• He was already there. On the exact place, on the exact rock bench. While he was waiting for her to come, he realized how quite it actually is...when there are no battles between the two families, which happened every day.

    "Well well, I didn't believe you would be here before me..."

    He turned back and saw her. She was standing there, staring at him.

    "What do you want?" he asked with hidden curiosity.

    "Peace."

    "What?!"

    "You've herd me! I've had enough of all this! Since I know myself people are telling me, that my goal in life is to kill you, to take revenge. Revenge for something, that happened millions of years ago!"

    "I know, it's useless...I've thought about this too..often..."

    "I can't find the logic in this, to fight with someone you don't even know!"

    "Then get to know him!"

    This prompting shocked her:

    "What?"

    "Well...yeah...why not? Tonight...on a dinner...?"

    "Fine then!"

    "Fine..."

    "Fine..."


    * * *


    The Evening was silent and still. Maybe for the first time in lots of years, there were no corpses and arrows everywhere.

    She came in front of the castle's gates. They opened and he was standing there:

    "Good evening, milady. How do you do?" he asked her with a sly look and a crooked smile.

    "You've cursed me just yesterday, and now you're bowing before me....this is getting really interesting..."

    They went in, he leading her and holding her hand. Not so long after that they came in the dining room.

    "Alright then! Lets learn something about each other! That's why we're doing all this in the first place, right?"

    "Yeah...well, I don't know what to say...I never have thought that we'll end up with something good from these wars."

    "Are we the only ones in our clans that noticed all of this?" he asked, looking really thoughtful. In this moment she couldn't help herself, but to laugh out loud:

    "Looks like it!"

    "We can't be sure! Maybe there were others too..but they haven't mentioned it..."
    "In my clan - probably not! The previous rulers were all like my father. They cared only about how much gold and land they can take, and how many people they can kill."

    "You're the only female ruler, right?"

    "Yes, I've disappointed my father...poor man wanted a son so much...that's why all my life he brought me up like one. And now I've got to get married! For what? Some guy to come, so they can look at him like the long waited son!"

    "I don't like the part with the weddings either...why do I need a woman, when I have so many...downstairs in the dungeons."

    For a second there she looked at him amused, but then she remembered that he's a man, after all...

    After that they went out, in the garden, took a long walk and sat on one rock bench.

    "How long have we been fighting, without any reason at all, and look how good we get along." he said

    "If only our families could see us right now..."

    "I don't think we would survive! The least they're going to deny us!"

    They laughed and then didn't said anything, until she shivered:

    "Are you cold?"

    "Well...a bit..."

    They went in and he sat in the lounge.

    "Looks like you're tired, aren't you? Well, I should be going now..."

    "No, stay for the night!"

    "Are you sure?"

    "Well, yes! I'll find you a place to sleep. Even if I have to sleep on the floor!"

    She laughed again.

    "My my, what sacrifices you make! Alright then, if you insist so..."

    He sat in the lounge again and she began to massage his shoulders.

    "You're so stiff..."

    "Yeah, I know...but what I don't know is, when was the last time I slept..."

    "Poor thing...I'm sure that you're very sleepy right now, aren't you..?"

    "You know, now that you've mentioned it, come with me."

    He took her hand again and led her to the second floor. He stopped in front of a huge door, with bat-shaped door-knob, and opened it.

    The room was wide, with a balcony and bed big enough for three or more people. There was also a mirror, a few cupboards and wardrobes.

    "I guess this would be your room, right?" she asked. He nodded in answer and then said:

    "You know...tonight I realized, that there really was no point in these battles..but I realized one more thing..."

    "And what's that?" she asked him with curiosity.

    He slowly got his face closer to hers, until in the end their lips touched. She barely opened her mouth, but he couldn't wait and started kissing her everywhere. In the end he stopped for a second only to say "I love you" and then continued again.

    And she was shivering, sweating, blushing a lot and was breathing hard.

    "I love you... " she finally said.

    When he herd that, he took her in his arms and put her to lay on the bed. He got rid of his clothes and then hers. His kisses continued down on her neck, but when he reached her stomach she stopped him:

    "No, please, not down there..." she nearly didn't had the voice to say that.

    "Alright then."

    In this moment she felt him penetrate into her. She moaned loud, but he made her a sign to stay quiet.

    They continued almost until morning, when suddenly everything ended...the feeling, the moment..everything... They felt really tired and were breathless. In the end they fell asleep - he hugged her and pulled her closer to him, and she wrap her arms around his neck...

    And still...there were no more wars between the two clans...