common so she could understand fully and her in Nari knowing full well that every word may not be comprehended, but there would be less mistakes to be made in her tone of voice or the sentiment she wanted to convey. It hadn't always been possible, but Khara had a feeling that Zhol's grasp of her home language was far better than he wanted to admit and it made it far easier to express herself at times.
"Because I like having you to myself. I… I don't want you to have any other wife. I like you being… Mine." She felt herself blush at the admission, embarrassed for how selfish it sounded.
It was true, though; the thought of Zhol with another was upsetting to even consider. She lived with the constant knowledge that anything she had could be taken from her and mostly Khara was accepting of it. The thought of having Zhol taken from her, though? Or even just sharing him with another? Terrified wasn't enough of a word to begin describing how it made her feel. Even if was an Endal that took a liking to her horse boy, Khara wasn't certain what she would do, only that it would probably be considered foolish, reckless, entirely improper, and make the time she had thrown herself in the path of a monstrous creature in some pale attempt to keep him safe seem like the most insignificant of acts. She didn't care what it would cost her and that too was frightening in a way. Suddenly Zhol's overprotective - as someone had called it - nature made all the more sense.
Khara forced her thoughts to retreat from such negative things, now wasn't the time to even remotely consider them or follow the thread they would inevitably lead her to. As they retreated it suddenly dawned on her the way she had worded the admission. Any other wife. She knew without a doubt that she was a great deal of things to Zhol, but that particular concept? The way he had talked about it; having a goddess hear your promises to each other, having Cheva herself approve of two people being together? Khara agreed, it didn't really matter what the gods thought of the two of them, but she caught the way that Zhol's voice had changed a bit when he had spoken of it.
She had heard of gods marking individuals for various reasons in various ways, she even had met a small handful of those chosen individuals, but she never had thought that a god would pay her much mind and Khara knew Zhol felt similarly. If just saying something could change that, if making promises openly that were already being kept would make a god notice them, if it meant that they would share something that would make it so no one could deny they belonged to each other, if it could add just one more thing that she could be to him - the thought of the smile that would come to Zhol alone was well worth it.
"I love you. W-we said forever and I-I don't want anything to ever change or challenge that. I want to - I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn't." Her hand moved to his cheek and her fingers softly ran against his skin as she continued to look into his eyes, willing every bit of sincerity into the look she gave him and the words she spoke.
"I will always do everything I can to help you know this is your home. Anything you need, anything you want? You only have to ask and I will always give it to you if I can and it will always be of my own free will. I may not always succeed, but I will always try to treat us as equals and will never forget how much you love me. Y-you're my Zhol, my protector, my love and I want to always be yours, only yours, in as many ways as I can be. I will be your friend, your love, your soulmate, your…" She hesitated, unsure how to word it. There wasn't a single thing that Zhol could ask her to be that Khara could conceive that she would say no to; she wanted to be everything she could possibly be for him. "a-anything you will have me be; for as long as I can be."
"Because I like having you to myself. I… I don't want you to have any other wife. I like you being… Mine." She felt herself blush at the admission, embarrassed for how selfish it sounded.
It was true, though; the thought of Zhol with another was upsetting to even consider. She lived with the constant knowledge that anything she had could be taken from her and mostly Khara was accepting of it. The thought of having Zhol taken from her, though? Or even just sharing him with another? Terrified wasn't enough of a word to begin describing how it made her feel. Even if was an Endal that took a liking to her horse boy, Khara wasn't certain what she would do, only that it would probably be considered foolish, reckless, entirely improper, and make the time she had thrown herself in the path of a monstrous creature in some pale attempt to keep him safe seem like the most insignificant of acts. She didn't care what it would cost her and that too was frightening in a way. Suddenly Zhol's overprotective - as someone had called it - nature made all the more sense.
Khara forced her thoughts to retreat from such negative things, now wasn't the time to even remotely consider them or follow the thread they would inevitably lead her to. As they retreated it suddenly dawned on her the way she had worded the admission. Any other wife. She knew without a doubt that she was a great deal of things to Zhol, but that particular concept? The way he had talked about it; having a goddess hear your promises to each other, having Cheva herself approve of two people being together? Khara agreed, it didn't really matter what the gods thought of the two of them, but she caught the way that Zhol's voice had changed a bit when he had spoken of it.
She had heard of gods marking individuals for various reasons in various ways, she even had met a small handful of those chosen individuals, but she never had thought that a god would pay her much mind and Khara knew Zhol felt similarly. If just saying something could change that, if making promises openly that were already being kept would make a god notice them, if it meant that they would share something that would make it so no one could deny they belonged to each other, if it could add just one more thing that she could be to him - the thought of the smile that would come to Zhol alone was well worth it.
"I love you. W-we said forever and I-I don't want anything to ever change or challenge that. I want to - I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn't." Her hand moved to his cheek and her fingers softly ran against his skin as she continued to look into his eyes, willing every bit of sincerity into the look she gave him and the words she spoke.
"I will always do everything I can to help you know this is your home. Anything you need, anything you want? You only have to ask and I will always give it to you if I can and it will always be of my own free will. I may not always succeed, but I will always try to treat us as equals and will never forget how much you love me. Y-you're my Zhol, my protector, my love and I want to always be yours, only yours, in as many ways as I can be. I will be your friend, your love, your soulmate, your…" She hesitated, unsure how to word it. There wasn't a single thing that Zhol could ask her to be that Khara could conceive that she would say no to; she wanted to be everything she could possibly be for him. "a-anything you will have me be; for as long as I can be."
"Nari" | "Common" | "Pavi"
