She had felt the disappointment from her friend shuddering through her skin. Despite the loving kisses and affectionate embrace, the emotions of her friend still rocked through her body and split her very soul as she realised what she had done. But as Lanthra was preparing herself to expect the worst, losing her most dearest and beloved friend in a time when she needed one the most, she was shocked once more. The drooping ears of her lover stood rigid once more, as the princess saw a thought racing through the sunkissed beauties mind, lighting up her eyes and filling her face with a mischievousness that she knew all too well.<br/><br/>Kali wasn't giving up. She could have known better. She did know better. Her very friend, the one who would either beat or be beaten bloody on the fighting ground, refusing to give in or give up against a more experienced opponent. Her friend that she had cared and nurtured for, healed her skin as she had come crawling into her room with barely any skin left without bruises or cuts. She'd always smile and say, that she'd won. She had not given up.<br/><br/>How could she think she would give up on her now?<br/><br/><i>“ We can run. Who says you must be Queen? We can run and live our own life far away from here. I want to be yours, Lanthra. You will always be my desert flower. Would you not accept me?”</i><br/><br/>Running away, leaving all of her troubles behind and choosing the life she had prepared for. Choosing the life she had always wanted. Choosing the life she could have gotten if her brother had never died. Yes, why should she suffer, why should she give up eternity to live like some bored monarch and teach others how to live their lives? She could go ahead with Kali and seek out all the adventure they could find in the world. Write their own stories in books future generation will read, the way Lanthra was reading every book she could get her hands on now. A light, vibrant and bright had lid up the princess eyes. Tears had burned away by the desire that Kali had so effectively flared up within the young heir to the throne.<br/><br/>Her tipsy and hazed mind had no trouble figuring out the consequences of the very actions she was considering now. But she did not care anymore, because for the first time in her life she was not alone. Her brother may have left her, and he may have died as well. But she had Kali, and nothing in this very world would ever break them apart.<br/><br/><b><span style="color: DarkOrange">''Yes''</span></b><br/><br/>She whispered breathlessly. She could see the shock in Kali's eyes, the wondering gaze if her friend had heard her right.<br/><br/><b><span style="color: DarkOrange">''Yes... YES..  Let's run away. Let's be together, and make our own life. Let's leave everything that makes us unhappy, that keeps us apart, behind and start over! Let's go on an adventure and never return!''</span></b><br/><br/>Lanthra was standing up now, guiding Kali in her arms and showering her in kisses between every sentence she said. And with every sentence she spoke, she spoke a little louder. With more confidence and surety she knew now that going away with Kali was the only thing she ever wanted.<br/><br/><b><span style="color: DarkOrange">''You're more worth than all the silver of the elves, and all the gold of the Seven kingdoms. You're more worth than my families name and the throne! I love you Kali, and let's run away together.''</span></b><br/><br/>She had pulled her lover to the door now, pressing her against the hard wood and kissing her with a passion even Kali could not have expected her princess to show.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>