A/N: Here's the next chapter. Sorry it has taken me so long to update. I'm not sure if I'll write the wedding, if you want me to I can. Also sorry about the fact that the characters are so OOC.
Lovely Briseis: Thank you! I'm so glad that you love my stories! That means a lot to me! I would make her pregnant, but I don't really like stories when they make characters pregnant. thanks for the idea though.
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Tiffany: Yes it definetely should have ended like this! but of course, that's not how it really went so they must follow the truth. i hope you like this part.
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on with the story! Enjoy! It was brought to my attention that i had an error, so, me being me, I corrected it.
RECAP"Uncle, I...I couldn't, I can't leave,"
"Why? What can you possibly have here that you won't leave?" Priam inquired. Briseis glanced at Priam, then at Achilles, where her eyes lingered. Priam caught the glance.
"No," he stuttered. Briseis bit her bottom lip nervously.
"Yes, I am so sorry uncle. I never meant to fall in love, I thought love was out of my reach, something that I wasn't meant to find in this lifetime. Then I met Achilles. He's everything I could wish for. I love him and I can't leave him," Briseis replied.
"How can you say that you love this, this monster? He slaughtered your cousin; he fights against your people! To say you love him is a betrayal of Troy!" Priam roared.
"Uncle, we have no say in who we love! We love who the God's tell us to love! We do what the Fates tell us to do! I can't help loving Achilles. I have no say in it. I can't change how I feel. I could walk away from him now and return with you but I wouldn't be me. I would just be someone who looks like me, but doesn't have my spirit. Being here with Achilles feels so right, I feel completed,"
"You would be complete in Troy, with your family," He doesn't love you, his lips may say he does, but he doesn't. A warrior can never love a princess.
"Love is something that everyone looks for, and few are lucky enough to find it. The God's have blessed me with it. To reject this feeling of love would be defying the God's. Paris fell in love with another man's wife! He brought her here and you accepted her, knowing full well the consequences!"
"Paris and Helen are completely different from you and Achilles,"
"How? My loving Achilles won't start a war as Paris' love for Helen has!"
"Helen isn't our enemy!"
"What, and Achilles is? He can't help where he was born and raised. He fights for his country just as Hector did!" This stopped Priam. He knew that no matter what he said, Briseis would never change her mind.
"He doesn't love you, his lips may say he does, but he doesn't. A warrior can never love a princess,"
"But, can't a prince love a princess?" Achilles asked from behind Briseis. He had stood quietly, listening intently to the conversation between Briseis and Priam, waiting for just the right time to interrupt and give his opinion.
"A prince?" Priam questioned. He turned his eyes away from Briseis so they now lay upon Achilles. "You're not a prince! You're a warrior,"
"Aye, I am a warrior, but I am also a prince. My father is Peleus, king of Thessaly, which makes me the prince of Thessaly. Therefore I can love Briseis, and she can love me back. Tomorrow my men and I are leaving. We are packing our ships and sailing back to Greece. I would love to have Briseis at my side when I return to Thessaly,"
"You want to take my niece away from her family to your country? Why?" Priam asked, tears began to fill his eyes.
"I don't want to take her, I want to escort her. I want her to meet my family, so they can love her just as I love her. I want her to come with me, so I can make her my wife, and then, when my father passes away, to make her my queen,"
"You, you want to marry m...me?" Briseis stuttered. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She knew Achilles loved her, he had told her so, but never would she have imagined him professing his love for her in front of other people.
"Yes, I do want to marry you, if you will have me that is," Achilles replied. He took Briseis' hand and kissed it. He let her hand go and walked to a corner of the room and started rummaging through some boxes. He returned to the small group a few moments later.
Achilles turned to Priam.
"King Priam, may I have Briseis' hand in marriage?" he asked. Priam looked at him as if he had grown a second head.
"Do you promise that you will be loyal and faithful to her and never cause her any pain?" Priam inquired.
"On my own honour I swear that I will be loyal and faithful. I will never look at another woman. The only pain she will ever indure will be child birth, if she agrees to bear my children. I promise to protect her with my life,"
"Then, yes, as Briseis' guardian, I give you her hand in marriage," Achilles smiled and turned to face Briseis.
"Briseis my love, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?" Achilles knelt in front of Briseis and held out a small gold band, one his mother had given to him as was his grand mothers wish.
"Yes, I would love to be your wife!" Briseis looked Achilles in the eye, never once did her eyes stray to look at the ring. Achilles stood up and Briseis wrapped her arms around his neck. Achilles laughed and spun her around, almost knocking Priam and Eudorus over.
"Eudorus, tell the men to pack their things and start loading the ships, we sail in the morning," Achilles told Eudorus.
"Priam, I will send one of my men to escort you back to Troy, it will ensure your safety," Achilles offered.
"Uncle, I will miss you dearly. Thank you for giving your consent, I know that I will be very happy," Briseis hugged her uncle.
"I will miss you too my dear. I only wish that I could watch you get married," Priam replied.
"I wish you could too," Briseis whispered.
"My king, your escort has arrived," Achilles announced. Neither Briseis nor Priam had noticed that Achilles had slipped out and organsied Priam's travel home.
"Thank you Achilles, look after her, she's the best thing you'll ever have. Look after her, I'll know if you don't," Priam said as he climbed upon the chariot next to one of the Myrmidon charioteers.
"I will always look after her. You look after your country, Agamemnon's men are becoming weaker, keep pushing them and you will win. They are weakest on the south-east side, strike there and they won't know what has hit them," Achilles replied. Priam nodded his thanks, then urged the charioteer on.
The next morning by seven o'clock, the Myrmidon camp was empty and on the horizon twenty-five ships were just visible.
Ok, I know that this chapter doesn't seem that different but I decided to edit it and change the part about the ring as it was really bugging me. I hope to update properly soon.
