Ascension of the Monster Queen

"I am sorry for causing you such concern Riley, I truly am, but I hope you understand why I did what I did, I am involved in things that could get the people I care about killed, and I don\'t want that, not for you or anyone else here, I am sorry," He replied, and she smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Kurson, it\'s okay, I understand what you\'re saying and how you feel; I apologize if we\'re being too harsh on you here, but these things happen when you care about someone and know they..." He patted her on  the head with a gentle smile on his face, and her cheeks flushed.

"I know, believe me, I know Riley and I will tell you and Nessa, what has been going on with me, I promise, I just need a little more time," He replied as he looked at Nessa and the others glanced at her.

"Lady Nessa," Dalia said and Nessa looked at her.

"What is it, Dalia?" She asked.

"Are you mad at him?" Dalia asked and Nessa smiled.

"No, I\'m not mad at him Dalia, I\'ve never really been, I know he wants to protect those he cares about, but I need the truth, I\'m not going to endanger you guys, by now you should know how I\'m feeling, but I understand, they\'re cute together, aren\'t they?" She asked and Dalia looked at them and smiled then smiled.

"Yeah, they are cute together, are you going home now?" Dalia asked.

"Nessa," Kurson called out and she looked at him as he and Riley approached them.

"What is it?" She asked and he sighed.

"I am sorry, I know that won\'t cut it, but still, I have to apologize," He responded and she chuckled.

"You need to relax a bit, I understand and it\'s okay, just please tell me the truth as soon as you can, I need that in order to continue trusting you, you know how I am, Kurson," She said and he smiled at her.

"I know and I promise, soon you will get the truth, I just need a bit more time to see what I can do about my current problems," He replied and she sighed.

"All right, I understand, you deal with what you have to for now, I want to do nothing more than sleep, I have to finish naming the Orcs tomorrow, send the milk to sell and when I am finished, the road will start building, there is a lot to do," She said as he stared at her.

"Formed another alliance?" He asked.

"Yes, with the kingdom containing all those dwarves," She responded.

"Did you go to them or they came to you?" He asked.

"They came here after we fought the bad guy controlling the Orcs mind, I saved the king and his people\'s lives so and I took in all of the Orcs," She responded and he scoffed.

"Wow, I have to say that, this is beyond amazing, you are doing a great job at such a young age, a lot of people are going to be jealous of you and you will face a lot of problems in the future, also I heard about the Orcs, good thing you are the one who helped them, others would have only focused on defeating them and nothing more, you should know that by now," He said, and she smiled.

"They\'re great, we\'re connecting a road from the kingdom to here, a proper and short one, we won\'t have any problems trading that way, do you think that\'s a good idea?" He smiled after she asked.

"It\'s more than just a good idea, I have a few ideas as to what this land can offer than you can trade since you are the only one who has them," He responded and she smiled.

"Let\'s hear it then, also the Dryad\'s acknowledged me and I am not now only the leader of them all, the owner of everything in this land as well," She said and he chuckled then looked at her.

"To think you are the girl who was lost when I first met her, you are amazing, you are doing a great job here, no one could have every done something like this, I guess you are not just a gift but one of a kind, I want to see how far you will go with this place," He replied and she grinned.

"Oh? I intend to make this the best nation ever created, and I intend to push it as far as I possibly can," She said and he looked at her before smiling and patting her on the shoulder.

"That\'s kind of good, but are you sure? You\'ll be drawing a lot of attention to yourself, and this place is known to attract danger, so you\'ll be vulnerable, you know that, right?" He inquired, and she took a deep breath.

"Yeah, I know that, but I\'m not going to back down; I\'m going to build what we all wanted, and no matter how many of them want this land, none of them will get it," She responded, and he smiled.

"You sure are a fighter, Nessa, but that\'s good, also it\'s getting late, I should get going, I just wanted to come by and let you guys know that I am okay," He said and she smiled.

"Yeah, well, I am glad you came by, now you don\'t have to go back as yet, you can stay the night with Riley in her tent," She replied and he glanced at her then she smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Your choice, I am going to bed, I have a lot of work to do so what\'s your choice?" She asked.

"I will stay the night," He responded.

"Good choice, now I will get going because I am more tired than I look and need to sleep, good night guys," She said.

"Good night," They replied then she left heading to her house.