<span style="font-family:Sofia">As soon as the king stared into her eyes, she felt her heart begin to beat hard against her chest. It was like looking for a longing and as soon as he found it she looked down. She didn't understand his metaphor.. Of all the voices in the air, she was the one that wasn't singing.. But perhaps when she spoke of her escape from his world and running back to her own.. Maybe that was what he meant. When Amira heard him speak of her home, her heart ached. He was right.. No matter how badly she wanted him to be wrong.<br/>
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It was almost as if he was speaking from her heart, able to see her true desires and speaking them in front of her like reading it from a script. Her fingers trembled as they reached for her palms and when he offered her a new life she looked away. What would she do here..? Where would she go? Her eyes fell and her brow furrowed.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff"> "Wait,"</span> She reached out toward him, but he turned around and walked past her. The scales from his tail caressed her shin delicately and she felt a surge of excitement cross her breath. <br/>
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Her eyes widened at the idea of him being a dragon type of man, but as he walked away it seemed that he was leading her towards something. She followed at a distance and when she saw the gate she stopped walking and stood in front of him, her dress clinging to her flesh. The choice between an ordinary life and one of splendor and opportunity.. Biting down onto her lower lip she turned and stared at him, his eyes captivating her soul with each passing moment. How did he know so much..? She felt a pull towards the gate, one seemingly close to her own, but an even stronger one to him. A king! Of all the possible things..<br/>
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Her eyes fell and she looked at him, nerves shaking her entire body. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"You.. You asked for me.. Why?"</span> She was a few feet away from him, slowly looking up to find his gaze. She swallowed hard as his gaze melted down each wall she held up against her heart and she held onto her elbows desperately. She couldn't hold back anymore.. When she next opened her mouth, it was out of confusion and.. Impulse. "How do you know so much? About my world.. About the men in cheap suits.. My rent.. My cell phone?!" She was close.. In his face slightly and she was ready to either hit or push him.. She wasn't sure which.<br/>
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Amira pointed her finger in his face and accidentally touched one of his horns. There was a strength to it and she blushed and pulled away out of instinct. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"It's.. It's all real.."</span> Her eyes widened and she instinctually touched his arm and the scales that adorned it. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"So.. Smooth."</span> Before she realized what she had done, she had caressed the skin of a dragon king and she gasped and backed away as much as she could. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"I'm.. I'm so sorry! That was so rude of me. F-Forgive me!"</span> She bowed her head and blushed profusely. There was no excuse for touching someone so intimately that she had barely known, and even though she liked the way the scales felt beneath her fingers, that didn't give her permission to touch whatever she wanted. Her eyes fell and her shame was written across her entire frame. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"Throw me out if you will, Your Majesty."</span> Amira's gaze was low and her body trembled out of fear for his retaliation.. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"But I don't wish to go back to mediocrity."</span> She slowly lifted her gaze to find him staring down at her and she immediately looked down. There was nothing but his words left to say. He was the one to decide where she would go and how she would live her life.. Her life was in his hands.<br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc99ff">"However, I have nowhere to go. What... What will I do?" </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">The way the light hit his features was like looking into some sort of movie, and she simply wanted to stare, but knew she shouldn't. Wind carried the flower near their feet and Amira smiled. There was such beauty here and all she wanted to do was appreciate it. But when she had no control over her destiny, fear ate away at her heart. She just wanted to hear him speak again.. To feel the fear that ate away at her when he spoke, or how confused she was when she felt the scales beneath her fingers. She wanted to understand.. To appreciate his home, but.. Amira had no idea where to begin.</span></span>