Chapter 91 - Ellena Returns

A month flew in an instant and since the heroes have made huge amounts of progress with their physical fitness, I made James create all kinds of strength training equipment with his hero's blessing magic, that allows him to control a special liquid metal that hardens on his whim, and I showed them all how to properly use these items and how it can improve their physical strength. While working out together, I get notified by a guard that Ellena had returned back from her trip, I then quickly make my way to my room, where I get greeted by Ellena who's hugging Hope, but is looking at me with a worried expression.

"hey Collin, I'm back."

knowing that there's something wrong, I ask.

"what has you worried?"

she answers still troubled.

"so I went to see me my father and."

she stops herself and says.

"never mind, you're probably too busy."

I respond.

"well if it's important to you, then it counts the same for me."

I give her a hug to give her comfort and I continue.

"you're burden is also mine, so please don't think that you have to deal with this alone."

she asks still unsure.

"even if we're not married?"

I answer.

"yes even if we're not married, you are still family to me."

she takes a deep breath and starts explaining what happened.

"I told my father everything about what's been going on with me and why I haven't been home, and I ended up telling him about you and Hope."

I ask.

"what did he say?"

she answers.

"at first he laughed like if I was joking, but after going into further details, he didn't hide his disgust towards me."

she buries her face into my shoulder and begins sobbing, and as I hug her tightly, I ask.

"so what did he say to you after?"

still crying she answers.

"he wants to see you and Hope."

I respond with a serious tone.

"alright, if he wishes to see me then so be it, we'll go together."

she asks still sobbing.

"are you sure?"

I miss her on her forehead, and answer.

"like I said, since this is important to you, we'll go and meet him, to see what he wants."

after making up my mind about going with Ellen to meet her father, I went to see King Tully to tell him that I'll be gone for a while to deal with some personal issues, even though he refused, Ryan, Alexander, and Frederick out voted him and allowed me to leave so that I can resolve my personal matter, I then return to my room and say to Ellena.

"I'm allowed to leave, so it looks like we're going to see your father."

she asks.

"aren't you nervous?"

I reply.

"A little, but I'm used to dealing with uncomfortable situations and dangerous ones, so I know I'll come out of it fine."

I look to Hope and say optimistically.

"it looks like we're going to meet grandpa."

Hope still naive about the state of this world smiles as she asks.

"will grandpa be happy to see me?"

Ellena not wanting to worry her, responds.

"yeah I'm sure, grandpa will love you."

I then clear my throat and say.

"alright, finish up with your studies, and then go to bed."

she replies.

"okay daddy."

she returns back to the study desk, and continues reading, I then say to Ellena.

"it's scary how smart she is."

she responds.

"I know kids her age, shouldn't be this far ahead when it comes to learning."

I clear my throat.

"well I also did a lot of reading and learned many things through books before I turned ten."

she jokingly teases me while smiling.

"oh I see so it's your fault that she ended up this way."

I also smile and reply after giving her a quick kiss.

"maybe, but she ended up getting your beauty."

she kisses me back.

"I know I've said this before but you're a strange man Collin."

I give her cheeky response.

"and that's why you love me."

Ellena then takes a hold of my hand and leads me out in the balcony, where the light of the moon shines down on us, I take a seat on one of the chairs and she sits on my l.a.p sideways, with her head using my c.h.e.s.t as a pillow, and we stay like this holding on to each other, sharing our warmth, feeling our heart beats and enjoying this moment, I then ask.

"did you ever think that you would have fallen for a human?"

she replies with a question of her own.

"again with this question?"

I respond.

"well yeah, you never answered it whenever I asked you that in prison."

she tucks her head under my chin, so that I'm feeling the top of her head and she responds.

"honestly I thought that I was going to have a simple life as a queen and marry a male eld that my dad vetted and approved of."

she rubs her cheeks on my c.h.e.s.t and continues talking.

"so no I never thought that I would fall for a human."

she then asks.

"how about you, did you ever think that you would have fallen for an elf."

I think about it for a second and respond.

"well I did found you attractive when I first saw you, but I did not think that I would end up falling in love with you, especially after losing Rosie."

she lightly turns my head so that I'm looking at her and she gently pulls me closer for a kiss that turns into a full on make out session, and it also leads to us touching each other in our special place, I then whisper to her as I'm catching my breath.

"I've completely missed you this whole month that you were gone."

she whispers back.

"yeah me too."

things began to escalate, as we slowly strip off each other's clothing while still kissing, but then we stop after we hear Hope calling out to us, we quickly adjust our clothes and head back inside, where Hope is laying down on the bed, already slowly dozing off to sleep, where she says as we both approach her to give her a goodnight kiss.

"good night mommy and daddy."

Ellena then whispers.

"we'll wait until she falls deeper in her sleep and then we will continue where we left off."

we wait around a little longer,

I then think to myself.

"oh go, please don't let Hope wake up, I really need this."

we continue going at it like wild animals in heat, shamelessly l.u.s.ting one another and then after finishing we continued cuddling together until we fall asleep.