Friend or Foe? 2

Looking at Rom who sat opposite to her "Visiting a friend " she vaguely replied avoiding any important details.

" Hmmm...a friend." Rom hummed echoing her last words while holding his head up high proudly that he already knew who that friend was.

Maya quickly gathered that she might be speaking of Rhya" You are here to visit Rhya." she quickly beamed at the thought of seeing the Rhya again.

" Something like that." Tyla agreed with an impassive look on her face while her eyes remained on the ever brooding red haired man.

" She is here to see the Queen." Rom stated while his lips curled up in a satisfied smile upon seeing the quick expression that flashed on Tyla face.

" What Queen?" Maya and Sylus both asked at the same time causing them to lock eyes for the first time since they last spoke, from which Sylus quickly turned away, feeling hurt that Maya is not even giving him a chance to win her heart before dismissing him.

" The Mytrhrian Queen." Rom curtly replied staring back at Tyla with the same satisfied smile on his lips.

" I'm surprised that you know about that, she has been gone for some time now, many people think that she is just a bed time story for children." she commented with a mischievous smile while holding his gaze.

" I'm surprised that no one has claimed this land in that time." he retorted while looking around at the forest around them, trying to get some information about the forest.

" Oh, they tried many times. Let's just say that the forest has it's own way of protecting itself from intruders." she added with a small smile knowing what his ealier words meant.

Meanwhile Sylus and Maya sat quietly and listened intently to Tyla and Rom's back and forth while stealing glances at each other.

As the conversation moved forward Maya's stomach grumbled loudly making everyone's attention turn to her. Maya blushed " I'm hungry, we haven't eaten anything since yesterday." she admitted in a shy voice while looking at the ground feeling a little embarrassed.

Rom sat up "I'll go get the fruit that I managed to pick in the forest, it's not much but for now it's all we have."he explained while making his way to one of the trees where he had left the food upon finding Tyla and the other two having and argument.

Retuning with the food, he shared the food between the four of them, making his way to his previous spot to sit back down

The fruit quickly disappeared since it wasn't much but it was enough to settle they grumbling stomachs.

Feeling her body was still sore and she was getting stiff from all the sitting down, Maya slowly sat up from her spot on the ground "I'm still feeling a little sore, I need to stretch my legs." She informed the others while turning around making her way towards the forest.

Rom kept quiet, while Tyla nodded in agreement and Sylus just stared at her retreating back torn between holding his ground or following her so they could clear things.

Feeling that he was the wronged one, he held his ground pouting internally and scowled at how quickly things shifted, one moment he had thought that he made some progress but all the sudden when he heard Maya's words he had quickly realised that he wasn't anywhere near were he thought he was.

" I need to meet with the Queen!" Rom informed Tyla in serious tone of voice.

" How do I know that you are friend or foe?" she posed the burning question to Rom with her eyebrows knitted together with worriesome look on her face.

Rom clicked his tongue " We have a common enemy." he informed her while frowning with a displeased look on his face when he remembered about the damned witch.

Tyla's raised her eyebrows surprised that he had mentioned the witch and help wouldn't hurt thinking that they had the guardian to worry about as well.

" The witch?" she asked trying to confirm her suspicions.

" Mhm!" he hummed in agreement while his eyes shifted to Sylus who stood up making his way in the same direction as his sister.

Rom let out a heavy sigh, raking his hand through his hair, bending one knees resting his hand on it fiddling with a piece of grass, lost in his thoughts.

Tyla on the other hand, she kept quiet thinking that an ally would be extremely beneficial for them but that wasn't her decision to make, she would have to speak to the Queen first.

Sylus followed in Maya's footsteps slowly making his way in the same direction that she went, wandering through the trees, he spotted her fiery red hair shining in the bright moonlight peaking from behind one of the trees.

Making his way to were she was, he found her leaning against the tree trunk gazing at the full moon above, leaning against the tree himself and following her line of sight but quickly turned his attention and started at her profile instead.

" Beautiful!" he breathed out the words while completely mesmerised by how beautiful she looked under the moonlight

" Yes, it is beautiful." she agreed while turning to look at him thinking that he was speaking about the moon when her green eyes met his, she quickly understood that he wasn't talking about the moon.

Sylus raised his hand, gently tracing her jaw with his fingers, looking into her eyes holding back from doing more, he lowered his hand and with pleading eyes " Give me a chance Maya." he pleaded while taking her hand into his, brushing the back of it with his thumb.

Maya looked at him with a sad expression " Sylus....I....I'm not sure if I'm ready to get married yet." she declared in a shy voice with a small smile.

Sylus sighed " When you're ready Maya, I don't want to force myself on you. I understand that maybe I scared you a little, I'll will wait until you're ready for all of that." he wispered while leaning in placing a gentle kiss on her forehead gently pulling her into his arms.

Maya sighed shakly fisting his tunic, she rested her head his chest and revelled in warm feeling that enveloped her entire body.

" What should I call you then?" she mumured while circling her arms around his waist.

" Future husband." he suggested while grining from ear to ear, happy that not all was lost.

Maya giggled, lifting her head to look at him "Hmm...maybe! I will think about it but betrothed sounds better." she added with a sweet smile while looking into his eyes.

" Sounds perfect" he agreed while tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear, letting his hand rest on her neck, looking into her eyes that were gleaming with happiness.

Sylus couldn't help himself enjoying the girl in front of his eyes relishing everything about her. Leaning in, stopping a breath away from her, he gently kissed her lips in feather like touch, feeling her gripping his tunic he dove in and captured her lips in a hungry and passionate kiss.

Maya felt her knees go weak and her body lightly trembling, her body heating up and acking for his touch. His soft lips devoured hers and his tongue moved in her mouth tasting every corner. She felt his arms wrapping around her waist pulling her closer to him leaving no gap in between them, his hand cupped the back of her head lightly fisting her hair while she helplessly clinged onto his tunic to keep herself standing.

Sylus slowly pulled away from the kiss gently sucking on her lower lips before pulling away, he bumped his forehead against hers lightly panting, swallowing the lump in his throat bitting on his lower lips to gain control of himself.

Feeling the urge to pin her against the tree and take her right then and there, his throbbing member was acking for release and he was sure that she had felt it as well.

Maya breathed heavily trying to come back from the high that she was just from a kiss, she couldn't help but think how his lips would feel if he would kiss and touch her body.

She could feel the moisture in her undergarments and the pool of heat in her nether regions that was itching and acking with want for him.

Clearing his throat, he placed another gentle kiss on her lips and pulled her back in his arms, resting his cheek on the crown of her head, happy that he got this far without scaring her even more.

" Would like sit down?" his words broke the silence that settled between them.

Maya nodded, pulling away from his arms to let him sit down she followed and sat next to him resting her head on his shoulder, Sylus pulled her hand that was resting on her lap, intertwining his finger with hers, he placed a gentle and loving kiss on the back of her hand.