Book 7: Chapter 49
“Your Majesty!!”
As soon as I got to the entrance of the camp, a body leapt at me, crashing straight into my arms and almost knocking me off the dune. I wobbled and then hugged Luna, who leapt at me. Luna’s familiar and soothing scent released itself in my arms as if the brightest flower was blooming in my arms.
“Your Majesty! Did you get hurt?!”
From my embrace, Luna looked up with a shocked expression. She reached her shaky hands up to touch the wound below my neck. I felt a cold prick on my nerves. I shook my head. I hugged her and softly replied, “I’m fine, Luna. I’m fine. It’s just a little scratch.”
“Your Majesty, you still need to treat your wound despite that!” Luna quickly ripped open my collar at the neck and bit my wound. I could feel Luna licking my wound and sucking the sand sitting on it. I could feel my warm blood pour out from the wound again. Luna sucked on my wound with all her might and then spat the blood and sand out to one side. She then took out a handkerchief from her shirt and pressed it on my wound.
I tightly grabbed hold of Luna’s hand and looked at her. I stroked her lips and she raised her head up to look at me with her teary eyes. She quivered as she said, “Your Majesty… I beg you… Please do not abandon me next time. Please do not abandon me… Please… I am so worried when I am not by your side. I was so worried about you… If you did not make it back… If you did not make it back… How… How… How would I continue living…?”
“If I don’t make it back, you must live on well.”
I stroked Luna’s head then bent down to gently kiss her lips. I could taste some of the sand and blood on her lips. That was the taste my wound left on her lips. I tasted my wound and the soothing fragrance in Luna’s mouth. I tasted her love for me, as well as my love for her. Luna closed her eyes and gently sucked me as though she desired me. The two of us were locked tightly in each other’s embrace with the feeling of excitement of making it through a crisis, in addition to our love for each other. We tasted each other’s love as if we were experiencing the most beautiful love in this world.
We released each other and then Luna asked with concern, “Your Majesty, where is Miss Lorana?”