015. a sprawling dragon roost, hidden atop craggy mountain peaks. for helaena @ozgog
SETTINGS // accepting
not so strange to think how less the strain on her nerves the further she flew from the capitol. such was the promise in marriage, vows taken, encouraged by duty, but for helaena, it had begun to heal of many wounds bound to her spirit. a freedom never known in the entirety of her life until now –surrounded by the wilds and vibrancy of nature's sacred gift. what had been discovered was the truth, in which all the miserable ladies at court could likely solve their marriage woes by claiming a wife instead.
and in this very moment, hidden high above the world below, found the sweetest grin twisted so high to the flush of wind-chapped cheeks. a skyward spiral, up and up to spy a pair of she dragons circling the rook, unbound to command as any mystical beast ought to be. all so very green, mossy crags and bushels of white little blooms sprouted so high among the clouds. helaena did not shy from the little deer mouse that took rest in her palm; it fed on crumbs of a lemon cake, entirely unaware it was in the presence of a royal. ❛ i find it remarkable that these little creatures survive so high up. ❜ a curious tilt of her head, the critter released to a soft bed of lichen.
❛ people might assume gentle creatures have no mind for survival, and yet, they adapt and endure all the same. ❜ for better or worse, turstin is subject to the silver bride and all her ramblings. of a mouth once often wired shut by self - reproach, by fear of isolation or that curel look of pity and judgment. she lives in the confines of dream and waking reverie, strange maiden was she, better suited to oddities over the crown. and so sudden was the loosening of her tongue. ❛ and one so small might still go unseen by dragons, hardly the size of a molar in their maw. ❜ she caught herself with a little bite to her bottom lip, rambling again to the tune of a flush deepening. delicate, made of aching tenderness, were the fingertips trace the pathways of her wife's palm. ❛ i have not allowed you a word in. ❜