DIONDRA.

Chapter: 21.

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"Your Highness," Tide bowed in acknowledgment of the princess as she emerged from her chambers to meet him in the welcoming room.

Happy that she was seeing her Tideian for the first time in months she rushed into his waiting arms and hugged him with all she was worth. Tide laughed and held her tightly in his arms.

Has it really been that long he saw her?

Spending all his days tending to a Tideian's affair and the little time he could spare he had spent in the arms of his merman lover, it left little to no time at all for his betrothed.

"I am so happy to see you, Tide!" A drop of blue tear ran down her cheek and he wiped it off, kissing the side the tear had touched.

"Do not cry, Princess Diondra," he begged and she nodded eagerly. "I am not worthy of your tears." He added with dismay.

She stared into his eyes as if searching within his soul for that which seemed to trouble him. "You are worthy of all that I am, Tideian." She said, assuring him. Only he knew w